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The George Main Stakes takes place at Royal Randwick in late-September as the opening Group 1 race of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Winx (2016-18) won three straight editions of the George Main Stakes before her retirement.
2019 George Main Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Avilius
- 2nd: #3 Dreamforce
- 3rd: #1 Happy Clapper
George Main Stakes News
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The George Main Stakes 2019 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 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.
The 2019 George Main Stakes ran on Saturday September 21, 2019 as the Colgate Optic White Stakes and was won in runaway fashion by Godolphin galloper Avilius.
| George Main Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday September 21, 2019 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
2019 George Main Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Avilius
- 2nd: #3 Dreamforce
- 3rd: #1 Happy Clapper
The official George Main Stakes 2019 Results saw Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winning champion return to his best form third-up with a last-to-first victory as the $3.10 favourite. From the back of the field the six-year-old import charged home to defeat Dreamforce by over two lengths, with the ultra-consistent veteran Happy Clapper locking in yet another Group 1 placing. The George Main Stakes winner Avilius has subsequently firmed in all-in markets for both the Group 1 Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup in Melbourne next month.
| Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Barrier | Weight | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | AVILIUS (GB) | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | – | 8 | 59kg | $3.10F |
| 2 | 3 | DREAMFORCE | John Thompson | Nash Rawiller | 2.3L | 1 | 59kg | $4.20 |
| 3 | 1 | HAPPY CLAPPER | Patrick Webster | Glen Boss | 3.6L | 4 | 59kg | $5 |
| 4 | 11 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 3.8L | 6 | 56.5kg | $7 |
| 5 | 7 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | Gwenda Markwell | Luke Currie | 3.9L | 3 | 58.5kg | $31 |
| 6 | 4 | SAMADOUBT | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 4.1L | 9 | 59kg | $8 |
| 7 | 6 | MR MARATHON MAN (GB) | Michael Moroney | Mark Zahra | 4.9L | 7 | 59kg | $26 |
| 8 | 9 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 5.6L | 2 | 57kg | $31 |
| 9 | 8 | DANZDANZDANCE | Chris Gibbs & Michelle Bradley | Tommy Berry | 6.8L | 5 | 57kg | $26 |
| – | 5 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | – | 0 | – | – |
| – | 10 | CON TE PARTIRO (USA) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Sam Clipperton | – | 0 | – | – |
2019 George Main Stakes Betting
The season’s best George Main Stakes 2019 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as available.
2019 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 2019 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday prior to the race and will be published in full below.
The 2019 George Main Stakes Final Field features 11 hopefuls including the flying Samadoubt coming off the Winx Stakes – Chelmsford Stakes double, and race favourite for Godolphin Avilius who is out to turn the tables after running fourth and second respectively in the same two lead-up races.
Read more on the George Main Stakes Field & Odds led by Avilius.
Update: The George Main Stakes 2019 field is down to nine with Chris Waller withdrawing one of his three runners – #5 Life Less Ordinary (9) – and the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained #10 Con Te Partiro (11) also withdrawn. Con Te Partiro ran in Friday’s Group 3 Cameron Handicap at Newcastle but only managed to finish a disappointing 10th behind Epsom Handicap hopeful Rock.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Br. | Wgt. | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x75x2284x2 | HAPPY CLAPPER | Patrick Webster | Glen Boss | 4 | 59kg | 118 |
| 2 | 0x11511x42 | AVILIUS (GB) | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 8 | 59kg | 117 |
| 3 | 621x8132x1 | DREAMFORCE | John Thompson | Nash Rawiller | 1 | 59kg | 113 |
| 4 | 1241915×11 | SAMADOUBT | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 10 | 59kg | 112 |
| 5 | 233x8124x0 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | 9 | 59kg | 108 |
| 6 | 1x2x041050 | MR MARATHON MAN (GB) | Michael Moroney | Mark Zahra | 7 | 59kg | 101 |
| 7 | 11x16511x6 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | Gwenda Markwell | Luke Currie | 3 | 58.5kg | 106 |
| 8 | 3x115237x5 | DANZDANZDANCE | Chris Gibbs & Michelle Bradley | Tommy Berry | 5 | 57kg | 112 |
| 9 | 276x059x87 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 2 | 57kg | 107 |
| 10 | 34449x16x4 | CON TE PARTIRO (USA) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Sam Clipperton | 11 | 57kg | 102 |
| 11 | 157x2111x9 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 6 | 56.5kg | 106 |
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!
George Main Stakes Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
