The 2017 Hill Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age race held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse in mid-September.
Run over a 2000m distance, the $200,000 event is held in during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival as part of the George Main Stakes Day card.
The other key races on the program at the same meeting are the: Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m), Group 2 The Shorts (1100m), Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) and Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m).
Most Hill Stakes hopefuls come off an earlier run in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at the track a fortnight earlier, while a possible main target for the best out of the race is the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) in early October also held at Royal Randwick.
| Hill Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | September 30th, 2017 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1800m |
| Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
2017 Hill Stakes Field
The 2017 Hill Stakes field of final acceptances and barrier draw was released on Wednesday September 14 and just eight runners line-up in the race this season including the reigning Hill Stakes winner Preferment who is one of four in the mix for trainer Chris Waller.
See below for the official 2017 Hill Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw complete with the latest Hill Stakes odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au.
2017 Hill Stakes Nominations
The 2017 Hill Stakes nominations were taken by Racing NSW on Monday September 12 and feature 13 weight-for-age hopefuls led by Chelmsford Stakes winner Hartnell.
Check out the full 2016 Hill Stakes nominations now.
Hill Stakes History
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). The fastest race time over a 1900m distance was recorded in 1994 by Slight Chance with 1 minute 55.04 seconds.
Recent Hill Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Hill Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 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 | ||