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The Surround Stakes is an important Group 1 race 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 Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (formerly Chipping Norton Stakes Day) at Royal Randwick in late February or early March.

The meeting is also headlined by the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) – previously known as the Chipping Norton Stakes until 2024 – 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 $750,000 in total prize money as of 2024 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 2023 Surround Stakes form was franked with the second place-getter Ruthless Dame going on to win Adelaide’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes that year while the third placed In Secret took out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington at her next start.

The 2024 Surround Stakes form was franked with the runner-up, Stefi Magnetica, going on to win Brisbane’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap race that winter.

The Surround Stakes 2025 takes place on Saturday March 1, 2025 as part of Randwick’s Verry Elleegant Stakes Day card. 

2025 Surround Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2025 Surround Stakes Betting

The latest Surround Stakes 2025 betting odds and betting prices on the season’s top three-year-old fillies will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and also published here at Races.com.au.

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

2025 Surround Stakes Form

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2025 Surround Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Surround Stakes 2025 Tips on the autumn Group 1 for fillies this season.

• To Win: TBD

2025 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 2025 Surround Stakes field is released on Wednesday February 26, 2025 and will be published in full below along with the Surround Stakes barrier draw.

2025 Surround Stakes Nominations

Nominations on the Surround Stakes in 2025 are taken in early February and will be updated in full below once announced.

The 2025 Surround Stakes nominations close at midday on Tuesday the 11th of February 2025.

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.