Looking for this year’s The Ingham betting odds, field and form on the race formerly the known as the Villiers Stakes? The expert tipsters at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

2023 The Ingham winner Loch Eagle
2023 The Ingham winner Loch Eagle. Photo: Steve Hart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First held in 1982, the Villiers Stakes was renamed The Ingham ahead of the 2022 edition of the now $2 million summer feature. 

The event has held Group 2 status for over 30 years and the 1600m feature takes place at Royal Randwick in mid-December annually. 

After a huge boost in prize money from $750,000 in 2021 to $2 million in 2022, The Ingham also serves as a credible lead-up into the Summer Cup held over 2000m. 

The Ingham winner also secures a ballot exemption into the following autumn’s iconic Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). 

The 2021 Villiers Stakes form was franked with the second placed Ellsberg returning the next year for a huge campaign that included a dead-heat victory in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap and his Five Diamonds Prelude – $2 million Five Diamonds double.

The ingham 2024 – Quick Information

  • Former Race Name: Villiers Stakes
  • Race Day: Saturday December 14, 2024 
  • Track Location: Randwick Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,600 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Quality Handicap
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds and over
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 2
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $2,000,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1892; 2022 as The Ingham
  • 2024 The Ingham Winner: Robusto

the ingham 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 The Ingham results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday December 14, 2024.  

  1. #16 Robusto
  2. #9 Steparty
  3. #7 Encap

The 2024 The Ingham winner was the Bjorn Baker-trained Festival Stakes runner-up Robusto ($26) who hit the lead a furlong out and held on for a narrow upset.

the ingham Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

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

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s The Ingham
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s The Ingham.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s The Ingham. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in The Ingham, 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 Ingham, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within The Ingham to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within The Ingham to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within The Ingham 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 Ingham, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The ingham in 2024

  1. Log in 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 The Ingham Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

The Ingham 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 The Ingham 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 ingham in 2024?

The best way to pick which horse will win The Ingham in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up summer racing form, any proven Black-Type performers and Sydney-trained gallopers. 

Additional factors to consider when picking The Ingham winner include: 

  • Local Milers – There are plenty of races worth paying attention in the preceding weeks, set at 1600 metres and taking place at Randwick.
  • Festival Lead-Up – The Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) is a key lead-up offer the winner a ballot exemption for The Ingham. Kirwan’s Lane (3rd in 2022) and Robusto (2nd in 2024) are the latest The Ingham winners to come via a lead-up run in the Festival Stakes.

the ingham Favourites 2024

Favourites in The Ingham 2024 betting include the in-form Ciaron Maher-trained Big Dance – The Gong double winner Gringotts chasing a hat-trick, Better Than Ready four-year-old Port Lockroy coming off a Group 1 Railway Stakes win in Perth, and the evergreen Private Eye for Joe Pride coming off a Group 3 Festival Stakes win at Rosehill. 

Quackerjack ($3.80 in 2019) was the last Villiers Stakes / The Ingham favourite to win.

the ingham 2024 Field

The official The Ingham 2024 field of final acceptances is set for release the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below once announced. 

the ingham 2024 Tips

Favourite: #2 Gringotts ($3.90 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #2 Gringtotts to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #18 Estadio Mestalla ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2024 The Ingham tips will be published above the week of the race and a full betting preview available on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE THE INGHAM DAY 2024 PREVIEW & TIPS

the ingham Race Day 2024

2024 The Ingham Day takes place on Saturday the 14th of December 2024 at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse.

The Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m), Listed ATC Cup (2000m), and the Restricted Listed $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) are the key support races on the card. 

the ingham Barrier Draw 2024

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

the ingham Nominations 2024

2024 The Ingham nominations close at 11 AM on the Monday of race week. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 089×630930 BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB) G 6 Ciaron Maher 97
2 4132×55065 COASTWATCH G 6 Richard & Will Freedman 97
3 2560×71405 ENCAP G 4 Gary Portelli 101
4 44222×9421 ESTADIO MESTALLA (IRE) G 6 Joseph Pride 96
5 3x111x2211 GRINGOTTS (NZ) G 5 Ciaron Maher 113
6 136x243x11 I’MINTOWIN (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 93
7 111×262111 KERCHAK (NZ) G 6 Ben Ahrens 92
8 51x08x4167 LEKVARTE (NZ) M 6 Joseph Pride 104
9 737×721008 LION’S ROAR (NZ) G 7 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 101
10 600×608090 LOCH EAGLE G 6 Kris Lees 95
11 6x0140x174 MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 106
12 x209x65861 NEW ENERGY (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher 105
13 x96x945090 OSIPENKO (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller 100
14 x437x15424 POISON CHALICE (NZ) G 5 Paul Preusker 94
15 26772×3661 PORT LOCKROY H 4 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 108
16 034×466581 PRIVATE EYE G 7 Joseph Pride 114
17 25×1054762 ROBUSTO G 5 Bjorn Baker 97
18 x1600x8015 RUSTIC STEEL G 7 Kris Lees 107
19 210x5351x5 SPANGLER (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees 95
20 x680x86333 STEPARTY G 4 Paul Preusker 101
21 82×2332632 SUPARAZI G 6 Ben Brisbourne 98
22 062410x7x0 TANNHAUSER G 4 Chris Waller 93
23 x1256x6143 TAVI TIME (NZ) G 5 Kris Lees 92
24 2496516231 TORRANZINO (NZ) G 5 Paul Preusker 88
25 10542×1310 UZZIAH G 6 Scott Aspery 86
26 5x1264x304 WATERFORD (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller 100
27 11x621x203 XIDAKI G 4 Peter Snowden 98

