Looking this year’s Sweet Embrace Stakes betting odds, field and form guide? The tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Sweet Embrace Stakes, Randwick Racecourse

Run over 1,200 metres in late February or early March on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes Day), the Sweet Embrace Stakes is a Group 2 race, held during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

With a $300,000 prize purse as of 2024, the set weights clash is open to two-year-old fillies and offers the winner a ballot exemption for the Group 1 $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) later in the autumn. 

Crystal Lily (2010) followed by Fireburn (2022) were the last fillies to successfully complete the Sweet Embrace Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double.

Fireburn also won that year’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) and finished second to She’s Extreme, who was runner-up in the Sweet Embrace and Sires’, in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m). She’s Extreme further franked the Sweet Embrace Stakes form that spring with a number of elite level placings and her Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) success at Flemington.

Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, March 2, 2024
  • Track Location: Randwick Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,200 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights
  • Qualification: Two year old (fillies only)
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $300,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1979
  • 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes Winner: Manaal

sweet embrace stakes 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday March 2, 2024. 

  1. #1 Manaal
  2. #11 Fly Fly
  3. #6 Extreme Diva

The Golden Slipper on March 23 is calling for the Michael Freedman-trained Manaal ($2.05F) after the Tassort filly posted her second Group career win second-up for the punters in the Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 results.

Sweet Embrace Stakes Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Sweet Embrace Stakes, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Sweet Embrace Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Sweet Embrace Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Sweet Embrace Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Sweet Embrace Stakes, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Sweet Embrace Stakes, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Sweet Embrace Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Sweet Embrace Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Sweet Embrace Stakes to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Sweet Embrace Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Sweet Embrace Stakes in 2024

  1. Join up at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Sweet Embrace Stakes Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Sweet Embrace Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Sweet Embrace Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Which Horse Will Win The Sweet Embrace Stakes

The best way to pick which filly will win the Sweet Embrace Stakes in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up autumn form, assess the barriers and look for any past Group performers. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Sweet Embrace Stakes winner include:

  • Silver Lead-Up – The Silver Slipper Stakes has proved a nice guide to the Sweet Embrace in recent years.
  • Last Start Winners – A number of recent Sweet Embrace Stakes winners came off a last-start victory including Four Moves Ahead (2021) and Fireburn (2022).

Sweet Embrace Stakes Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes betting include Michael Freedman’s Group 3 winning Tassort filly Manaal and the Annabel Neasham-trained daughter of Capitalist Castanya.

Four Moves Ahead ($2.70 in 2021) and Manaal ($2.05 in 2024) are the latest Sweet Embrace Stakes favourites to win.

Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 Field

The official 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

Manaal chasing her second Group victory at her third career starts headlines the Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 field of Golden Slipper-bound two-year-old fillies.

Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 Tips

Favourite: #1 Manaal ($2.05 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #1 Manaal to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #3 Totoka ($26 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider Sweet Embrace Stakes 2024 tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 VERRY ELLEEGANT STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Sweet Embrace Stakes Race Day 2024

The 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes takes place on 2024 Verry Elleegant Stakes Day at Royal Randwick on Saturday the 2nd of March, 2024. The Group 1 $1,000,000 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) – formerly the Chipping Norton Stakes – is the marquee event on the program that also features the running of the:

Sweet Embrace Stakes Barrier Draw 2024

The 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and will be published in our above Sweet Embrace Stakes Field section. 

Sweet Embrace Stakes Nominations 2024

2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes nominations close at 11 AM on Monday, the 26th of February, 2024. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 4×4 ASTERIDE F 2 Robert & Luke Price
2 21 CASTANYA F 2 Annabel Neasham
3 1 CHATEAU MIRAVAL F 2 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
4 4 DIDDLE DUMPLING F 2 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
5 1 DRIFTING F 2 Peter & Paul Snowden
6 43 EXTREME DIVA F 2 Anthony Cummings
7 4 FLY FLY F 2 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
8 1×2 MANAAL F 2 Michael Freedman
9 MONTANA DAWN F 2 John Thompson
10 73×6 NYMPHADORA F 2 Stephen O’Halloran
11 1x PHOTOGRAPHICS (NZ) F 2 John Sargent
12 2 REASONABLE POINT F 2 Ben Brisbourne
13 1 TOO DARN LIZZIE F 2 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
14 9×1 TOTOKA F 2 Paul Perry
15 6×5 VALABING F 2 David Payne
16 3 WAVE BREAKER F 2 Peter & Paul Snowden
17 ZOUNAKA F 2 John Thompson

