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The Surround Stakes is now a Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies held at Royal Randwick on Chipping Norton Stakes Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The Surround Stakes is at one of the newest Group 1 races in Australia, the event elevated from its former Group 2 status for the first time in 2018. The Surround Stakes is held towards the start of the prestigious Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival on Chipping Norton Stakes Day at Royal Randwick in late February or early March. The meeting is also headlined by the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and features a host of other support races including the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and Group 2 Skyline Stakes over the 1200m.
Run over 1400m, the Surround Stakes is a set weights race offering $500,000 in total prize money for three-year-old fillies. Fillies that previously contested the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick earlier in the autumn may be looking for a step up in distance here on their way to some of the other lucrative carnival features, including taking on the boys in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) the following week. The 2019 Surround Stakes winner Nakeeta Jane went on to run third behind The Autumn Sun in the Randwick Guineas that year.
Other possible runs for Surround Stakes fillies later in the season include the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) against the older mares and the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill at the end of March.
The Surround Stakes 2020 took place on Saturday February 29, 2020 and was won by the Kiwi-trained filly Probabeel.
2020 Surround Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday February 29, 2020 |
Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1400m |
Conditions: | 3YO Fillies – Set Weights |
Weight: | 56kg |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $500,000 |
Inaugurated: | 1979 |
Jamie Richards’ in-form Kiwi filly Probabeel backed-up from a big win back across the Tasman to break through for her maiden Group 1 success atoning for a close Flight Stakes second from last year at Randwick to salute in the Surround Stakes 2020 results in a fighting late finish with Funstar ($4.60) and the roughie hope who led the field around Xilong ($31).
Click here to read more on the impressive 2020 Surround Stakes winner Probabeel who has her sights set on the Vinery Stud Stakes.
Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Br. | Wgt. | SP |
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1 | 5 | PROBABEEL (NZ) | Jamie Richards | Opie Bosson | – | 5 | 56kg | $4.60 |
2 | 4 | FUNSTAR | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 0.2L | 11 | 56kg | $4.60 |
3 | 8 | XILONG | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Glen Boss | 0.7L | 10 | 56kg | $31 |
4 | 2 | LYRE | Anthony Freedman | Kerrin McEvoy | 1.2L | 2 | 56kg | $8 |
5 | 6 | MISSILE MANTRA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Brenton Avdulla | 1.4L | 1 | 56kg | $31 |
6 | 1 | FLIT | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 1.6L | 7 | 56kg | $2.60F |
7 | 9 | AKARI | Brad Widdup | Christian Reith | 3.8L | 9 | 56kg | $41 |
8 | 11 | HEART OF THE OAK | Gerald Ryan | Tim Clark | 5.8L | 3 | 56kg | $18 |
9 | 3 | KIAMICHI | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 6L | 6 | 56kg | $31 |
10 | 14 | ASPECT RATIO | John Sargent | Andrew Adkins | 6.7L | 4 | 56kg | $151 |
11 | 13 | SAAS FEE | Gerald Ryan | Joshua Parr | 7.6L | 8 | 56kg | $81 |
– | 7 | HOW WOMANTIC | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jye McNeil | – | 0 | – | – |
– | 10 | BETCHA FLYING | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | – | 0 | – | – |
– | 12 | EMERALDS | John Sargent | Ben Melham | – | 0 | – | – |
The latest Surround Stakes 2020 odds and betting prices on the season’s top three-year-old fillies will be available below as soon as markets are out at Ladbrokes.com.au.
A line-up of the season’s best three-year-old fillies make up the Surround Stakes field each spring, even more so since the race gained Group 1 status for the first time in 2018. The fillies in the Surround Stakes field may come via lead-up runs in events like the Light Fingers Stakes a fortnight earlier at the track. Nakeeta Jane (2019) was the last filly to complete the Light Fingers – Surround Stakes double.
The 2020 Surround Stakes field is released on Wednesday February 26, 2020 and will be published in full below along with the Surround Stakes barrier draw.
The Surround Stakes 2020 final field is down to 13 after the early scratching of the undefeated How Womantic who suffered a minor setback but who is likely to race in Saturday week’s Kewney Stakes at Flemington.
The updated Surround Stakes field and betting markets are now led by Chris Waller’s returning Group 1 Flight Stakes champion Funstar. She gives the fitness edge away to a host of classy fillies however including the Godolphin-raced duo of Flit, Lyre and Kiamichi – all Group 1 winners who ran the trifecta first-up in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes.
Click here to read more on the 2020 Surround Stakes field and betting markets led by Funstar and Flit.
