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The Hill Stakes is a Group 2 staying event held at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Epsom Handicap Day and has proved a nice recent guide to the Ladbrokes Cox Plate in Melbourne.
The Hill Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age race held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse in late September or early October as part of the bumper Epsom Handicap Day line-up. Epsom Handicap Day takes place the day before the NRL’s Grand Final of Football and is headlined by three Group 1 races: the Epsom Handicap (1600m), The Metropolitan (2400m) and the Flight Stakes (1600m) for three-year-old fillies.
Now contested over 2000m (having previously been an 1800m event), the $500,000 Hill Stakes is a nice race for spring staying types starting to warm-up towards a possible Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival bid and a target race like the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley at the end of October.
Horses may come into the Hill Stakes field via a lead-up run in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick three weeks earlier, a double recently completed by Trusting (2011) and Hartnell (2016). Hartnell went on to run second to superstar mare Winx in the Cox Plate results of 2016 and third in that year’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).
This year the Hill Stakes 2019 ran on Saturday October 5, 2019 and was won by Chris Waller’s ATC Oaks winner Verry Elleegant.
2019 Hill Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday October 5, 2019 |
Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 2000m |
Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $500,000 |
ATC Oaks winner Verry Elleegant returned to winning form with a narrow photo-finish win in the Hill Stakes 2019 Results on Epsom Day. The Chris Waller-trained mare saluted for the punters after holding out Samadoubt for the win ahead of a potential run in either the Caulfield Cup (2400m) or Cox Plate (2040m) later in the month.
Read more on the 2019 Hill Stakes win by the Waller mare Verry Elleegant.
Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Wgt. | SP |
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1 | 9 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | – | 8 | 56kg | $2.40F |
2 | 1 | SAMADOUBT | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 0.1L | 3 | 59kg | $5.50 |
3 | 3 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 0.9L | 1 | 59kg | $7.50 |
4 | 5 | TALLY | James Cummings | Joshua Parr | 1.9L | 5 | 59kg | $26 |
5 | 7 | CARIF | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 3L | 2 | 58kg | $51 |
6 | 4 | OUR CENTURY (IRE) | Kim Waugh | Jason Collett | 3.1L | 4 | 59kg | $51 |
7 | 8 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 3.3L | 7 | 57kg | $10 |
8 | 6 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | Gwenda Markwell | Nash Rawiller | 4.8L | 6 | 58kg | $4.20 |
– | 2 | BEST OF DAYS (GB) | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | – | 0 | – | – |
Hill Stakes betting is traditionally led by gallopers coming off an earlier Sydney run in a race like the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes or Group 1 George Main Stakes, both run over the Randwick mile.
The latest Hill Stakes 2019 odds and betting links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as released.
The Hill Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of gallopers each spring, many of which head south later during the carnival to contest the Melbourne majors like the Cox Plate.
The official 2019 Hill Stakes field of final acceptances and barrier draw will be released on the Wednesday leading-up to Epsom Handicap Day and will be published in full below.
The Hill Stakes 2019 Final Field features nine weight-for-age hopefuls including the two top staying three-year-olds in Sydney last season: ATC Oaks champ Verry Elleegant and the ATC Derby winenr Angel Of Truth drawn in barriers nine & seven respectively, both third-up this spring.
Update: #2 Best Of Days (3) has been scratched from the Hill Stakes 2019 field in favour of a Group 1 run in the Epsom Handicap over the mile on the same day.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
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1 | 241915×116 | SAMADOUBT | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 4 | 59kg | 112 |
2 | 211x5Nx738 | BEST OF DAYS (GB) | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 3 | 59kg | 109 |
3 | 233x8124x0 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 1 | 59kg | 108 |
4 | 013x121x07 | OUR CENTURY (IRE) | Kim Waugh | Jason Collett | 5 | 59kg | 105 |
5 | 514x6770x6 | TALLY | James Cummings | Joshua Parr | 6 | 59kg | 102 |
6 | 1x16511x65 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | Gwenda Markwell | Nash Rawiller | 7 | 58kg | 106 |
7 | 147225×501 | CARIF | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 2 | 58kg | 73 |
8 | 76x059x878 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 8 | 57kg | 106 |
9 | 57x2111x94 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 9 | 56kg | 106 |
The 2019 Hill Stakes nominations are taken by Racing NSW on the Monday of race week and the full list of early Hill Stakes entries will be available here once announced.
There are 19 early Hill Stakes 2019 nominations led by trainer Chris Waller with six hopefuls including the ATC Oaks winner Verry Elleegant who leads early betting on the race.
