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The Theo Marks Stakes takes place during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and is a Group 2 race run in early-mid September at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. It is held on Run To The Rose Day, which also features the Group 2 The Run To The Rose (1200m) for Golden Rose-bound three-year-olds and the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) for youngsters eyeing a Melbourne run in the Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas.

A 1300m sprint, the Theo Marks Stakes is open to horses aged three-year-olds and up, is run under quality handicap conditions and is worth $200,000. Many runners kick-off their spring in the Theo Marks Stakes field, but a good lead-up race into the event is Randwick’s Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) and Deploy (2017) was the last to do the double.

Horses that contend the Theo Marks Stakes will often progress onto the Sydney Spring Carnival’s premier events including the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick in early October.

The Theo Marks Stakes / Epsom Handicap is also a popular betting double well worth a look during the carnival and the last horse to take out both races was Winx (2015).

2017 Theo Marks Stakes
Date:	September 9, 2017
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Conditions:	3YO & Up – Quality Handicap
Weight:	Low 52kg – High 61kg
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200, 000
Inaugurated:	1946

2017 Theo Marks Stakes Results

Check out the official Theo Marks Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, the race won in runaway fashion by the Gerald Ryan-trained favourite Deploy who beat Chris Waller’s returning dual Oaks winner Egg Tart by four lengths.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	3	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	–	3	56.5kg	$2.80F
2	6	EGG TART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4L	4	55kg	$5
3	7	EURO ANGEL (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	4.8L	1	53.5kg	$9
4	4	DIXIE BLOSSOMS	Ron Quinton	Corey Brown	5.3L	7	56kg	$7
5	8	CANNYESCENT	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Tim Clark	5.6L	5	53kg	$4.20
6	2	GOOD PROJECT	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6.5L	6	57.5kg	$11
7	5	MIGHTY LUCKY	Fred Cowell	Chris O’Brien	7L	2	55.5kg	$71
–	1	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	–	0	–	–

2017 Theo Marks Stakes Field

The 2017 Theo Marks Stakes field was released by Racing NSW on Wednesday September 7 and features a final line-up of 10 acceptors.

See below for the official Theo Marks Stakes 2017 field, weights and barriers.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	14x24141x2	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	6	59kg	112
2	77x0472x5x	GOOD PROJECT	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	7	57.5kg	105
3	x1111x2141	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	3	56.5kg	103
4	214x31033x	DIXIE BLOSSOMS	Ron Quinton	Corey Brown	8	56kg	106
5	060x57864x	MIGHTY LUCKY	Fred Cowell	Chris O’Brien	2	55.5kg	101
6	431x11111x	EGG TART	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4	55kg	104
7	10x20407x2	EURO ANGEL (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	1	53.5kg	101
8	6×15161112	CANNYESCENT	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Tim Clark	5	53kg	96

2017 Theo Marks Stakes Nominations

The 2017 Theo Marks Stakes nominations were released on Monday September 5  Included in the 2017 and featured three hopefuls for the 2015 winning trainer Chris Waller.

View the full 2016 Theo Marks Stakes nominations now.

Theo Marks Stakes History

Shannon won the first Theo Marks Stakes when it was inaugurated in 1946. Beginning as a Principal race run over 7 furlongs, the race distance was converted to 1400m in 1973 with Australia’s adoption of the metric system. Following this in 1979 the race status was elevated to a Group 2 event. In 1985 the race distance was shortened to 1300m and then to 1280m in 1990. Run twice over 1280m it was increased back to 1300m in 1992.

Recent Theo Marks Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Deploy	1 minute 14.92 seconds
	2nd	Egg Tart
	3rd	Euro Angel
2016 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Mackintosh	1 minute 17.11 seconds
	2nd	Counterattack
	3rd	Southern Legend
2015 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 15.77 seconds
	2nd	Sons of John
	3rd	Ninth Legion
2014 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Cluster	1 minute 23.34 seconds
	2nd	Bull Point
	3rd	Ninth Legion
2013 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Riva De Lago	1 minute 21.67 seconds
	2nd	Solzhenitsyn
	3rd	Your Honour
2012 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Ambidexter	1 minute 22.29 seconds
	2nd	Fat Al
	3rd	Dystopia
2011 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Master Of Design	1 minute 16.79 seconds
	2nd	Torio’s Quest
	3rd	Fast Clip
2010 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 22.16 seconds
	2nd	Rothesay
	3rd	Drumbeats
2009 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Rock Kingdom
	3rd	Triple Honour
2008 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Hurried Choice	1 minute 17.1 seconds
	2nd	Forensics
	3rd	Ice Chariot
2007 Theo Marks Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 16.5 seconds
	2nd	New Edge
	3rd	Regal Cheer
2005 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 16.8 seconds
	2nd	Perfect Promise
	3rd	Outback Prince
2004 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Falkirk	1 minute 17.7 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Private Steer
2003 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Fiery Venture	1 minute 16.3 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Osca Warrior
2002 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Defier	1 minute 15.7 seconds
	2nd	Phoenix Park
	3rd	Carael Boy
2001 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Shogun Lodge	1 minute 16.8 seconds
	2nd	Fouardee
	3rd	Belle Du Jour
2000 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Hire	1 minute 17.1 seconds
	2nd	Landsighting
	3rd	Shogun Lodge