Ethereal Stakes

The Group 3 Ethereal Stakes is a 2000m event held annually on Caulfield Cup Day for three-year-old fillies, is run under set weights and penalty conditions and boasts a prize pool of $200,000.

This race has been known as the Ethereal Stakes since 2011, after the race was named in honour of Ethereal who completed the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double in 2001.

From 2000 to 2011, the Ethereal Stakes was classified as a Handicap race before being upgraded to Listed level in 2011. After being run as a Listed race until 2014, the Ethereal Stakes was upgraded to Group 3 level in 2015.

The Ethereal Stakes has proven to be a good form race for the VRC Oaks later in the spring, as Set Square and Pinot completed the double in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

Notable winners of the Ethereal Stakes include Renaissance Woman (2022), Verry Elleegant (2018), Pinot (2017), Set Square (2014), Arabian Gold (2013), Astronomia (2005), Hierogram (2002) and Lolita Star (2000).

2023 Ethereal Stakes Betting Odds

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Best Ethereal Stakes bookmakers

The Ethereal Stakes isn’t a race that’s on the tip of every punters’ tongue, but the bookies offer great value which has been snapped up over the last few years.

Some of the top online bookmakers will open up Ethereal Stakes all-in markets which don’t provide insurance if your selected runner doesn’t start in the race, but the odds are more appealing.

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Latest Ethereal Stakes News

2023 Ethereal Stakes Final Field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1		Tropical Squall	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	12	59kg
2		Dolphin Skin	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	13	57kg
3		Coco Sun	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Kerrin McEvoy	8	57kg
4		Autumn Angel	Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	3	56kg
5		Konasana	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	7	56kg
6		Grinzinger Belle	Danny O’Brien	Michael Dee	2	56kg
7		Basilinna	Emma-Lee & David Browne	Damien Oliver	11	56kg
8		Wings Of Song	Patrick Payne	Ben Melham	9	56kg
9		Bon Mistress	Ken & Kasey Keys	Blaike McDougall	5	56kg
10		Saxon Beauty	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Jamie Kah	1	56kg
11		Another You	Dan O’Sullivan	Daniel Stackhouse	4	56kg
12		Everlasting Kiss	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn	10	56kg
13		Lady Tempest	Robbie Laing	TBC	6	56kg

Previous Ethereal Stakes Field

• 2022 Ethereal Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Moko	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	3	56kg
  2		Uncorked	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	56kg
  3		Pavitra	Richard & Will Freedman	Jamie Kah	11	56kg
  4		Born Hustler	Jason Warren	Damien Oliver	8	56kg
  5		Renaissance Woman	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	5	56kg
  6		Cabaca	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	7	56kg
  7		Foxy Cleopatra	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn	14	56kg
  8		Whakamana	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Jye McNeil	13	56kg
  9		Let’sbefrankbaby	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Lachlan King	2	56kg
  10		Makrana	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Michael Dee	12	56kg
  11		Zest For Life	Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr	Daniel Moor	1	56kg
  12		Grey Northern	Simon Zahra	Damien Thornton	6	56kg
  13		Aunt Roberta	John O’Shea	Ben Melham	10	56kg
  14		Whispering Lady	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Luke Nolen	4	56kg

2022 Ethereal Stakes result

Recent Ethereal Stakes winners

• 2022: Renaissance Woman claims Ethereal Stakes
  Renaissance Woman (+400) and Josh Parr have taken out the Ethereal Stakes over Foxy Cleopatra (+380) and the runaway leader Pavitra (+500), who stuck on for third. Both Renaissance Woman and Foxy Cleopatra came from the very back of the field and rounded the bend five and six wide getting out to what looked to be the better ground. As they rounded the bend Pavitra had a three-length lead still, but they quickly ate into the lead and paired off to clear out by over two lengths on the line to fight out the finish.
• 2021: Daisies gets a peach from Damian Lane
  A Damian Lane special has seen the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Daisies (+900) claim the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield. Lane took off mid-race and took up the lead, after the leading duo slammed the brakes on, and allowed his mount to run along at her own pace. Although she was still a maiden, Daisies extended her lead on the home turn and kicked away from Glint Of Hope (+1100) and Biscayne Bay (+1400), who ran on from the back to fill the placings.
• 2020: Chica Fuerte leads all the way
  Anthony & Sam Freedman and Ben Melham have combined with Chica Fuerte (+450) to claim the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield. When Chica Fuerte got into a rhythm and ran the race to suit herself, she didn’t give her rivals a chance after booting clear on the home turn to put the race to bed by the 200m mark. After sticking on well from just behind the leaders, Star Of Eden (+3000) was nabbed on the line for second place by the fast-finishing Salto Angel (+1800).
• 2019: Gamay holds on to beat Vegas Jewel
  Archie Alexander-trained Gamay (+600) has clung on to defeat the race favourite Vegas Jewel (+250) in the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes. After going into the race undefeated, Vegas Jewel appeared to have the eventual winner covered at the 100m mark, but Declan Bates got the most out of his filly and she kept fighting to the line. Behind the top two was Celestial Falls (+380) in third place, who stuck on well after leading the race.

Ethereal Stakes past winners list