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The Flight Stakes is a 1600m set weights race held at Randwick Racecourse on Epsom Handicap Day on AFL Grand Final Day in late September or early October each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Hosted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC), the Group 1 race attracts the best three-year-old fillies from around the country to compete for the $500,000 prize money.

The Flight Stakes shares a race program with the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) making it one of the biggest Sydney race days over the spring, on part of a massive weekend of racing that also sees Melbourne host Moir Stakes Night on the Friday and Underwood Stakes Day on the Sunday.

Fillies often target the Flight Stakes following successful runs in earlier events such as the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes or Group 2 Furious Stakes. These races form the Princess Series with the Flight Stakes the last leg. Some of the better runners in the Flight Stakes might continue onto other elite level races in Melbourne later in the spring including the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) in a fortnight’s time at Caulfield. Global Glamour (2016) was the last filly to complete the Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas interstate double.

This season the Flight Stakes 2018 took place on Saturday September 29, 2018.

2018 Flight Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 29, 2018
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies Set Weight
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000

2018 Flight Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

See below for the official Flight Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order following the immediate conclusion of the race.

Flight Stakes Betting Odds

The full Flight Stakes betting markets and updated Flight Stakes odds on the hopeful three-year-old fillies in the Epsom Handicap Day Group 1 are detailed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your Flight Stakes tips.

2018 Flight Stakes Field

Each spring the Flight Stakes field attracts a line-up of quality three-year-old fillies that traditionally come out of the Tea Rose Stakes. The Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double was recently completed by Alizee (2017), Guelph (2013) and First Seal (2014).

The Flight Stakes field and barrier draw are released on Wednesday of race week and will be provided in full below as soon as final acceptances for the mile feature are released by Racing NSW.

The Flight Stakes 2018 Final Field is now out with 13 three-year-old fillies engaged for the mile classic including Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) winner Miss Fabulass.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x32322x544	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Tim Clark	11	56kg	–	90
2	2×161	MISS FABULASS	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	3	56kg	–	90
3	2x1272x122	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6	56kg	–	87
4	11×33	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	Tye Angland	5	56kg	–	82
5	2x11223x08	FUNDAMENTALIST	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Walker	10	56kg	–	79
6	417801×39	FUTOOH	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	13	56kg	–	79
7	3×11111	BACCARAT BABY	David Vandyke	Micheal Hellyer	8	56kg	–	78
8	211×20	SANTA CATARINA (NZ)	Stephen Marsh	Sam Weatherley (a)	7	56kg	–	72
9	415	MAID OF HEAVEN	Mark Newnham	James McDonald	1	56kg	–	70
10	146	SYMI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	4	56kg	–	69
11	326423×157	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	2	56kg	–	68
12	2822255	MIZZY	Anthony & Edward Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	12	56kg	–	68
13	21	NAKEETA JANE	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	9	56kg	–	66

2018 Flight Stakes Nominations

The Flight Stakes nominations are released by Racing NSW on the Monday leading up to Epsom Handicap Day and will be available below as soon as announced.

NO	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	3×6	ADAGIRL	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
2	1	ALEXANDRA DREAMING	F	3	Henry Dwyer
3	13x	ALIFEROUS	F	3	Kris Lees
4	–	AMANGIRI	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
5	28	AMBLEVE	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
6	19×318	ANGEL	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
7	111x	ANJANA	F	3	Darren Weir
8	85×1	APERITIF	F	3	Chris Waller
9	3326423×15	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	F	3	Tony McEvoy
10	3×1111	BACCARAT BABY	F	3	David Vandyke
11	1	BANDOL	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
12	132	BUBBLES’N’TROUBLES	F	3	Chris Waller
13	1x	CARDINET	F	3	Mick Price
14	231×9	CRISTAL EYES	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
15	125×9	CRISTOBAL	F	3	James Cummings
16	7×1	CROSS LEGEND	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
17	9x	CROWN DANCER	F	3	Henry Dwyer
18	6×2	DARK CONFIDANT	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
19	485×1	DOWNLOADS	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
20	34x11x	EAWASE	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
21	3x4213x	EL DORADO DREAMING	F	3	Benjamin Smith
22	1128×6	ENBIHAAR	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
23	362×713	EVERARD	F	3	Kris Lees
24	32x1272x12	FIESTA	F	3	Chris Waller
25	2x11223x0	FUNDAMENTALIST	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
26	417801×3	FUTOOH	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
27	16	GAELIC DREAM	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
28	22332x	GHEEDAA	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
29	16	GOLDEN HALO	F	3	Darren Weir
30	4×1	GRAND BOUQUET (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees
31	225x1211x8	GRANNY RED SHOES	F	3	Toby Edmonds
32	2510x	I LIKE IT EASY	F	3	Gerald Ryan
33	2218×9	KHULAASA	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
34	10×33	KINKY BOOM	F	3	Tony McEvoy
35	23123x	KRONE	F	3	Darren Weir
36	13×3	LADY OF SHALOTT	F	3	Kris Lees
37	5x1x1	MADAM ROUGE	F	3	Chris Waller
38	41	MAID OF HEAVEN	F	3	Mark Newnham
39	3	MANASARI	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
40	26	MEDIEVAL MISS	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
41	6x10x67	MERYL	F	3	Lee Curtis
42	3x	MILLION	F	3	Thomas Lunney
43	2×16	MISS FABULASS	F	3	Kris Lees
44	5	MISS LADYBIRD	F	3	Michael Moroney
45	28222	MIZZY	F	3	Anthony & Edward Cummings
46	1×12	MULTAJA	F	3	James Cummings
47	21169×57	NASAAYIM	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
48	8515×338	ONTHETAKE	F	3	Clare Cunningham
49	2x32322x54	OOHOOD	F	3	Tony McEvoy
50	43×4	OUR DAWN	F	3	Clarry Conners
51	1353×25	OUTBACK BARBIE	F	3	Tony Gollan
52	32	PARIS SHOWGIRL	F	3	Henry Dwyer
53	1447	PEDICEL	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
54	31x8677x0	PERFECT PITCH	F	3	Gary Portelli
55	25×2	PRESS BOX	F	3	Chris Waller
56	11×3	PRETTY IN PINK	F	3	John O’Shea
57	14x740x4	QAFILA	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
58	2×11	REGINAE	F	3	Kris Lees
59	769×5	ROMANTIC WHISPER	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
60	2	SADENTE	F	3	Henry Dwyer
61	211×2	SANTA CATARINA (NZ)	F	3	Stephen Marsh
62	1x20x	SATIN SLIPPER	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
63	4x31591x3	SEABROOK (NZ)	F	3	Mick Price
64	11×1	SMART MELODY	F	3	Kris Lees
65	1213x	SPANISH WHISPER	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
66	x111113x21	SUNLIGHT	F	3	Tony McEvoy
67	227×211	SUNREEL	F	3	Kris Lees
68	75×17	SURE BET (NZ)	F	3	Graeme Rogerson
69	1x5306x0	SWEET AVA	F	3	Gerald Ryan
70	14	SYMI	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
71	21	TARTUFO BIANCO	F	3	Kris Lees
72	9	TEPARIO	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
73	211	THINE IS THE POWER	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
74	3	THINK FREE	F	3	Kris Lees
75	211×3	THRILLSTER	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens
76	7×464	VITESSE	F	3	Chris Waller
77	311	ZOURHEA	F	3	Gerald Ryan

