The Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) is a Group 3 event held at Morphettville Racecourse in August as a potential Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival lead-up.
2024 Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) News
The Spring Stakes (SAJC) – now run as the Behemoth Stakes – is a Group 3 sprinting event held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse in August each year and is run by the South Australian Jockey Club (SAJC).
Kicking off the minor Spring Racing Carnival in Adelaide, the Spring Stakes is an exciting weight-for-age sprint raced over 1200m for a total purse of $150,000 as of 2024.
For months after the Spring Stakes attracts a quality line-up of mainly local hopefuls mixed with interstate visitors looking for an early Black-Type to kick off their spring campaigns in. While increasingly the interstate horses make the trek, it is the local sprinters who really step up to the plate and boast a commanding record in the Spring Stakes results.
Recently the form out of the Morphettville Spring Stakes held up in Melbourne when local hope Dollar For Dollar (2018) went on to to run second in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m). The 2018 Spring Stakes winner Dollar For Dollar also placed third in the following year’s Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) in Brisbane.
In 2019 the Spring Stakes winner Dalasan travelled to Melbourne next start and won the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. He also went on to run second in the following year’s Group 1 SA Derby in 2020. Further franking the form out of the Spring Stakes results in 2019 was the runner-up Scales Of Justice who won Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) next start.
In 2020 the Spring Stakes winner Behemoth went on to win both the Memsie Stakes and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Group 1 level.
Behemoth returned in 2021 to officially secure back-to-back Spring Stakes victories after claiming the Group 3 on protest. Behemoth again completed the Spring Stakes – Memsie Stakes double in 2021 having earlier run third in that autumn’s then $5 million The All-Star Mile.
In 2023 the Spring Stakes was been renamed in honour of Behemoth and known as the Behemoth Stakes.
The Spring Stakes 2024 runs on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at Morphettville Racecourse as the Behemoth Stakes.
| Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday, August 10, 2024 |
| Track: | Morphettville |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | WFA |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $150,000 |
2024 Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
2024 Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) Betting Odds
The season’s leading Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) 2024 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.
The race’s now namesake Behemoth ($2.50 in 2020 and $1.65 in 2021) – who went back-to-back after winning his second on protest – and See You In Heaven ($2.15 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Spring Stakes / Behemoth Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
2024 Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) Field
The official Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) 2024 Field & Barriers will be published below once final acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week.
2024 Behemoth Stakes (Spring Stakes) Nominations
Early Behemoth Stakes (SAJC Spring Stakes) 2024 nominations close the Monday of race week.
Spring Stakes / Behemoth Stakes History
Redelva won the inaugural edition of the Spring Stakes in 1988, and then went on to win the race for the next two years. Redelva remains the only horse to seize three straight victories in the Spring Stakes. This compares to Hero Wind, who has also won three Spring Stakes, but not consecutively (1994, 1995, 1997).
There is a Group 3 race held in Newcastle that shares its name with the Morphettville Spring Stakes, although that is a mile event for three year olds run under set weight conditions.
Punters use Spring Stakes results for form guidance during the remainder of the spring in Adelaide. Because major racing tapers off, those quality sprinters who will be staying home for the season tend to seek nomination in the Spring Stakes.
Notable Spring Stakes winners include Black Rouge (1992), Super Elegant (2005), Rebel Raider (2010), Happy Trails (2012), Dollar For Dollar (2018), Dalasan (2019), and subsequent Group 1 Memsie Stakes – Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes double winner Behemoth (2020, 2021) who the race was renamed in honour of in 2023.
Behemoth won the 2021 Spring Stakes on protest over first-past-the-post Beau Rossa after copping interference.
Spring Stakes and Behemoth Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.
Spring Stakes / Behemoth Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Behemoth Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2023 Behemoth Stakes |
1st | See You In Heaven | 1 minute 14.14 seconds |
| 2nd | Savatoxl | ||
| 3rd | Manhatten Times | ||
| 2022 Spring Stakes |
1st | Calypso Reign | 1 minute 13.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Pindaric | ||
| 3rd | Pimm’s Party | ||
| 2021 Spring Stakes |
1st | Behemoth (On Protest) | 1 minute 13.24 seconds |
| 2nd | Beau Rossa | ||
| 3rd | Ritratto | ||
| 2020 Spring Stakes |
1st | Behemoth | 1 minute 10.80 seconds |
| 2nd | Dalasan | ||
| 3rd | Kemalpasa | ||
| 2019 Spring Stakes |
1st | Dalasan | 1 minute 10.43 seconds |
| 2nd | Scales Of Justice | ||
| 3rd | Waging War | ||
| 2018 Spring Stakes |
1st | Dollar For Dollar | 1 minute 12.02 seconds |
| 2nd | Hard Empire | ||
| 3rd | Inn Keeper | ||
| 2017 Spring Stakes |
1st | Mio Dio | 1 minute 13.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Lord Aspen | ||
| 3rd | Casino Wizard | ||
| 2016 Spring Stakes |
1st | Beirut | 1 minute 13.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Riziz | ||
| 3rd | Rocket Commander | ||
| 2015 Spring Stakes |
1st | Red Eclipse | 1 minute 12.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Whitlam | ||
| 3rd | Richie’s Vibe | ||
| 2014 Spring Stakes |
1st | Riziz | 1 minute 13.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Light It Up | ||
| 3rd | Karacatis | ||
| 2013 Spring Stakes |
1st | Just Discreet | 1 minute 12.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Meliora | ||
| 3rd | Golden Penny | ||
| 2012 Spring Stakes |
1st | Happy Trails | 1 minute 11.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Gossip Girl | ||
| 3rd | Southern Speed | ||
| 2011 Spring Stakes |
1st | Uxorious | 1 minute 13.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Periduki | ||
| 3rd | Valentine Miss | ||
| 2010 Spring Stakes |
1st | Rebel Raider | 1 minute 15.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Xaieta | ||
| 3rd | Likable Will | ||
| 2009 Spring Stakes |
1st | Midnight Mustang | 1 minute 09.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Magical Pearl | ||
| 3rd | Cerberus Gal | ||
| 2008 Spring Stakes |
1st | El Maze | 1 minute 13.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Sensational Toy | ||
| 3rd | Niconero | ||
| 2007 Spring Stakes |
1st | Zupaone | 1 minute 11.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Amyjaye Power | ||
| 3rd | El Maze | ||
| 2006 Spring Stakes |
1st | Royal Ida | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Shablec | ||
| 3rd | Bruges | ||
| 2005 Spring Stakes |
1st | Super Elegant | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Fly For Me | ||
| 3rd | Squillani | ||
| 2004 Spring Stakes |
1st | Sky CUddle | 1 minute 11.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Squillani | ||
| 3rd | Zip Zip Aray | ||
| 2003 Spring Stakes |
1st | Squillani | 1 minute 11.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Nadema | ||
| 3rd | Lawsons Storm | ||
| 2002 Spring Stakes |
1st | Strategic Image | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Romilada | ||
| 3rd | Star Hit | ||
| 2001 Spring Stakes |
1st | Flavour | 1 minute 16.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Spice Doll | ||
| 3rd | Star Hit | ||
| 2000 Spring Stakes |
1st | Spice Doll | 1 minute 15.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Hand | ||
| 3rd | Euclase Pat | ||
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