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The George Ryder Stakes – won three times by Winx (2016-18) – is a 1500m middle distance race held at Sydney’s Rosehill Gardens Racecourse during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The Group 1 weight-for-age event now offers a lucrative $1 million in prize money and runs in late March as part of a bumper race card for Golden Slipper Stakes Day.

There are five Group 1 races on the Golden Slipper Stakes Day card with the George Ryder Stakes accompanied by the:

• Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m)
• Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)
• Group 1 The Galaxy (1000m)
• Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m)

The winner of the George Ryder Stakes is exempt from ballot for the Doncaster Mile, the Group 1 classic running on Day 1 of April’s “The Championships” at Royal Randwick. Recent horses to complete the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double include Racing To Win (2006), Haradasun (2007), Vision And Power (2009) and Winx (2016).

Key lead-up races to the George Ryder Stakes held earlier in the autumn include the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) and the Group Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) in February.

The 2019 George Ryder Stakes ran 2019.

George Ryder Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday March 23, 2019
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1500m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2019 George Ryder Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 George Ryder Stakes Tips

• 1st: #4 Winx
• 2nd: #8 Ringerdingding
• 3rd: #3 So Si Bon

2019 George Ryder Stakes Odds

The updated George Ryder Stakes 2019 odds will be available the week of the race below with pricing from Ladbrokes.com.au.

2019 George Ryder Stakes Field

The George Ryder Stakes field often draws a capacity field of middle-distance weight-for-age performers. The winner of the George Ryder Stakes receives ballot exempt entry into the Doncaster Mile and this is one of the reasons the race always draws such a strong field. However, the George Ryder Stakes is always a strong race in its own right and with $1 million in prizemoney is set to feature the best milers from right around Australia.

The George Ryder Stakes field is released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	x21314x324	LAND OF PLENTY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	1	59kg	110
2	121x621x81	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Damian Lane	7	59kg	109
3	5386412924	SO SI BON	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	6	59kg	101
4	11x1111x11	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	8	57kg	132
5	51221x70x3	PROMPT RESPONSE	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	3	57kg	112
6	1x53330x34	EGG TART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2	57kg	106
7	132x181x63	TELEPLAY	Mick Price	Tim Clark	5	57kg	95
8	218311×304	RINGERDINGDING	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9	56kg	95
9	111×36	BRUTAL (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	4	56kg	94

George Ryder Stakes Nominations

The 2019 George Ryder Stakes nominations close on the Monday before Golden Slipper Day and will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on March 13, 2019.

George Ryder Stakes History

The George Ryder Stakes was first held in 1946, over a distance of 1400 metres, and was taken out by Bragger. The distance of the race was increased to 1450 metres in 1985 and became a 1500 metre event in 1986.

Equine superstar Manikato holds the record for the fastest winning time in George Ryder Stakes, winning the 1980 edition in a time of  1 minute and 21.6 seconds, whilst  Straussbrook took 1 minute and 32.90 seconds to win the Group 1 event in 1990.

George Ryder Stakes Winners

The George Ryder Stakes has been a Group 1 race since 1980 and has been one by some of the biggest names in Australian racing history. Equine superstars that have tasted success in the George Ryder Stakes include Comedy Prince (1949), Manikato (1979 and 1980), Emancipation (1983 and 1984), Schillaci (1993), Lonhro (2003 and 2004), Weekend Hussler (2008) and Pierro (2013).

In the past decade Chris Waller has dominated the George Ryder Stakes results winning with: Danleigh (2010), Rangirangdoo (2011), Metal Bender (2012) and Winx (2016-18). Winx is the standout George Ryder Stakes winner, the first to win the race three times on the trot with her three-peat achieved in 2018.

See below for the full George Ryder Stakes results going back to 2000.

Recent George Ryder Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 George Ryder Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 31.48 seconds
	2nd	Happy Clapper
	3rd	Kementari
2017 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 34.84 seconds
	2nd	Le Romain
	3rd	Chautauqua
2016 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 28.7 seconds
	2nd	Kermadec
	3rd	Press Statement
2015 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Real Impact	1 minute 28.29 seconds
	2nd	Criterion
	3rd	Kermadec
2014 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Gordon Lord Byron	1 minute 30.95 seconds
	2nd	Speediness
	3rd	El Roca
2013 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Pierro	1 minute 31.08 seconds
	2nd	Mufhasa
	3rd	Shoot Out
2012 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Metal Bender	1 minute 28.8 seconds
	2nd	Rekindled Interest
	3rd	Secret Admirer
2011 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Rangirangdoo	1 minute 29.4 seconds
	2nd	Love Conquers All
	3rd	Triple Elegance
2010 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Danleigh	1 minute 30.27 seconds
	2nd	Dao Dao
	3rd	King Mufhasa
2009 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Vision And Power	1 minute 31.57 seconds
	2nd	Black Piranha
	3rd	King Mufhasa
2008 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 31.72 seconds
	2nd	Racing To Win
	3rd	Casino Prince
2007 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Haradasun<	1 minute 29.22 seconds
	2nd	Mentality
	3rd	Apache Cat
2006 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 27.89 seconds
	2nd	Paratroopers
	3rd	Lad Of The Manor
2005 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Court’s In Session	1 minute 28.65 seconds
	2nd	Patezza
	3rd	Sky Cuddle
2004 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 27.24 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Private Steer
2003 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 30.71 seconds
	2nd	Dash For Cash
	3rd	Defier
2002 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lord Essex	1 minute 29.51 seconds
	2nd	Shogun Lodge
	3rd	Crawl
2001 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Landsighting	1 minute 27.67 seconds
	2nd	Shogun Lodge
	3rd	Crawl
2000 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Al Mansour	1 minute 30.53 seconds
	2nd	Bonanova
	3rd	Hire