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The Up And Coming Stakes is a Group 3 event held in Sydney during August each year. Previously held as part of the Winx Stakes Day program, in 2020 the event was moved forward a week to run as the feature event on its own race meeting in mid-August.

From 2022 it runs on the same card as the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.

Offering $250,000 in total prize money as of 2023, the Up And Coming Stakes is a nice early Sydney Spring Racing Carnival lead-up for youngsters heading towards tougher runs.

Raced over 1300m the Up And Coming Stakes is open only to three year old horses and is run under quality handicap conditions.

Prior to 2014, the race was restricted to colts and geldings only and ran under set weights plus penalties conditions, essentially acting as a complementing race to the Toy Show Quality, which is restricted to fillies and mares.

Horses that compete in the Up And Coming Stakes could be kicking off their spring preps or be coming off a lead-up run in a winter event at Rosehill.

Later events that horses out of the Up And Coming Stakes field could go on to contest include the  following month’s $1 million Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m). In 2020 North Pacific won the Up & Coming Stakes as the odds-on favourite and went on to run second in that year’s Golden Rose quinella.

Manawanui (2011) was the last horse to do the Up And Coming Stakes – Golden Rose double.

The form out of the 2021 Up And Coming Stakes was franked with the runner-up Coastwatch going on to run third in that year’s Golden Rose Stakes on the back of a next-up Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality victory.

In 2022 Golden Mile improved on a second in the Up & Coming Stakes to win the Ming Dynasty next start. He then finished fourth in the Golden Rose before heading south to take out the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne. Golden Mile continued his winning ways in the $1 million Callander-Presnell, which has replaced the now defunct Stan Fox Stakes. 

The Up And Coming Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday August 26, 2023 Rosehill Gardens and saw the James Cummings-trained colt Tom Kitten ($11) score a narrow upset first-up.  

Up And Coming Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 26, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Up And Coming Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Tom Kitten ($11)
• 2nd: #4 Kintyre
• 3rd: #7 Encap

James Cummings’ progressive Group 1 Champagne Stakes fourth place-getter from the autumn, Tom Kitten ($11), was good late in his first-up run of the spring charging home down the outside to lead the 2023 Up And Coming Stakes results by the bob of a head. 

The official Up And Coming Stakes 2023 Results on the potential Golden Rose Stakes lead-up race will be available below once the race runs on Saturday August 26, 2023.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller		3	59kg		$11
	2	4	KINTYRE	Gary Portelli	Dylan Gibbons (a)	0.2L	11	54.5kg		$21
	3	7	ENCAP	Gary Portelli	Brett Prebble	0.74L	9	54kg		$11
	4	6	DUCASSE	Michael Freedman	Robbie Dolan	1.89L	1	54kg		$12
	5	10	GRIFF	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller	1.93L	8	53kg		$10
	6	9	TUTTA LA VITA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2.67L	5	53kg		$20
	7	11	LES VAMPIRES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.69L	6	53kg		$3.30F
	8	2	CAFE MILLENIUM	John O’Shea	Tom Sherry	3.7L	7	55kg		$18
	9	3	CABALLUS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.22L	4	54.5kg (cd 55kg)		$3.50
	10	12	HASTY HONEY	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	5.13L	10	53kg		$81
	11	5	MANWE	Anthony Cummings	Jason Collett	5.92L	2	54kg		$14
		8	INFATUATION	Bjorn Baker	Jett Stanley (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Up And Coming Stakes Betting Odds

The Up And Coming Stakes 2023 odds will be available below leading-up to the event as soon as betting opens at Ladbrokes.com.au.

North Pacific ($1.85 in 2020) followed by Tiger Of Malay ($3.30 in 2021) and Kibou ($3.50 in 2022) are the latest favourites in the Up And Coming Stakes odds to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Tom Kitten winning at Up And Coming Stakes odds of $11. 

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2023 Up And Coming Stakes Form 

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2023 Up And Coming Stakes Tips 

Stay tuned for our insider Up And Coming Stakes 2023 Tips this season. 

