Emancipation Stakes

The Emancipation Stakes is a nice Queen Of The Turf Stakes lead-up for fillies and mares run at Rosehill Gardens in the autumn on Tancred Stakes Day.

2023 Emancipation Stakes Results

  • 1st: #10 Roots
  • 2nd: #4 Atishu
  • 3rd: #14 Finepoint



Named in honour of the former champion mare Emancipation, the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes is a set weights plus penalties race for fillies and mares held in late March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Run over 1500m and offering $250,000 in prize money as of 2023, the Emancipation Stakes moved to Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in 2014 and now takes place on Tancred Stakes Day*

*Note: The 2022 Emancipation Stakes ran on the Monday after the abandoned Rosehill Gardens meeting at Newcastle Racecourse.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m) and the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). Along with the Emancipation Stakes, the other Group 2 support act on the card is the Tulloch Stakes (2000m) for ATC Derby types.

Runners in the Emancipation Stakes field may come via a run in a race like the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at the same track / distance a fortnight earlier. After the Group 2 a nice option for the best out of the Emancipation Stakes is a Royal Randwick run during ‘The Championships’ in the Group 1 Queen Of the Turf Stakes (1600m) and Amanpour (2nd in 2015) was the last Emancipation Stakes graduate to go on and win that Group 1.

The 2022 Emancipation Stakes form was franked with the winner Promise Of Success returning in the spring to win the $2 million The Invitation race.

The Emancipation Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 25, 2023 at Rosehill Gardens and saw trainer Chris Waller claim the trifecta led by Roots ($6). 

2023 Emancipation Stakes
Date: Saturday March 25, 2023
Track: Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney
Distance: 1500m
Race Type: Fillies & Mares – Set Weight & Penalties
Status: Group 2
Prize money: $500,000

2023 Emancipation Stakes Results

  • 1st: #10 Roots ($6)
  • 2nd: #4 Atishu
  • 3rd: #14 Finepoint

The Emancipation Stakes 2023 results saw an all Chris Waller-trained trifecta this autumn with Press Statement four-year-old Roots ($6) securing a comfortable victory over her stablemates Atishu and Finepoint after sprinting clear off a good ride by jockey Brenton Avdulla.

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 10 ROOTS Chris Waller Brenton Avdulla 7 54kg $6
2 4 ATISHU (NZ) Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 1.19L 9 56kg $6.50
3 14 FINEPOINT Chris Waller Regan Bayliss 1.69L 5 54kg $18
4 7 MIRRA VISION Peter & Paul Snowden Sam Clipperton 1.78L 10 55kg $7
5 16 MORE SECRETS Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Zac Lloyd (a) 1.83L 8 54kg $21
6 9 BRING THE RANSOM Bjorn Baker Tyler Schiller (a) 1.92L 12 55kg $51
7 3 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) John O’Shea Tom Marquand 2.89L 1 56kg $21
8 15 DYNASTIES Peter & Paul Snowden Chad Schofield 3.31L 3 54kg $41
9 6 STATEMENT (IRE) Joseph O’Brien John Allen 5.05L 2 55kg $4F
10 17e RIDUNA Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Ms Rachel King 5.07L 11 54kg $71
11 12 MORE PROPHETS John Thompson Tim Clark 5.61L 14 54kg $26
12 5 ARGENTIA Anthony & Sam Freedman Brett Prebble 6.01L 13 55.5kg $14
13 13 TOREGENE (NZ) Matthew Williams Dean Yendall 10.91L 4 54kg $8.50
14 8 LARKSPUR RUN James Cummings Ryan Maloney 13.5L 6 55kg $19
18e CAP DE JOIE (GB) Nick Ryan Brett Prebble 0
19e TIMES SQUARE (FR) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 0
2 MUSTANG VALLEY (NZ) Andrew Forsman Joshua Parr 0
1 GOING GLOBAL (IRE) Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 0
11 CLIFF’S ART (IRE) Matthew Smith Reece Jones (a) 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Emancipation Stakes Betting Odds

The season’s updated Emancipation Stakes 2023 betting odds and links to markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of Tancred Stakes Day.

Nimalee ($4.20 in 2021) is the latest Emancipation Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 EMANCIPATION STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Emancipation Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 EMANCIPATION STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Emancipation Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Emancipation Stakes 2023 Tips on the Tancred Stakes Day event this autumn.

