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The Robert Sangster Stakes is one of only four Group 1 races held in South Australia at Morphettville Racecourse as part of the esteemed Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival.

Conducted by the South Australia Jockey Club (SAJC) the other Group 1 races run are the Australasian Oaks (2000m) on the same day as the Robert Sangster, The Goodwood (1200m) and the South Australian Derby (2500m).

The Robert Sangster Stakes is the elite fillies and mares event of the carnival and is run under weight-for-age conditions. Raced over a sprint distance of 1200m the event is now worth a lucrative $1 million in total prize money. In 2020 the event was worth a reduced $400,000 due to COVID-19.

The contending females may have just contested the Group 3 RN Irwin Stakes (1100m) previous month at the Morphettville track, so keep an eye on the dominant fillies and mares in this other weight-for-age event. Driefontein (2014) was the last mare to do the RN Irwin Stakes – Robert Sangster Stakes double.

As the premier fillies and mares’ race in Adelaide, the event attracts all the best local gallopers and quite often an impressive interstate female will make the trip and claim victory in the Robert Sangster.

The most famous Robert Sangster Stakes winner was the world’s highest-rated mare Black Caviar who took out the 2012 edition in her Adelaide debut.

The Robert Sangster Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday May 2, 2020 and was won in an upset by 40/1 shot Bella Vella. 

2020 Robert Sangster Stakes
Date:	Saturday May 2, 2020
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million ($400,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)
Inaugurated:	1983

2020 Robert Sangster Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Bella Vella
• 2nd: #15 Lyre
• 3rd: #6 Bam’s On Fire

Local horseman Will Clarken celebrated the biggest win of his career with the stable’s $20,000 bargain buy – tried mare Bella Vella – posting a gutsy all-the-way win at $41 odds in the 2020 Robert Sangster Stakes results. She held off a fast-finishing former Blue Diamond champion in Lyre ($11), while Bam’s On Fire ($19) rounded out a juicy trifecta. In fourth at $151 was the race roughie Amberdi, while the beaten favourite Sunlight dropped right out to finish dead last.

Click here to read more on the huge 2020 Robert Sangster Stakes boilover.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	10	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	–	11	56.5kg	$41
2	15	LYRE	Anthony Freedman	Damien Thornton	0.2L	10	55kg	$11
3	6	BAM’S ON FIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jake Toeroek	2L	5	56.5kg	$19
4	11	AMBERDI	Sue Jaensch	Paul Gatt	2L	6	56.5kg	$151
5	16	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Holland	2.9L	3	47kg	$3.80
6	3	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Jason Holder	3.2L	7	56.5kg	$7.50
7	2	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Dom Tourneur	3.5L	4	56.5kg	$13
8	13	STREET ICON	Kevin Corstens	Ryan Hurdle	3.9L	2	56.5kg	$51
9	7	SPANISH WHISPER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Ethan Brown	4.2L	13	56.5kg	$71
10	8	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Zac Spain	4.2L	9	56.5kg	$31
11	4	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ms Kayla Crowther (a)	4.2L	8	56.5kg	$41
12	14	BEAUTIFUL FLYER	Mick Kluske	Justin Potter	5L	12	56.5kg	$201
13	12	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Ms Georgina Cartwright (a)	5.7L	16	56.5kg	$201
14	9	EMBRACE ME (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	6.7L	15	56.5kg	$21
15	5	TELEPLAY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Shayne Cahill	6.9L	1	56.5kg	$21
16	1	SUNLIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	7.6L	14	56.5kg	$3.20F
–	18e	KENYAN WONDER	Ryan Balfour	Caitlin Jones (a)	–	0	–	–
–	17e	MYSTERY LOVE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	–	–	0	–	–

2020 Robert Sangster Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Robert Sangster Stakes 2020 odds including futures all-in betting on the Adelaide Group 1 autumn race will be available below as soon as markets are out at Ladbrokes.com.au.

There were huge $41 Robert Sangster Stakes odds on offer for the upset 2020 champion Bella Vella.

2020 Robert Sangster Stakes Field

The Robert Sangster Stakes field attracts strong locally-trained mares as well as interstate raiders that are starting to dominate the event. South Australian Racing announce the field the Tuesday of race week. The race also offers a SABOIS Breeders Super Bonus for qualified horses.

The official 2020 Robert Sangster Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Tuesday April 28, 2020 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The Robert Sangster Stakes 2020 final field features a capacity line-up of fillies and mares including the early favourite Sunlight drawn wide in barrier 16.

