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The Apollo Stakes is a 1400m sprint event held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse in February each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The Group 2 Apollo Stakes is a weight-for-age event worth $250,000 in prize money.

The Apollo Stakes is held on the same Randwick race card as three other Group status races: the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m), Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) all for sprinters.

Many of the Apollo Stakes champions have come via the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) held a fortnight earlier at Rosehill Gardens and will advance on to the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) in a few weeks. Recent winners of the Apollo Stakes – Chipping Norton Stakes double include Contributer (2015) and the mighty mare Winx who did the double in both 2016 and 2017. After missing the Apollo Stakes in 2018, Winx returned to also win both the Apollo and Chipping Norton in 2019 during her final year of racing.

The Apollo Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday February 15, 2020 and was won by class Godolphin-raced mare Alizee. 

2020 Apollo Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 15, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2020 Apollo Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Alizee
• 2nd: #2 Dreamforce
• 3rd: #1 Happy Clapper

Alizee proved the gun mare to beat in the Apollo Stakes 2020 results with her gutsy win over the John Thompson-trained Dreamforce, who had firmed into favouritism before the race, ahead of her shot in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Apollo Stakes winner Alizee.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	8	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	–	1	57kg	$3.60
2	2	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	0.2L	6	59kg	$2.50F
3	1	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Tommy Berry	1.5L	4	59kg	$5.50
4	9	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tim Clark	1.9L	3	57kg	$9
5	10	DANZDANZDANCE	Chris Waller	Tom Marquand	2.4L	10	57kg	$16
6	4	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	3.2L	7	59kg	$61
7	5	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	3.3L	2	59kg	$31
8	6	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Glen Boss	3.4L	8	59kg	$61
9	3	COME PLAY WITH ME	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	3.5L	5	59kg	$51
10	7	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jamie Spencer	3.6L	9	59kg	$21

2020 Apollo Stakes Odds & Betting

The Apollo Stakes 2020 betting odds and market links will be published the week of the race so stay tuned.

2020 Apollo Stakes Field

The Apollo Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of autumn horses, many of which are kicking off their campaigns with an eye on bigger races including the Chipping Norton Stakes or the George Ryder Stakes.

The 2020 Apollo Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 12, 2020 and will be published below.

Ten horses face off in Saturday’s Apollo Stakes 2020 final field with the Godolphin-raced favourite Alizee drawn the rails. John Thompson’s Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce in six is the close second elect, the first-up specialist boasting great form at both the track and 1400m distance.

Click here to read more on the latest 2020 Apollo Stakes field and betting markets featuring gun mares Alizee and Verry Elleegant.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x2284x231x	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Tommy Berry	4	59kg	118
2	8132x1205x	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	6	59kg	113
3	211112617x	COME PLAY WITH ME	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	5	59kg	109
4	124x03374x	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	7	59kg	108
5	x16621816x	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	2	59kg	105
6	511x65800x	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Glen Boss	8	59kg	101
7	44×6012325	GLENALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jamie Spencer	9	59kg	100
8	306x1374x2	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	1	57kg	115
9	2111x9410x	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tim Clark	3	57kg	111
10	5237x5955x	DANZDANZDANCE	Chris Waller	Tom Marquand	10	57kg	107

2020 Apollo Stakes Nominations

The 2020 Apollo Stakes nominations will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on February 10, 2020.

The Apollo Stakes 2020 nominations attracted 14 autumn hopefuls and have been extended until 11am (AEDT) on Tuesday 11/02. Heading the current entries is Godolphin’s star mare Alizee along with last year’s runner-up Happy Clapper.

Read more on the star-studded 2020 Apollo Stakes nominations.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x2284x231x	HAPPY CLAPPER	G	9	Patrick Webster	1	59kg	118
2	306x1374x2	ALIZEE	M	5	James Cummings	2	57kg	115
3	8132x1205x	DREAMFORCE	G	7	John Thompson	3	59kg	113
4	2111x9410x	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	4	57kg	111
5	211112617x	COME PLAY WITH ME	G	5	Chris Waller	5	59kg	109
6	124x03374x	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	6	59kg	108
7	5237x5955x	DANZDANZDANCE	M	5	Chris Waller	7	57kg	107
8	x16621816x	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	8	59kg	105
9	511x65800x	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	4	Gwenda Markwell	9	59kg	101
10	44×6012325	GLENALL	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	10	59kg	100
11	2x85403x71	CRADLE MOUNTAIN	G	6	Clare Cunningham	11	59kg	98
12	x322x2311x	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	12	59kg	96
13	11125x5x6	VEGADAZE	G	4	Anthony Cummings	13	59kg	89
14	23x22122x	BRANDENBURG (NZ)	C	3	John Sargent	14	55.5kg	81

Apollo Stakes History

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.

From 2007- 2020 jockey Hugh Bowman rode seven Apollo Stakes winners: Desert War (2007), Racing To Win (2008), Danleigh (2010), three-time champion Winx (2016, 2017, 2019) and Alizee (2020).

The most notable recent Apollo Stakes winner was Winx (2016, 2017, 2019) who went on to make history winning the Cox Plate a record four times. Trainer Chris Waller also took out the race in 2018 when Endless Drama enjoyed a Winx-free event to salute for the stable.

See below for the Apollo Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Recent Apollo Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Apollo Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 24.10 seconds
	2nd	Dreamforce
	3rd	Happy Clapper
2019 Apollo Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 20.88 seconds
	2nd	Happy Clapper
	3rd	Egg Tart
2018 Apollo Stakes	1st	Endless Drama	1 minute 22.46 seconds
	2nd	Global Glamour
	3rd	Comin’ Through
2017 Apollo Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 22.57 seconds
	2nd	Hartnell
	3rd	Endless Drama
2016 Apollo Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 22.03 seconds
	2nd	Solicit
	3rd	Hauraki
2015 Apollo Stakes	1st	Contributer	1 minute 22 seconds
	2nd	Ninth Legion
	3rd	Weary
2014 Apollo Stakes	1st	Appearance	1 minutes 21.97 seconds
	2nd	Speediness
	3rd	Moriarty
2013 Apollo Stakes	1st	Alma’s Fury	1 minutes 27.32 seconds
	2nd	Tougher Than Ever
	3rd	Danleigh
2012 Apollo Stakes	1st	Rain Affair	1 minutes 22.3 seconds
	2nd	Shoot Out
	3rd	Danleigh
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