Future Stars Series

The series is a key feature for the Thursday and Friday night meetings held at Southside tracks, with $900,000 in prizemoney on offer throughout.

The lucrative maiden series serves to kickstart promising racing careers and provide a broad section of trainers and owners with an opportunity to chase the riches.

Conditions for the Future Stars series are below:

  • The series will be open to three-, four- and five-year-old horses only
  • 10 $65,000 maiden heats over distances of 1200m or 1400m
  • A $250,000 final run over 1400m as a Class 3 Set Weights contest
  • The winner of each heat will automatically qualify for the final
  • If qualified horses do not accept for the final, then their spots are offered to the highest-rated second placegetters among the heats

The program for the 2027 Ladbrokes Future Stars Series will be announced in due course.