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The Black Opal Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park in early March as a lead-up to the autumn Group 1 races in Sydney for 2YOs.
The Black Opal Stakes is a Group 3 sprint for two-year-olds run at Canberra Racecourse on a Sunday in early to mid March during the autumn racing season.
Black Opal Stakes Day takes place the Sunday following Randwick Guineas Day on the Saturday in Sydney and Newmarket Handicap Day at Flemington. The race offers $250,000 in total prize money and is a set weights plus penalties event run over 1200m.
The Black Opal Stakes has been won by plenty of quality juveniles over the years and a host of subsequent Group 1 winners have placed in the race including Prized Icon (3rd in 2016) who went on to win the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick that April during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Black Opal Stakes winner in 2017 was Trapeze Artist who finished in that autumn’s Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) before coming back in the spring to salute in an upset runaway effort in the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m). Trapeze Artist would go on to win a further three Group 1 races in Sydney before his retirement.
Runners in the Black Opal Stakes field traditionally head to Sydney for their subsequent autumn runs in races including Rosehill’s Group 3 TL Baillieu Handicap (1400m) and the aforementioned ATC Champagne Stakes run during The Championships.
Two-year-olds may also back-up out of the Black Opal Stakes to run in the world’s richest race for that age group – the $4.92 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Racecourse a fortnight later. The only horse to date to complete the Black Opal Stakes – Golden Slipper double is Catbird (1999).
The Black Opal Stakes 2024 ran in Canberra on Sunday March 10, 2024 as a lead-up to the juvenile features in Sydney over the autumn and was won in a stylish upset by progressive Capitalist colt Holmes A Court ($7) for Team Snowden.
2024 Black Opal Stakes | |
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Date: | Sunday March 10, 2024 |
Track: | Canberra Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Set Weights + Penalties / Two-Year-Olds |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $250,000 |
Nicely-bred Capitalist colt Holmes A Court ($7) franked the form out of the Blue Diamond Prelude in Melbourne improving on a third there to dominate Canberra’s 2024 Black Opal Stakes results with a nearly two length win ahead of tougher autumn targets.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 5 | HOLMES A COURT | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tommy Berry | 5 | 56kg | $7 | |||
2 | 1 | FULLY LIT | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 1.45L | 3 | 58kg | $1.65F | ||
3 | 3 | AMAZING EAGLE | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tyler Schiller | 1.79L | 4 | 56kg | $8 | ||
4 | 2 | ODINSON | Ciaron Maher | Tom Marquand | 2.41L | 10 | 58kg | $11 | ||
5 | 8 | VELLA’S BEST | Gratz Vella | Damon Budler | 3.47L | 7 | 56kg | $9 | ||
6 | 7 | PHORONEUS | Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones | Andrew Adkins | 4.7L | 1 | 56kg | $101 | ||
7 | 12 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK | Keith Dryden | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 6.66L | 11 | 54kg | $101 | ||
8 | 9 | DUPLI KATE | Norm Gardner | Ms Jess Taylor | 7.27L | 6 | 54kg | $151 | ||
9 | 4 | FULL METAL JACKET | Gary Portelli | Tom Sherry | 10.52L | 9 | 56kg | $21 | ||
10 | 13 | SPRITZY LASS | Todd Smart | Jeff Penza | 22.26L | 8 | 54kg | $81 | ||
11 | 10 | HOLD THE GOLD | Matthew Kelley | Ms Louise Day | 25.29L | 2 | 54kg | $101 | ||
6 | KING OF ROSEAU | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tom Sherry | 0 | ||||||
11 | SHEZAIN | Keith Dryden | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The latest autumn markets and Black Opal Stakes 2024 betting odds on the Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up this season will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.
Queen Of The Ball ($2.80 in 2022) was the last favourite in Black Opal Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our insider Black Opal Stakes 2024 Tips on the Canberra Group 3 this autumn.
While recent upsets have surprised punters, the odds-on favorite Fully Lit appears poised to maintain its winning streak in Sunday’s Group 3 feature at Canberra. The undefeated Hellbent colt, trained by the renowned Waterhouse/Bott stable, has impressed in both its outings, securing comfortable victories at Rosehill and Randwick. Following a positive recent trial, Fully Lit is expected to continue its dominance, albeit at short odds, as it sets its sights on bigger goals in the upcoming autumn racing season.
The Black Opal Stakes field always attracts a quality line-up of two-year-old sprinters from both local and interstate stables with many heading towards Group 1 targets in Sydney during the autumn.
The official 2024 Black Opal Stakes field and barriers is set for release on Wednesday March 6, 2024 and will be published below in full.