Click here to read more on the Sunlight-led Robert Sangster Stakes field for 2020.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	13x53102x2	SUNLIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	16	56.5kg	116
2	05x77x5215	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Dom Tourneur	5	56.5kg	112
3	x4101x1276	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Jason Holder	9	56.5kg	111
4	2x41011x97	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	TBA	10	56.5kg	105
5	380x6011x3	TELEPLAY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Shayne Cahill	2	56.5kg	105
6	x332172221	BAM’S ON FIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jake Toeroek	6	56.5kg	100
7	x21930x565	SPANISH WHISPER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Ethan Brown	15	56.5kg	100
8	66x116x502	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Zac Spain	11	56.5kg	99
9	x4498x3328	EMBRACE ME (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	John Allen	17	56.5kg	93
10	1510152×11	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	13	56.5kg	93
11	1487124×29	AMBERDI	Sue Jaensch	Paul Gatt	8	56.5kg	90
12	40x6650x67	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Ms Georgina Cartwright (a)	18	56.5kg	89
13	993×574212	STREET ICON	Kevin Corstens	Ryan Hurdle	3	56.5kg	87
14	D2225x3130	BEAUTIFUL FLYER	Mick Kluske	Justin Potter	14	56.5kg	86
15	3x4274x244	LYRE	Anthony Freedman	Damien Thornton	12	55kg	101
16	4111421	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dean Holland	4	47kg	94
17e	111x30x1	MYSTERY LOVE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Zac Spain	7	56.5kg	85
18e	3951624215	KENYAN WONDER	Ryan Balfour	Caitlin Jones (a)	1	56.5kg	74

2020 Robert Sangster Nominations

The Robert Sangster Stakes nominations for the now $1 million race close the week prior and attract a better class of mares each season attracted to the big prize money on offer as an end-of-autumn run or as a nice lead-up into the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Robert Sangster Stakes History

The Robert Sangster is one of the younger Australian thoroughbred races, first run in 1983 when Ranee’s Palace claimed victory. The race distance has remained the same from the inaugural race, but the status and race name have seen a number of changes. It began as a special race but became a listed race the next year in 1934. Two years later it gained Group 3 status until 2004 when it was installed as a Group 2 event. The following year in 2005 it became a prestigious Group 1 event. Originally registered and known as the Swettenham Stud Stakes, the race was renamed when it received Group 1 status as the Robert Sangster Stakes in honour of the legendary owner and breeder Robert Sangster who passed away the year before in 2004.

The Robert Sangster Stakes record was set by Dantelah in 1999 with a time of 1:07.9.

Robert Sangster Stakes Recent Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Bella Vella	1 minute 11.07 seconds
	2nd	Lyre
	3rd	Bam’s On Fire
2019 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Spright	1 minute 9.28 seconds
	2nd	Cool Passion
	3rd	Bella Martini
2018 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Shoals	1 minute 9.19 seconds
	2nd	Secret Agenda
	3rd	Mica Lil
2017 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Secret Agenda	1 minute 09.15 seconds
	2nd	Viddora
	3rd	I Am A Star
2016 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Precious Gem	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Sheidel
	3rd	I Love It
2015 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Miracles Of Life	1 minutes 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Gregers
	3rd	I Love It
2014 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Driefontein	1 minutes 09.2 seconds
	2nd	Platelet
	3rd	Gregers
2013 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Platelet	1 minutes 11.0 seconds
	2nd	Angelic Light
	3rd	Yosei
2012 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Black Caviar	1 minutes 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Sistine Angel
	3rd	Power Princess
2011 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Response	1 minutes 09.0 seconds
	2nd	Beaded
	3rd	Miss Octopussy
2010 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Rostova	1 minute 9.42 seconds
	2nd	Velocitea
	3rd	Sister Madly
2009 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Bel Mer	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Hidden Energy
	3rd	Impressive Eagle
2008 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Juste Momente	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Zipanese
	3rd	Serious Speed
2007 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Universal Queen	1 minute 8.3 seconds
	2nd	Media
	3rd	Flying Object
2006 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Ellicorsam	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Social Glow
	3rd	Truly Wicked
2005 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Glamour Puss
	3rd	Solar Antiquity
2004 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	French Bid	1 minute 9 seconds
	2nd	Fly For Me
	3rd	Social Glow
2003 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Our Egyptian Raine	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Brief Embrace
	3rd	Dama De Noche
2002 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Suzy Grey	1 minute 13.2 seconds
	2nd	Regal Kiss
	3rd	Lady Belvedere
2001 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Umaline	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Fayrouz
	3rd	Crixia
2000 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Rain Dance Lady	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Tapalinga
	3rd	Daninkling