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The Golden Slipper Stakes is one of the premier races of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is also the richest two year old race in the world. Held in late March at Rosehill Gardens, the 1200m sprint event is worth a lucrative $3.5 million in prize money and is the feature event on Golden Slipper Day.

A total of five elite level autumn races take place at the meeting with the Golden Slipper joined by the: Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) and the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) for three-year-olds.

A number of traditional lead-ups to the Golden Slipper field offer a ballot exemption to the winning two-year-olds including the: Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) held in late February; the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) run at Randwick on Guineas Day; and the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) and Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) run the week before.

Their positioning two weeks before the Golden Slipper Stakes makes the Todman Stakes and Reisling Stakes the best guides to the Group 1 in recent years.

Following the Golden Slipper betting the best two-year-olds may back-up at Royal Randwick during ‘The Championships’ in April and contest the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). In 2016 Yankee Rose ran second in the Golden Slipper before winning the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes.

The 2018 Golden Slipper ran on Saturday Saturday March 24, 2018 and saw the Team Hawkes-trained filly Estijaab lead all-the-way to win.

Golden Slipper Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 24, 2018
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Open Set Weight C&G 56.5kg F 54.5kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$3,500,000

2018 Golden Slipper Results

• 1st: #11 Estijaab
• 2nd: #12 Oohood
• 3rd: #10 Sunlight

Check out the official Golden Slipper Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the impressive all-the-way win by Estijaab who came off a lead-up Reisling Stakes win and held off the Tony McEvoy-trained stablemates Oohood (2nd) and Sunlight (3rd) for an all-filly Golden Slipper trifecta.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	11	ESTIJAAB	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	–	14	54.5kg	$8.50
2	12	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Zac Purton	0.2L	10	54.5kg	$17
3	10	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	1.5L	5	54.5kg	$5
4	1	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	1.8L	4	56.5kg	$4.80F
5	15	SEABROOK (NZ)	Mick Price	Damien Oliver	2.1L	11	54.5kg	$13
6	4	LONG LEAF	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	3.1L	15	56.5kg	$41
7	13	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3.3L	16	54.5kg	$26
8	8	SANDBAR	Brad Widdup	Christian Reith	4L	3	56.5kg	$14
9	14	SIZZLING BELLE	Nick Olive	Ms Kathy O’Hara	4.2L	1	54.5kg	$91
10	3	AYLMERTON	Jean Dubois	Tommy Berry	4.4L	8	56.5kg	$17
11	16	SECRET LADY	Gary Portelli	Ben Melham	4.9L	12	54.5kg	$201
12	6	EF TROOP	Tony Gollan	Jason Collett	5L	2	56.5kg	$21
13	2	SANTOS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5.1L	7	56.5kg	$16
14	5	PERFORMER	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	5.3L	13	56.5kg	$7.50
15	17e	QAFILA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	8.3L	9	54.5kg	$41
16	7	PRAIRIE FIRE	Mick Price	Mark Zahra	11.7L	6	56.5kg	$31
–	19e	LEGEND OF CONDOR	Gerald Ryan	–	–	0	–	–
–	20e	SPIN	Peter & Paul Snowden	–	–	0	–	–
–	9	ENBIHAAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	–	0	–	–
–	18e	GONGS	James Cummings	Tye Angland	–	0	–	–

2018 Golden Slipper Tips

• 1st: #1 Written By
• 2nd: #2 Santos
• 3rd: #10 Sunlight

Read our full Golden Slipper 2018 Tips & Golden Slipper Winner Predictions now.

2018 Golden Slipper Form Guide

Check out our comprehensive Golden Slipper Stakes Form Guide page for the latest facts and stats on the race.

Our insider 2018 Golden Slipper Form Guide & Betting Preview is also now available by following the link.

2018 Golden Slipper Betting

Golden Slipper betting is extremely popular and has generally been a strong event for punters. Futures Golden Slipper betting is open months in advance of the race offering generous Golden Slipper odds on the potential runners in the two-years-old classic run in the autumn.

