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Held at Caulfield Racecourse in late August or early September, the Group 1 Memsie Stakes 2025 is a weight-for-age race which currently offers $750,000 in prize money.

The 1400m event is held as the first Group 1 of the new racing season and is a great lead up race to the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) run a fortnight later over the mile at Flemington.

Dissident (2014) followed by Mr Brightside (2023) nearly a decade later are the latest horses to complete the Memsie Stakes – Makybe Diva Stakes double.

Raced on the same day as the Group 3 H.D.F. McNeil Stakes (1200m), the Group 3 The Heath 1100 Stakes (1100m) and the Group 3 W.W. Cockram Stakes (1200m), the Memsie Stakes has produced some outstanding Cox Plate winners including El Segundo (2006), Makybe Diva (2005), Sunline (2001-01), and Dane Ripper (1998).

The Memsie Stakes is now the first Group 1 race of the racing year after it was elevated from Group 2 status for the 2013/2014 season.

The form out of the 2021 Memsie Stakes was franked with the third-placed mare Tofane going on to place in a host of other Group 1 events and win the following autumn’s Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at the same track/distance.

The 2022 Memsie Stakes form was franked with the runner-up I’m Thunderstruck winning the Makybe Diva next start before a number of other Group 1 placings including a second in that year’s Ladbrokes Cox Plate. Sadly I’m Thunderstruck would go on to be euthanised in March of 2023 following arthroscopic fetlock surgery. He suffered a catastrophic knee injury whilst getting up after general anaesthetic.

In 2023 after completing the Memsie Stakes – Makybe Diva double, Mr Brightside went on to further frank the form with a host of other Group 1 placings including in the $5 million King Charles III Stakes (2nd), Cox Plate (2nd) and Cantala Stakes (2nd). He returned in the autumn of 2024 to win the CF Orr – Futurity Stakes double before a second in that year’s All-Star Mile.

Mr Brightside returned as the favourite in 2024 looking to go back-to-back but could only manage to finish a first-up second to upset winner Pinstriped ($14).

The 2024 Memsie Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Mr Brightside, who had won the year prior, taking out the Makybe Diva Stakes at his next start.

The 2025 Memsie Stakes takes place at Caulfield on Saturday August 30, 20225 as the opening Group 1 of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. 

2025 Memsie Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 30, 20225
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$750,000

2025 Memsie Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2025 Memsie Stakes Betting

The season’s Memsie Stakes 2025 betting odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available at Races.com.au as soon as released this spring carnival.

Mr Brightside ($2.70 in 2023) was the last favourite in Memsie Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with Pinstriped saluting at Memsie Stakes odds of $14 over the beaten $2.50 favourite Mr Brightside who ran second in a failed title defence.

2025 Memsie Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 MEMSIE STAKES FORM GUIDE

2025 Memsie Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Memsie Stakes 2025 Tips on the Caulfield Group 1 this season.

• To Win: TBD

2025 Memsie Stakes Field

The Memsie Stakes field attracts a strong line-up of talented weight-for-age performers often kicking off their spring bids and eventually heading towards races like the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) later in the spring.

Good lead-up races for horses heading towards the Group 1 Memsie Stakes field include the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield in late July and the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight before Memsie Stakes Day.

Mr Brightside (2023) was the last horse to complete the P.B. Lawrence Stakes – Memsie Stakes double.

Pinstriped (2nd in 2024) was the last Memsie Stakes winner to come via a lead-up run in the P.B. Lawrence Stakes.

The official Memsie Stakes 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be released on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

2025 Memsie Stakes Nominations

The early 2025 Memsie Stakes Nominations close on Monday, August 26, 2024 and the full list of nominees will be available below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

Memsie Stakes History

First won by Veneda in 1899, the Memsie Stakes has had several multiple winners of the race including the four time race champion Lord from 1958-61. Eurythmic (1920-22) and Ajax (1938-40) have won the race three consecutive times each while there have been several double winners including Heroic (1925-26), Waltzing Lily (1933-34), Comic Court (1949-50), Coppice (1954-55), Yangtze (1965-66), and Sunline (2000-01).

In more recent years the Memsie Stakes has been won by the likes of three-time Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva (2005), gun filly Miss Finland (2007), So You Think (2010), dual winner from South Australia Behemoth (2020-21), and the talented Team Hayes-trained weight-for-age hero Mr Brightside (2023).

Recent Memsie Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2025 Memsie Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2024 Memsie Stakes	1st	Pinstriped	1 minute 22.66 seconds
	2nd	Mr Brightside
	3rd	Gentleman Roy
2023 Memsie Stakes	1st	Mr Brightside	1 minute 23.22 seconds
	2nd	Princess Grace
	3rd	I Wish I Win
2022 Memsie Stakes	1st	Snapdancer	1 minute 24.38 seconds
	2nd	I’m Thunderstruck
	3rd	Cascadian
2021 Memsie Stakes	1st	Behemoth	1 minute 23.59 seconds
	2nd	Beau Rossa
	3rd	Tofane
2020 Memsie Stakes	1st	Behemoth	1 minute 22.71 seconds
	2nd	Mr Quickie
	3rd	Glenfiddich
2019 Memsie Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	1 minute 22.14 seconds
	2nd	So Si Bon
	3rd	Alizee
2018 Memsie Stakes	1st	Humidor	1 minute 23:29 seconds
	2nd	Kementari
	3rd	Kings Will Dream
2017 Memsie Stakes	1st	Vega Magic	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Tosen Stardom
2016 Memsie Stakes	1st	Black Heart Bart	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Rising Romance
	3rd	Mahuta
2015 Memsie Stakes	1st	Boban	1 minute 24.61 seconds
	2nd	Entirely Platinum
	3rd	Stratum Star
2014 Memsie Stakes	1st	Dissident	1 minute 22.72 seconds
	2nd	Sweet Idea
	3rd	Puissance De Lune
2013 Memsie Stakes	1st	Atlantic Jewel	1 minute 24.43 seconds
	2nd	Ferlax
	3rd	Super Cool
2012 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sincero	1 minute 23.27 seconds
	2nd	Happy Trails
	3rd	Second Effort
2011 Memsie Stakes	1st	King’s Rose	1 minute 23.44 seconds
	2nd	Heart Of Dreams
	3rd	Red Colossus
2010 Memsie Stakes	1st	So You Think	1 minute 26.68 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Shoot Out
2009 Memsie Stakes	1st	Mic Mac	1 minute 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Zarita
2008 Memsie Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Maldivian
	3rd	Pompeii Ruler
2007 Memsie Stakes	1st	Miss Finland	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Haradasun
	3rd	Tipungwuti
2006 Memsie Stakes	1st	El Segundo	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Casual
	3rd	Apache Cat
2005 Memsie Stakes	1st	Makybe Diva	1 minute 26.7 seconds
	2nd	Barely A Moment
	3rd	Regal Roller
2004 Memsie Stakes	1st	Regal Roller	1 minute 23 seconds
	2nd	Pacific Dancer
	3rd	Delzao
2003 Memsie Stakes	1st	Le Zagaletta	1 minute 25.2 seconds
	2nd	Super Elegant
	3rd	Out Of Options
2002 Memsie Stakes	1st	Magical Miss	1 minute 24 seconds
	2nd	Fields Of Omagh
	3rd	Dash For Cash
2001 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Piavonic
	3rd	Rum
2000 Memsie Stakes	1st	Sunline	1 minute 25.4 seconds
	2nd	Umrum
	3rd	Oliver Twist