FEATURE PREVIEWS: WILLIAM REID STAKES

Track: The Valley | Distance: 1200m | Type: Group 1 3YO+ WFA | Rail Position: True | Track Conditions: Soft 5 | Prizemoney: $1 mil

There is 3-15mm rain forecast on Thursday.
G1 race won in recent years by Imperatriz (twice), Masked Crusader, Sunlight, Lucky Hussler, Spirit Of Boom & the incomparable Black Caviar. We backed September Run to win this race at $19.50 BFSP.

•         3yo (3/27), 4yo (4/33), 5yo (3/38), 6yo (3/25), 7yo+ (0/17)
•         Days Since Last Start 6-12 (0/7), 13 (7/51), 14-27-day break (4/48), 28+ (2/34)
•         Gear Change (0/20)
•         1st up (1/22), 2nd up (3/34), 3rd up (7/56), 4th up (1/17), 5th up+ (1/4), 6th up+ (0/7)
•         Pace (1/31), Handy/Midfield (10/64), Back (2/44)
•         Colt (1/14), Filly (2/12), Gelding (3/57), Entire (2/16), Mare (5/41)
•         Every winner has come off a G1 top 3 finish at its prior start. Distance ranges from 1100m to 1600m last start. 1000m last start negative. 1500m-1600m positive.
•         Last Start Finishing Position 1-3 (13/68), 4+ (0/72)
•         Last Start G1 (13/103), Other (0/37)
•         SP Rank 1 (4/13) -38% POT

Imperatriz won the 2023 and 2024 editions of this race.

The champion mare was the short priced favourite last year with a $1.66 Betfair Starting Price. This price was on parity with competitors.

A year earlier she jumped at $3.79 which gave a 1.2% price advantage post commission over best tote.

September Run produced a big upset in the 2022 William Reid, with a $19.30 BSP victory netting Betfair customers a 21.5% post commission price advantage over best tote making it one of the best results of that Autumn.

Average speed expected with Schwarz, Reserve Bank & Arabian Summer pushing forward.
Rey Magnerio, She’s Bulletproof & Maharba all able to settle forward.
Jimmysstar, Benedetta & Stretan Angel out the back.

#1 Jimmysstar  won the G1 Oakleigh Plate impressively first up. Rates highly again here. #6 Stretan Angel has run 4th, 2nd and 3rd at past three G1 starts. Handy mare who can win this. #7 She’s Bulletproof is a  consistent mare who hit the line strongly for 2nd in the G1 Oakleigh Plate last start. Rates on top here. #8 Reserve Bank  a talented colt who can measure up here.

7. She’s Bulletproof
1. Jimmysstar
6. Stretan Angel
8. Reserve Bank

The William Reid Stakes is one of the most anticipated races in the Australian racing calendar. Held at the iconic Moonee Valley racecourse, this Group One race is run over a distance of 1,200 metres, attracting some of the finest sprinters in the country. Total prize money for this race is $1 million dollars AUD, with the winner taking home $600,000.

The William Reid Stakes has been held annually since 1925 and is named after William Reid, who was a Moonee Valley Racing Club committee member for more than 25 years. The race has been classified as a Group One race since 1979.

Over the years, some of the finest horses, trainers, and jockeys in Australian racing have participated in this race. Some of the most memorable moments in the race’s history include the victories of horses like Apache Cat, Black Caviar, and Sunline.

Previous winners, horses, jockeys, and trainers.

Some of the most notable winners of the William Reid Stakes include horses like Black Caviar, Apache Cat, and Manikato. Black Caviar won the race twice, in 2011 and 2013, while Apache Cat won it in 2008 and 2009. Manikato, one of the greatest racehorses in Australian history, won the William Reid Stakes an incredible 5 times in a row from 1979 to 1983.

Trainers like Peter Moody and Darren Weir have had success in the William Reid Stakes in the past decade. Moody won the race in 2011, 2013 with Black Caviar, and in 2016 with Flamberge, while Weir won it in 2015 with Lucky Hussler, and in 2018 with Hellbent.

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