Favourites have a strong recent record in the Golden Slipper results of the past decade with four saluting for the punters: Sebring (2008), Sepoy ($2011), Overreach (2013) and Vancouver (2015).

The Golden Slipper 2018 Odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available as soon as announced. 

2018 Golden Slipper Field

The official Golden Slipper Stakes field of final acceptances is due to be released by Racing NSW at 9am (local) on Tuesday March 20, 2018 and will be published below.

Each year the Golden Slipper field is released on the Tuesday before the race and final acceptances come at a cost of $30,000 to connections. The Golden Slipper final acceptances follow a number of early entry stages starting with the nomination of yearlings taken in early July of the previous year.

Stay up to date with the latest on the Golden Slipper Field at our dedicated page.

The official 2018 Golden Slipper Stakes Field is now out with a capacity line-up of two-year-olds led by the filly Sunlight in barrier five who chases win number six on the trot following her successive lead-up victories at Rosehill including last weekend’s Magic Night Stakes. Ladbrokes Blue Diamond champ Written By won the Pago Pago Stakes last weekend in a half-second quicker time and jumps one wider from gate four in the Golden Slipper 2018 field.

Read more on the Golden Slipper 2018 Final Field led by Sunlight in Barrier 5.

2018 Golden Slipper Field Update: The Lindsay Park-trained filly Enbihaar (15), runner-up in the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes last start, has tied-up and poor blood results from Friday have seen her scratched from the field. In her place is the first emergency and stablemate Qafila in barrier 10 with Craig Williams to ride.

Read more on the 2018 Golden Slipper scratching of Enbihaar.

No.	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier
1	1×111	WRITTEN BY	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	4
2	34×11	SANTOS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	7
3	11	AYLMERTON	Jean Dubois	Tommy Berry	8
4	11×10	LONG LEAF	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	19
5	1x1L	PERFORMER	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	16
6	1142	EF TROOP	Tony Gollan	Jason Collett	2
7	314	PRAIRIE FIRE	Mick Price	Mark Zahra	6
8	1162	SANDBAR	Brad Widdup	Christian Reith	3
9	112	ENBIHAAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Stephen Baster	15
10	3×11111	SUNLIGHT	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	5
11	121	ESTIJAAB	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	17
12	2×323	OOHOOD	Tony McEvoy	Zac Purton	11
13	32×12	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	20
14	1112	SIZZLING BELLE	Nick Olive	Kathy O’Hara	1
15	4×31	SEABROOK (NZ)	Mick Price	Damien Oliver	12
16	212574	SECRET LADY	Gary Portelli	Ben Melham	13
17e	14×74	QAFLIA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	10
18e	11×34	GONGS	James Cummings	Tye Angland	14
19e	1×434	LEGEND OF CONDOR	Gerald Ryan	TBA	9
20e	42×23	SPIN	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	18

2018 Golden Slipper Nominations

The very early Golden Slipper Stakes nominations close the July of the previous year and feature over 2000 yearlings. Nomination of yearlings for the Golden Slipper Stakes comes at a cost of $375 to connections.

Check out the official 2018 Golden Slipper Stakes Nominations, which attracted a record number of yearlings (2197).

2018 Golden Slipper First Acceptances

Following the nominations the Golden Slipper first acceptances close in early October of the year before at a cost of $550 to connections.

The 2018 Golden Slipper first acceptances closed on Tuesday October 3, 2017 with 1,610 entries still in the mix.

2018 Golden Slipper Second Acceptances

Golden Slipper second acceptances further narrow down the list of hopefuls heading towards the autumn classic and are the first round of declarations taking place the year of the race.

The 2018 Golden Slipper second acceptances close on Tuesday January 23, 2018 at 3pm (local time) at a cost of $1000 to connections.

Read about the record 2018 Golden Slipper Second Acceptances, which feature 358 hopefuls led by the Magic Millions Classic winner Sunlight.

Late Golden Slipper Stakes entries are open until 11am (local time) on the Monday prior to the race but attracts a hefty $150,000 for owners.