  • To Win: #14 Finepoint ($18 at time of publish) 

Going for an upset in the Emancipation Stakes this year and have the Chris Waller-trained Finepoint on top at nearly $20. She can surprise a few at that price as a forgotten chance up in grade. She needs to go to another level to challenge, but the progressive Pins four-year-old comes back in weight which will aid her cause. She was good fresh under 1.5 lengths beaten running third here with more weight in an easier grade race last time out with improvement to come. A previous Rosehill winner, she was Group 3 placed behind Hope In Your Heart in the spring and that form line has held. Gets a gun run from barrier six with Regan Bayliss aboard and looks overs despite the challenge.

2023 Emancipation Stakes Field

The Emancipation Stakes field features a quality line-up of fillies and mares proven at around a mile or further and is released on the Wednesday before Tancred Stakes Day.

The 2023 Emancipation Stakes field and barriers are set to be released on Wednesday March 22, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The Emancipation Stakes 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of fillies and mares led in betting by the Joseph O’Brien-trained Irish raider Statement first-up in Australia having won back-to-back Group races in Europe last prep.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 16x13x121x GOING GLOBAL (IRE) Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 18 58kg 111
2 211210xL39 MUSTANG VALLEY (NZ) Andrew Forsman 15 58kg 105
3 415x7109x9 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) John O’Shea Tom Marquand 1 56kg 108
4 4x7675123x ATISHU (NZ) Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 10 56kg 105
5 27x2910x50 ARGENTIA Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 14 55.5kg 100
6 x67x4x711x STATEMENT (IRE) Joseph O’Brien John Allen 2 55kg 105
7 68x9722x65 MIRRA VISION Peter & Paul Snowden Sam Clipperton 11 55kg 103
8 x332631x02 LARKSPUR RUN James Cummings Ryan Maloney 7 55kg 100
9 1450x100x5 BRING THE RANSOM Bjorn Baker Tyler Schiller (a) 13 55kg 95
10 0x11215x34 ROOTS Chris Waller Brenton Avdulla 8 54kg 96
11 0x65083x63 CLIFF’S ART (IRE) Matthew Smith Reece Jones (a) 5 54kg 92
12 8x8649x447 MORE PROPHETS John Thompson Tim Clark 17 54kg 92
13 191x112x20 TOREGENE (NZ) Matthew Williams Dean Yendall 4 54kg 91
14 x313x130x3 FINEPOINT Chris Waller Regan Bayliss 6 54kg 86
15 107x0549x9 DYNASTIES Peter & Paul Snowden Chad Schofield 3 54kg 84
16 x17x3413x3 MORE SECRETS Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Zac Lloyd (a) 9 54kg 84
17e 2121020×04 RIDUNA Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Ms Rachel King 12 54kg 79
18e 53x1122x2 CAP DE JOIE (GB) Nick Ryan Brett Prebble 16 54kg 71
19e 32x7307x1x TIMES SQUARE (FR) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 19 54kg 98

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Emancipation Stakes Nominations

The official 2023 Emancipation Stakes nominations will be listed below as soon as released by Racing NSW on Monday March 20, 2023.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 27x2910x50 ARGENTIA M 4 Anthony & Sam Freedman 100
2 4x7675123x ATISHU (NZ) M 5 Chris Waller 105
3 1450x100x5 BRING THE RANSOM M 6 Bjorn Baker 95
4 53x1122x2 CAP DE JOIE (GB) M 4 Nick Ryan 71
5 0x65083x63 CLIFF’S ART (IRE) M 7 Matthew Smith 92
6 1346x1124x COMME BELLA FILLE (NZ) M 5 John O’Shea 79
7 107x0549x9 DYNASTIES M 4 Peter & Paul Snowden 84
8 81x640x611 ESPIONA M 4 Chris Waller 106
9 x313x130x3 FINEPOINT M 4 Chris Waller 86
10 16x13x121x GOING GLOBAL (IRE) M 5 Chris Waller 111
11 0x317560x5 ITA M 5 Bjorn Baker 81
12 x332631x02 LARKSPUR RUN M 4 James Cummings 100
13 68x9722x65 MIRRA VISION M 6 Peter & Paul Snowden 103
14 8x8649x447 MORE PROPHETS M 6 John Thompson 92
15 x17x3413x3 MORE SECRETS M 5 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 84
16 211210xL39 MUSTANG VALLEY (NZ) M 4 Andrew Forsman 105
17 415x7109x9 PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB) M 7 John O’Shea 108
18 2121020×04 RIDUNA M 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 79
19 0x11215x34 ROOTS M 4 Chris Waller 96
20 x67x4x711x STATEMENT (IRE) M 5 Joseph O’Brien 105
21 32x7307x1x TIMES SQUARE (FR) M 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 98
22 191x112x20 TOREGENE (NZ) M 4 Matthew Williams 91

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Emancipation Stakes History

First held in 1985, the Emancipation Stakes was first won by Aspirations when it was a Listed race. In 1996 it became a Group 3 event until 1999 when it was elevated to Group 2 status. R.S. Dye is the only jockey to have managed six wins in the event between years 1988 to 1999.