Flight Stakes History

The Flight Stakes was named after the champion mare Flight, which won the Cox Plate in 1945 and 1946. One year later, the first Flight Stakes race was won by Nizam’s Ring. From 1947 to 1978, the event was a principal race however it then elevated to Group 2 status until 1984.

In 2007, the race was cancelled due to the spread of the Equine Flu. Many of the Flight Stakes winners come via the Group 2 Furious Stakes and the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes. Fillies which have placed or won this particular race have made up seven of the last nine Flight Stakes winners.

The Tea Rose Stakes / Flight Stakes double is a popular one for the punters, while the more difficult Furious Stakes / Tea Rose Stakes / Flight Stakes Treble has been won by the likes of Samantha Miss in 2008, Unworldly in 2000, Danglissa in 1999 and Sunline in 1998.

Gai Waterhouse has trained more Flight Stakes winners than any other trainer preparing her record ninth champion in 2016 with the success of that year’s subsequent Thousand Guineas champion Global Glamour.

Flight Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Flight Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Flight Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Flight Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 34.83 seconds
	2nd	Champagne Cuddles
	3rd	Cellargirl
2016 Flight Stakes	1st	Global Glamour	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Yankee Rose
	3rd	Sezanne
2015 Flight Stakes	1st	Speak Fondly	1 minute 35.91 seconds
	2nd	Honesta
	3rd	Perignon
2014 Flight Stakes	1st	First Seal	1 minute 34.71 seconds
	2nd	Winx
	3rd	Thinking Of You
2013 Flight Stakes	1st	Guelph	1 minute 36.23 seconds
	2nd	Sensibility
	3rd	Bound For Earth
2012 Flight Stakes	1st	Norzita	1 minute 36.01 seconds
	2nd	Longport
	3rd	Dear Demi
2011 Flight Stakes	1st	Streama	1 minute 36.70 seconds
	2nd	Hallowell Belle
	3rd	Dowager Queen
2010 Flight Stakes	1st	Secret Admirer	1 minute 34.66 seconds
	2nd	More Strawberries
	3rd	Parables
2009 Flight Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 40.06 seconds
	2nd	Sister Madly
	3rd	Hurtle Myrtle
2008 Flight Stakes	1st	Samantha Miss	1 minute 38.49 seconds
	2nd	Portillo
	3rd	Kimillsy
2007 Flight Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Flight Stakes	1st	Cheeky Choice	1 minute 35.95 seconds
	2nd	My Lady’s Chamber
	3rd	Fleur Royale
2005 Flight Stakes	1st	Fashions Afield	1 minute 37.19 seconds
	2nd	Beauty Watch
	3rd	Mnemosyne
2004 Flight Stakes	1st	Lotteria	1 minute 37.62 seconds
	2nd	Cincinnati Gal
	3rd	Covertly
2003 Flight Stakes	1st	Unearthly	1 minute 36.57 seconds
	2nd	Santissima
	3rd	Classy Dane
2002 Flight Stakes	1st	Royal Purler	1 minute 37.39 seconds
	2nd	Victory Vein
	3rd	Private Steer
2001 Flight Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 36.19 seconds
	2nd	Moonflute
	3rd	Hosannah
2000 Flight Stakes	1st	Unworldly	1 minute 34.5 seconds
	2nd	Picholine
	3rd	Lady Mulan