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Sweet Embrace Stakes Weights 2024

Set weights apply to this race. The weight is set at 55.5 kilograms. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on Tuesday, the 27th of February, 2024 with the official 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above Sweet Embrace Stakes Field section. 

Sweet Embrace Stakes Acceptances 2024

2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9 AM on Wednesday, the 28th of February, 2024 and will be published in our above Sweet Embrace Stakes Field section. 

Sweet Embrace Stakes Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12 PM on Wednesday, the 28th of February, 2024 with the confirmed 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Sweet Embrace Stakes Field section. 

Sweet Embrace Stakes Scratchings 2024

2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, the 2nd of March, 2024. 

  • #2 Castanya (14)
  • #8 Drifting (7)

Sweet Embrace Stakes Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes prize purse is worth $300,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $170,000
2nd $56,000
3rd $27,250
4th $13,250
5th $7,200
6th $4,000
7th $3,700
8th $3,700
9th $3,700
10th $3,700

Sweet Embrace Stakes Race Number 2024

The 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 6 at 3:25pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 2nd of March, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Randwick Racecourse.

Sweet Embrace Stakes Form Guide 2024

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 SWEET EMBRACE STAKES FORM GUIDE

Sweet Embrace Stakes Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Sweet Embrace Stakes live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing NSW

Sweet Embrace Stakes Winners

Winners of the Sweet Embrace Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below. If you would like to see results going back to 1979, please check our winners page.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2024 Manaal Michael Freedman Tommy Berry 55.5kg 1:10.37
2023 Lazzago Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 55.5kg 1:10.76
2022 Fireburn Gary Portelli Jason Collett 55.5kg 1:15.18
2021 Four Moves Ahead John Sargent Nash Rawiller 55.5kg 1:10.50
2020 Hungry Heart Chris Waller James McDonald 55.5kg 1:09.64
2019 Anaheed Peter & Paul Snowden Tim Clark 55.5kg 1:09.72
2018 Seabrook Mick Price Hugh Bowman 55.5kg 1:10.96
2017 One More Honey John Thompson Jay Ford 55.5kg 1:12.28
2016 Scarlet Rain Gai Waterhouse Kathy O’Hara 55.5kg 1:09.52
2015 Always Allison Chris Waller Glyn Schofield 55.5kg 1:10.78
2014 Believe Yourself Gerald Ryan Jason Collett 55.5kg 1:11.20
2013 Romantic Moon John O’Shea James McDonald 55.5kg 1:10.08
2012 Jade Marauder Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 55.5kg 1:11.27
2011 Shared Reflections Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 55.5kg 1:09.52
2010 Crystal Lily Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Damien Oliver 55.5kg 1:09.05
2009 Headway Peter Moody Chris Munce 55.5kg 1:11.14
2008 Stripper David Payne Jeff Lloyd 55.5kg 1:11.03
2007 Chinchilla Rose Steele Ryan Stathi Katsidis 55.5kg 1:10.14
2006 Universal Queen Bede Murray Danny Beasley 55.5kg 1:11.44
2005 Carry On Cutie Graeme Rogerson Jim Cassidy 55.5kg 1:10.49
2004 Burning Sands Graeme Rogerson Jim Cassidy 55.5kg 1:11.85
2003 Legally Bay John Hawkes Rod Quinn 55.5kg 1:10.00
2002 Victory Vein Bede Murray Danny Beasley 55.5kg 1:09.89
2001 Ha Ha Gai Waterhouse Brian York 55.5kg 1:10.97
2000 Dynamic Love John Wallace Glen Colless 55.5kg 1:11.70