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

the ingham Weights 2024

Quality handicap conditions apply to this race. Final 2024 The Ingham weights are announced at 4 PM on the Tuesday of race week with weights on the final acceptances to be published in our above The Ingham Field section.

2024 The Ingham Topweight:

  • #1 Private Eye (61kg)

the ingham Acceptances 2024

2024 The Ingham final acceptances must be declared before 9:00 AM on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in our above The Ingham Field section.

the ingham Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12:00 PM on the Wednesday of race week and the official 2024 The Ingham jockeys will be published in our above The Ingham Field section.

the ingham Scratchings 2024

2024 The Ingham scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 14th of December 2024.  

the ingham Prize Money 2024

The Ingham 2024 prize purse is now worth a lucrative $2 million in total as of 2022, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $1,115,000
2nd $380,000
3rd $195,000
4th $88,000
5th $42,000
6th $20,000
7th $20,000
8th $20,000
9th $15,000
10th $15,000

the ingham Race Number 2024

The 2024 The Ingham race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 8 at 4:40pm (AEDT) on Saturday December 14, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Randwick Racecourse.

the ingham 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 The Ingham Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 THE INGHAM FORM GUIDE

the ingham Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 The Ingham live, across the following mediums.

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

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing NSW

Villiers Stakes / The ingham Winners

Winners of the Villiers Stakes / The Ingham going back to 1999 are displayed in the table below. For every result going back to 1930, please check our Winners Page

Following the race being renamed, the successful horses in this event from 2022 are known as The Ingham winners.

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2024 Robusto Bjorn Baker Tim Clark 54kg 1:34.14
2023 Loch Eagle Kris Lees Dylan Gibbons 53kg 1:34.80
2022 Kirwan’s Lane John O’Shea Brenton Avdulla 57kg 1:33.50
2021 Brutality Joe Pride Regan Bayliss 53kg 1:37.26
2020 Greysful Glamour Mark Newnham Rachel King 56kg 1:33.47
2019 Quackerjack Mark Newnham Rachel King 56kg 1:34.20
2018 Sky Boy Anthony Cummings Christian Reith 53kg 1:36.39
2017 Crack Me Up Liam Birchley Jason Collett 54.5kg 1:34.98
2016 Sense Of Occasion Kris Lees Ben Melham 54kg 1:37.40
2015 Happy Clapper Patrick Webster Brenton Avdulla 53kg 1:33.98
2014 Rudy Helen Page Luke Tarrant 53kg 1:36.27
2013 Ninth Legion Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Peter Robl 54.5kg 1:31.41
2012 All Legal Kevin Moses Glyn Schofield 54kg 1:35.81
2011 Monton Ron Quinton Hugh Bowman 58kg 1:36.33
2010 Dances On Waves Gerald Ryan Brenton Avdulla 52kg 1:35.03
2009 Palacio De Cristal Grahame Begg Peter Wells 52kg 1:34.72
2008 Something Anything Gary Portelli Chris Munce 54.5kg 1:36.39
2007 Honor In War Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 54.5kg 1:21.54
2006 Utzon Les Bridge Lenny Beasley 57.5kg 1:35.26
2005 Aqua D’amore Gai Waterhouse Danny Beasley 52.5kg 1:35.47
2004 Ike’s Dream John Hawkes Darren Beadman 54kg 1:33.13
2003 On A High John O’Shea Larry Cassidy 53kg 1:35.86
2002 Boreale John Hawkes Darren Beadman 53kg 1:34.89
2001 Carael Boy Bob Milligan Brad Pengelly 53.5kg 1:36.54
2000 Grey And Gold John O’Shea Darryl McLellan 52.5kg 1:36.19
1999 Final Fantasy Bruce Cross Craig Carmody 52kg 1:35.45