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The Canterbury Stakes is a 1300m middle distance sprinting event held at Randwick Racecourse over the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Raced in early-mid March under weight-for-age conditions, the Canterbury Stakes offers $600,000 in prize money.

The Canterbury Stakes is one of two Group 1 races held at Royal Randwick on Randwick Guineas Day along with the Group 1 $1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds. There are a number of other Group status support races on the cards including the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) for the sprinters.

The Canterbury Stakes is an ideal lead-up race to the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) held a fortnight later at Rosehill Gardens, with the winner of the Canterbury Stakes exempt from the ballot for the George Ryder Stakes. The latest gallopers to complete the Canterbury Stakes – George Ryder Stakes double are Pierro (2013) and Forbidden Love (2022). The 2021 Canterbury Stakes winner The Bostonian meanwhile went on to run second in that year’s George Ryder Stakes results.

The Canterbury Stakes winner is also exempt from that year’s Doncaster Mile and in 2022 after completing the Canterbury – George Ryder double, Forbidden Love ran fourth in that year’s Doncaster Mile results.

The 2022 Doncaster Mile form was further franked with the runner-up Lighthouse winning the Group 1 Coolmore Classic next start.

Horses may come into the Canterbury Stakes field via an earlier autumn run in a host of lead-up sprints including the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick in February or the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) for the three-year-olds. Appearance (2014) was the last horse to do the Apollo Stakes – Canterbury Stakes double.

The Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) in late January is another good lead-up into the Canterbury Stakes and Savatiano (2021) was the last to do the double improving on her Canterbury second the year before.

The 2021 Canterbury Stakes form was further franked with the third place-getter Masked Crusader winning Melbourne’s Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at The Valley next start and a second the run after in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. He would also go on to run second to Nature Strip in that spring’s $15 million The Everest.

The Canterbury Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 4, 2023 offering the winner a ballot exemption for both the George Ryder Stakes and Doncaster Mile in 2023 and was won in excellent fashion late by the returning Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Artorius ($9.50). 

2023 Canterbury Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 4, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$600,000

2023 Canterbury Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Artorius ($9.50)
• 2nd: #8 Imperatriz
• 3rd: #9 Electric Girl

Anthony & Sam Freedman’s dual Group 1 third place-getter in the UK last year, Artorius ($9.50), was enormous fresh coming late to run down the Kiwi mare Imperatriz ($2.10F) in a huge finishing burst in the 2023 Canterbury Stakes results in Sydney.

Click here to read more on the late charging win by Artorius in the 2023 Canterbury Stakes.

2023 Canterbury Stakes Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	ARTORIUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Zac Purton		8	59kg		$9.50
	2	8	IMPERATRIZ	Mark Walker	James McDonald	0.15L	7	57kg		$2.10F
	3	9	ELECTRIC GIRL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	0.87L	1	57kg		$11
	4	11	GOLDEN MILE	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	0.99L	2	56kg		$6
	5	1	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	1.97L	5	59kg		$9
	6	3	KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Chad Schofield	2.49L	9	59kg		$51
	7	5	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.59L	4	59kg		$26
	8	7	QUANTICO	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	2.81L	10	59kg		$26
	9	4	LOMBARDO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Brett Prebble	3.58L	3	59kg		$17
	10	10	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Williams	3.64L	11	57kg		$21
	11	6	OLD FLAME (GB)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	14.59L	6	59kg		$31

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Canterbury Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Canterbury Stakes 2023 odds and betting market links to the Group 1 Randwick feature at Ladbrokes.com.au this autumn will be provided below as soon as available.

Forbidden Love ($2.20 in 2022) was the last favourite in Canterbury Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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

2023 Canterbury Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 CANTERBURY STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Canterbury Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Canterbury Stakes 2023 Tips on the Randwick Guineas Day showdown this autumn.

• To Win: #8 Imperatriz ($2.15 at time of publish) 

There’s no value tipping the favourite but this flying Kiwi-trained mare is impossible to bet against. Hard to knock a runner going this good. She chases a fourth win on the trot and was last seen taking out a Group 1 over 1400m at home by 4.5 lengths. The four-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible has a terrific strike-rate having won 12 of her 17 starts ahead of her first trip down under. Formerly with Jamie Richards she is now prepared by Mark Walker. Barrier 7 and James McDonald comes aboard. Ticking plenty of boxes to show up the locals.

2023 Canterbury Stakes Field

The Canterbury Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance sprinters and is announced on the Wednesday before Randwick Guineas Day each autumn.

The official 2023 Canterbury Stakes field and barriers will be published below the Wednesday of race week.

The Canterbury Stakes 2023 final field features a select but top class line-up of autumn gallopers including the spring’s Caulfield Guineas champion Golden Mile second-up in gate two and the flying Kiwi-trained mare Imperatriz chasing her fourth win on the trot.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 Canterbury Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	91x341154x	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	5	59kg			113
2	33x66x336x	ARTORIUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Zac Purton	8	59kg			108
3	643x44131x	KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Chad Schofield	9	59kg			108
4	5x61621x0x	LOMBARDO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Brett Prebble	3	59kg			108
5	3120x6900x	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	59kg			104
6	123x12713x	OLD FLAME (GB)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	6	59kg			102
7	x4111x0x16	QUANTICO	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	10	59kg			101
8	1x1148x111	IMPERATRIZ	Mark Walker	James McDonald	7	57kg			114
9	39x82524x1	ELECTRIC GIRL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	1	57kg			106
10	227x2910x5	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Williams (late alt)	11	57kg			100
11	1x21411x2	GOLDEN MILE	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	2	56kg			103

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Canterbury Stakes Nominations

The Canterbury Stakes nominations are the first indicator of the horses that will line-up in the Group 1 weight-for-age field on Randwick Guineas Day.

