Looking for this year’s Zeditave Stakes betting odds, field and race day tips? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

Zeditave Stakes, Caulfield Racecourse

Run over 1,200 metres in February at Caulfield Racecourse* on Blue Diamond Stakes Day, the Zeditave Stakes attracts a variety of 3 year old sprinters from around Australia. 

*Note: The 2023 Zeditave Stakes and entire Blue Diamond Stakes race card took place at Sandown with renovations happening at Caulfield. 

Starting out as a Listed Race, this race was upgraded to Group 3 in 2014 and currently offers $200,000 in prize money. 

The Group 3 Manfred Stakes (1200m) also held at Caulfield around a month prior makes an excellent lead-up into the Zeditave Stakes.

The best out of the Zeditave Stakes may continue onto Sydney later in the autumn targeting a race like the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) held at Randwick in April. 

The race was previously restricted to colts and geldings but is now back open to three-year-old fillies also.

Zeditave Stakes 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, February 24th, 2024
  • Track Location: Caulfield Racecourse 
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Left-handed
  • Race Distance: 1,200 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights (plus penalties)
  • Qualification: Three year olds 
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Melbourne Racing Club
  • Prize Purse: $200,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1989
  • 2024 Zeditave Stakes Winner: Raikoke

zeditave stakes 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Zeditave Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday February 24, 2024. 

  1. #9 Raikoke
  2. #1 Brave Mead
  3. #7 Scully

Zeditave Stakes Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Zeditave 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 Zeditave Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Zeditave Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Zeditave Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Zeditave 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 Zeditave 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 Zeditave Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Zeditave Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Zeditave 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 Zeditave Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Zeditave Stakes 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 Zeditave Stakes Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Zeditave Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Zeditave 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 Zeditave Stakes in 2024

The best way to pick which horse will win the Zeditave Stakes in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up autumn racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weight the horse will carry and look for the proven Group performers. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Zeditave Stakes winner include: 

  • Non-Maidens: Three-year-olds with previous winning form have a strong strike-rate in the Zeditave Stakes.
  • Magic Millions: Any three-year-olds that ran well in the Magic Millions Carnival in Queensland during the summer are worth watching in the Zeditave during the autumn.
  • Sack Don’t Back: The favourites have a poor recent strike-rate in the race so laying the punters’ pick can prove profitable.

Zeditave Stakes Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Zeditave Stakes betting include Ciaron Maher’s first-up Group 3 Manfred Stakes winning Brave Smash colt Brave Mead, the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Group 1 performed Extreme Choice colt Don Corleone, and the untapped Raikoke.

Overshare ($3.80 in 2018) followed by Oxley Road ($2.50 in 2021) are the latest Zeditave Stakes favourites to win.

Zeditave Stakes 2024 Field

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

A line-up of young Australian Guineas hopefuls will face off in the Zeditave Stakes 2024 final field in Melbourne this weekend including the top-rated Brave Mead for Ciaron Maher coming off a Group 3 Manfred win fresh.

Zeditave Stakes 2024 Tips

Favourite: #1 Brave Mead ($3 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #6 Wolfy ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #8 Hello World ($19 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2024 Zeditave Stakes 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 BLUE DIAMOND STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

Zeditave Stakes Race Day 2024

The 2024 Zeditave Stakes takes place at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday February 24, 2024 as part of the 2024 Blue Diamond Stakes Day program. Eight Group status races run at the meeting including a trio of Group 1 events the action headlined by the:

Zeditave Stakes Barrier Draw 2024

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

Zeditave Stakes Nominations 2024

2024 Zeditave Stakes nominations close at 12:00 PM on Monday, the 19th of February, 2024.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 18x32132x1 BRAVE MEAD C 3 Ciaron Maher 1 58.5kg 88
2 4x126x912x MAHARBA G 3 Grahame Begg 2 57.5kg 82
3 11x267x LEGACIES F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 3 55.5kg 77
4 426x78330x DON CORLEONE C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 4 56kg 89
5 11x55470x SCHEELITE C 3 Ken & Kasey Keys 5 56kg 77
6 181×2512 HANCHI G 3 Sean & Jake Casey 6 56kg 76
7 3110×0 LAKOTA FIRE G 3 Mark & Levi Kavanagh 7 56kg 68
8 262110x WOLFY (NZ) C 3 Nick Ryan 8 56kg 68
9 2134×4 MOESHA F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 9 54kg 68
10 17x3x TITLE FIGHTER G 3 Clayton Douglas 10 56kg 67
11 5315×18 SCULLY G 3 Andrew Noblet 11 56kg 67
12 3×11 HELLO WORLD C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 12 56kg 67
13 1 RAIKOKE G 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 13 56kg 64
14 17×3 PIVOT CITY C 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 14 56kg 64

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Zeditave Stakes Weights 2024

Set weights plus penalties apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4:00 PM on Monday, the 19th of February, 2024 with the official 2024 Zeditave Stakes weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above Zeditave Stakes Field section. 

