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The Premiere Stakes is a Group 2 1200m sprint race held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse on either the last Saturday in September or the first Saturday in October, the same day as Melbourne’s AFL Grand Final.

Worth $500,000 in prize money, the weight for age event attracts several horses which have already competed in the weight-for-age Missile Stakes two weeks earlier. The Premiere Stakes is held on Epsom Handicap Day and shares a race program with the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), Group 1 Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) and Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m).

The Premiere Stakes now serves as a nice lead-up race for star sprinters set to return to the track and distance in a fortnight’s time for the $10 million The Everest race.

The Premiere Stakes 2017 ran on Saturday September 30, 2017 as part of the bumper Epsom Handicap Day line-up of races.

2017 Premiere Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 30, 2017
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$500,000

2017 Premiere Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 In Her Time
• 2nd: #9 English
• 3rd: #2 Clearly Innocent

See below for the official Premiere Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the gutsy win by returning mare In Her Time who held-off The Everest-bound English.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	10	IN HER TIME	Benjamin Smith	Corey Brown	–	1	56.5kg	$4.80
2	9	ENGLISH	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Blake Shinn	0.2L	8	56.5kg	$5.50
3	2	CLEARLY INNOCENT	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	1.2L	4	58.5kg	$8.50
4	3	TAKEDOWN	Gary Moore	Tim Clark	1.6L	5	58.5kg	$19
5	7	BALL OF MUSCLE	Joseph Pride	Glyn Schofield	2.2L	7	58.5kg	$15
6	1	CHAUTAUQUA	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	2.8L	3	58.5kg	$2.80F
7	5	KURO (NZ)	John O’Shea	Joao Moreira	3.2L	2	58.5kg	$31
8	4	FELL SWOOP	Matthew Dale	Tye Angland	3.3L	9	58.5kg	$17
9	11	NIETA	John P Thompson	Damian Lane	3.7L	11	56.5kg	$21
10	12	PUMPKIN PIE	Danny Williams	Jay Ford	3.8L	10	56.5kg	$151
11	8	MOHER	James Cummings	Jason Collett	6L	6	58.5kg	$81
SB	6	THE MONSTAR	Brett Cavanough	Tommy Berry	–	0	58.5kg	–

2017 Premiere Stakes Tips

• 1st: #7 Ball Of Muscle
• 2nd: #10 In Her Time
• 3rd: #5 Kuro

At $9.50 Joe Pride’s veteran sprinter Ball Of Muscle represents great value. He comes off a first-up second behind Redzel in the Group 2 The Shorts (1100m), which could prove the form line to follow into this. He’s done it plenty of times at Randwick (8-2-3-1) and his record at the 1200m is good (10-3-2-3). He’ll be improved second-up and has plenty to like looking back over previous runs second time in. It’s been a really long time between drinks (May 2015), but he’s been so good in this class over the previous seasons so think he can break the drought. In Her Time is a first-up flyer resuming off two good Rosehill trials, has done it at this track / distance before and gets the rails run. Big price for the returning Kuro at around $19 for the upset. First run since the Expressway Stakes (1200m) in late January, but think he can surprise if he’s back to his best fresh.

Premiere Stakes Betting

The latest Premiere Stakes betting odds and market links on the gun sprinters in the race will be listed below as soon as available, pricing from Ladbrokes.com.au.

2017 Premiere Stakes Field

Each spring the Premiere Stakes, now worth half a million in prize money, attracts a star-studded line-up of sprinters. Gallopers may contest the Premiere Stakes field via lead-up runs in races including the Group 2 The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick a fortnight earlier or be kicking off their carnival campaigns first-up in the event.

The official Premiere Stakes field and barrier draw will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and listed in full below once announced.

The 2017 Premiere Stakes Final Field has drawn a gun line-up of 12 sprinters led by the clear favourite in Premiere Stakes betting Chautauqua who heads towards the $10 million The Everest race at the track on October 14 before a possible shot at Flemington’s Darley Classic during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x47x3231x7	CHAUTAUQUA	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	3	58.5kg	122
2	x640x9113x	CLEARLY INNOCENT	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	5	58.5kg	111
3	2516x847x5	TAKEDOWN	Gary Moore	Tim Clark	6	58.5kg	110
4	323x6639x6	FELL SWOOP	Matthew Dale	Tye Angland	10	58.5kg	107
5	60x221712x	KURO (NZ)	John O’Shea	Joao Moreira	2	58.5kg	105
6	18×0312234	THE MONSTAR	Brett Cavanough	Tommy Berry	4	58.5kg	105
7	65x63394x2	BALL OF MUSCLE	Joseph Pride	Glyn Schofield	8	58.5kg	104
8	141x82433x	MOHER	James Cummings	Jason Collett	7	58.5kg	95
9	70x17266x4	ENGLISH	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Blake Shinn	9	56.5kg	113
10	11115x523x	IN HER TIME	Benjamin Smith	Corey Brown	1	56.5kg	108
11	0112x14x33	NIETA	John P Thompson	Damian Lane	12	56.5kg	99
12	x411945x48	PUMPKIN PIE	Danny Williams	–	11	56.5kg	78

2017 Premiere Stakes Nominations

The Premiere Stakes nominations are taken by Racing NSW on the Monday leading-up to Epsom Handicap Day and will be published right here as soon as released.

