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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 traditionally takes place the day before the NRL’s Grand Final of Football – although not in 2020 due to COVID-19 – 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. Saintly (1996), however, was the last horse to do the Hill Stakes – Cox Plate double.
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 2020 ran on Saturday October 3, 2020 and was dominated by the Cox Plate-bound Kolding.
2020 Hill Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday October 3, 2020 |
Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 2000m |
Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $500,000 |
Last year’s Epsom Handicap winner Kolding returned 12 months on to salute at the meeting again, this time dominating the 2020 Hill Stakes results with a big two length win over Avilius ($6.50) with the top elect Fierce Impact ($2.30F) running third.
Click here to read more on the barnstorming Hill Stakes 2020 win by Cox Plate-bound Kolding.
Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 2 | KOLDING (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 59kg | $3.60 | ||
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2 | 3 | AVILIUS (GB) | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 2L | 5 | 59kg | $6.50 | |
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3 | 1 | FIERCE IMPACT (JPN) | Matthew Smith | Nash Rawiller | 2.2L | 6 | 59kg | $2.30F | |
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4 | 8 | DADOOZDART (GB) | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 5.9L | 1 | 59kg | $14 | |
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5 | 9 | THINK IT OVER | Kerry Parker | Glen Boss | 7.2L | 7 | 59kg | $26 | |
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6 | 6 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | 7.7L | 3 | 59kg | $26 | |
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7 | 10 | JUST THINKIN’ | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 9L | 4 | 58kg | $9 | |
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8 | 5 | DANCETERIA (FR) | Kris Lees | Kerrin McEvoy | 9.8L | 8 | 59kg | $51 | |
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11 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | 0 | ||||||
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7 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Sam Clipperton | 0 | |||||
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4 | FINCHE (GB) | Chris Waller | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 final field is down to nine after two scratchings from last year’s winning stable with the Chris Waller-trained duo of Verry Elleegant and Finche instead running in Flemington’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on the same day.
Update: Just eight remain in the Hill Stakes with a third scratchings – Sir Charles Road – and odds firming on the well-backed favourite Fierce Impact.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 11x2348x31 | FIERCE IMPACT (JPN) | Matthew Smith | Nash Rawiller | 6 | 59kg | 114 | ||
2 | x45778x021 | KOLDING (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 59kg | 114 | ||
3 | 7x54533x46 | AVILIUS (GB) | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 5 | 59kg | 113 | ||
4 | 34x51257x3 | FINCHE (GB) | Chris Waller | 11 | 59kg | 110 | |||
5 | 41x0x0680x | DANCETERIA (FR) | Kris Lees | Kerrin McEvoy | 9 | 59kg | 106 | ||
6 | 4x66461x00 | LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | 3 | 59kg | 105 | ||
7 | 533499×000 | SIR CHARLES ROAD | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott | Sam Clipperton | 7 | 59kg | 96 | ||
8 | 11x1x00x04 | DADOOZDART (GB) | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 1 | 59kg | 86 | ||
9 | 241448×232 | THINK IT OVER | Kerry Parker | Glen Boss | 8 | 59kg | 86 | ||
10 | x11445x612 | JUST THINKIN’ | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 4 | 58kg | 93 | ||
11 | 0x42212x14 | VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) | Chris Waller | 10 | 57kg | 117 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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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2020 Hill Stakes |
1st | Kolding | 2 minutes 1.26 seconds |
2nd | Avilius | ||
3rd | Fierce Impact | ||
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 |