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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 $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 2022 took place on Saturday February 26, 2022 and was won in an upset by the Chris Waller-trained Hinged ($10). 

2022 Surround Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 26, 2022
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights
Weight:	56kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1979

2022 Surround Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Hinged ($10)
• 2nd: #8 Startantes
• 3rd: #7 Espiona

Chris Waller posted his first success in the Surround Stakes 2022 results with his forgotten filly in the mix, Flight Stakes runner-up Hinged ($10), saluting in a narrow upset over the fast-finishing Startantes and Waller’s beaten favourite Espiona.

Click here to read more on the thrilling photo-finish win by Hinged for Waller in the 2022 Surround Stakes results. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	HINGED	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla		1	56kg		$10
	2	8	STARTANTES	Robert Heathcote	Jason Collett	0.06L	9	56kg		$19
	3	7	ESPIONA	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1.23L	10	56kg		$2.60F
	4	10	HERESY	James Cummings	Sam Clipperton	1.75L	4	56kg		$21
	5	3	FANGIRL	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	1.96L	13	56kg		$3.50
	6	16	HOPE IN YOUR HEART	Kerry Parker	William Pike	2.56L	5	56kg		$101
	7	4	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Nash Rawiller	3.76L	15	56kg		$17
	8	6	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Brock Ryan	3.97L	6	56kg		$18
	9	11	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	4.69L	11	56kg		$51
	10	2	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	5.43L	7	56kg		$26
	11	9	ZOUZARELLA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Chad Schofield	5.46L	14	56kg		$15
	12	12	SWEET RUBY	Kim Waugh	Jay Ford	6.22L	3	56kg		$91
	13	14	LARKSPUR RUN	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	8L	12	56kg		$61
	14	13	TILIANAM (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	8.12L	8	56kg		$101
	15	18e	I’M DIVINE	Edward Cummings	Tom Sherry (a)	10.99L	2	56kg		$101
		1	YEARNING	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike		0
		17e	VON TRAPP	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr		0
		15	RINGAROSA	Gary Portelli	Keagan Latham		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Surround Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Surround Stakes 2022 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.

2022 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 2022 Surround Stakes field is released on Wednesday February 23, 2022 and will be published in full below along with the Surround Stakes barrier draw.

The Surround Stakes 2022 final field features a class line-up of three-year-old fillies including the Chris Waller-trained favourite Espiona who the punters are willing to forgive for a last start loss and her stablemate Fangirl who beat her home in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes first-up.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2022 Surround Stakes field and betting markets.

• Scratched: #1 Yearning (2) has come out of the Surround Stakes in favour of a first-up run on the same day in Melbourne’s Group 2 Angus Armanasco Stakes on a firmer track; #15 Ringarosa (12); #17e Von Trapp (3). 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	25x491214x	YEARNING	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	2	56kg			104
2	11912x	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	9	56kg			95
3	4x3111x1	FANGIRL	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	16	56kg			93
4	144x3516x0	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Nash Rawiller	18	56kg			92
5	x2111026x7	HINGED	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	1	56kg			92
6	621x418x93	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Brock Ryan	8	56kg			92
7	11×2	ESPIONA	Chris Waller	James McDonald	13	56kg			90
8	5111630×36	STARTANTES	Robert Heathcote	Jason Collett	11	56kg			89
9	1128×4	ZOUZARELLA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Chad Schofield	17	56kg			81
10	21x23204x5	HERESY	James Cummings	Sam Clipperton	6	56kg			80
11	23×101126	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	14	56kg			78
12	236×721711	SWEET RUBY	Kim Waugh	Jay Ford	5	56kg			76
13	11x9x0	TILIANAM (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10	56kg			76
14	1x172267x4	LARKSPUR RUN	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	15	56kg			75
15	26×15	RINGAROSA	Gary Portelli	Keagan Latham	12	56kg			62
16	674x141x33	HOPE IN YOUR HEART	Kerry Parker	Andrew Adkins	7	56kg			60
17e	7140×0	VON TRAPP	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	3	56kg			75
18e	7×1	I’M DIVINE	Edward Cummings		4	56kg			61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Surround Stakes Nominations

Nominations on the Surround Stakes in 2022 are taken in early February and will be updated in full below once announced.

The 2022 Surround Stakes nominations feature 41 three-year-old fillies including Thousand Guineas champion Yearning, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Flight Stakes winner Never Been Kissed and the to date undefeated Espiona for Chris Waller.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	148×13	ANCIENT GIRL (NZ)	F	3	Clinton McDonald
2	11015x7x9	ARCADED	F	3	James Cummings	83
3	1x8x1	ARGENTIA	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman
4	321135×1	BARB RAIDER	F	3	Jerome Hunter
5	53110×6	BON’S A PEARLA	F	3	Kevin Corstens
6	4x623x14	CALIFORNIA SURREAL	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	65
7	22216×12	CARDIGAN QUEEN	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
8	342×3	DALCHINI	F	3	Lee & Cherie Curtis
9	6433612315	DECENT RAINE	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
10	13	ELLENMAC	F	3	Matthew Smith	59
11	11×2	ESPIONA	F	3	Chris Waller	90
12	4x3111x1	FANGIRL	F	3	Chris Waller	93
13	4211x	FINEPOINT	F	3	Chris Waller	70
14	144x3516x0	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	F	3	John Sargent	92
15	8×460	HAVE MERCY	F	3	Edward Cummings
16	21x23204x5	HERESY	F	3	James Cummings	80
17	x2111026x7	HINGED	F	3	Chris Waller	92
18	674x141x33	HOPE IN YOUR HEART	F	3	Kerry Parker	60
19	7×1	I’M DIVINE	F	3	Edward Cummings	61
20	3x11x10	JAL LEI	F	3	John O’Shea	74
21	621x418x93	JAMAEA	F	3	Robert & Luke Price	92
22	1x172267x4	LARKSPUR RUN	F	3	James Cummings
23	139x5320x5	MALLORY	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
24	2219×1	MAYROSE	F	3	John Sargent	69
25	14×112	ME ME LAGARDE	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
26	2x327791x8	MOKULUA	F	3	Clarry Conners	80
27	11912x	NEVER BEEN KISSED (NZ)	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
28	26×15	RINGAROSA	F	3	Gary Portelli	62
29	9x5210x1	ROCKLILY	F	3	Matthew Dunn	69
30	123×1	ROOTS	F	3	Chris Waller	71
31	11	SHADES OF ROSE	F	3	Bjorn Baker	63
32	x132x880x9	SHE’S ALL CLASS	F	3	Chris Waller	84
33	23×101126	SHIHONKA	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	78
34	11	SNAPPED	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman
35	5111630×36	STARTANTES	F	3	Robert Heathcote	89
36	236×721711	SWEET RUBY	F	3	Kim Waugh	76
37	11x9x0	TILIANAM (NZ)	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	76
38	7140×0	VON TRAPP	F	3	Mark Newnham	75
39	25x491214x	YEARNING	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	104
40	2117×440	ZETARITA	F	3	Kris Lees	64
41	1128×4	ZOUZARELLA	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	81

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
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