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The Silver Shadow Stakes is a Group 2 event for new season three-year-old fillies held annually during August on Winx Stakes Day, which now hosts the opening Group 1 event of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

Hosted at the prestigious Royal Randwick Racecourse, the Silver Shadow Stakes is one of the major opening events of the carnival for young fillies heading towards a run through the Princess Series of races that culminates with the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) on Epsom Day.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Silver Shadow Stakes offers $300,000 in total prize money as of 2023 and takes place over 1200m on Winx Stakes Day.

The Silver Shadow Stakes 2023 took place on Saturday August 19, 2023 at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Winx Stakes Day and was won in a narrow upset by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Flight Stakes-bound Autumn Ballet ($16). 

Silver Shadow Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 19, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies SWP
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1980

The Silver Shadow Stakes shares a program with the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) – formerly the Warwick Stakes – and three Group 3 events: the Show County Quality (1200m), the Toy Show Quality (1300m) and the Premier’s Cup (2000m). The Silver Shadow Stakes is named in honour of the 1975 Warwick Stakes winner Silver Shadow.

Often fillies in the Silver Shadow Stakes field are resuming racing for the season. The Silver Shadow Stakes field usually attracts horses that had fairly decent two-year-old campaigns. Most entrants have a decent amount of black-type experience from their two-year-old season running in events including the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in the autumn.

Fillies that see success in the Silver Shadow Stakes results tend to push on to later races such as the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) or the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) before stepping up to a mile in the Flight Stakes.

The 2018 Silver Shadow Stakes winner Fiesta ran second in Furious, Tea Rose and Flight Stakes, while the year before Formality completed the Silver Shadow – Furious Stakes double. The following year, Libertini also completed the Silver Shadow – Furious Stakes double before a third in the Tea Rose Stakes. She also went on to run third to the boys in Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes that Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2020 Dame Giselle completed the Silver Shadow – Furious – Tea Rose Stakes treble before running fourth in that year’s Flight Stakes results.

Zougotcha (2022) was the last filly to complete the Silver Shadow Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double.

Zougotcha further franked the Silver Shadow Stakes form also going on to win that year’s Flight Stakes.

The Silver Shadow Stakes 2022 form also produced In Her Secret (2nd) who went on to win the Run To The Rose, finish second in the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes and then salute in Melbourne’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington that spring. She would also return to headquarters in the autumn of 2023 and take out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m).

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Autumn Ballet ($16)
• 2nd: #11 Estriella
• 3rd: #5 Kimochi

Returning Black Opal Stakes winning filly Autumn Ballet ($16) was impressive late with a narrow first-up win in the 2023 Silver Shadow Stakes results with improvement to come with more distance as she targets the Group 1 Flight Stakes next month over the mile.

Click here to read more on the eye-catching win fresh by Autumn Ballet in the Silver Shadow Stakes 2023.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	AUTUMN BALLET	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus		3	56kg		$16
	2	11	ESTRIELLA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	0.13L	4	55kg		$3.90F
	3	5	KIMOCHI	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett	0.18L	10	55kg		$5.50
	4	15	MUMBAI MUSE	Michael Freedman	Brett Prebble	1.09L	1	55kg		$21
	5	9	AMAZONIAN LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	1.71L	9	55kg		$61
	6	12	SUMMER LOVING	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	1.73L	13	55kg		$31
	7	3	PLATINUM JUBILEE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1.92L	5	56kg		$7
	8	14	PRIVATE LEGACY	Gregory Hickman	Tyler Schiller	2.07L	7	55kg		$151
	9	10	FRENCH ENDEAVOUR	Matthew Smith	Dylan Gibbons (a)	2.68L	6	55kg		$26
	10	8	TAORMINA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	4.07L	2	55kg		$14
	11	1	LAZZAGO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6.42L	12	57kg		$41
	12	7	ZARDOZI	James Cummings	Chad Schofield	12.51L	11	55kg		$11
	13	2	KRISTILLI	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald	19.32L	8	57kg		$4.60
		6	INHIBITIONS	James Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire		0
		13	AUGUST BLOOM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Betting Odds

The top Silver Shadow Stakes 2023 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Dame Giselle ($3.60 in 2020) was the last favourite in Silver Shadow Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was an upset in 2022 with subsequent Group 1 Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha taking out the event at Silver Shadow Stakes odds of $13.

