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The Surround Stakes is at one of the newest Group 1 races in Australia, the event elevated from its former Group 2 status for the first time in 2018. The Surround Stakes is held towards the start of the prestigious Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival on Chipping Norton Stakes Day at Royal Randwick in late February or early March. The meeting is also headlined by the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and features a host of other support races including the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and Group 2 Skyline Stakes over the 1200m.

Run over 1400m, the Surround Stakes is a set weights race offering $500,000 in total prize money for three-year-old fillies. Fillies that previously contested the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick earlier in the autumn may be looking for a step up in distance here on their way to some of the other lucrative carnival features, including taking on the boys in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) the following week.

Other possible runs for Surround Stakes fillies later in the season include the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) against the older mares and the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill at the end of March.

The Surround Stakes 2018 took place on Saturday March 3, 2018, running as a Group 1 race for the first time and won by Shoals.

2018 Surround Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 3, 2018
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights
Weight:	56kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1979

2018 Surround Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Shoals
• 2nd: #7 Torvill
• 3rd: #5 Rimraam

See below for the official Surround Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the return to Group 1 winning form by the spring’s Myer Classic champion Shoals who scored the upset over fellow double-figure roughies Torvill ($18) and Rimraam ($26) in a juicy trifecta.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	1	SHOALS	Anthony Freedman	Joshua Parr	–	4	56kg	$13
2	7	TORVILL	Clarry Conners	Christian Reith	0.5L	11	56kg	$18
3	5	RIMRAAM (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	0.7L	3	56kg	$26
3	6	SHUMOOKH	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	0.7L	1	56kg	$4
5	10	MOSS TRIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	1.5L	2	56kg	$20
6	2	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	1.8L	10	56kg	$2.70F
7	11	TOUCH OF MINK	Matthew Smith	Ms Rachel King (a)	2.5L	8	56kg	$101
8	9	YULONG XINGSHENG	Kris Lees	Jeff Lloyd	3.7L	6	56kg	$51
9	3	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Hugh Bowman	3.8L	9	56kg	$9.50
10	4	FROLIC	Edward O’Rourke	Jason Collett	4.7L	5	56kg	$9
11	8	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	7.6L	7	56kg	$12

2018 Surround Stakes Tips

• 1st: #2 Alizee
• 2nd: #3 Melody Belle
• 3rd: #5 Rimraam

Check out our insider Surround Stakes 2018 Tips & Betting Update now.

2018 Surround Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Surround Stakes 2018 odds and betting prices on the season’s top three-year-old fillies will be available below as soon as markets are out at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2018 Surround Stakes Field

A line-up of the season’s best three-year-old fillies make up the Surround Stakes field each spring, even more so since the race gained Group 1 status for the first time in 2018. The fillies in the Surround Stakes field may come via lead-up runs in events like the Light Fingers Stakes a fortnight earlier at the track.

The 2018 Surround Stakes field is released on Wednesday February 28, 2018 and will be published in full below along with the Surround Stakes barrier draw.

The official Surround Stakes 2018 Final Field attracted 11 fillies including the short-priced favourite Alizee drawn wide in gate 10 and coming off a lead-up Light Fingers Stakes win.

Read more on the Alizee-led 2018 Surround Stakes Field.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	111x1221x8	SHOALS	Anthony Freedman	Joshua Parr	4	56kg	106
2	5x124113x1	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	10	56kg	105
3	1x110x3615	MELODY BELLE (NZ)	Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards	Hugh Bowman	9	56kg	101
4	221127×4	FROLIC	Edward O’Rourke	Jason Collett	5	56kg	100
5	2x221237x1	RIMRAAM (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	3	56kg	86
6	122	SHUMOOKH	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1	56kg	84
7	x0212310x3	TORVILL	Clarry Conners	Christian Reith	11	56kg	83
8	72x111x	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	7	56kg	78
9	1x44241x9	YULONG XINGSHENG	Kris Lees	Jeff Lloyd	6	56kg	76
10	1x623x131	MOSS TRIP	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	2	56kg	73
11	643x3253x2	TOUCH OF MINK	Matthew Smith	Ms Rachel King (a)	8	56kg	–

2018 Surround Stakes Nominations

The 2018 Surround Stakes nominations close on Monday February 26, 2018 and will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.

Surround Stakes History

First run in 1979 the Surround Stakes inaugural winner was Impede. The race began as a Group 3 event run over 1400m and although the distance has remained the same, the status of the event was elevated to Group 2 level in 1986. The Surround Stakes became a Group 1 race for the first time in 2018. For one year in 1990 the Surround Stakes was downgraded to a Group 3 race again but regained Group 2 status the following year in 1991.

See below for the full Surround Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Surround Stakes Records
Race Record:	1:21.6 set by Glenview in 1989
Most Successful Jockey:	D. Beadman has won three Surround Stakes, with Ochiltree (1990), Ad Alta (2000) and Hosannah (2002).

Surround Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Surround Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Surround Stakes	1st	Shoals	1 minute 23.46 seconds
	2nd	Torvill
	3rd	Rimraam
2017 Surround Stakes	1st	La Bella Diosa	1 minute 25.62 seconds
	2nd	Omei Sword
	3rd	Global Glamour
2016 Surround Stakes	1st	Ghisoni	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Single Gaze
	3rd	Stay With Me
2015 Surround Stakes	1st	First Seal	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Supara
	3rd	Slightly Sweet
2014 Surround Stakes	1st	Thump	1 minute 23.57 seconds
	2nd	Real Surreal
	3rd	Lucia Valentina
2013 Surround Stakes	1st	Dear Demi	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	Driefontein
	3rd	Longport
2012 Surround Stakes	1st	Streama	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Sea Siren
	3rd	Hallowell Belle
2011 Surround Stakes	1st	Parables	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	Red Tracer
	3rd	Rose Of Peace
2010 Surround Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 23.64 seconds
	2nd	Hurtle Myrtle
	3rd	So Anyway
2009 Surround Stakes	1st	Portillo	1 minute 21.83 seconds
	2nd	Romneya
	3rd	Rocha
2008 Surround Stakes	1st	Chinchilla Rose	1 minute 24.23 seconds
	2nd	Occurrence
	3rd	Mimi Lebrock
2007 Surround Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 22.38 seconds
	2nd	Tuesday Joy
	3rd	Just Dancing
2006 Surround Stakes	1st	Regal Cheer	1 minute 22.87 seconds
	2nd	Mnemosyne
	3rd	Star Mystic
2005 Surround Stakes	1st	Lotteria	1 minute 22.85 seconds
	2nd	Shania Dane
	3rd	Johan’s Toy
2004 Surround Stakes	1st	Only Words	1 minute 25.95 seconds
	2nd	Ike’s Dream
	3rd	Shamekha
2003 Surround Stakes	1st	Bollinger	1 minute 23.17 seconds
	2nd	Bumptious
	3rd	Sunday Joy
2002 Surround Stakes	1st	Hosannah	1 minute 22.85 seconds
	2nd	Heritiere
	3rd	Quays
2001 Surround Stakes	1st	On Type	1 minute 22.77 seconds
	2nd	Maitland Gold
	3rd	Miss Kournikova
2000 Surround Stakes	1st	Ad Alta	1 minute 24.04 seconds
	2nd	Spinning Hill
	3rd	Camena