Horse Racing

The Group 2 Furious Stakes is a set weight race for three year old fillies which is held at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Held in September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, the 1400m event is worth $175,000 in prize money.

Many fillies will first race in the Silver Shadow Stakes held two weeks earlier at Warwick Farm while the better performing fillies will then advance to the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1500m) held at Rosehill Gardens and then the Group 1 Flight Stakes.

The Furious Stakes 2012 will be run on Saturday September  3rd, 2012.

Furious Stakes History

Originally a Listed race, the Furious Stakes became a Group 3 race between 1995 and 2004 until it was elevated to Group 2 status.

The Silver Shadow Stakes/Furious Stakes double has been won by Samantha Miss (2008), Mnemosyne (2005) and Victory Vein (2002), while the Furious Stakes/Tea Rose Stakes double has been won by Samantha Miss (2008), Mnemosyne (2005), Prisoner Of Love (2004), Shamekha (2003) and Victory Vein (2002).

Accomplishing the Furious Stakes/Tea Rose Stakes/Flight Stakes treble is a hard victory but has there have been three successful fillies including Unwordly (2000), Danglissa (1999) and Sunline (1998).

The fastest race time was recorded in 2009 when Melito crossed the finish line in 1 minute 21.54 seconds. The slowest time was by Belle Jamie in 1978 with 1 minute 29 seconds.

Recent Furious Stakes Winners