Rain Affair has won his ninth straight race is the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Rosehill Racecourse today February 25, 2012.
The Commands gelding has now won an incredible ten of his 11 race starts and has earned more than $600,000 in prize money.
Rain…
The Apollo Stakes is a 1400m sprint event held at Sydney’s Rosehill Racecourse in February. The Group 2 Apollo Stakes is a weight-for-age event worth $250,000 in prize money and plenty of stud value on top of that.
Many of the Apollo Stakes champions have come via the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) and will advance on to the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) in a few weeks.
The Apollo Stakes 2012 will run on Saturday February 25th, 2012.
| Apollo Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | February 25, 2012 |
| Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
The first recorded win of the Apollo Stakes was in 1977 by Visit. Originally held at Royal Randwick Racecourse, the event was moved to Rosehill in 2005.
Over the past three decades, the most successful jockey was L. Dittman with four wins in 1979, 1985, 1991 and 1993. Double winners of the Apollo Stakes are Juggler in 1996-97 and Sunline in 2000-01.
2005 winner Grand Armee holds the record for the fastest race time with 1 minute 21.06 seconds. The slowest winning race time was recorded by Red Nose in 1981 with 1 minute 28.70 seconds.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Melito | 1 minutes 22.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Hot Danish | ||
| 3rd | Centennial Park | ||
| 2010 Winning Edge Presentations Classic |
1st | Danleigh | 1 minute 22.91 seconds |
| 2nd | Rangirangdoo | ||
| 3rd | Palacio De Cristal | ||
| 2009 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Tuesday Joy | 1 minute 25.78 seconds |
| 2nd | Hurried Choice | ||
| 3rd | Gallant Tess | ||
| 2008 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Racing To Win | 1 minute 24.33 seconds |
| 2nd | Tuesday Joy | ||
| 3rd | Falaise | ||
| 2007 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Desert War | 1 minute 22.23 seconds |
| 2nd | Mentality | ||
| 3rd | Eremein | ||
| 2006 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Ike’s Dream | 1 minute 22.15 seconds |
| 2nd | Shania Dane | ||
| 3rd | Desert War | ||
| 2005 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Grand Armee | 1 minute 21.06 seconds |
| 2nd | Court’s In Session | ||
| 3rd | Desert War | ||
| 2004 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Private Steer | 1 minute 23.54 seconds |
| 2nd | Excellerator | ||
| 3rd | Zanna | ||
| 2003 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Lonhro | 1 minute 22.49 seconds |
| 2nd | Hoeberg | ||
| 3rd | Carael Boy | ||
| 2002 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Ha Ha | 1 minute 23.10 seconds |
| 2nd | El Mirada | ||
| 3rd | Tie The Knot | ||
| 2001 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Sunline | 1 minute 25.45 seconds |
| 2nd | Celestial Choir | ||
| 3rd | Referral | ||
| 2000 Apollo Stakes |
1st | Sunline | 1 minute 27.69 seconds |
| 2nd | Adam | ||
| 3rd | Hire | ||
