Golden Slipper Form Guide



2023 Golden Slipper Results

  • 1st: #7 Shinzo ($16)
  • 2nd: #5 Cylinder
  • 3rd: #8 King’s Gambit

The Chris Waller-trained Pago Pago Stakes winner from the Saturday before Shinzo ($16) was given a perfectly-timed ride by international hoop Ryan Moore to post a one-length upset up the inside over beaten favourite Cylinder ($3.40F) on a thrilling Golden Slipper 2023 result.

Click here to read more on Waller’s maiden Golden Slipper Stakes win in 2023 with class colt Shinzo on the quick back-up.

2023 Golden Slipper Stakes Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 7 SHINZO Chris Waller Ryan Moore 1 56.5kg $16
2 5 CYLINDER James Cummings James McDonald 1.17L 3 56.5kg $3.40F
3 8 KING’S GAMBIT Peter & Paul Snowden Mark Zahra 2.59L 7 56.5kg $8
4 4 DON CORLEONE Peter & Paul Snowden Hugh Bowman 3.24L 6 56.5kg $9.50
5 9 EMPIRE OF JAPAN Peter & Paul Snowden Sam Clipperton 3.34L 2 56.5kg $61
6 12 BLANC DE BLANC Michael Freedman Damian Lane 4.23L 12 54.5kg $26
7 3 ARKANSAW KID Ben & JD Hayes Jye McNeil 4.41L 13 56.5kg $41
8 1 LITTLE BROSE Ben & JD Hayes Michael Dee 5.58L 5 56.5kg $13
9 2 BARBER James Cummings Nash Rawiller 5.92L 8 56.5kg $21
10 13 EXPLORING James Cummings Brenton Avdulla 9.54L 9 54.5kg $41
11 15 STEEL CITY Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Regan Bayliss 10.18L 14 54.5kg $12
12 11 PLATINUM JUBILEE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 12.77L 11 54.5kg $11
13 17e MILITARIZE (NZ) Chris Waller Ryan Maloney 18.75L 15 56.5kg $101
FF 14 LAZZAGO Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 10 54.5kg $31
LR 10 LEARNING TO FLY Annabel Neasham Chad Schofield 4 54.5kg $6.50
6 RED RESISTANCE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Brett Prebble 0
16 FACILE Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Ryan Maloney 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.


The Golden Slipper form guide is a comprehensive listing of the must-know statistics on the two-year-olds lining-up in the Golden Slipper Stakes field to help with betting on the world’s richest race for juveniles.

Each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival in March the Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) takes place at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, and the Golden Slipper Stakes form guide reveals what runners have previous form at the track and distance, their Golden Slipper barriers, lead-up form, trainers and jockeys.

Using the Golden Slipper form guide to find out everything you can about each two-year-old in the classic is the best way to successfully predict that autumn’s Golden Slipper Stakes results.

The official 2023 Golden Slipper Form Guide will be released as soon as the final field is out on the Tuesday of race week and will be published in full below.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 GOLDEN SLIPPER STAKES FORM GUIDE

What’s In The Golden Slipper Form Guide

The best Golden Slipper Form Guides have a host of useful facts and statistics on all the horses in the field including:

  • Saddlecloth Numbers
  • Jockeys
  • Trainers
  • Weights
  • Barriers
  • Lead-Up Runs
  • Win / Place Rates
  • Track / Distance Records
  • Form on Track Conditions

Using all of this information and consulting the past Golden Slipper results gives you a top chance of picking what two-year-old will add their name to the prestigious list of Golden Slipper winners.

Where to Find a Golden Slipper Form Guide

Consulting an online bookmaker such as Ladbrokes.com.au is the best way to get the most detailed and useful Golden Slipper Form Guide. As soon as Golden Slipper betting markets are open on the final field of youngster facing off in the season’s lucrative feature, the form guide is available. When looking for the Golden Slipper Stakes form on an individual horse you can simply click on their name in the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Golden Slipper Form Guide: Facts & Key Stats

Looking over recent Golden Slipper Stakes history uncovers a number of interesting Golden Slipper form guide trends and statistics to check out when doing the form on the current season’s edition of the $5 million Group 1 sprint.

Lead-Up Runs: From 2009 – 2023 all but one of the Golden Slipper winners either finished first or second in their lead-up run. No Golden Slipper Stakes winner has finished worse than fourth last start in over 30 years. Shinzo (2023) on the quick back-up off a Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes win the Saturday prior is the latest last start Golden Slipper Stakes champion.

Best Form Races: The Group 2 Todman Stakes and the Group 2 Reisling Stakes have been the key form races to follow into the Golden Slipper results in the past decade. From 2009 – 2023 seven of the 16 winners came off the Todman Stakes – also known as the Todman Slipper Trial. The filly She Will Reign improved on a Reisling Stakes second for her 2017 Golden Slipper victory and in 2018 the Reisling Stakes – Golden Slipper double was completed by Estijaab.

Favourites: In the past decade Golden Slipper Stakes favourites have a solid record with five saluting for the punters from 2006 – 2023. Sebring ($6 in 2008) was the first favourite to win since Courtz (1989). The only Golden Slipper winners since Forensics ($13 in 2007) to salute at double-figure odds are Phelan Ready ($26 in 2009), Kiamichi ($26 in 2019) a decade later and Fireburn ($12 in 2022). There was a notable upset in the 2023 Golden Slipper with Shinzo winning at $16.

Trainers: Gai Waterhouse is the most successful Golden Slipper Stakes trainer saddling-up seven winners, four runners-up and six third place-getters (up until 2023 inclusive). Looking for in-form Waterhouse-trained runners in the current year’s Golden Slipper field is always a good idea.

Barriers: The standout Golden Slipper barrier (since 1983) producing nine winners is barrier one – most recently Fireburn (1 of 16 in 2022) and Shinzo (1 of 15 in 2023) –  so tipping a good two-year-old drawn the rails can make a smart bet. Note there’s been four winners from barriers 5, 10 and 11 in that time (up until 2017). Barrier 14 produced back-to-back Golden Slipper winners with Estijaab (2018) and Kiamichi (2019).

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