Inglis Millennium winning Hellbent colt Fully Lit for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott heads the 2024 Black Opal Stakes field and betting markets in Canberra this weekend.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 11 | FULLY LIT | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 3 | 58kg | ||
2 | 31×7 | ODINSON | Ciaron Maher | Tom Marquand | 12 | 58kg | ||
3 | 2×2 | AMAZING EAGLE | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tyler Schiller | 4 | 56kg | ||
4 | FULL METAL JACKET | Gary Portelli | 11 | 56kg | ||||
5 | 23 | HOLMES A COURT | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tommy Berry | 5 | 56kg | ||
6 | 124 | KING OF ROSEAU | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tom Sherry | 10 | 56kg | ||
7 | 0 | PHORONEUS | Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones | Andrew Adkins | 1 | 56kg | ||
8 | 1 | VELLA’S BEST | Gratz Vella | Damon Budler | 7 | 56kg | ||
9 | 5 | DUPLI KATE | Norm Gardner | Ms Jess Taylor | 6 | 54kg | ||
10 | 8 | HOLD THE GOLD | Matthew Kelley | Ms Louise Day | 2 | 54kg | ||
11 | 3 | SHEZAIN | Keith Dryden | 8 | 54kg | |||
12 | 8×0 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK | Keith Dryden | Dylan Gibbons (a), (late alt) | 13 | 54kg | ||
13 | 33 | SPRITZY LASS | Todd Smart | Jeff Penza | 9 | 54kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The early Black Opal Stakes 2024 nominations are out on Monday March 4, 2024 and will be updated below once confirmed.
The Black Opal Stakes was first run back in 1973 and won by Rich Reward. Since then a host of exciting horses have taken out the Canberra clash including Spirit Of Kingston (1984), subsequent Golden Slipper winner Catbird (1999), Handsome Ranson (2003), Decision Time (2010), Epaulette (2012), Criterion (2013), Defcon (2016), and Trapeze Artist (2017).
The event started out as a Principal Race, gained Group 3 status in 1979 and for a decade ran as a Group 2 (1987 – 1998). It returned to Group 3 status from 1999 – 2005, dropped to a Listed event from 2006 – 2014 and since 2015 has regained Group 3 status.
The Black Opal Stakes race record of 1.09.6 was set in 1994 by St Covet.
The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained The Autumn Sun filly Autumn Ballet made Black Opal Stakes history in 2023 becoming the event’s first-ever debutant winner.
See below for the full Black Opal Stakes results and winners going back to the year 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2024 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Holmes A Court | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Fully Lit | ||
3rd | Amazing Eagle | ||
2023 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Autumn Ballet | 1 minute 10.06 seconds |
2nd | The Years | ||
3rd | Make A Call | ||
2022 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Queen Of The Ball | 1 minute 10.21 seconds |
2nd | Warby | ||
3rd | Metallicity | ||
2021 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Kalashnikov | 1 minute 09.60 seconds |
2nd | Solar Winds | ||
3rd | Rocket Tiger | ||
2020 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Barbaric | 1 minute 11.44 seconds |
2nd | Bartley | ||
3rd | Cellsabeel | ||
2019 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Pin Sec | 1 minute 10.88 seconds |
2nd | Rome | ||
3rd | Mclaren | ||
2018 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Encryption | 1 minute 10.22 seconds |
2nd | Sizzling Belle | ||
3rd | Bondi | ||
2017 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Trapeze Artist | 1 minute 10.77 seconds |
2nd | Trekking | ||
3rd | Muraaqeb | ||
2016 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Defcon | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Flash Fibian | ||
3rd | Prized Icon | ||
2015 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Takedown | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
2nd | Single Gaze | ||
3rd | Antelucan | ||
2014 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Lucky Raquie | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
2nd | Mr Cha Cha | ||
3rd | Klammer | ||
2013 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Criterion | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Sidestep | ||
3rd | Meticulously | ||
2012 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Epaulette | 1 minute 12.5 seconds |
2nd | Faustas | ||
3rd | Later Gator | ||
2011 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | You’re Canny | 1 minute 12.7 seconds |
2nd | Karuta Queen | ||
3rd | Bright Heart | ||
2010 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Decision Time | 1 minute 12.7 seconds |
2nd | Lohan | ||
3rd | Butt I’m Ready | ||
2009 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Delago Bolt | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
2nd | Phenomenal Lass | ||
3rd | Zikmann | ||
2008 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Sarthemare | 1 minute 11.6 seconds |
2nd | Typhoon Fury | ||
3rd | De Lightning Ridge | ||
2007 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Race Not Run | – |
2nd | – | ||
3rd | – | ||
2006 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Down The Wicket | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
2nd | One Time | ||
3rd | Luvuleo | ||
2005 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Al Samer | 1 minute 10.34 seconds |
2nd | Another Time | ||
3rd | Jet Spur | ||
2004 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Uber | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | St Pirian | ||
3rd | Just As Beautiful | ||
2003 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Handsome Ransom | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
2nd | Exceed And Excel | ||
3rd | Sansadee | ||
2002 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Planchet | 1 minute 11.16 seconds |
2nd | Mukareena | ||
3rd | Majorette | ||
2001 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Coral Salute | 1 minute 15.5 seconds |
2nd | Antagonise | ||
3rd | Finbarr | ||
2000 Black Opal Stakes |
1st | Pembleton | 1 minute 11.05 seconds |
2nd | Donna Dior | ||
3rd | Royal Joke |
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