The race is named in honour of Emancipation. Emancipation was a mare who only raced as a three and four year old however her racing career was outstanding. She won 19 out of 28 starts and all seven of her Group 1 wins were in Sydney.

There have been three dual winners of the race in the past decade with: Skyerush (2012-13), Catkins (2014-15) and Zanbagh (2016-17).

See below for a full list of Emancipation Stakes results going back to 2000.

In 2022 the Emancipation Stakes was moved from Rosehill on Saturday the 26th of March to Newcastle on Monday the 28th of March due to unsafe Heavy track conditions and rainfall.

Recent Emancipation Stakes Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2023
Emancipation Stakes
1st Roots 1 minute 29.29 seconds
2nd Atishu
3rd Finepoint
2022
Emancipation Stakes
1st Promise Of Success 1 minute 32.07 seconds
2nd Kiku
3rd Vangelic
2021
Emancipation Stakes
1st Nimalee 1 minute 28.99 seconds
2nd Greysful Glamour
3rd Quantum Mechanic
2020
Emancipation Stakes
1st Positive Peace 1 minute 31.67 seconds
2nd Noire
3rd Amangiri
2019
Emancipation Stakes
1st Invincible Gem 1 minute 33.44 seconds
2nd Daysee Doom
3rd Noire
2018
Emancipation Stakes
1st Prompt Response 1 minute 31.11 seconds
2nd Oregon’s Day
3rd Dixie Blossoms
2017
Emancipation Stakes
1st Zanbagh 1 minute 34.55 seconds
2nd Daysee Doom
3rd Dixie Blossoms
2016
Emancipation Stakes
1st Zanbagh 1 minute 28.4 seconds
2nd Supara
3rd Amicus
2015
Emancipation Stakes
1st Catkins 1 minute 29.21 seconds
2nd Amanpour
3rd Gypsy Diamond
2014
Emancipation Stakes
1st Catkins 1 minute 31.99 seconds
2nd Sharnee Rose
3rd Angel Of Mercy
2013
Emancipation Stakes
1st Skyerush 1 minute 35.49 seconds
2nd Floria
3rd Cathay Lady
2012
Emancipation Stakes
1st Skyerush 1 minute 35.36 seconds
2nd Fibrillation
3rd Divorces
2011
Emancipation Stakes
1st Sworn To Secrecy 1 minute 39.4 seconds
2nd Skyerush
3rd Shannara
2010
Emancipation Stakes
1st Sacred Choice 1 minute 35.1 seconds
2nd Gold Water
3rd Strawberry Field
2009
Emancipation Stakes
1st Amberino 1 minute 38.39 seconds
2nd Bernicia
3rd Reggie
2008
Emancipation Stakes
1st Kosi Bay 1 minute 37.42 seconds
2nd Translate
3rd Camarilla
2007
Emancipation Stakes
1st Hot Danish 1 minute 37.16 seconds
2nd Kosi Bay
3rd More Than Lucky
2006
Emancipation Stakes
1st Fantasia 1 minute 34.52 seconds
2nd Octapussy
3rd Villa Bled
2005
Emancipation Stakes
1st Perfect Promise 1 minute 37.05 seconds
2nd Uprize
3rd Tui Song
2004
Emancipation Stakes
1st Hec of a Party 1 minute 35.98 seconds
2nd Zanna
3rd In a Bound
2003
Emancipation Stakes
1st Faith Hill 1 minute 38.27 seconds
2nd Moon Dragon
3rd Barawin
2002
Emancipation Stakes
1st Miss Zoe 1 minute 36.01 seconds
2nd Sibyl
3rd Call Me Lily
2001
Emancipation Stakes
1st Heather 1 minute 37.15 seconds
2nd Poppett
3rd More Haste
2000
Emancipation Stakes
1st Beat The Fade 1 minute 39.3 seconds
2nd Mary Machree
3rd Camena

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