Finance Tycoon (58.5kg in 2022) was the last Zeditave Stakes top-weight to win.

2024 Zeditave Stakes Top-Weight:

  • #1 Brave Mead (58.5kg)

Zeditave Stakes Acceptances 2024

2024 Zeditave Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9:30 AM on Wednesday, the 21st of February, 2024 and will be published in our above Zeditave Stakes Field section. 

Zeditave Stakes Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, the 21st of February, 2024 with the official 2024 Zeditave Stakes jockeys to be published in our above Zeditave Stakes Field section. 

Zeditave Stakes Scratchings 2024

2024 Zeditave Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, the 24th of February, 2024. 

Zeditave Stakes Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Zeditave Stakes prize purse is worth $200,000 in total, distributed from places first through to eighth.

Place Prize Money
1st $120,000
2nd $36,000
3rd $18,000
4th $9,000
5th $5,000
6th $4,000
7th $4,000
8th $4,000

Zeditave Stakes Race Number 2024

The 2024 Zeditave Stakes race number is scheduled as Caulfield Race 4 at 1:55pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 24th of February, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Caulfield Racecourse.

Zeditave 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 Zeditave Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 ZEDITAVE STAKES FORM GUIDE

Zeditave Stakes Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Zeditave Stakes race live, across the following mediums.

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

Free to air television: Channels 78 (and 68 in regional areas)

Radio: Radio Sport National

StreamingRacing.com

MobileNeds App

Zeditave Stakes Winners

Winners of the Zeditave Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below. 

Year Winner Trainer/s Jockey Weight Time
2024 Raikoke Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. Ben Melham 56 kgs 1:10.03
2023 Recommendation Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 56 kgs 1:10.19
2022 Finance Tycoon Danny O’Brien Damian Lane 58.5 kgs 1:09.39
2021 Oxley Road Peter Moody Luke Nolen 56 kgs 1:09.99
2020 He’ll Haunt Us Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damien Oliver 57 kgs 1:09.28
2019 Terbium Phillip Stokes John Allen 55 kgs 1:09.97
2018 Overshare Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Dwayne Dunn 57 kgs 1:09.16
2017 Benz Gordon Richards Blake Shinn 55 kgs 1:08.71
2016 Santa Ana Lane Anthony Freedman Ben Melham 55 kgs 1:09.53
2015 Rommel Neville Parnham Chris Parnham 57.5 kgs 1:10.36
2014 Not Listenin’tome Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes James McDonald 55 kgs 1:09.26
2013 Happy Galaxy Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Dwayne Dunn 56 kgs 1:10.69
2012 Instinction Mick Price Craig Newitt 57.5 kgs 1:09.37
2011 Eclair Mystic Robert Smerdon Chris Symons 55.5 kgs 1:10.69
2010 Denman Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 57.5 kgs 1:08.66
2009 Time Thief Lee Freedman Dwayne Dunn 54 kgs 1:10.03
2008 Bundle O’ Gold Paul Seater Dwayne Dunn 55 kgs 1:09.66
2007 Haradasun Tony Vasil Nash Rawiller 56 kgs 1:09.50
2006 Minson Michael Hibbs Craig Williams 56 kgs 1:10.86
2005 Not A Single Doubt Tony Vasil Kerrin McEvoy 57.5 kgs 1:10.00
2004 St Elmo’s Fire Brian Mayfield-Smith Danny Nikolic 57.5 kgs 1:10.00
2003 Innovation Girl Brian Mayfield-Smith Nash Rawiller 55.5 kgs 1:08.35
2002 Barkada Lee Freedman Patrick Payne 56.5 kgs 1:08.24
2001 Desert Eagle Mathew Ellerton Patrick Payne 56.5 kgs 1:08.84
2000 Pins Clarry Conners Shane Dye 58 kgs 1:09.12