Lightning Stakes Nature Strip

Lightning Stakes 1000m Flemington racecourse

The Melbourne Racing tips Lightning Stakes is a major sprint race as part of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival. It is a Group 1 weight-for-age race at Flemington racecourse and a feature race of our Saturday Melbourne Racing Tips. Our Expert Melbourne Racing Tips are from analyst Pete Brinky and Pete is one of Australia’s foremost Melbourne Racing Tips experts. Read more about Pete and his racing history and methods at https://itipsports.com.au/pete-brinky-bio/

The Lightning Stakes held during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival is run over 1000 metres with prize money of $750,000. Our Saturday Racing tips will focus on The Lightning Stakes at Flemington racecourse. The Saturday Racing Tips meeting at Flemington racecourse will also see Group racing for the 3 year olds with CS Hayes Stakes for the colts and geldings and The Vanity for the fillies.

Lightning Stakes and Black Caviar

The Lightning was renamed the ‘Black Caviar” Lightning Stakes in 2013 in honour of champion mare Black Caviar. She became the first galloper to win the Lightning Stakes race three years in a row years 2011,12 and 13. In 2016, the race winner was the brilliant Chautauqua and these sprint machines are two of the very best amongst a long line of legend sprinters to win this race. The average race time of the winner of the Lightning Stakes is about 57 seconds so these horses are really flying.

Lightning Stakes recent winners

Australia’s best sprinters have won this race over the years which is run down the Flemington ‘1000m’ straight course with no turns involved that suits horses with a love for the Flemington straight. Last years winner was In Her Time who won at the odds of $4.40. Other recent winners of the Melbourne Racing Tips Lightning Stakes are:

2019 In Her Time
2018 Redkirk Warrior
2017 Terravista
2016 Chautauqua

Lightning Stakes Racing Tips Odds

Speed machine Nature Strip has been installed as a short priced favourite for the Melbourne Racing Tips Lightning Stakes and the bookies have afforded short odds. The Betting odds market is as follows:

$1.55 Nature Strip
$7.00 Loving Gaby, Redzel
$8.00 Libertini
$11.00 Gytrash, Tofane
$15.00 I Am Immortal
$21.00 all other runners

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