The 2023 Canterbury Stakes nominations attracted a star-studded line-up of autumn hopefuls led by Mark Waller’s in-form Group 1 winning mare from New Zealand Imperatriz chasing a fourth win on the trot and the returning Artorius who enjoyed two Group 1 thirds during his trip to the UK last year.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x1148x111	IMPERATRIZ	M	4	Mark Walker	1	57kg			114
2	91x341154x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	8	James Cummings	2	59kg			113
3	33x66x336x	ARTORIUS	H	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	3=	59kg			108
4	643x44131x	KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ)	G	6	John O’Shea	3=	59kg			108
5	5x61621x0x	LOMBARDO	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	3=	59kg			108
6	2415x7109x	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	M	7	John O’Shea	3=	57kg			108
7	x329x6272x	IN THE CONGO	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	7	59kg			107
8	39x82524x1	ELECTRIC GIRL	M	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	8	57kg			106
9	145023x70x	GEM SONG	G	7	Kris Lees	9	59kg			105
10	3120x6900x	CONVERGE	G	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	10	59kg			104
11	1x21411x2	GOLDEN MILE	C	3	James Cummings	11	56kg			103
12	123x12713x	OLD FLAME (GB)	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	12	59kg			102
13	x4111x0x16	QUANTICO	G	6	John O’Shea	13	59kg			101
14	227x2910x5	ARGENTIA	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	14	57kg			100
15	2221x500x6	KISS SUM	G	4	Tracey Bartley	15	59kg			89

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Canterbury Stakes History

First won in 1929 by Amounis under jockey J. Munro, the Canterbury Stakes was originally a 6 furlong (approx. 1200m) race until 1973 when it officially became a 1200m race. Thirty-one years later in 2004, the Canterbury Stakes became a 1300m event. However it was temporarily increased to 1550m in 2008.

Since 1979, the Canterbury Stakes held Group 2 status and has been won in three consecutive years by a single horse. Between 1930 and 1932, Holdfast managed to reach the finish line first each year. The race’s double winners include San Domenico (1950-51), Sky High (1961-62), At Sea (1988-89) and More Joyous (2011-12). The most recent winner of the Canterbury Stakes / George Ryder Stakes double was Appearance (2014).

For the 2013 edition of the race the Canterbury Stakes was been upgraded to Group 1 level. The prize money for the race was also upgraded from $175,000 to $350,000, with the race currently offering $600,000 in prize money as of 2023.

The most successful jockey in the Canterbury Stakes is Darren Beadman with seven wins in 1988, 1989, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The 2018 Canterbury Stakes Results saw Happy Clapper set a new race record saluting in 1 minute 14.25 seconds. Just 12 months later, Trapeze Artist won the 2019 Canterbury Stakes in a new record time of 1 minute 14.19 seconds.

See below for the full Canterbury Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Recent Canterbury Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Artorius	1 minute 15.93 seconds
	2nd	Imperatriz
	3rd	Electric Girl
2022 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Forbidden Love	1 minute 19.29 seconds
	2nd	Lighthouse
	3rd	Private Eye
2021 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Savatiano	1 minute 14.41 seconds
	2nd	Mizzy
	3rd	Masked Cursader
2020 Canterbury Stakes	1st	The Bostonian	1 minute 16.21 seconds
	2nd	Savatiano
	3rd	Mister Sea Wolf
2019 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Trapeze Artist	1 minute 14.19 seconds (R)
	2nd	Shoals
	3rd	Prompt Response
2018 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Happy Clapper	1 minute 14.25 seconds (R)
	2nd	Global Glamour
	3rd	Invincible Gem
2017 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Le Romain	1 minute 20.00 seconds
	2nd	Chautauqua
	3rd	Hauraki
2016 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Holler	1 minute 15.4 seconds
	2nd	First Seal
	3rd	Kermadec
2015 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Cosmic Endeavour	1 minute 15.2 seconds
	2nd	Catkins
	3rd	Criterion
2014 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Appearance	1 minute 17.2 seconds
	2nd	Not Listenin’tome
	3rd	Red Tracer
2013 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Pierro	1 minute 15.99 seconds
	2nd	More Joyous
	3rd	Solzhenitsyn
2012 Canterbury Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 18.4 seconds
	2nd	Monton
	3rd	Metal Bender
2011 Canterbury Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 17.8 seconds
	2nd	Love Conquers All
	3rd	Demerit
2010 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 16.47 seconds
	2nd	Mr Baritone
	3rd	Demerit
2009 Canterbury Stakes	1st	All Silent	1 minute 16.57 seconds
	2nd	Forensics
	3rd	Royal Discretion
2008 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Mentality	1 minute 32.28 seconds
	2nd	Racing To Win
	3rd	Sniper’s Bullet
2007 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Malcolm	1 minute 16.5 seconds
	2nd	Cheeky Choice
	3rd	Kosi Bay
2006 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 16.18 seconds
	2nd	Patezza
	3rd	Dance Hero
2005 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 17.04 seconds
	2nd	Falkirk
	3rd	Ike’s Dream
2004 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Yell	1 minute 15.97 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	True Glo
2003 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Defier	1 minute 9.13 seconds
	2nd	Cosmic Rays
	3rd	Gordo
2002 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Empire	1 minute 10.32 seconds
	2nd	Diamond Dane
	3rd	Shogun Lodge
2001 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Shogun Lodge	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Assertive Lad
	3rd	El Mirada
2000 Canterbury Stakes	1st	Easy Rocking	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Referral
	3rd	Guineas