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