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp. Rating |
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1 | 1x16511x65 | ANGEL OF TRUTH | G | 4 | Gwenda Markwell | 106 |
2 | 211x5Nx738 | BEST OF DAYS (GB) | G | 6 | James Cummings | 109 |
3 | 22008326×7 | BIG DUKE (IRE) | G | 8 | Kris Lees | 103 |
4 | 147225×501 | CARIF | H | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 73 |
5 | 55x1x34x51 | FINCHE (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
6 | 01x6112x94 | GREY LION (IRE) | G | 8 | Matthew Smith | 105 |
7 | 41x5496x04 | KAONIC (NZ) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 97 |
8 | 233x8124x0 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | G | 8 | Chris Waller | 108 |
9 | x812511x88 | MANTASTIC (IRE) | G | 6 | Chris Waller | 100 |
10 | 0x58158x83 | NETTOYER | M | 6 | Wendy Roche | 98 |
11 | 013x121x07 | OUR CENTURY (IRE) | G | 9 | Kim Waugh | 105 |
12 | 241915×116 | SAMADOUBT | G | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 112 |
13 | 1x23727x27 | SCARLET DREAM | M | 4 | Mark Newnham | 91 |
14 | 444740×705 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | G | 6 | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | 101 |
15 | 2x00x048x0 | SOUND (GER) | H | 7 | Michael Moroney | 104 |
16 | 3013215×60 | SWEET THOMAS (GER) | G | 8 | Matthew Smith | 100 |
17 | 514x6770x6 | TALLY | G | 7 | James Cummings | 102 |
18 | 57x2111x94 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 106 |
19 | 76x059x878 | YOUNGSTAR | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 106 |
First held in 1921 and won by Beauford, the Hill Stakes was originally a 10 furlong race which was then changed to 1750m up until 1990 and again in 2001. In 2011, the race began to be run over 2000m. The race was not held in 2007 however there have been plenty of double winners in this event including Phar Lap.
Hill Stakes double winners: Desert War (2005-06), Toi Port (1963-64), Redcraze (1956-57), Hydrogen (1952-53), Yaralla (1942-43), Gold Rod (1938-39), Chatham (1933-34), Peter Pan III (1932, 35), Phar Lap (1930-31), Limerick (1927-28) and The Hawk (1923,25).
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2019 Hill Stakes |
1st | Verry Elleegant | 2 minutes 5.03 seconds |
2nd | Samadoubt | ||
3rd | Life Less Ordinary | ||
2018 Hill Stakes |
1st | Ace High | 2 minute 2.57 seconds |
2nd | It’s Somewhat | ||
3rd | Egg Tart | ||
2017 Hill Stakes |
1st | Classic Uniform | 1 minute 49.98 seconds (over 1800m) |
2nd | Embley | ||
3rd | Mackintosh | ||
2016 Hill Stakes |
1st | Hartnell | 2 minutes 4.11 seconds |
2nd | Who Shot Thebarman | ||
3rd | Storm The Stars | ||
2015 Hill Stakes |
1st | Preferment | 2 minutes 6.81 seconds |
2nd | Magic Hurricane | ||
3rd | Complacent | ||
2014 Hill Stakes |
1st | Junoob | 2 minutes 6.12 seconds |
2nd | Criterion | ||
3rd | Bagman | ||
2013 Hill Stakes |
1st | Moriarty | 2 minutes 3.62 seconds |
2nd | Glencadam Gold | ||
3rd | Masked Marvel | ||
2012 Hill Stakes |
1st | Lamasery | 2 minutes 6.25 seconds |
2nd | Mourayan | ||
3rd | Lights Of Heaven | ||
2011 Hill Stakes |
1st | Trusting | 2 minutes 2.93 seconds |
2nd | Hawk Island | ||
3rd | Tullamore | ||
2010 Hill Stakes |
1st | Descarado | 1 minute 56.48 seconds |
2nd | Triple Honour | ||
3rd | Purple | ||
2009 Hill Stakes |
1st | Miss Marielle | 1 minute 56.13 seconds |
2nd | Pacino | ||
3rd | Roman Emperor | ||
2008 Hill Stakes |
1st | Fiumicino | 1 minute 57.38 seconds |
2nd | Dealer Principal | ||
3rd | Hurrah | ||
2007 Hill Stakes |
Race Not Held | ||
2006 Hill Stakes |
1st | Desert War | 1 minute 56.28 seconds |
2nd | Eremein | ||
3rd | Grand Zulu | ||
2005 Hill Stakes |
1st | Desert War | 1 minute 56.67 seconds |
2nd | Portland Singa | ||
3rd | Dizelle | ||
2004 Hill Stakes |
1st | Natural Blitz | 1 minute 56.62 seconds |
2nd | Vouvray | ||
3rd | Just Polite | ||
2003 Hill Stakes |
1st | Excellerator | 1 minute 56.84 seconds |
2nd | Platinum Scissors | ||
3rd | Carnegie Express | ||
2002 Hill Stakes |
1st | Dress Circle | 1 minute 56.63 seconds |
2nd | Bedouin | ||
3rd | Republic Lass | ||
2001 Hill Stakes |
1st | Mulan Princess | 1 minute 47.02 seconds |
2nd | Altiero | ||
3rd | Dottoressa | ||
2000 Hill Stakes |
1st | Pasta Express | 1 minute 57.83 seconds |
2nd | Pravda | ||
3rd | Padfoot Charlie |