2018 Golden Slipper Day

Golden Slipper Day is one of the highlights of the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival

The meeting runs at the iconic Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in mid-late March and features eight Group status races:

• $3.5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m)
• $1 million Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m)
• $700,000 Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)
• $700,000 Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m)
• $600,000 Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (1600m)
• $150,000 Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m)
• $150,000 Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m)
• $150,000 Group 3 NE Manion Quality Cup (2400m)

Golden Slipper History

Originally worth 20,000 pounds in prize money, the Golden Slipper Stakes was first run in 1957 and was won by Todman. Jockey Shane Dye and Ron Quinton have been the most successful jockeys in Golden Slipper history. Quinton won the race with Marscay (1982), Sir Dapper (1983), Rory’s Jester (1985) and Marauding (1987), while Dye won the race on four consecutive occasions; piloting Courtza (1989), Canny Lad (1990), Tierce (1991) and Burst (1992) to victory.

Renowned trainer Tommy J. Smith won the race with six horses; taking out the Group 1 event with Fairy Walk (1971), John’s Hope (1972), Hartshill (1974), Toy Show (1975), Bounding Away (1986) and Star Watch (1988). The fastest winning time was recorded in 2004 when Dance Hero won in 1 minute and 8.6 seconds, while Canny Lad recorded the slowest winning race time in 1990 with a time 1 minute and 15.41 seconds.

The Golden Slipper began as a Principle race from 1957 – 1978 before gaining its current Group 1 status in 1979. It was held over six furlongs until 1972 and then officially 1200m with the metric conversion coming in from 1973 onwards.

From 2009 – 2014 the Golden Slipper Stakes ran on the first Saturday of April. Prior to 2008 it ran on the Saturday before Good Friday. It now runs in March leading up to the two-day ‘The Championships’ on the first two Saturdays of April.

Notable recent Golden Slipper winners include Dance Hero (2004), Stratum (2005), Miss Finland (2006) Sebring (2008) Sepoy (2011), Pierro (2012) and Capitalist (2016).

In both 2017 and 2018 the Golden Slipper trifecta was an all-filly affair.

Recent Golden Slipper Winners

See below for the full Golden Slipper winners and results dating back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Estijaab	TBD
	2nd	Oohood
	3rd	Sunlight
2017 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	She Will Reign	1 minute 15.04 seconds
	2nd	Frolic
	3rd	Tulip
2016 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Capitalist	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Yankee Rose
	3rd	Flying Artie
2015 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Vancouver	1 minute 9.74 seconds
	2nd	English
	3rd	Lake Geneva
2014 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Mossfun	1 minute 12.17 seconds
	2nd	Earthquake
	3rd	Bring Me The Maid
2013 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Overreach	1 minute 11.0 seconds
	2nd	Sidestep
	3rd	Sweet Idea
2012 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Pierro	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Snitzerland
	3rd	Samaready
2011 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Sepoy	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Mosheen
	3rd	Elite Falls
2010 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Crystal Lily	1 minute 10.78 seconds
	2nd	Decision Time
	3rd	More Strawberries
2009 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Phelan Ready	1 minute 11.78 seconds
	2nd	Headway
	3rd	Manhattan Rain
2008 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Sebring	1 minute 12.88 seconds
	2nd	Von Costa De Hero
	3rd	Portillo
2007 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Forensics	1 minute 9.33 seconds
	2nd	Zizou
	3rd	Meurice
2006 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Miss Finland	1 minute 9.52 seconds
	2nd	Pure Energy
	3rd	Churchill Downs
2005 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Stratum	1 minute 9.67 seconds
	2nd	Fashions Afield
	3rd	Media
2004 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Charge Forward
	3rd	Alinghi
2003 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Polar Success	1 minute 9.07 seconds
	2nd	How Funny
	3rd	Hasna
2002 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Calaway Gal	1 minute 8.81 seconds
	2nd	Victory Vein
	3rd	Choisir
2001 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 8.94 seconds
	2nd	Excellerator
	3rd	Red Hannigan
2000 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Belle Du Jour	1 minute 9.51 seconds
	2nd	Crowned Glory
	3rd	Assertive Lad