Another upset in 2023 saw Autumn Ballet win the race first-up at Silver Shadow Stakes odds of $16 from the Waterhouse/Bott stable.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 SILVER SHADOW STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 SILVER SHADOW STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Silver Shadow Stakes 2023 Tips on the Flight Stakes lead-up this season.

• To Win: #3 Platinum Jubilee ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Princess Series’ is underway with the Flight Stakes pending on Epsom Day, and to win the opening leg Platinum Jubilee looks at a backable price fresh for the spring. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Zoustar filly was a bit of a bridesmaid last prep stringing together a trio of placings (including the $2M Magic Millions Classic in January) before her 12th in the Golden Slipper. Group 3 Gimcrack winner previously fresh at this track and gets an easier go of it than the autumn’s top race for juveniles. Winning lead-up trial success and can salute here on way to bigger targets.

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Field

The official Silver Shadow Stakes 2023 final field and barriers are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to Winx Stakes Day and will be published in full below.

The 2023 Silver Shadow Stakes field features a quality line-up of potential Flight Stakes-bound fillies led in betting by the lightly-raced Annabel Neasham-trained Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes winning filly from the autumn Kristilli. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	141P8x	LAZZAGO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	14	57kg			88
2	21x	KRISTILLI	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald	10	57kg			84
3	1x2220x	PLATINUM JUBILEE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6	56kg			82
4	15x	AUTUMN BALLET	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	3	56kg			78
5	2x13x	KIMOCHI	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett	12	55kg			78
6	412326×3	INHIBITIONS	James Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire	4	55kg			77
7	111x	ZARDOZI	James Cummings	Chad Schofield	13	55kg			74
8	11	TAORMINA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	2	55kg			71
9	19x	AMAZONIAN LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	11	55kg			66
10	2×1	FRENCH ENDEAVOUR	Matthew Smith	Dylan Gibbons (a)	8	55kg			66
11	12	ESTRIELLA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	5	55kg			64
12	3330×2	SUMMER LOVING	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	15	55kg
13	443x	AUGUST BLOOM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Sherry	7	55kg
14	242	PRIVATE LEGACY	Gregory Hickman	Tyler Schiller	9	55kg
15	35x	MUMBAI MUSE	Michael Freedman	Brett Prebble	1	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Silver Shadow Stakes Nominations

The early Silver Shadow Stakes 2023 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of potential runners to be announced below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	21x	KRISTILLI	F	3	Annabel Neasham	1	57kg			84
2	1x2220x	PLATINUM JUBILEE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	56kg			82
3	52514×98	INFATUATION	F	3	Bjorn Baker	3	55kg			71
4	141P8x	LAZZAGO	F	3	Chris Waller	4	57kg			88
5	3330×2	SUMMER LOVING	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	5	55kg
6	2x13x	KIMOCHI	F	3	Gary Portelli	6	55kg			78
7	15x	AUTUMN BALLET	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	7	56kg			78
8	31x6x	CHARM STONE	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	8	56kg			72
9	111x	ZARDOZI	F	3	James Cummings	9	55kg			74
10	11	TAORMINA	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	10	55kg			71
11	412326×3	INHIBITIONS	F	3	James Cummings	11	55kg			77
12	12	ESTRIELLA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	12	55kg			64
13	242	PRIVATE LEGACY	F	3	Gregory Hickman	13	55kg
14	2×1	FRENCH ENDEAVOUR	F	3	Matthew Smith	14	55kg			66
15	443x	AUGUST BLOOM	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	15	55kg
16	714	VOS SAVANT	F	3	Anthony Cummings	16	55kg			61
17	19x	AMAZONIAN LASS	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	17	55kg			66
18	35x	MUMBAI MUSE	F	3	Michael Freedman	18	55kg
19	46×5	UNTOUCHABLE LEGEND	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	19	55kg
20		SIOVY DANE	F	3	Robert Quinn	20	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Silver Shadow Stakes History

