Horse Racing

The Euclase Stakes is a Group 2 feature race for three-year-olds held in early May on Robert Sangster Stakes Day during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival.

Run over a sprint distance of 1200m, the set weights clash is the major support race on the dual Group 1 Morphettville meeting that is headlined by the Robert Sangster Stakes and Australasian Oaks.

Worth $500,000 in total prize money, the event is run by the South Australian Jockey Club (SAJC) and was inaugurated in 1981. The Euclase Stakes field attracts both locally-trained and visiting interstate raiders chasing a share in the half-a-million-dollars in stakes. Runners may have earlier contested Melbourne’s Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) in March, while the traditional lead-up is Morphettville’s Listed Redelva Stakes (1100m) run a fortnight before.

The Euclase Stakes 2017 ran on Saturday May 6, 2017.

2017 Euclase Stakes Results

• 1st: #14 Sweet Sherry
• 2nd: #12 Fuhryk
• 3rd: #9 So You Too

Check out the full 2017 Euclase Stakes Results & Finishing Order the race won in an upset by Sweet Sherry who beat home the Lindsay Park-trained Fuhryk in an all-filly quinella.

2017 Euclase Stakes Odds

The autumn’s top Euclase Stakes 2017 betting markets and links to the Group 2 racing odds at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2017 Euclase Stakes Field

The Euclase Stakes field attracts a smart line-up of three-year-olds from Adelaide and interstate stables coming off a number of various lead-up races. Some of the runners may back-up on successive Saturdays going on to run in the Listed Adelaide Guineas (1600m) over the mile a week later.

The official Euclase Stakes 2017 Field & Barriers are due for release on Wednesday May 3, 2017 and will be published in full below.

The 2017 Euclase Stakes Final Field attracted a big line-up of 17 sprinters led by the Darren Weir-trained Ken’s Dream in flying form and the smart Peter & Palu Snowden-trained Defcon with a wide barrier 13 draw to overcome.

2017 Euclase Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the 2017 Euclase Stakes will be released on the Monday before the race day.

The 2017 Euclase Stakes Nominations attracted 27 hopefuls including the undefeated filly Desert Lashes coming off a win in the Redelva Stakes at the track and the highly-rated Stuart Webb-trained Legless Veuve.

Euclase Stakes History

The event been known as a number of different race names over the years for sponsorship purposes, but has been officially registered as the Euclase Stakes since 1991. The race’s original name was the Great Western Plate (1981 – 87) followed by the Carrington Blush Plate (1988 – 89), the Angus Brut Classic (1990-2000), the Yallambee Classic (2001-13).

The title Euclase came from the 1991 winner of the race of the same name. The first Euclase Stakes winner was Apollo’s Flame who won the race when it only held Listed status. The event was elevated to a Group 3 event from 1986 – 1990 before gaining its current Group 2 status in 1991 when the aforementioned Euclase took it out.

The most notable Euclase Stakes winner in recent years was Miracles Of Life (2014), winner of the previous year’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) in Melbourne.

Euclase Stakes Winners