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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
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

2020 Surround Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Probabeel
• 2nd: #4 Funstar
• 3rd: #8 Xilong

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
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	–	–

2020 Surround Stakes Betting Odds

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.

2020 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 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
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

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
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