In 2017 the Premiere Stakes Nominations attracted 13 early entries led by triple TJ Smith Stakes winner Chautauqua. The Everest-bound Chautauqua is joined in the possible race line-up by fellow hopefuls heading towards the inaugural edition of the $10 million feature including the mare English and Fell Swoop.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x47x3231x7	CHAUTAUQUA	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	1	58.5kg	122
2	70x17266x4	ENGLISH	M	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	56.5kg	113
3	x640x9113x	CLEARLY INNOCENT	G	6	Kris Lees	3	58.5kg	111
4	2516x847x5	TAKEDOWN	G	5	Gary Moore	4	58.5kg	110
5	11115x523x	IN HER TIME	M	5	Benjamin Smith	5	56.5kg	108
6	323x6639x6	FELL SWOOP	G	6	Matthew Dale	6	58.5kg	107
7	60x221712x	KURO (NZ)	G	6	John O’Shea	7=	58.5kg	105
8	18×0312234	THE MONSTAR	G	7	Brett Cavanough	7=	58.5kg	105
9	0112x14x33	NIETA	M	5	John P Thompson	9	56.5kg	99
10	11115×3	HOUTZEN	F	3	Toby Edmonds	10	50kg	96
11	1310x4810x	SWEET SHERRY	M	4	Brent Stanley	11	56.5kg	90
12	x48x052820	LORD VON COSTA	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	12	58.5kg	80
13	x411945x48	PUMPKIN PIE	M	4	Danny Williams	13	56.5kg	78

Premiere Stakes History

First won by Outback in 1972, the Premiere Stakes has a history of double winners including Mr. Innocent in 1999-00 and Joanne in 1991-92. Other notable Premiere Stakes winners include Kingston Town (1981), Emancipation (1983) and Terravista (2015). The Premiere Stakes gained Group 2 status in 1997 and has been run and won at Royal Randwick since 2011.

Premiere Stakes results since 2000, along with winning times, are listed below.

Premiere Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Premiere Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Premiere Stakes	1st	In Her Time	1 minute 8.2 seconds
	2nd	English
	3rd	Clearly Innocent
2016 Premiere Stakes	1st	Takedown	1 minute 8.2 seconds
	2nd	Our Boy Malachi
	3rd	Danish Twist
2015 Premiere Stakes	1st	Terravista	1 minute 9.10 seconds
	2nd	Rebel Dane
	3rd	That’s A Good Idea
2014 Premiere Stakes	1st	Famous Seamus	1 minute 9.86 seconds
	2nd	Charlie Boy
	3rd	Wouldn’t It Be Nice
2013 Premiere Stakes	1st	Arinosa	1 minute 9.37 seconds
	2nd	Dystopia
	3rd	Famous Seamus
2012 Premiere Stakes	1st	Red Tracer	1 minute 9.67 seconds
	2nd	Satin Shoes
	3rd	Emotional Circus
2011 Premiere Stakes	1st	Neeson	1 minute 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Hurtle Myrtle
	3rd	Love Conquers All
2010 Premiere Stakes	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 09.87 seconds
	2nd	Trader
	3rd	Cardinal Virtue
2009 Premiere Stakes	1st	Mentality	1 minute 10.46 seconds
	2nd	Kroner
	3rd	Phelan Ready
2008 Premiere Stakes	1st	Triple Honour	1 minute 10.13 seconds
	2nd	Captain Bax
	3rd	Reigning To Win
2007 Premiere Stakes	1st	German Chocolate	1 minute 9.87 seconds
	2nd	Solo Flyer
	3rd	Fashions Afield
2006 Premiere Stakes	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 10.29 seconds
	2nd	Imana
	3rd	Johan’s Toy
2005 Premiere Stakes	1st	Shania Dane	1 minute 8.83 seconds
	2nd	Dance Hero
	3rd	Spark Of Life
2004 Premiere Stakes	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Into The Night
	3rd	Century Kid
2003 Premiere Stakes	1st	Thorn Park	1 minute 9.02 seconds
	2nd	Patezza
	3rd	Excellerator
2002 Premiere Stakes	1st	Century Kid	1 minute 9.35 seconds
	2nd	Ancient Song
	3rd	Shogun Lodge
2001 Premiere Stakes	1st	On Type	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Padstow
	3rd	Century Kid
2000 Premiere Stakes	1st	Mr. Innocent	1 minute 8.97 seconds
	2nd	Celestial Choir
	3rd	Adam