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The George Main Stakes 2018 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.

The 2018 George Main Stakes ran on Saturday September 15, 2018 and was as the Colgate Optic White Stakes.

2018 George Main Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 15, 2018
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000

2018 George Main Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

Check out the official George Main Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, the race won by the odds-on favourite and defending champion Winx who became a 13-time Group 1 winner with the come-from-behind win over Happy Clapper. The fellow Chris Waller-trained mare Foxplay held on for third to round out the George Main Stakes Trifecta as the top three ran the order of the odds for the punters.

2018 George Main Stakes Betting

Read our comprehensive 2018 George Main Stakes Form Guide & Betting History.

The season’s best George Main Stakes 2018 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as available.

2018 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. Winx (2017) was the last horse to complete the Chelmsford Stakes – George Main Stakes double.

The official George Main Stakes 2018 Final Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday prior to the race and are published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x74232x17	LE ROMAIN	Kris Lees	James McDonald	2	59kg	–	115
2	4491x6731x	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tye Angland	1	59kg	–	114
3	0335x695x7	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	James Cummings	Corey Brown	5	59kg	–	112
4	11x22x0476	RELIGIFY	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	7	59kg	–	107
5	1x55462x02	ACE HIGH	David Payne	Jason Collett	8	58.5kg	–	106
6	1111x111x1	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	57kg	–	132
7	0x400521x5	EGG TART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6	57kg	–	108
8	11x0121x61	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	4	56.5kg	–	108

2018 George Main Stakes Nominations

The 2018 George Main Stakes nominations are announced by Racing NSW on the Monday before the race and will be available here as soon as released.

The George Main Stakes 2018 Nominations drew 22 runners, including last year’s winner Winx and Kris Lees six-year old, three-time Group 1 winner, Le Romain.

No.	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1111x111x1	WINX	M	7	Chris Waller	1	57kg	–	132
2	0x74232x17	LE ROMAIN	G	6	Kris Lees	2	59kg	–	115
3	4491x6731x	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	G	10	Chris Waller	3	59kg	–	114
4	0x312561x1	COMIN’ THROUGH	G	5	Chris Waller	4=	59kg	–	112
5	0335x695x7	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	G	8	James Cummings	4=	59kg	–	112
6	3361x8899x	SENSE OF OCCASION	G	8	Kris Lees	6	59kg	–	109
7	0x400521x5	EGG TART	M	5	Chris Waller	7=	57kg	–	108
8	20x22525x0	SINGLE GAZE	M	6	Chris Waller	7=	57kg	–	108
9	11x0121x61	UNFORGOTTEN	M	4	Chris Waller	7=	56.5kg	–	108
10	528x420x83	LIBRAN (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	10=	59kg	–	107
11	2x203x60x8	ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (IRE)	R	7	Chris Waller	10=	59kg	–	107
12	11x22x0476	RELIGIFY	G	8	Chris Waller	10=	59kg	–	107
13	5×23095611	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	13=	59kg	–	106
14	1x55462x02	ACE HIGH	H	4	David Payne	13=	58.5kg	–	106
15	1x13714x32	D’ARGENTO	H	4	Chris Waller	13=	58.5kg	–	106
16	x242630x35	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees	16	59kg	–	104
17	x533x98x06	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	H	7	Darren Weir	17=	59kg	–	102
18	30x25828x2	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	17=	59kg	–	102
19	x3613975x5	I AM COLDPLAY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	17=	57kg	–	102
20	3722x240x9	RED EXCITEMENT	G	9	Gerald Ryan	20=	59kg	–	101
21	2x38x947x0	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	H	7	Chris Waller	20=	59kg	–	101
22	4x311113x6	YOUNGSTAR	M	4	Chris Waller	20=	56.5kg	–	101

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.

George Main Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 George Main Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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