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The George Ryder Stakes – won four times by Winx (2016-19) – is a 1500m middle distance race held at Sydney’s Rosehill Gardens Racecourse during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The Group 1 weight-for-age event now offers a lucrative $1 million in prize money and runs in late March as part of a bumper race card for Golden Slipper Stakes Day.

There are five Group 1 races on the Golden Slipper Stakes Day card with the George Ryder Stakes accompanied by the:

• Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m);
• Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m);
• Group 1 The Galaxy (1000m); and the
• Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

The winner of the George Ryder Stakes is exempt from ballot for the Doncaster Mile, the Group 1 classic running on Day 1 of April’s “The Championships” at Royal Randwick. Recent horses to complete the George Ryder Stakes – Doncaster Mile double include Racing To Win (2006), Haradasun (2007), Vision And Power (2009) and Winx (2016).

Key lead-up races to the George Ryder Stakes held earlier in the autumn include the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) and the Group Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) in February.

The 2022 George Ryder Stakes runs on Saturday March 19, 2022 as part of the popular Slipper Day card at Rosehill. 

George Ryder Stakes 2022
Date:	Saturday March 19, 2022
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1500m
Race Type:	Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2022 George Ryder Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2022 George Ryder Stakes Betting Odds

The updated George Ryder Stakes 2022 odds will be available the week of the race below with pricing from Ladbrokes.com.au.

2022 George Ryder Stakes Field

The George Ryder Stakes field often draws a capacity field of middle-distance weight-for-age performers. The winner of the George Ryder Stakes receives ballot exempt entry into the Doncaster Mile and this is one of the reasons the race always draws such a strong field. However, the George Ryder Stakes is always a strong race in its own right and with $1 million in prizemoney is set to feature the best milers from right around Australia.

The 2022 George Ryder Stakes field is released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

George Ryder Stakes Nominations

The updated 2022 George Ryder Stakes nominations close on the Monday before Golden Slipper Day and will be published below as soon as released by Racing NSW on March 14, 2022.

George Ryder Stakes History

The George Ryder Stakes was first held in 1946, over a distance of 1400 metres, and was taken out by Bragger. The distance of the race was increased to 1450 metres in 1985 and became a 1500 metre event in 1986.

Equine superstar Manikato holds the record for the fastest winning time in George Ryder Stakes, winning the 1980 edition in a time of  1 minute and 21.6 seconds.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the George Ryder Stakes was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

George Ryder Stakes Winners

The George Ryder Stakes has been a Group 1 race since 1980 and has been one by some of the biggest names in Australian racing history. Equine superstars that have tasted success in the George Ryder Stakes include Comedy Prince (1949), Manikato (1979 and 1980), Emancipation (1983 and 1984), Schillaci (1993), Lonhro (2003 and 2004), Weekend Hussler (2008) and Pierro (2013).

In the past decade Chris Waller has dominated the George Ryder Stakes results winning with: Danleigh (2010), Rangirangdoo (2011), Metal Bender (2012) and Winx (2016-19). Winx is the standout George Ryder Stakes winner, the first to win the race three times on the trot with her three-peat achieved in 2018, which she then added to with a fourth in 2019 before her retirement later that year.

In 2020, Dreamforce became the first George Ryder Stakes winner in the post-Winx era improving on his third to the equine superstar the year prior. Dreamforce also returned in 2021 and was a brave runner-up to shock winner Think It Over.

After scoring an upset at 25/1 in the 2021 George Ryder Stakes, Think It Over won a host of races later that year including the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).

See below for the full George Ryder Stakes results going back to 2000.

Recent George Ryder Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 George Ryder Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2021 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Think It Over	1 minute 30.71 seconds
	2nd	Dreamforce
	3rd	Avilius
2020 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Dreamforce	1 minute 30.15 seconds
	2nd	The Bostonian
	3rd	Te Akau Shark
2019 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 32.20 seconds
	2nd	Brutal
	3rd	Dreamforce
2018 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 31.48 seconds
	2nd	Happy Clapper
	3rd	Kementari
2017 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 34.84 seconds
	2nd	Le Romain
	3rd	Chautauqua
2016 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 28.7 seconds
	2nd	Kermadec
	3rd	Press Statement
2015 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Real Impact	1 minute 28.29 seconds
	2nd	Criterion
	3rd	Kermadec
2014 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Gordon Lord Byron	1 minute 30.95 seconds
	2nd	Speediness
	3rd	El Roca
2013 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Pierro	1 minute 31.08 seconds
	2nd	Mufhasa
	3rd	Shoot Out
2012 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Metal Bender	1 minute 28.8 seconds
	2nd	Rekindled Interest
	3rd	Secret Admirer
2011 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Rangirangdoo	1 minute 29.4 seconds
	2nd	Love Conquers All
	3rd	Triple Elegance
2010 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Danleigh	1 minute 30.27 seconds
	2nd	Dao Dao
	3rd	King Mufhasa
2009 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Vision And Power	1 minute 31.57 seconds
	2nd	Black Piranha
	3rd	King Mufhasa
2008 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 31.72 seconds
	2nd	Racing To Win
	3rd	Casino Prince
2007 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Haradasun<	1 minute 29.22 seconds
	2nd	Mentality
	3rd	Apache Cat
2006 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 27.89 seconds
	2nd	Paratroopers
	3rd	Lad Of The Manor
2005 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Court’s In Session	1 minute 28.65 seconds
	2nd	Patezza
	3rd	Sky Cuddle
2004 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 27.24 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Private Steer
2003 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 30.71 seconds
	2nd	Dash For Cash
	3rd	Defier
2002 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Lord Essex	1 minute 29.51 seconds
	2nd	Shogun Lodge
	3rd	Crawl
2001 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Landsighting	1 minute 27.67 seconds
	2nd	Shogun Lodge
	3rd	Crawl
2000 George Ryder Stakes	1st	Al Mansour	1 minute 30.53 seconds
	2nd	Bonanova
	3rd	Hire