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The Surround Stakes is one of the newer 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 $600,000 in total prize money as of 2023 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 2022 Surround Stakes form was franked with the winner Hinged going on to run third in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic and second in that autumn’s Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes before a fourth in the Australian Oaks results. She also returned in the spring and ran third in both the George Main Stakes and Epsom Handicap in Sydney.

The 2022 runner-up Startantes meanwhile won Brisbane’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara that winter further franking the form.

The Surround Stakes 2023 took place on Saturday February 25, 2023 and was won by Annabel Neasham’s Light Fingers Stakes runner-up Sunshine In Paris ($11). 

2023 Surround Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 25, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights
Weight:	56kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$600,000
Inaugurated:	1979

2023 Surround Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Sunshine In Paris ($11)
• 2nd: #11 Ruthless Dame
• 3rd: #1 In Secret

The Annabel Neasham-trained Invader filly Sunshine In Paris ($11) enjoyed a narrow upset in the Surround Stakes 2023 results getting up in the middle right on the line in a thrilling four-way photo finish.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	SUNSHINE IN PARIS	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney		3	56kg		$11
	2	11	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	0.04L	8	56kg		$12
	3	1	IN SECRET	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	0.1L	4	56kg		$2.30F
	4	3	ZOUGOTCHA	Chris Waller	James McDonald	0.14L	11	56kg		$4.60
	5	7	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1.32L	7	56kg		$21
	6	9	CINDERELLA DAYS	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	1.59L	1	56kg		$20
	7	10	WOLVERINE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	1.63L	10	56kg		$81
	8	5	SHEEZA BELTER	Peter & Paul Snowden	William Pike	2.88L	9	56kg		$18
	9	2	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Brenton Avdulla	3.01L	13	56kg		$21
	10	13	RAZETA	Kris Lees	Chad Schofield	3.14L	5	56kg		$51
	11	6	NORTH STAR LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3.92L	12	56kg		$26
	12	4	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	4.11L	6	56kg		$16
	13	12	A LOT MORE LOVE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Regan Bayliss	5.55L	2	56kg		$41

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Surround Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Surround Stakes 2023 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.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Sunshine In Paris winning at Surround Stakes odds of $11.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 SURROUND STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

Surround Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Surround Stakes 2023 Tips on the autumn Group 1 for fillies this season.

• To Win: #3 Zougotcha ($6.50 at time of publish) 

Taking on the favourite and have Chris Waller’s returning Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha on top for value. She’s drawn wide but there is time to overcome the gate as she looks to kick off where she left off. The class daughter of Zoustar was excellent in the spring winning her last three on the trot at the Randwick track when completing the Silver Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes treble. It takes a nice filly to do that and she is just that. Undefeated fresh with a flawless two-from-two first-up record ahead of this as she looks to hand Waller back-to-back wins following his success with Hinged in 2022. She is a gun at the track and is proven at the distance. Huge hope.

2023 Surround Stakes Field

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 2023 Surround Stakes field is released on Wednesday February 22, 2023 and will be published in full below along with the Surround Stakes barrier draw.

The Surround Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of fillies including Godolphin’s last start Light Fingers Stakes winner In Secret drawn well in gate four and the Chris Waller-trained Zougotcha who won the Group 1 Flight Stakes here over a mile in the spring.

Click here to read more on the key fillies in the 2023 Surround Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11x2121x1	IN SECRET	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	4	56kg			111
2	1112x554x6	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Brenton Avdulla	13	56kg			106
3	125x111x	ZOUGOTCHA	Chris Waller	James McDonald	11	56kg			106
4	x12x5261x4	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	6	56kg			104
5	x0311x81x7	SHEEZA BELTER	Peter & Paul Snowden	William Pike	9	56kg			103
6	15x31435x8	NORTH STAR LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12	56kg			98
7	120x0572x5	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	56kg			98
8	1312	SUNSHINE IN PARIS	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	3	56kg			92
9	1x131x3	CINDERELLA DAYS	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	1	56kg			90
10	12x2x638x0	WOLVERINE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	10	56kg			90
11	11×3	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller (a)	8	56kg			82
12	33x22113x0	A LOT MORE LOVE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Regan Bayliss	2	56kg			78
13	13x461x9	RAZETA	Kris Lees	Chad Schofield	5	56kg			78

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Surround Stakes Nominations

Nominations on the Surround Stakes in 2023 are taken in early February and will be updated in full below once announced.