The Silver Shadow Stakes was inaugurated in 1980, with Moabite seizing the very first victory. Initially a Group 3 race, the Silver Shadow Stakes was upgraded to Group 2 in 1993. After enjoying more than a decade at the improved status, the race was reduced to Group 3 in 2005. For the 2013 edition, the Silver Shadow Stakes was again upgraded to Group 2, where it has remained since.

With the exception of 1989, the Silver Shadow Stakes has always been raced over 1200m. In 1989 the race distance was reduced to 1160m for one year. The Silver Shadow Stakes has a reputation for changing locations, and has been held variously at Warwick Farm Racecourse, Canterbury Park Racecourse and its current location Royal Randwick Racecourse over the years.

Silver Shadow Stakes Location

Period	Location
1980-92	Warwick Farm
1993	Royal Randwick
1994-99	Warwick Farm
2000	Canterbury Park
2001-04	Warwick Farm
2005-06	Royal Randwick
2008	Warwick Farm
2009	Royal Randwick
2010-13	Warwick Farm
2014 – onwards	Royal Randwick

Horses that see success in the Silver Shadow Stakes have usually experienced it elsewhere. A solid two -year-old campaign is almost a prerequisite for entry to the Silver Shadow Stakes field, particularly since the grade and prize upgrade in 2014.

Notable winners of the Silver Shadow Stakes include Startling Lass (1988), Angst (1993), Ha Ha (2001), Gold Edition (2006), Samantha Miss (2008), Formality (2017), Fiesta (2018), Dame Giselle (2020), and the latest Silver Shadow – Flight Stakes double winner Zougotcha (2022).

Silver Shadow Stakes results since 2000 are below.

Silver Shadow Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Autumn Ballet	1 minute 10.89 seconds
	2nd	Estriella
	3rd	Kimochi
2022 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Zougotcha	1 minute 11.11 seconds
	2nd	In Secret
	3rd	North Star Lass
2021 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Swift Witness	1 minute 10.07 seconds
	2nd	Latino Blend
	3rd	Four Moves Ahead
2020 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Dame Giselle	1 minute 11.22 seconds
	2nd	Thermosphere
	3rd	Miss Canada
2019 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Libertini	1 minute 7.93 seconds
	2nd	Flit
	3rd	Let It Pour
2018 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Fiesta	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Outback Barbie
	3rd	Futooh
2017 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Formality	1 minute 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Alizee
	3rd	Champagne Cuddles
2016 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Omei Sword	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Bacarella
	3rd	Quick Feet
2015 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Speak Fondly	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Kimberley Star
	3rd	Lake Geneva
2014 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Bring Me The Maid	1 minute 12.4 seconds
	2nd	Memorial
	3rd	Clover Lane
2013 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Thump	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Sweet Idea
	3rd	Montsegur
2012 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Nechita	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Meidung
	3rd	Ichihara
2011 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Pane In The Glass	1 minute 13.4 seconds
	2nd	Florentina
	3rd	Streama
2010 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Parables	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Solar Charged
	3rd	Chance Bye
2009 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Deer Valley	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Hurtle Myrtle
2008 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Samantha Miss	1 minute 12.4 seconds
	2nd	Glowlamp
	3rd	Love And Kisses
2007 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Montmelo
	3rd	Heat Of The Fire
2005 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Mnemosyne	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Fashions Afield
	3rd	Paulini
2004 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Our Sweet Moss	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Wager
	3rd	Trezevant
2003 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Regimental Gal	1 minute 12.0 seconds
	2nd	Legally Bay
	3rd	Dorky
2002 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Victory Vein	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Chantelaine
	3rd	Calaway Gal
2001 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Hosannah
	3rd	Oomph
2000 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Ateates	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Dynamic Love
	3rd	Unworldly