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In a calendar adjustment to the 2025/26 Australian Racing Season, the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), a significant spring handicap, moves back from mid-November to its former position on Underwood Day in September. This relocation will once again make the September meeting a feature Group 1 double-header with the Underwood Stakes and renew its established link with the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), which takes place three weeks later on Caulfield Guineas Day.

The race has changed dates a number of times and has recently been held in September before being moved ahead of the 2023 edition to a later November time-slot.

The Sir Rupert Clarke is now once again a good lead-up to the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), and from 2012 – 2016 all four Toorak Handicap winners had their final lead-up in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes including Trust In A Gust (2014) who did the double.

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes is a 1400m sprint offering $1,000,000 in prize money and is run under quality handicap conditions.

The 2021 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes form was franked with the third placegetter I’m Thunderstruck going on to win the Toorak Handicap and Sydney’s The Golden Eagle (1500m) at his next two starts.

In 2022, before the Sir Rupert was moved, the third-placed Tuvalu franked the form improving to win the Toorak Handicap next start before a second in that year’s Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

For the first time in 2023 the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner also earned a guaranteed start in the following autumn’s The All-Star Mile race held in 2024 on March 16 at Caulfield Racecourse.

It was the first ‘Win and You’re In’ race for the 2024 All-Star Mile.

The 2023 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes form was franked with the winner Magic Time returning in the autumn to win Sydney’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes.

The form out of the 2024 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, held in November, was franked by the runner-up Another Wil who returned the following autumn to win the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes in 2025.

The 2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes runs on Saturday September 20, 2025 at Caulfield Racecourse having returned to its earlier September timeslot to re the Underwood Stakes Day card. 

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 20, 2025
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Betting

The season’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2025 odds and betting markets will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and provided here at Races.com.au leading up to the event.

Behemoth ($3.80 in 2020) and Magic Time ($4.80 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes betting to salute.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Callsign Mav winning his fourth Group 1 and first on Aussie soil at $15 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes odds, and again in 2024 with Kimochi at a $26 starting price.

2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Form

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2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2025 Tips on the spring Group 1 handicap this season.

• To Win: TBD

2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Field

The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of middle-distance gallopers each spring that may have had a lead-up run in a race like the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at the same track / distance earlier in the season.

Behemoth (2020) became the first Memsie Stakes – Sir Rupert Clarke double winner since 2004.

In 2022 Callsign Mav improved on a lead-up sixth behind The Everest contender Snapdancer in the Memsie Stakes results to win the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.

The official 2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field of final acceptances is released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided in full below.

2025 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes close the Monday of race week and will be published below once announced.

Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes History

The first recorded win of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes was in 1951 by Jovial Lad. The event has since then been won two consecutive times by several horses starting with Anonyme in 1961-62. Tauto then won in 1970-71 and Testa Rossa placed first in 1999 and 2000. Formerly known as the Invitation Stakes, the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes has held Group 1 status since 1979 and for a number of years took place on the same Sunday Sydney hosts the NRL Grand Final.

The Sir Rupert Clarke recently moved forward a week earlier as the feature event on its own race card. It has been won by many quality types over the years including the 2018 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Jungle Cat, a raider from the UK who came off a Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint win in Dubai.

In 2023 the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes was moved from September to November before returning to September ahead of the 2025 edition.

Kimochi (2024) was the last Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winning mare.

Recent Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Time
2025	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2024	Kimochi	Another Wil	Steparty	1:23.56
2023	Magic Time	I Am Me	Strait Acer	1:22.51
2022	Callsign Mav	I Am Superman	Tuvalu	1:26.88
2021	Sierra Sue	Dice Roll	I’m Thunderstruck	1:23.07
2020	Behemoth	Dollar For Dollar	Pretty Brazen	1:23.84
2019	Begood Toya Mother	Age Of Chivalry	Widgee Turf	1:21.98
2018	Jungle Cat	Dollar For Dollar	Land Of Plenty	1:22.31
2017	Santa Ana Lane	Mr Sneaky	So Si Bon	1:22.28
2016	Bon Aurum	Voodoo Lad	Fast ‘n’ Rocking	1:23.4
2015	Stratum Star	Disposition	Under The Louvre	1:22.0
2014	Trust In A Gust	Dissident	Bull Point	1:23.0
2013	Rebel Dane	Fontelina	Solzhenitsyn	1:23.9
2012	Moment Of Change	We’re Gonna Rock	Solzhenitsyn	1:22.1
2011	Toorak Toff	Pinnacles	Master Of Design	1:21.9
2010	Response	No Evidence Needed	Woorim	1:22.23
2009	Turffontein	Stickpin	Raffaello	1:25.3
2008	Orange County	Bon Hoffa	Turffontein	1:24.3
2007	Bon Hoffa	Niconero	Wonderful World	1:22.5
2006	Rewaaya	Miss Andretti	Undue	1:23.4
2005	Barely A Moment	Super Kid	Sky Cuddle	1:25.7
2004	Regal Roller	Our Egyptian Raine	Alinghi	1:24.2
2003	Exceed & Excel	Reactive	Titanic Jack	1:21.2
2002	Pernod	Bel Espirit	Royal Code	1:22.6
2001	Mr Murphy	Fubu	Umrum	1:23.5
2000	Testa Rossa	Camarena	Porto Roca	1:21.9
1999	Testa Rossa	Nina Haraka	Redoutes Choice	1:22.1
1998	Lord Luskin	Theatre	Haltermann	1:23.3
1997	Cut Up Rough	Tarnpir Lane	Delsole	1:22.9
1996	Encosta De Lago	Scenic Royale	Lochrae	1:24.2
1995	Our Maizcay	Cut Up Rough	You	1:22.3
1994	Poetic King	Lets Cut Loose	Subastral	1:23.2
1993	Black Rouge	Lets Hurry	Primacy	1:23.3
1992	Mannerism	Black Rouge	Vows	1:26.2
1991	St Jude	Our Dawn Star	Cole Diesel	1:27.4
1990	Submariner	Plush Embassy	Crimson Medal	1:23.6