Randwick City Stakes

Randwick City Stakes

The Randwick City Stakes is a Group 3 race contested over 2,000 metres by a field of top runners under quality handicap conditions at Royal Randwick Racecourse. Worth $125,000 the race attracts a field of quality staying horses during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The 2012 Randwick City Stakes is set to run as a part of Randwick Guineas Day, one of the autumn carnival’s most exciting race meetings, on Saturday March 12 2012. As part of this elite day of racing and festivities, the Group 3 Randwick City Stakes takes place amongst an array of other excellent Group races including the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m), the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m), the Group 3 Sweet Embrace Stakes (2000m) and the Group 3 Skyline Stakes (1200m). The location for the running of the 2012 Randwick Guineas Day has been changed and it will now take place at Warwick Farm Racecourse.

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There are a range of great lead-up races to the Randwick City Stakes that help punters gauge the form of the entries including the Group 3 Liverpool City Cup (1300m) held the week before and the Group 3 Frederick Clissold Stakes (1200m), both of which are raced under the same handicap conditions as the Randwick City Stakes. The increased distance of the Randwick City Stakes however, ensures that only the best gallopers place in the race. It is the first event of the Autumn Carnival run over a distance greater than 1600m, and is a chance for trainers to test their horses at this more challenging length.

The mileage distance of the Randwick City Stakes means it is an excellent race for horses aimed at some of the higher status and stakes events of the carnival such as the Group 1 The BMW run over 2400m three weeks after, and the Group 2 Chairmans Handicap another week later run over an even further distance of 2600 metres. These future races are also popular as a betting double when paired with the Randwick City Stakes, and can pay extremely generous dividends to the successful punters. The Last horse to win the Randwick City Stakes/Chairmans Handicap double was No Wine No Song in 1998.

New Zealand runners have had excellent success at the Randwick City Stakes, with four winners since 2000 including Steel Phoenix (2001), Kaapgun (2002), Zabarra (2004) and Winning Belle (2005). Further back, the 1997 race saw all three places filled by New Zealand entries with Hula Flight, Linesman and Aurum Heights. And, from 1989 through until 1993 all the victors were New Zealand raiders. So when betting on the Randwick City Stakes, keep an eye on the odds for any of the New Zealand entries who have been performing well in their previous race starts.

Betting on the Randwick City States is intense and exciting, and the best way to place your wagers is through online bookmakers who offer a range of competitive odds for all of the great Sydney Autumn Carnival’s group races including the Randwick City Stakes.

Randwick City Stakes Race Details

• When: March
• Where: Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
• Race Distance: 2000m
• Race Status: Group 3
• Race Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Weights: Low 53kg – High 61kg
• Prize Money: $125,000