• To Win: #4 Kintyre ($17 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for an upset in the Up And Coming Stakes with an open edition pending. Kintyre is well-tried and in-form, looking overs at the current $17 quote (at time of publish). The Gary Portelli-trained Hallowed Crown gelding was good in easier grade last time out posting his second career win over 1300m at this track with 56.5kg. Returns to the course and distance with less weight here. Group 1 performed in the autumn and well-beaten over a mile, but at this distance if the track firms he can surprise a few at a price. 

2023 Up And Coming Stakes Field

The Up And Coming Stakes 2023 final field and barriers will be published in full below once acceptances on the race are taken on the Wednesday leading-up to the event.

The 2023 Up And Coming Stakes field features a quality line-up of potential Group 1-bound three-year-olds led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained I Am Invincible colt Caballus coming off a third in the Inglis Pink Bonus Handicap when carting 58kg and Pierro colt Les Vampires from the Waterhouse/Bott stable coming off a Warwick Farm 1200m win.  

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	41514x	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	3	59kg			78
2	150x	CAFE MILLENIUM	John O’Shea	Tom Sherry	7	55kg			70
3	813	CABALLUS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4	54.5kg	55kg		69
4	0x61257x21	KINTYRE	Gary Portelli	Dylan Gibbons (a)	11	54.5kg			69
5	1	MANWE	Anthony Cummings	Jason Collett	2	54kg			65
6	37x	DUCASSE	Michael Freedman	Chad Schofield	1	54kg			64
7	3×22	ENCAP	Gary Portelli	Brett Prebble	9	54kg			62
8	52514×98	INFATUATION	Bjorn Baker	Jett Stanley (a)	12	53.5kg			71
9	221x	TUTTA LA VITA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5	53kg			69
10	5x51x6	GRIFF	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller	8	53kg			65
11	31	LES VAMPIRES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6	53kg			65
12	5x	HASTY HONEY	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	10	53kg			61

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Up And Coming Stakes Nominations

Early nominations on the Up And Coming Stakes in 2023 close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be listed below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11931x	AMUR	C	3	James Cummings	1	60.5kg	60.5kg		81
2	41514x	TOM KITTEN	C	3	James Cummings	2	59kg	59kg		78
3	412326×3	INHIBITIONS	F	3	James Cummings	3	56.5kg	56.5kg		77
4	3118x	BRAVE MEAD	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	4	58kg	58kg		76
5	52514×98	INFATUATION	F	3	Bjorn Baker	5	54kg	53.5kg		71
6	150x	CAFE MILLENIUM	C	3	John O’Shea	6	55kg	55kg		70
7	813	CABALLUS	C	3	Chris Waller	7=	54.5kg	54.5kg		69
8	0x61257x21	KINTYRE	G	3	Gary Portelli	7=	54.5kg	54.5kg		69
9	221x	TUTTA LA VITA	F	3	Chris Waller	7=	54kg	53kg		69
10	012	DEADLY PRESS	C	3	Nick Ryan	10	54kg	53kg		66
11	1x	BOBBY SHIRAZ (NZ)	G	3	Bjorn Baker	11=	54kg	53kg		65
12	5x51x6	GRIFF	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	11=	54kg	53kg		65
13	31	LES VAMPIRES	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	11=	54kg	53kg		65
14	1	MANWE	C	3	Anthony Cummings	11=	54kg	53kg		65
15	37x	DUCASSE	C	3	Michael Freedman	15	54kg	53kg		64
16	3×22	ENCAP	G	3	Gary Portelli	16=	54kg	53kg		62
17	0x3812	ROCKABILLY REBEL	F	3	Bjorn Baker	16=	54kg	53kg		62
18	5x	HASTY HONEY	F	3	Brad Widdup	18=	54kg	53kg		61
19		SEKANI	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	18=	54kg	53kg
20	2	GOLD BULLION (NZ)	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	20	54kg	53kg		58

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Up And Coming Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1979, with Spear taking out the first edition, the Up And Coming Stakes has a storied history of quality sprinting.

