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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.

The Apollo Stakes 2019 runs on Saturday February 16, 2019 .

2019 Apollo Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 16, 2019
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2019 Apollo Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Winx
• 2nd: #1 Happy Clapper
• 3rd: #7 Egg Tart

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight
1	5	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	–	3	57kg
2	1	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Sam Clipperton	2.3L	1	59kg
3	7	EGG TART	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	4.3L	7	57kg
4	2	PATRICK ERIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Weatherley (a)	4.4L	4	59kg
5	6	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5.7L	8	57kg
6	4	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	7.9L	6	59kg
7	8	ALOISIA (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tim Clark	9.4L	2	57kg
8	3	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	10.4L	5	59kg

2019 Apollo Stakes Tips

• 1st: Winx
• 2nd: Happy Clapper
• 3rd: Egg Tart

2019 Apollo Stakes Odds & Betting

The Apollo Stakes 2019 betting odds and market links will be published the week of the race so stay tuned.

2019 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.

For the past two years in 2016 and 2017 the Apollo Stakes field has been dominated by the world’s best mare Winx, who won’t chase a third straight win in the race in 2018 due to the unavailability of her regular rider Hugh Bowman.

The 2019 Apollo Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday February 13, 2019 and will be published below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	2x1213x75x	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Sam Clipperton	1	59kg	118
2	14656x641x	PATRICK ERIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Weatherley	4	59kg	106
3	22x332222x	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	5	59kg	103
4	8x260408x1	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	6	59kg	102
5	x111x1111x	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	57kg	132
6	0121x6138x	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	8	57kg	109
7	521x53330x	EGG TART	Chris Waller	–	7	57kg	107
8	768x83002x	ALOISIA (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tim Clark	2	57kg	105

2019 Apollo Stakes Nominations

The 2019 Apollo Stakes nominations will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on February 13, 2019.

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.

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.

The most notable recent Apollo Stakes winner was Winx (2016 & 2017) who went on to make history with her eight length win in that year’s Cox Plate when defending her title in the weight-for-age classic. Trainer Chris Waller also took out the race for a third time on the trot 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
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