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The $1 million The Shorts (1100m) is a Group 2 race held at Royal Randwick in September for spring sprinters targeting later Group 1 features or The Everest.
The Shorts is a quality Group 2 race now held on its own feature race day in mid-September at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse. The lucrative sprint feature was previously held on the same card as the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) before that race was renamed the King Charles III Stakes and moved to The Everest Day in October.
The Group 2 The Shorts now headlines the card and offers $1 million in prize money as of 2023.
Replacing the George Main Stakes on the card as of 2023 is the $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) which offers an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.
The other key support acts on the race card are the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m), Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m), and the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m).
The Shorts is a short-distance sprint race over 1100m for horses aged three-year-olds and up at set weights plus penalties.
Many runners kick off their Sydney Spring Racing Carnival campaign in The Shorts so looking for the star fresh performers is a good tip, while the best out of The Shorts results may go all the way to Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival for a shot at the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) – now known as the Champions Sprint – in November.
Private Eye (2023) was the last first-up The Shorts winner.
It is now also a key lead-up for sprinters contesting the $20 million The Everest (1200m), a restricted weight-for-age feature held back at Randwick in mid-October. In 2017 The Shorts winner Redzel went on to complete The Everest – VRC Classic double.
In 2020 the previous year’s The Shorts runner-up Classique Legend won the race and went on to become the latest horse to do The Shorts – The Everest double.
The 2021 The Shorts form was franked with the runner-up Nature Strip going on to win that year’s The Everest – VRC Sprint Classic double. Nature Strip also returned the following autumn for a record-equalling third win in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes before a trip to Royal Ascot that June where he won the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes in the UK by 4.5 lengths.
The 2021 The Shorts winner Eduardo further franked the form running third in The Everest trifecta behind Nature Strip before his win in the Group 1 Winners Stakes at Rosehill and strong 2022 autumn campaign that included a TJ Smith Stakes second placing.
Nature Strip returned in the 2022 The Shorts on the back of a dominant UK victory in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes to win first-up before a fourth in The Everest that spring.
The Shorts 2022 form was further franked with the runner-up Overpass travelling to Perth the following autumn to win the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race at Ascot in April of 2023.
The Shorts 2023 took place on Saturday September 16, 2023 as a key lead-up to the now $20 million The Everest race and was won by last year’s The Everest runner-up Private Eye ($12) for trainer Joe Pride.
2023 The Shorts | |
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Date: | Saturday September 16, 2023 |
Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1100m |
Conditions: | 3YO & Up – Set Weights + Penalties |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $1,000,000 |
Inaugurated: | 1945 |
The Shorts Records | |
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Race Record: | 1:01.3 set by Redzel in 2017 |
The Joe Pride-trained Private Eye ($12) was huge overcoming a wide run facing the breeze throughout to score a bullish late victory over the front-running Overpass in the 2023 The Shorts results thanks to a gun ride by Nash Rawiller with The Everest now calling for last year’s runner-up in the world’s richest turf race.
Click here to read more on the arrogant 2023 The Shorts win by The Everest hopeful Private Eye.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 1 | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 9 | 58kg | $12 | |||
2 | 4 | OVERPASS | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 0.19L | 1 | 57kg | $5 | ||
3 | 6 | BUENOS NOCHES | Matthew Smith | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 0.66L | 3 | 56kg | $7.50 | ||
4 | 5 | IN SECRET | James Cummings | Zac Lloyd (a) | 1.13L | 4 | 56kg | $3.10F | ||
5 | 7 | REMARQUE | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tyler Schiller | 1.28L | 2 | 56kg | $8 | ||
6 | 9 | HAWAII FIVE OH | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 1.76L | 5 | 56kg | $16 | ||
7 | 8 | RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jason Collett | 3.45L | 7 | 56kg | $26 | ||
8 | 10 | ROCKETING BY | David Pfieffer | Ms Rachel King | 3.79L | 6 | 56kg | $101 | ||
9 | 2 | MAZU | Peter & Paul Snowden | Regan Bayliss | 3.88L | 10 | 58kg | $26 | ||
10 | 11 | ATHELRIC | James Cummings | Jean Van Overmeire | 4.02L | 12 | 55kg | $26 | ||
11 | 3 | LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) | John O’Shea | Chad Schofield | 4.8L | 8 | 57kg | $8.50 | ||
12 | 12 | CASINO LORD | Cody Morgan | Tom Sherry | 4.87L | 11 | 55kg | $201 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The top The Shorts 2023 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.
Pierata ($2.70 in 2019), Classique Legend ($4.40 in 2020) and Nature Strip ($2.40 in 2022) are the latest favourites in The Shorts betting to salute for the punters.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Private Eye winning at The Shorts odds of $12.
Stay tuned for our insider The Shorts 2023 Tips on the key spring sprint lead-up this September.
