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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 $500,000 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 2021 ran on Saturday May 1, 2021 and was won by gun local filly Instant Celebrity. 

2021 Robert Sangster Stakes
Date:	Saturday May 1, 2021
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1983

2021 Robert Sangster Stakes Results

• 1st: #15 Instant Celebrity
• 2nd: #3 Subpoenaed
• 3rd: #11 Rubisaki

Phillip Stokes’ impressive local Not A Single Doubt filly Instant Celebrity ($9) was too good for the older mares letting down on the home straight off a brilliant ride by Craig Williams to dominate the 2021 Robert Sangster Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	15	INSTANT CELEBRITY	Phillip Stokes	Craig Williams		6	55kg		$9
	2	3	SUBPOENAED (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	0.6L	5	56.5kg		$9.50
	3	11	RUBISAKI	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	1.3L	4	56.5kg		$14
	4	4	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	2.4L	7	56.5kg		$26
	5	6	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Mark Zahra	2.6L	14	56.5kg		$9
	6	10	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	3.2L	10	56.5kg		$26
	7	7	PROPHET’S THUMB	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt	3.3L	2	56.5kg		$31
	8	13	PAUL’S REGRET	Peter Chow	Declan Bates	3.4L	3	56.5kg		$21
	9	9	BAM’S ON FIRE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Todd Pannell	3.4L	11	56.5kg		$31
	10	16	MUNTASEERA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	3.9L	13	55kg		$20
	11	5	LYRE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Luke Currie	4.1L	16	56.5kg		$10
	12	8	SISSTAR	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	William Pike	5.3L	9	56.5kg		$12
	13	17	NIGHT RAID	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker	7.7L	12	55kg		$26
	14	2	MIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Regan Bayliss	9.6L	1	56.5kg		$4.20F
	15	1	FLIT	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	10.8L	15	56.5kg		$14
	16	12	LI’L KONTRA	Ryan Balfour	Brett Prebble	12.1L	8	56.5kg		$101
		14	STREET ICON	Kevin Corstens	Jason Holder		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Robert Sangster Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Robert Sangster Stakes 2021 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.

2021 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 2021 Robert Sangster Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Tuesday April 27, 2021 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The Robert Sangster Stakes 2021 field features 17 female gallopers including the rails-drawn Mizzy who recently ran second in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes and Group 1 Coolmore Classic, and the top elect Sisstar who has won her past three starts.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Robert Sangster Stakes 2021 field and betting markets.

• Scratched: #14 Street Icon (11) 

2021 Robert Sangster Nominations

The Robert Sangster Stakes nominations for the 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.

The 2021 Robert Sangster Stakes nominations were taken on April 20 and attracted 33 early entries including Lyre and Bam’s On Fire who ran second and third resepectively in the race last year.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	x27113112x	ATHIRI	M	4	James Cummings	101
2	222130×680	BAM’S ON FIRE	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	99
3	21451x80x6	BE MY STAR	M	5	Will Clarken	77
4	0324×52336	BELLA NIPOTINA	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	83
5	150x023x60	BROADWAYANDFOURTH	M	4	Mitchell Freedman	85
6	5x1344x487	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	101
7	11x6717x61	CORDILLA	M	4	Danny O’Brien	81
8	x1114x4937	DAME GISELLE	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	95
9	7×10825382	DON’TTELLTHEBOSS	M	4	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	72
10	21x21230x3	FELICIA	M	4	Dean Binaisse	100
11	x29010x595	FLIT	M	4	James Cummings	108
12	1x6046x342	HUMMA HUMMA	M	5	John McArdle	98
13	11113×4	INSTANT CELEBRITY	F	3	Phillip Stokes	92
14	x49x183x38	LIBERTINI	M	4	Anthony Cummings	109
15	0x13055x51	LI’L KONTRA	M	4	Ryan Balfour	84
16	3x26462x22	LYRE	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	102
17	1x1813x215	MILEVA	F	3	Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray	80
18	110x339x16	MINHAAJ	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	82
19	33x0x60220	MIZZY	M	5	Anthony Cummings	108
20	08x125x431	MUNTASEERA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	87
21	11×220	NAJMAH	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	72
22	4x1140x71	NIGHT RAID	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	82
23	5437×11262	PAUL’S REGRET	M	4	Peter Chow	84
24	x713758x30	PRETTY BRAZEN	M	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	103
25	x3352x1865	PROPHET’S THUMB	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	100
26	3x113x2272	RAINBIEL	F	3	Anthony Chibnall	75
27	11111x00x7	RUBISAKI	M	4	Patrick Payne	96
28	7×43329596	SAUSEDGE	M	5	Matthew Dale	74
29	095x361x11	SISSTAR	M	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	99
30	132×2432	SMOKIN’ VAL	F	3	Jon O’Connor	67
31	5759×22839	STREET ICON	M	5	Kevin Corstens	81
32	3x46160x17	SUBPOENAED (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	105
33	33×1127613	SWORD OF MERCY	M	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	99

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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
2021 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	Instant Celebrity	1 minute 9.62 seconds
	2nd	Subpoenaed
	3rd	Rubisaki
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