Forty-three three-year-old fillies make-up the official 2023 Surround Stakes nominations with all-in betting led by Coolmore Stud Stakes winner In Secret and Chris Waller’s Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	433x22113x	A LOT MORE LOVE	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	78
2	5111614x	BOOGIE DANCER	F	3	Peter G Moody
3	2479×1	BYRON BELLE	F	3	John Sargent	64
4	73×1	CALL DI	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	65
5	53×741	CARING LASS	F	3	Matthew Smith
6	1x131x	CINDERELLA DAYS	F	3	Joseph Pride	69
7	328x21133x	DASHING LEGEND	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	72
8	34×1	DEAR JEWEL	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	60
9	2	ETERNAL FLAME (NZ)	F	3	Michael Kent
10	1×45	FAST STAR	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens
11	11112x554x	FIREBURN	F	3	Gary Portelli	106
12	11x2121x	IN SECRET	F	3	James Cummings	111
13	6250×1	ITHADTOBEZOU	F	3	John Thompson	64
14	1×312	JUNQUEIRA	F	3	John O’Shea	71
15	27x132x	LA DANSEUSE ROUGE	F	3	Cliff Brown
16	0x1	LOMANDRA	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
17	6x12x5261x	MADAME POMMERY	F	3	Chris Waller	104
18	31x46810x4	NINGALOO STAR	F	3	John Sargent	59
19	2	NINNITA	F	3	Greg Eurell
20	15x31435x	NORTH STAR LASS	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	98
21	11	NUNTHORPE	F	3	Peter G Moody
22	2×11	PAPILLON CLUB	F	3	Greg Eurell
23	27×1	PARISAL	F	3	James Cummings	66
24	55115322x	PAVITRA	F	3	Richard & Will Freedman	92
25	1337x	PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ)	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
26	13x461x	RAZETA	F	3	Kris Lees	78
27	2120x0572x	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	98
28	11×3	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
29	0x1746	SAKS ON FIFTH	F	3	Lee & Cherie Curtis	57
30	1x0311x81x	SHEEZA BELTER	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	103
31	6×3121	SHUFFLE DANCER	F	3	Peter G Moody
32	5130x	SO DAZZLING (NZ)	F	3	John Sargent	67
33	131x	SUNSHINE IN PARIS	F	3	Annabel Neasham	72
34	139x	TAJNEED	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	78
35	1x8x3	TAPEESA	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
36	670x232x1	THE SEVEN SEAS	F	3	John Sargent	58
37	429x6118x	WALTZ ON BY	F	3	Peter G Moody
38	23x16181x	WEE NESSY	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	78
39	12x52535x	WILLINGA BEAST	F	3	Kris Lees
40	33x123x311	WOLLOMBI	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	69
41	112x2x638x	WOLVERINE (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees	91
42	92x3114x	ZENNZELLA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
43	125x111x	ZOUGOTCHA	F	3	Chris Waller	106

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Surround Stakes History

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.

Surround Stakes Winners

See below for the full Surround Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Surround Stakes	1st	Sunshine In Paris	1 minute 22.84 seconds
	2nd	Ruthless Dame
	3rd	In Secret
2022 Surround Stakes	1st	Hinged	1 minute 26.09 seconds
	2nd	Startantes
	3rd	Espiona
2021 Surround Stakes	1st	Forbidden Love	1 minute 22.30 seconds
	2nd	Vangelic
	3rd	Elizabeel
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