Typically exciting edition of The Shorts as The Everest hopefuls look to put their hands up for a slot in the world’s richest race on October 14. Race favourite is In Secret looking pretty hot second-up and ready to fire. Fresh the James Cummings-trained I Am Invincible mare was good finishing runner-up to Remarque in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m). She was only just beaten that day, has a strong second-up record she’s out to build on (3:2-0-1), and will relish the extra distance. Her 1100m strike-rate has her two-from-two, and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap winner looks a genuine chance to salute for the punters here.
The Shorts 2023 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released on the Wednesday of race week attracting the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival’s top sprinters. Many runners in The Shorts field contest the event first-up.
The official The Shorts 2023 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.
The 2023 The Shorts field features a quality line-up of potential The Everest horses led in betting by Newmarket Handicap winning mare In Secret and the resuming rails-drawn Overpass who was second in the race last year.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | x1217x405x | PRIVATE EYE | Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 9 | 58kg | 114 | ||
2 | 5232x5363x | MAZU | Peter & Paul Snowden | Regan Bayliss | 10 | 58kg | 113 | ||
3 | 10x317x60x | LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) | John O’Shea | Chad Schofield | 8 | 57kg | 114 | ||
4 | x26690x12x | OVERPASS | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 1 | 57kg | 111 | ||
5 | 121x1317x2 | IN SECRET | James Cummings | Zac Lloyd (a) | 4 | 56kg | 115 | ||
6 | 16123x57x1 | BUENOS NOCHES | Matthew Smith | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 3 | 56kg | 109 | ||
7 | x118x147x1 | REMARQUE | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tyler Schiller | 2 | 56kg | 108 | ||
8 | 11x320150x | RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jason Collett | 7 | 56kg | 108 | ||
9 | 139x22113x | HAWAII FIVE OH | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 5 | 56kg | 102 | ||
10 | 5x6760x685 | ROCKETING BY | David Pfieffer | Ms Rachel King | 6 | 56kg | 102 | ||
11 | 051x26712x | ATHELRIC | James Cummings | Jean Van Overmeire | 12 | 55kg | 104 | ||
12 | 71221354×7 | CASINO LORD | Cody Morgan | Tom Sherry | 11 | 55kg | 71 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Nominations for The Shorts race in 2023 close the Monday leading-up to the now million-dollar feature.
The 2023 The Shorts nominations attracted a bumper 19 sprinters many with $20 million The Everest ambitions including the all-in favourite In Secret coming off a second fresh in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | True Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 121x1317x2 | IN SECRET | M | 4 | James Cummings | 1 | 56kg | 115 | ||
2 | x1217x405x | PRIVATE EYE | G | 6 | Joseph Pride | 2= | 58kg | 114 | ||
3 | 10x317x60x | LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) | G | 7 | John O’Shea | 2= | 57kg | 114 | ||
4 | 5232x5363x | MAZU | G | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 4 | 58kg | 113 | ||
5 | 19x30236x3 | BELLA NIPOTINA | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 5 | 56kg | 112 | ||
6 | x26690x12x | OVERPASS | G | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 6 | 57kg | 111 | ||
7 | 16123x57x1 | BUENOS NOCHES | H | 4 | Matthew Smith | 7 | 56kg | 109 | ||
8 | 46x114624x | KING OF SPARTA | G | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 8= | 56kg | 108 | ||
9 | x118x147x1 | REMARQUE | G | 5 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 8= | 56kg | 108 | ||
10 | 11x320150x | RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 8= | 56kg | 108 | ||
11 | 051x26712x | ATHELRIC | G | 5 | James Cummings | 11 | 55kg | 104 | ||
12 | 139x22113x | HAWAII FIVE OH | H | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 12= | 56kg | 102 | ||
13 | 5x6760x685 | ROCKETING BY | G | 6 | David Pfieffer | 12= | 56kg | 102 | ||
14 | 305x15840x | SHE’S ALL CLASS | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 14 | 53kg | 99 | ||
15 | 2x898800x8 | SHELBY SIXTYSIX | G | 7 | Danny Williams | 15 | 58kg | 89 | ||
16 | 11x592256x | KOTE | G | 4 | Anthony Cummings | 16 | 55kg | 85 | ||
17 | 00x327114x | EZEKEIL | G | 5 | Cody Morgan | 17 | 55kg | 72 | ||
18 | 71221354×7 | CASINO LORD | G | 6 | Cody Morgan | 18 | 55kg | 71 | ||
19 | 133×904232 | SALIRE | G | 6 | Cameron Crockett | 19 | 55kg | 65 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Shorts is a time-honoured Sydney Spring Racing Carnival sprint race, first contested back in 1867. A number of standout short-distance gallopers have won The Shorts over history including Hot Danish (2010), Terravista (2014) and Takedown (2016).
