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The $1 million George Main Stakes takes place at Royal Randwick in mid to late September as the second Group 1 race of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Winx (2016-18) won three straight editions of the George Main Stakes before her retirement.
2021 George Main Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Verry Elleegant
- 2nd: #5 Riodini
- 3rd: #2 Think It Over
George Main Stakes News
- 2021 George Main Stakes Day: Randwick Scratchings & Track Report
- Verry Elleegant Heads 2021 George Main Stakes Field & Odds
- 2021 Winx Stakes Results: Mo’unga Fights Off Verry Elleegant
- George Main Stakes Winner: Kolding Beats Home Three Stablemates
- 2020 George Main Stakes Day: Randwick Scratchings & Track Report
The George Main Stakes 2021 is a 1600m race held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse in September. Worth $1,000,000 in prize money after having its stakes double in 2021, the event is now the second Group 1 race of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival following on from the recently upgraded Winx Stakes.
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 most notable recent George Main Stakes winner was superstar mare Winx who became the first back-to-back winner since Kingston Town (1981-82) when the champion defended her title in 2017 scoring her 20th straight race victory. Winx made George Main Stakes history again saluting in the event for the third consecutive year in 2018.
In 2021 trainer Chris Waller took his record in the race up to eight wins in 10 years with Verry Elleegant saluting.
The 2021 George Main Stakes ran on Saturday September 18, 2021 and was won by the odds-on favourite Verry Elleegant.
| George Main Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday September 18, 2021 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
2021 George Main Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Verry Elleegant
- 2nd: #5 Riodini
- 3rd: #2 Think It Over
Chris Waller’s outstanding Cox Plate-bound mare Verry Elleegant ($1.75F) showed class and determination with a gutsy victory second-up for the punters in the 2021 George Main Stakes results in Sydney.
Click here to read more on the brilliant George Main Stakes 2021 win by Verry Elleegant.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 57kg | $1.75F | |||
| 2 | 5 | RIODINI (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Rachel King | 0.81L | 1 | 59kg | $13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | THINK IT OVER | Kerry Parker | Nash Rawiller | 0.88L | 6 | 59kg | $4.80 | ||
| 4 | 9 | HUNGRY HEART | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 2.58L | 7 | 56.5kg | $21 | ||
| 5 | 3 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 2.97L | 9 | 59kg | $11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ) | Chris Waller | Sam Clipperton | 3.63L | 5 | 59kg | $21 | ||
| 7 | 8 | SHOUT THE BAR | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 7.4L | 3 | 57kg | $41 | ||
| 8 | 6 | LION’S ROAR (NZ) | John O’Shea | Regan Bayliss | 22.92L | 8 | 58.5kg | $31 | ||
| 9 | 1 | KOLDING (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tim Clark | 50.63L | 4 | 59kg | $17 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2021 George Main Stakes Betting
The season’s best George Main Stakes 2021 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as available.
From 2010-2021 ten favourites in George Main Stakes betting saluted for the punters, most recently Avilius ($3.10 in 2019) and Verry Elleegant ($1.75 in 2021).
2021 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, 2017 and incredibly again in 2018.
Many gallopers have a lead-up run into the George Main Stakes field at the same Randwick track in either the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) – formerly known as the Group 2 Warwick Stakes – a month before or Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) a fortnight earlier. Winx (2017) was the last horse to complete the Chelmsford Stakes – George Main Stakes double.
The official George Main Stakes 2021 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday prior to the race and will be published in full below.
The 2021 George Main Stakes field features a small but class line-up of nine runners including four for the race’s seven-time winning trainer Chris Waller led by odds-on favourite Verry Eleegant and the defending champion Kolding.
Click here to read more on the key horses in the George Main Stakes 2021 field and betting markets.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0x22501x59 | KOLDING (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tim Clark | 4 | 59kg | 115 | ||
| 2 | 03x1214x61 | THINK IT OVER | Kerry Parker | Nash Rawiller | 6 | 59kg | 113 | ||
| 3 | 25x3413x54 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 9 | 59kg | 111 | ||
| 4 | 5x41690x03 | STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ) | Chris Waller | Sam Clipperton | 5 | 59kg | 106 | ||
| 5 | x9230x8752 | RIODINI (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Rachel King | 1 | 59kg | 101 | ||
| 6 | 12x51434x9 | LION’S ROAR (NZ) | John O’Shea | Regan Bayliss | 8 | 58.5kg | 103 | ||
| 7 | 117x3112x2 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 57kg | 122 | ||
| 8 | 6014x300x5 | SHOUT THE BAR | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 3 | 57kg | 108 | ||
| 9 | 27x78111x8 | HUNGRY HEART | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 56.5kg | 106 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2021 George Main Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the George Main Stakes close the Monday of race week.
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. In 2011 the race was run over a 1500m trip at Rosehill due to construction work at Randwick.
In 2017 Winx became the latest back-to-back George Main Stakes winner and the shortest-priced favourite to salute at odds of $1.12. The mighty mare won the event for the third year on the trot in 2018 defeating just six rivals, the closest being Le Romain by four lengths!
Trainer Chris Waller posted his seventh George Main Stakes win in nine years in 2020 with Kolding scoring an upset over three of his stablemates for an all-Waller first four followed by his eighth in ten years with Verry Elleegant in 2021.
George Main Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 George Main Stakes |
1st | Verry Elleegant | 1 minute 36.07 seconds |
| 2nd | Riodini | ||
| 3rd | Think It Over | ||
| 2020 George Main Stakes |
1st | Kolding | 1 minute 33.30 seconds |
| 2nd | Star Of The Seas | ||
| 3rd | Imaging | ||
| 2019 George Main Stakes |
1st | Avilius | 1 minute 36.18 seconds |
| 2nd | Dreamforce | ||
| 3rd | Happy Clapper | ||
| 2018 George Main Stakes |
1st | Winx | 1 minute 34.21 seconds |
| 2nd | Le Romain | ||
| 3rd | Egg Tart | ||
| 2017 George Main Stakes |
1st | Winx | 1 minute 33.65 seconds |
| 2nd | Happy Clapper | ||
| 3rd | Foxplay | ||
| 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 | ||
