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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 $500,000 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 last galloper to complete the Canterbury Stakes – George Ryder Stakes double was Pierro (2013). More recently, the 2021 Canterbury Stakes winner The Bostonian went on to run second in that year’s George Ryder Stakes results.

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 placegetter 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 2022 ran on Saturday March 5, 2022 and was won by the Richard & Michael Freedman-trained favourite Forbidden Love ($2.20) on the quick back-up. 

2022 Canterbury Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 5, 2022
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000

2022 Canterbury Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Forbidden Love ($2.20F)
• 2nd: #10 Lighthouse
• 3rd: #3 Private Eye

Last weekend’s Guy Walter Stakes winner Forbidden Love ($2.20F) kept the wins going with an all-the-way victory on a Heavy track in the 2022 Canterbury Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the powerhouse win by Forbidden Love in the Canterbury Stakes 2022 results. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Hugh Bowman		7	57kg		$2.20F
	2	10	LIGHTHOUSE (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	1.75L	2	57kg		$5
	3	3	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss	4.16L	6	59kg		$8
	4	2	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	5.9L	1	59kg		$41
	5	5	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Glyn Schofield	6.16L	3	59kg		$17
	6	4	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Chad Schofield	6.44L	5	59kg		$26
	7	8	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	7.06L	4	58.5kg		$6.50
	8	6	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	7.93L	9	59kg		$26
	9	7	DICE ROLL (FR)	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	13.55L	8	59kg		$20
		1	ZAAKI (GB)	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Canterbury Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Canterbury Stakes 2022 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 teh punters.

2022 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 2022 Canterbury Stakes field and barriers will be published below the Wednesday of race week.

The Canterbury Stakes 2022 final field features a quality line-up of middle-distance stars including last weekend’s Guy Walter Stakes winner Forbidden Love and last start Group 1 C.F. Orr runner-up Lighthouse.

Scratched: #1 Zaaki (1) Annabel Neasham’s resuming Mackinnon Stakes champ has been scratched due to the Heavy (10) track and will instead run first-up in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) in Melbourne.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2022 Canterbury Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	D111x1131x	ZAAKI (GB)	Annabel Neasham	James McDonald	1	59kg			117
2	2501x599x0	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	2	59kg			113
3	21x174185x	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Regan Bayliss	7	59kg			108
4	733x08360x	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Chad Schofield	6	59kg			107
5	09×9881213	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Glyn Schofield	4	59kg			106
6	1910x20x79	WILD PLANET	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	10	59kg			104
7	11143x200x	DICE ROLL (FR)	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	9	59kg			100
8	x54518x5x5	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	5	58.5kg			106
9	7x47830x21	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Hugh Bowman	8	57kg			109
10	x55x111122	LIGHTHOUSE (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	3	57kg			106

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 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 2022 Canterbury Stakes nominations attracted 18 weight-for-age hopefuls including Mackinnon Stakes winner from the spring Zaaki who also holds a nomination for Melbourne’s Group 2 Blamey Stakes and last Saturday’s Group 2 Guy Walter Stakes winning mare in the mud Forbidden Love.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	D111x1131x	ZAAKI (GB)	G	7	Annabel Neasham	1	59kg			117
2	11x84421x1	LOST AND RUNNING (NZ)	G	5	John O’Shea	2	59kg			116
3	2501x599x0	KOLDING (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	3	59kg			113
4	7x47830x21	FORBIDDEN LOVE	M	4	Richard & Michael Freedman	4	57kg			109
5	2183x1321x	COUNT DE RUPEE	G	4	Robert & Luke Price	5=	59kg			108
6	21x174185x	PRIVATE EYE	G	4	Joseph Pride	5=	59kg			108
7	733x08360x	DALASAN	H	5	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	7=	59kg			107
8	048x37664x	SEPTEMBER RUN	M	4	Chris Waller	7=	57kg			107
9	09×9881213	SPECIAL REWARD	G	6	Kris Lees	9=	59kg			106
10	x54518x5x5	LAWS OF INDICES (IRE)	H	4	Annabel Neasham	9=	58.5kg			106
11	x55x111122	LIGHTHOUSE (USA)	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	9=	57kg			106
12	194x42446x	NIMALEE	M	5	Matthew Smith	9=	57kg			106
13	1910x20x79	WILD PLANET	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	13=	59kg			104
14	x11339x211	SNAPDANCER	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	13=	57kg			104
15	x320x4x68x	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	15=	59kg			103
16	349x1541x3	ELECTRIC GIRL	M	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	15=	57kg			103
17	x8752208x0	RIODINI (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	17	59kg			102
18	11143x200x	DICE ROLL (FR)	G	7	Nick Ryan	18	59kg			100

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 $500,000 in prize money.

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
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