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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.

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 2018 ran on Saturday May 5, 2018 and was won in a dominant performance by gun filly Shoals.

2018 Robert Sangster Stakes
Date:	Saturday May 5, 2018
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 millioon
Inaugurated:	1983

2018 Robert Sangster Stakes Results

• 1st: #14 Shoals
• 2nd: #1 Secret Agenda
• 3rd: #12 Mica Lil

See below for the full Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the dominant win by possible Royal Ascot-bound filly Shoals who defeated last year’s winner Secret Agenda for a third Group 1 win from 10 career starts.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	14	SHOALS	Anthony Freedman	Tim Clark	–	15	55kg	$12
2	1	SECRET AGENDA	Mick Price	Damien Oliver	1.7L	13	56.5kg	$9.50
3	12	MICA LIL	Mark Minervini	Shayne Cahill	2.6L	9	56.5kg	$91
4	18	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	2.9L	14	55kg	$151
5	7	WHISPERING BROOK	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	2.9L	3	56.5kg	$8
6	13	MYSTIFIED	Ryan Balfour	Damien Thornton	3.3L	6	56.5kg	$151
7	15	CATCHY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	3.3L	7	55kg	$6.50
8	4	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Ben Melham	4L	10	56.5kg	$15
9	6	QUILISTA	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	4.1L	1	56.5kg	$4.80F
10	10	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Chris Parnham	4.3L	11	56.5kg	$31
11	3	SUPER CASH	Andrew Noblet	Craig Williams	4.4L	8	56.5kg	$13
12	9	PEDRENA	Mick Price	Michael Dee	4.6L	16	56.5kg	$31
13	5	DAINTY TESS	Daniel Morton	Jamie Kah	5.1L	4	56.5kg	$12
14	16	FORMALITY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	6.1L	2	55kg	$9
15	17	TULIP	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Regan Bayliss	6.1L	17	55kg	$26
16	8	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jason Holder	7L	5	56.5kg	$61
17	11	IT’S BEEN A BATTLE	Shane Oxlade	Justin Potter	8L	12	56.5kg	$101
–	2	VIDDORA	Lloyd Kennewell	Joe Bowditch	–	0	–	–

2018 Robert Sangster Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 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.

2018 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 2018 Robert Sangster Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Tuesday May 1, 2018 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 Final Field attracted a star-studded line-up of 18 fillies and mares including last year’s winner Secret Agenda out wide in gate 14 and runner-up from 2017, Viddora, drawn the rails and heading Robert Sangster Stakes betting this autumn.

Read more on the Viddora-led 2018 Robert Sangster Stakes Field.

UPDATE: Viddora has been scratched from the Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 Field due to swelling and trauma to her hind leg.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	7x5114x193	SECRET AGENDA	Mick Price	Damien Oliver	14	56.5kg	111
2	212x2411x2	VIDDORA	Lloyd Kennewell	Joe Bowditch	1	56.5kg	110
3	180x188x1x	SUPER CASH	Andrew Noblet	Craig Williams	9	56.5kg	109
4	1449729×37	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Ben Melham	11	56.5kg	106
5	2157323×11	DAINTY TESS	Daniel Morton	Jamie Kah	5	56.5kg	105
6	3347×28111	QUILISTA	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	2	56.5kg	105
7	537360×141	WHISPERING BROOK	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	4	56.5kg	100
8	10x430x701	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jason Holder	6	56.5kg	98
9	x12121x21x	PEDRENA	Mick Price	Michael Dee	17	56.5kg	97
10	x15028x26x	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Chris Parnham	12	56.5kg	97
11	1718x41x17	IT’S BEEN A BATTLE	Shane Oxlade	Justin Potter	13	56.5kg	94
12	3672171×12	MICA LIL	Mark Minervini	Shayne Cahill	10	56.5kg	77
13	2634532×73	MYSTIFIED	Ryan Balfour	TBA	7	56.5kg	74
14	1x1221x81x	SHOALS	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	16	55kg	108
15	1330×60371	CATCHY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	8	55kg	106
16	2x11013x0x	FORMALITY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	3	55kg	101
17	x2450x4150	TULIP	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Regan Bayliss	18	55kg	89
18	435×520103	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Stephen Baster	15	55kg	76

2018 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.

The Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 nominations will be taken on April 24, 2018 and announced right here.

The official 2018 Robert Sangster Stakes Nominations attracted 32 fillies and mares including the reigning champion Secret Agenda out to be the race’s first ever back-to-back winner and last year’s runner-up Viddora who is tipped to go one better leading all-in betting for this autumn.

View the 32 Robert Sangster Stakes 2018 Nominations Featuring Viddora.

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
2019 Robert Sangster Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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