The George Main Stakes 2017 is a 1600m race held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse in September. Worth $500,000 in prize money, the event is the opening Group 1 race of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
Open to horses aged three years and over, the George Main Stakes is a weight-for-age event and is a great lead-up to the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) over the same track / distance a fortnight later. The last horse to complete the George Main Stakes – Epsom Handicap double was the John O’Shea-trained Racing To Win (2006).
The 2017 George Main Stakes will be run on Saturday September 16, 2017.
| George Main Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday September 16, 2017 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
2017 George Main Stakes Betting
The season’s best George Main Stakes 2017 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as available.
2017 George Main Stakes Field
The George Main Stakes field attracts a top class line-up of early spring milers, many looking to step-up in distance later in the season heading towards a Melbourne feature including the Cox Plate – a double Winx achieved in 2016.
Many gallopers have a lead-up run into the George Main Stakes field at the same Randwick track in either the Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) a month before or Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) a fortnight earlier.
The official George Main Stakes 2017 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday prior to the race and will be published in full below.
2017 George Main Stakes Nominations
The 2017 George Main Stakes nominations are announced by Racing NSW on the Monday before the race and will be available here as soon as released.
George Main Stakes History
The race is named after George Main, the former chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, racehorse breeder and sheep runner. Inaugurated in 1945, the first winner of the George Main Stakes was Modulation. There have been several horses which have managed to win the race more than once including Kingston Town in 1981-82, Regal Rhythm in 1967-68, Count Radiant in 1964-65 and Shannon in 1946-47. The fastest winning time was recorded by Racing to Win in 2006 with 1 minute 33.75 seconds. The slowest recorded winning time was 1 minute 48.75 seconds by Montana in 1952. In 2011 the race was run over a 1500m trip at Rosehill due to construction work at Randwick.
George Main Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 George Main Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2016 George Main Stakes |
1st | Winx | 1 minute 36.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Hauraki | ||
| 3rd | It’s Somewhat | ||
| 2015 George Main Stakes |
1st | Kermadec | 1 minute 37.70 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Descent | ||
| 3rd | Pornichet | ||
| 2014 George Main Stakes |
1st | Sacred Falls | 1 minute 35.66 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Descent | ||
| 3rd | Laser Hawk | ||
| 2013 George Main Stakes |
1st | Streama | 1 minute 34.78 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Descent | ||
| 3rd | Veyron | ||
| 2012 George Main Stakes |
1st | Shoot Out | 1 minute 36.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Rangirangdoo | ||
| 3rd | Secret Admirer | ||
| 2011 George Main Stakes |
1st | Sincero | 1 minute 28.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Ilovethiscity | ||
| 3rd | Triple Elegance | ||
| 2010 George Main Stakes |
1st | More Joyous | 1 minute 35.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Trusting | ||
| 3rd | Empires Choice | ||
| 2009 George Main Stakes |
1st | Road To Rock | 1 minute 35.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Black Piranha | ||
| 3rd | Onemorenomore | ||
| 2008 George Main Stakes |
1st | Mentality | 1 minute 34.68 seconds |
| 2nd | Theseo | ||
| 3rd | Gallant Tess | ||
| 2007 George Main Stakes |
Race Not Held | ||
| 2006 George Main Stakes |
1st | Racing To Win | 1 minute 33.75 seconds |
| 2nd | Red Dazzler | ||
| 3rd | Desert War | ||
| 2005 George Main Stakes |
1st | Mr Celebrity | 1 minute 34.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Shania Dane | ||
| 3rd | Outback Prince | ||
| 2004 George Main Stakes |
1st | Grand Armee | 1 minute 36.94 seconds |
| 2nd | King’s Chapel | ||
| 3rd | Shamekha | ||
| 2003 George Main Stakes |
1st | Lonhro | 1 minute 37.48 seconds |
| 2nd | Grand Armee | ||
| 3rd | Defier | ||
| 2002 George Main Stakes |
1st | Defier | 1 minute 38.31 seconds |
| 2nd | Excellerator | ||
| 3rd | Sunline | ||
| 2001 George Main Stakes |
1st | Viscount | 1 minute 36.74 seconds |
| 2nd | Shogun Lodge | ||
| 3rd | Courvoisier | ||
| 2000 George Main Stakes |
1st | Adam | 1 minute 35.25 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr. Innocent | ||
| 3rd | Al Mansour | ||