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The Flight Stakes is a 1600m mile event held at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Epsom Handicap Day in Sydney.
The Flight Stakes is a 1600m set weights race held at Randwick Racecourse on Epsom Handicap 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 Turnbull Stakes Day.
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. Funstar (2019) was the last filly to complete the Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double.
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 2020 took place on Saturday October 3, 2020 and was won in an upset by Montefilia.
Flight Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday October 3, 2020 |
Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1600m |
Race Type: | 3YO Fillies Set Weight |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $500,000 |
The David Payne-trained Montefilia ($12) scored an upset win over the odds-on favourite Hungry Heart ($1.90) in the Flight Stakes 2020 results ahead of a possible back-up into the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes.
Click here to read more on the eye-catching staying performance of Montefilia in the Flight Stakes 2020.
Colour | Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price |
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1 | 4 | MONTEFILIA | David Payne | Hugh Bowman | 6 | 56kg | $12 | ||
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2 | 2 | HUNGRY HEART | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 0.2L | 4 | 56kg | $1.90F | |
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3 | 3 | VANGELIC | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 2.2L | 3 | 56kg | $18 | |
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4 | 1 | DAME GISELLE | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tommy Berry | 4.6L | 1 | 56kg | $2.80 | |
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5 | 5 | JOVIALITY | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 5.8L | 5 | 56kg | $17 | |
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6 | 6 | MIRAVALLE | Mark Newnham | Joshua Parr | 7L | 7 | 56kg | $21 | |
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7 | 7 | ALIGHTED | Anthony Cummings | Regan Bayliss | 24.7L | 2 | 56kg | $301 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
See below for the official Flight Stakes 2020 Results & Finishing Order once the three-years-old fillies’ classic is run and won on Epsom Day, Saturday October 3, 2020.
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.
Funstar ($1.75 in 2019) was the last favourite in Flight Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
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 Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017), Guelph (2013) and First Seal (2014).
Following a run in the Flight Stakes field there are a host of other potential Group 1 races for the fillies to target including a run against the boys in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), which the 2018 Flight Stakes winner Oohood ran third behind The Autumn Sun in.
The 2020 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.
Just seven fillies make-up the Flight Stakes 2020 field this spring including the rails-drawn Dame Giselle looking to make it a clean-sweep this Princess Series along with the narrow favourite Hungry Heart out to turn the tables.
Click here to read more on the key chances in the 2020 Flight Stakes field and betting markets.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 1x3174x111 | DAME GISELLE | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tommy Berry | 1 | 56kg | 96 | ||
2 | 215×22 | HUNGRY HEART | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 4 | 56kg | 92 | ||
3 | 1622×43 | VANGELIC | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 3 | 56kg | 82 | ||
4 | 14×314 | MONTEFILIA | David Payne | Hugh Bowman | 6 | 56kg | 81 | ||
5 | 39×33111 | JOVIALITY | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 5 | 56kg | 77 | ||
6 | 0x17 | MIRAVALLE | Mark Newnham | Joshua Parr | 7 | 56kg | 64 | ||
7 | 40×6 | ALIGHTED | Anthony Cummings | Regan Bayliss | 2 | 56kg | 55 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The 2020 Flight Stakes nominations are released by Racing NSW on the Monday leading up to Epsom Handicap Day.
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.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2020 Flight Stakes |
1st | Montefilia | 1 minute 33.04 seconds |
2nd | Hungry Heart | ||
3rd | Vangelic | ||
2019 Flight Stakes |
1st | Funstar | 1 minute 37.31 seconds |
2nd | Probabeel | ||
3rd | Foxborough | ||
2018 Flight Stakes |
1st | Oohood | 1 minute 34.74 seconds |
2nd | Fiesta | ||
3rd | Nakeeta Jane | ||
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 |