Originally a competition strictly for colts and geldings, as of 2014 the Up And Coming Stakes has been open to both sexes. However, in the past it was an exciting competition of male horses competing for supremacy and provided fantastic form insight as to how horses perform against their stronger peers.

Named after famed Warwick Stakes winner Up And Coming (1959), the Up And Coming Stakes has a long association with the Warwick Stakes.

Originally raced over 1200m, the distance was dropped for a year in 1989 to 1160m. Between 1990 and 2010 it was again 1200m. In 2011, the race began to be run over 1300m. In 1979 the race was classified as listed, and retained that status for exactly 1 year.

The Up And Coming Stakes was a Group 3 event between 1980 and 1992 prior to an upgrade to Group 2. This upgrade lasted from 1993 to 2004, then in 2005 the race ran as a Group 3 event. It returned to Group 2 for one year in 2013, but in 2014 was ran as a Group 3 event.

The race venue has changed regularly between Warwick Farm, where it was originally held, and Royal Randwick and Canterbury Park racecourses. In 2021 the event runs at Kembla Grange Racecourse due to COVID-19 changes and restrictions, before moving to the San Domenico Stakes Day card at Rosehill in 2022.

Notable Up And Coming Stakes winners include Royal Troubador (1984), Mahogany (1993), General Nediym (1997), Exceed And Excel (2003), Court Command (2006) and Manawanui (2011).

Up And Coming Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Up And Coming Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Up And Coming Stakes (Held at Rosehill Racecourse)	1st	Tom Kitten	1 minute 16.00 seconds
	2nd	Kintyre
	3rd	Encap
2022 Up And Coming Stakes (Held at Rosehill Racecourse)	1st	Kibou	1 minute 17.14 seconds
	2nd	Golden Mile
	3rd	Basquiat
2021 Up And Coming Stakes (Held at Kembla Grange)	1st	Tiger Of Malay	1 minute 15.71 seconds
	2nd	Coastwatch
	3rd	Construct
2020 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	North Pacific	1 minute 21.81 seconds
	2nd	Bazooka
	3rd	Marsannay
2019 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	True Detective (on protest)	1 minute 15.59 seconds
	2nd	Superium
	3rd	Lucicello
2018 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Master Ash	1 minute 16.9 seconds
	2nd	Danawi
	3rd	Smart Elissim
2017 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Dracarys	1 minute 14.7 seconds
	2nd	Gold Standard
	3rd	Sanctioned
2016 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Divine Prophet	1 minute 16.6 seconds
	2nd	Derryn
	3rd	Thronum
2015 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Shards	1 minute 16.3 seconds
	2nd	Voilier
	3rd	Sebring Sun
2014 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Scissor Kick	1 minute 18.8 seconds
	2nd	Panzer Division
	3rd	Valentia
2013 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	War	1 minute 16.6 seconds
	2nd	Drago
	3rd	Vilanova
2012 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Albrecht	1 minute 16.2 seconds
	2nd	Toydini
	3rd	Tatra
2011 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Manawanui	1 minute 20.0 seconds
	2nd	Queenian
	3rd	Detours
2010 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Blackball	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Buffering
	3rd	Sea Lord
2009 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Rarefied	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Shellscrape
	3rd	Offhanded
2008 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Dreamscape	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Aichi
	3rd	Duporth
2007 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Court Command	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Stormpede
	3rd	Diego Garcia
2005 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Snitzel	1 minute 09.8 seconds
	2nd	Stratum
	3rd	Denmarket
2004 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Fastnet Rock	1 minute 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Dane Shadow
	3rd	Public Opinion
2003 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Exceed And Excel	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Danbird
	3rd	Hipwell
2002 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Snowland	1 minute 06.9 seconds
	2nd	Star Of Florida
	3rd	Eastwest Success
2001 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Newquay	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Perfect Crime
	3rd	Excellerator
2000 Up And Coming Stakes	1st	Zariz	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Century Kid
	3rd	Kootoomootoo