For one year in 2011 the event was conducted at Rosehill over 1200m instead of the 1100m at Royal Randwick. It gained black-type (Listed) status in 1979 and was eventually upgraded to Group 3 and then Group 2 status, increasing the quality of contenders each season.
More recently the status of The Shorts race at Randwick was boosted by record-setting champ Redzel (2017) whose next run produced success in the inaugural running of The Everest. The Everest is the richest turf race in the world and Redzel went back-to-back in 2018.
The Shorts history on the 2018 winner Ball Of Muscle is also interesting with the sprint finishing runner-up in 2015, 2016 and 2017 before finally taking out the race at his fourth attempt.
In 2019 Pierata won The Shorts defeating Classique Legend and dual The Everest champion Redzel. He went on to run fifth in that year’s The Everest results, before taking out the Winners Stakes named that season in honour of the previous year’s The Everest champion Redzel (2018).
Classique Legend completed The Shorts – The Everest race double in 2020.
In 2021 the previous year’s runner-up Eduardo went one better winning The Shorts in an upset over that year’s subsequent The Everest champion Nature Strip.
Nature Strip won The Shorts in 2022 ahead of his unsuccessful The Everest title defence when fourth.
Prizemoney for The Shorts was boosted to $1 million ahead of the 2023 edition.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 The Shorts |
1st | Private Eye | 1 minute 02.66 seconds |
2nd | Overpass | ||
3rd | Buenos Noches | ||
2022 The Shorts |
1st | Nature Strip | 1 minute 05.01 seconds |
2nd | Overpass | ||
3rd | Lost And Running | ||
2021 The Shorts |
1st | Eduardo | 1 minute 03.54 seconds |
2nd | Nature Strip | ||
3rd | Gytrash | ||
2020 The Shorts |
1st | Classique Legend | 1 minute 2.23 seconds |
2nd | Eduardo | ||
3rd | Bivouac | ||
2019 The Shorts |
1st | Pierata | 1 minute 3.93 seconds |
2nd | Classique Legend | ||
3rd | Redzel | ||
2018 The Shorts |
1st | Ball Of Muscle | 1 minute 2.87 seconds |
2nd | Invincible Star | ||
3rd | Brave Smash | ||
2017 The Shorts |
1st | Redzel | 1 minute 1.83 seconds (R) |
2nd | Ball Of Muscle | ||
3rd | Nieta | ||
2016 The Shorts |
1st | Takedown | 1 minute 3.2 seconds |
2nd | Ball Of Muscle | ||
3rd | Kaepernick | ||
2015 The Shorts |
1st | Rebel Dane | 1 minute 4.67 seconds |
2nd | Ball Of Muscle | ||
3rd | Shiraz | ||
2014 The Shorts |
1st | Terravista | 1 minute 2.48 seconds |
2nd | I’m All The Talk | ||
3rd | Famous Seamus | ||
2013 The Shorts |
1st | Sessions | 1 minute 3.26 seconds |
2nd | Aeronautical | ||
3rd | Spirit Of Boom | ||
2012 The Shorts |
1st | Pampelonne | 1 minute 9.64 seconds |
2nd | Satin Shoes | ||
3rd | Appearance | ||
2011 The Shorts |
1st | Love Conquers All | 1 minute 8.71 seconds |
2nd | Albert The Fat | ||
3rd | Winter King | ||
2010 The Shorts |
1st | Hot Danish | 1 minute 9.51 seconds |
2nd | Whitefriars | ||
3rd | Shellscrape | ||
2009 The Shorts |
1st | Gold Trail | 1 minute 4.82 seconds |
2nd | Fritz’s Princess | ||
3rd | Sniper’s Bullet | ||
2008 The Shorts |
1st | Fritz’s Princess | 1 minute 4.03 seconds |
2nd | Hot Danish | ||
3rd | Keen Commander | ||
2007 The Shorts |
Race Not Held | ||
2006 The Shorts |
1st | Bentley Biscuit | 1 minute 3.36 seconds |
2nd | Magnus | ||
3rd | Spark Of Life | ||
2005 The Shorts |
1st | Black Ink | 1 minute 3.4 seconds |
2nd | Mustard | ||
3rd | Fumble | ||
2004 The Shorts |
1st | Dance The Waves | 1 minute 4.61 seconds |
2nd | Secret Land (NZ) | ||
3rd | Legally Bay | ||
2003 The Shorts |
1st | Lucky Night | 1 minute 4.84 seconds |
2nd | Fair Embrace | ||
3rd | Poetic Papal | ||
2002 The Shorts |
1st | Empire | 1 minute 4.11 seconds |
2nd | Shags | ||
3rd | Fouardee | ||
2001 The Shorts |
1st | Oamaru Force | 1 minute 3.47 seconds |
2nd | Pembleton | ||
3rd | Fair Embrace | ||
2000 The Shorts |
1st | Bradshaw | 1 minute 3.78 seconds |
2nd | Guineas | ||
3rd | Upright |