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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. Three years later, Microphone also improved on a Golden Slipper second ahead of his Sires’ Produce victory in 2019.

The Golden Slipper is also part of the “Golden Slam” for horses that continues with the Golden Rose for three-year-olds and The Golden Eagle for four-year-olds.

Note: The 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes was postponed until Saturday March 27th, 2021 due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions at Rosehill Gardens. 

The 2021 Golden Slipper ran on Saturday Saturday March 27, 2021 and was won by the Richard & Michael Freedman-trained Stay Inside. 

Golden Slipper Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 27, 2021
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

2021 Golden Slipper Results

• 1st: #8 Stay Inside
• 2nd: #5 Anamoe
• 3rd: #4 Ingratiating

The Richard & Michael Freedman-trained Stay Inside ($4.60) was ridden to perfection by now three-time champion hoop Tommy Berry winning the Golden Slipper 2021 by nearly two lengths ahead of the Godolphin-raced Anamoe ($15), with the fellow James Cummings-trained Ingratiating ($20) a further two lengths back third.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	STAY INSIDE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry		3	56.5kg		$4.60
	2	5	ANAMOE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	1.8L	15	56.5kg		$15
	3	4	INGRATIATING	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	4.1L	10	56.5kg		$20
	4	13	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Nash Rawiller	4.2L	9	54.5kg		$5
	5	11	CAPTIVANT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Marquand	5.5L	8	56.5kg		$81
	6	3	ARTORIUS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	5.7L	12	56.5kg		$8
	7	2	PROFITEER	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Hugh Bowman	5.9L	5	56.5kg		$4F
	8	6	HOME AFFAIRS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6L	2	56.5kg		$12
	9	15	MALLORY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jason Collett	6.7L	6	54.5kg		$31
	10	9	ROCKET TIGER	Scott Spackman	Ms Kathy O’Hara	7.3L	13	56.5kg		$41
	11	1	SHAQUERO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	8.2L	14	56.5kg		$41
	12	12	GLISTENING	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	9.3L	7	54.5kg		$51
	13	16	QUEEN OF WIZARDRY	Annabel Neasham	John Allen	10.4L	4	54.5kg		$71
	14	7	KALASHNIKOV	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	11.9L	1	56.5kg		$61
	15	14	SWIFT WITNESS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	19.4L	11	54.5kg		$31
		10	O’PRESIDENT	Chris Waller	Glen Boss		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Golden Slipper Form Guide

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

2021 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 fair recent record in the Golden Slipper results of the past decade with five saluting for the punters: Sebring (2008), Sepoy (2011), Overreach (2013), Vancouver (2015) and Farnan (2020) who handed Gai Waterhouse with her record seventh win in the classic.

The Golden Slipper 2021 odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available as soon as announced. 

2021 Golden Slipper Field

The official 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes field of final acceptances is due to be released by Racing NSW at 9am (local) on Tuesday March 16, 2021 and will be published below.

The Golden Slipper Stakes 2021 final field is now out featuring 16 smart two-year-olds including last Saturday’s Pago Pago Stakes winner Shaquero drawn out in barrier 15 for Chris Waller. There were two late entries into the race led by returning Blue Diamond champion Artorius also out wide in 13 chasing the double last completed by Sepoy back in 2011.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Golden Slipper field & betting markets.

Note: The original 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes field and barriers will carry on from the postponed meeting to the race’s new date of March 27th, 2021. 

• Scratching Update: #10 O’President (8)

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.

2021 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.

2021 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.

2021 Golden Slipper Second Acceptances

Second acceptances for the 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes were taken by the Australian Turf Club (ATC) on Monday the 25th of January, 2021 attracting 383 two-year-olds. 

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, usually in late January or early February.

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.

2021 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:

• • • Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m)
    • Group 1 $1 million George Ryder Stakes (1500m)
    • Group 1 $700,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)
    • Group 1 $700,000 The Galaxy (1100m)
    • Group 1 $600,000 Rosehill Guineas (1600m)
    • Group 3 $160,000 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m)
    • Group 3 $160,000 Epona Stakes (1900m)
    • Group 3 $160,000 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.

In 2020 co-trainer Gai Waterhouse celebrated her record seventh success and first in partnership with Adrian Bott when the favourite Farnan saluted in front of a spectator free grandstand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Recent Golden Slipper Winners

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

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Stay Inside	1 minute 10.76 seconds
	2nd	Anamoe
	3rd	Ingratiating
2020 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Farnan	1 minute 10.19 seconds
	2nd	Away Game
	3rd	Mamaragan
2019 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Kiamichi	1 minute 12.82 seconds
	2nd	Microphone
	3rd	Lyre
2018 Golden Slipper Stakes	1st	Estijaab	1 minute 12.01 seconds
	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