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The Premiere Stakes is a Group 2 sprint held at Royal Randwick Racecourse as part of the Epsom Handicap Day line-up and is a nice lead-up into the $15 million The Everest.
2020 Premiere Stakes Results
- 1st: #8 Libertini
- 2nd: #2 Classique Legend
- 3rd: #3 Deprive
Premiere Stakes News
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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, traditionally run the day before the NRL 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. 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 $15 million The Everest race.
The Premiere Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday October 3, 2020, as part of the bumper Epsom Handicap Day line-up of races, and was won in an upset by Libertini.
| 2020 Premiere Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday October 3, 2020 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
2020 Premiere Stakes Results
- 1st: #8 Libertini
- 2nd: #2 Classique Legend
- 3rd: #3 Deprive
The Anthony Cummings-trained Libertini ($13) returned in brilliant fashion to flash home and defeat a host of The Everest favourites in an upset 2020 Premiere Stakes result.
Click here to read more on the potentially The Everest-bound Premiere Stakes 2020 winner Libertini.
| Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | 8 | LIBERTINI | Anthony Cummings | Regan Bayliss | 4 | 56.5kg | $13 | ||
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2 | 2 | CLASSIQUE LEGEND | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 2L | 7 | 58.5kg | $2.50 | |
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3 | 3 | DEPRIVE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 4L | 6 | 58.5kg | $26 | |
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4 | 1 | NATURE STRIP | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 4.1L | 5 | 58.5kg | $2.20F | |
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5 | 4 | STANDOUT | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Nash Rawiller | 7.1L | 8 | 58.5kg | $15 | |
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6 | 7 | FASIKA | Joseph Pride | Brenton Avdulla | 8.4L | 3 | 56.5kg | $15 | |
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7 | 5 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Jeff Penza | 9.3L | 1 | 58.5kg | $81 | |
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8 | 6 | LORD VON COSTA | Donna Scott | Blaike McDougall | 10.5L | 2 | 58.5kg | $151 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2020 Premiere Stakes Betting
The latest Premiere Stakes 2020 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.
2020 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 2020 field and barrier draw will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and listed in full below once announced.
The 2020 Premiere Stakes field features eight sprinters led by The Everest-bound Nature Strip and last start The Shorts champion Classique Legend.
Click here to read more on The Everest horses running in the 2020 Premiere Stakes field.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4141x411x2 | NATURE STRIP | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 5 | 58.5kg | 121 | ||
| 2 | 1x2360x1x1 | CLASSIQUE LEGEND | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 58.5kg | 115 | ||
| 3 | 2714x5465x | DEPRIVE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 6 | 58.5kg | 106 | ||
| 4 | 1112x160x5 | STANDOUT | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Nash Rawiller | 8 | 58.5kg | 104 | ||
| 5 | 515×080146 | SIGNORE FOX | Peter & Paul Snowden | Jeff Penza | 1 | 58.5kg | 98 | ||
| 6 | 64x21x741x | LORD VON COSTA | Donna Scott | Blaike McDougall | 2 | 58.5kg | 96 | ||
| 7 | 229x1823x8 | FASIKA | Joseph Pride | Brenton Avdulla | 3 | 56.5kg | 106 | ||
| 8 | 1x1133x49x | LIBERTINI | Anthony Cummings | Regan Bayliss | 4 | 56.5kg | 100 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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). In 2018 Santa Ana Lane set a record time of 1:07.45 winning the Premiere Stakes ahead of a Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic win in Melbourne later that spring.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Premiere Stakes | 1st | Libertini | 1 minute 7.60 seconds |
| 2nd | Classique Legend | ||
| 3rd | Deprive | ||
| 2019 Premiere Stakes | 1st | Brutal | 1 minute 10.00 seconds |
| 2nd | Home Of The Brave | ||
| 3rd | Classique Legend | ||
| 2018 Premiere Stakes | 1st | Santa Ana Lane | 1 minute 7.45 seconds (R) |
| 2nd | Shoals | ||
| 3rd | In Her Time | ||
| 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 | ||
