Vain Stakes

The Group 3 Vain Stakes is a 1100m sprint held at Caulfield Racecourse each year and as of 2023 is worth $200,000.

First run in 1992, the Vain Stakes is restricted to three-year-old colts and geldings and is held on the same day as the Group 3 Quezette Stakes, a race for three-year-old fillies.

The Vain Stakes is used as the beginning for many three year olds heading towards the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) campaigns.

In 2022, Giga Kick would claim the Group 3 Vain Stakes on his way to claiming The Everest (1200m) just two runs later.

Notable winners of the Vain Stakes include: Giga Kick (2022), Ingratiating (2021), Bivouac (2019), Russian Revolution (2016), Safeguard (2013), Sepoy (2011), Toorak Toff (2010), Starspangledbanner (2009) and Haradasun (2006).

2023 Vain Stakes Betting Odds

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2023 Vain Stakes Final Field

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Previous Vain Stakes Field

• 2022 Vain Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Semillion	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	3	58kg
  2		Cannonball	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	4	57kg
  3		Millane	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	8	57kg
  4		Thron Bone	Jerome Hunter	Will Price	1	56kg
  5		Alpha One	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	6	56kg
  6		Giga Kick	Clayton Douglas	Craig Williams	5	56kg
  7		Man In The Mirror	Annabel Neasham	Jamie Kah	7	56kg
  8		Spacewalk	James Cummings	Ben Melham	2	56kg

2022 Vain Stakes result

Recent Vain Stakes results

• 2022: Giga Kick remains unbeaten
  Clayton Douglas recorded his first stakes win as a trainer after Giga Kick stormed home to take out the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The gelded son of Scissor Kick didn’t lead for the first time in his career, but that didn’t stop him from reigning supreme. Sent out as the second favourite behind the in-form Alpha One ($3.10), Giga Kick ($4) and Craig Williams had a job to do in the final stages of the $200,000 race, as the race favourite shot clear on the bend under Damien Lane. It was Giga Kick who got the last laugh though, nailing Alpha One right on the line, while Millane ($9) worked home stylishly into third.
• 2021: Ingratiating flashes home to claim Vain Stakes
  Despite giving key market rivals Generation ($2.30) and General Beau ($5.50) a start in the Group 3 Vain Stakes, Ingratiating ($3.20) under Damien Oliver, bloused his rivals in emphatic fashion. First-up from a spell since finishing third in the Golden Slipper, Ingratiating was forced to settle at the rear of the field, having drawn the widest barrier (7) in the seven-horse field. However, that was to be no issue, with the colt showing every bit of his Group 1 potential, going on to claim victory by a length to General Beau, with Generation a further nostril away in third.
• 2020: Our Playboy causes minor upset
  Having been sent out as an outsider in a competitive edition of the Vain Stakes, Our Playboy ($13) announced himself as a class sprinting prospect during his three-year-old season. Ridden by Ben Melham, Our Playboy left the likes of Rulership ($2.45) and Hydro Star ($4.80) in his wake as he powered home from the back of the field to win by a length over Ranting ($6).
• 2019: Bivouac destroys rivals
  Godolphin’s Bivouac made an emphatic statement when claiming the 2019 Group 3 Vain Stakes. Despite going up against just five rivals, Bivouac ($3) put over four-lengths on Sebrakate ($12), with Dirty Work ($26) an eventual six-lengths off the winner. Bivouac’s performance was his first start under raceday conditions since claiming the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick during the previous autumn when getting the better of the class Libertini.

Vain Stakes winners

Vain Stakes winners pre-2000