Update: There are now 11 fillies left in the mix following the scratchings of #7 How Womantic (13), #10 Betcha Flying (10) and #12 Emeralds (8)
# | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Hcp. Rating |
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1 | 312x2914x1 | FLIT | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 7 | 56kg | 105 |
2 | 113x4274x2 | LYRE | Anthony Freedman | Kerrin McEvoy | 2 | 56kg | 101 |
3 | 41130x05x3 | KIAMICHI | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 6 | 56kg | 100 |
4 | 11x211x | FUNSTAR | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 14 | 56kg | 100 |
5 | 165x422x11 | PROBABEEL (NZ) | Jamie Richards | Opie Bosson | 5 | 56kg | – |
6 | 11x5552x0 | MISSILE MANTRA | Peter & Paul Snowden | Brenton Avdulla | 1 | 56kg | – |
7 | 1111 | HOW WOMANTIC | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jye McNeil | 13 | 56kg | – |
8 | 13x1131x | XILONG | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Glen Boss | 12 | 56kg | 84 |
9 | 23x2111x7 | AKARI | Brad Widdup | Christian Reith | 11 | 56kg | 81 |
10 | 612x522x | BETCHA FLYING | Chris Waller | Jason Collett | 10 | 56kg | – |
11 | 211×1 | HEART OF THE OAK | Gerald Ryan | Tim Clark | 3 | 56kg | 73 |
12 | 0x21346x5 | EMERALDS | John Sargent | Ben Melham | 8 | 56kg | 70 |
13 | 3x123x | SAAS FEE | Gerald Ryan | Joshua Parr | 9 | 56kg | 70 |
14 | 76x22917x | ASPECT RATIO | John Sargent | Andrew Adkins | 4 | 56kg | 64 |
First run in 1979 the Surround Stakes inaugural winner was Impede. The race began as a Group 3 event run over 1400m and although the distance has remained the same, the status of the event was elevated to Group 2 level in 1986. The Surround Stakes became a Group 1 race for the first time in 2018. For one year in 1990 the Surround Stakes was downgraded to a Group 3 race again but regained Group 2 status the following year in 1991.
See below for the full Surround Stakes results dating back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2020 Surround Stakes |
1st | Probabeel | 1 minute 21.36 seconds |
2nd | Funstar | ||
3rd | Xilong | ||
2019 Surround Stakes |
1st | Nakeeta Jane | 1 minute 21.82 seconds |
2nd | Fundamentalist | ||
3rd | El Dorado Dreaming | ||
2018 Surround Stakes |
1st | Shoals | 1 minute 23.46 seconds |
2nd | Torvill | ||
3rd | Rimraam | ||
2017 Surround Stakes |
1st | La Bella Diosa | 1 minute 25.62 seconds |
2nd | Omei Sword | ||
3rd | Global Glamour | ||
2016 Surround Stakes |
1st | Ghisoni | 1 minute 21.3 seconds |
2nd | Single Gaze | ||
3rd | Stay With Me | ||
2015 Surround Stakes |
1st | First Seal | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
2nd | Supara | ||
3rd | Slightly Sweet | ||
2014 Surround Stakes |
1st | Thump | 1 minute 23.57 seconds |
2nd | Real Surreal | ||
3rd | Lucia Valentina | ||
2013 Surround Stakes |
1st | Dear Demi | 1 minute 22.3 seconds |
2nd | Driefontein | ||
3rd | Longport | ||
2012 Surround Stakes |
1st | Streama | 1 minute 24.7 seconds |
2nd | Sea Siren | ||
3rd | Hallowell Belle | ||
2011 Surround Stakes |
1st | Parables | 1 minute 22.3 seconds |
2nd | Red Tracer | ||
3rd | Rose Of Peace | ||
2010 Surround Stakes |
1st | More Joyous | 1 minute 23.64 seconds |
2nd | Hurtle Myrtle | ||
3rd | So Anyway | ||
2009 Surround Stakes |
1st | Portillo | 1 minute 21.83 seconds |
2nd | Romneya | ||
3rd | Rocha | ||
2008 Surround Stakes |
1st | Chinchilla Rose | 1 minute 24.23 seconds |
2nd | Occurrence | ||
3rd | Mimi Lebrock | ||
2007 Surround Stakes |
1st | Gold Edition | 1 minute 22.38 seconds |
2nd | Tuesday Joy | ||
3rd | Just Dancing | ||
2006 Surround Stakes |
1st | Regal Cheer | 1 minute 22.87 seconds |
2nd | Mnemosyne | ||
3rd | Star Mystic | ||
2005 Surround Stakes |
1st | Lotteria | 1 minute 22.85 seconds |
2nd | Shania Dane | ||
3rd | Johan’s Toy | ||
2004 Surround Stakes |
1st | Only Words | 1 minute 25.95 seconds |
2nd | Ike’s Dream | ||
3rd | Shamekha | ||
2003 Surround Stakes |
1st | Bollinger | 1 minute 23.17 seconds |
2nd | Bumptious | ||
3rd | Sunday Joy | ||
2002 Surround Stakes |
1st | Hosannah | 1 minute 22.85 seconds |
2nd | Heritiere | ||
3rd | Quays | ||
2001 Surround Stakes |
1st | On Type | 1 minute 22.77 seconds |
2nd | Maitland Gold | ||
3rd | Miss Kournikova | ||
2000 Surround Stakes |
1st | Ad Alta | 1 minute 24.04 seconds |
2nd | Spinning Hill | ||
3rd | Camena |