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The HE Tancred Stakes – formerly The BMW –  is one of Australia’s richest weight-for-age events that is run as part of the esteemed Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Taking place the week before “The Championships” at Royal Randwick Racecourse traditionally run over the first two Saturdays in April, The BMW is one of two Group 1 races held on the day*. The other Group 1 event is the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old fillies.

*Note: The 2022 Tancred Stakes ran at Newcastle Racecourse the Monday after Rosehill’s abandoned Tancred Stakes Day meeting. 

The HE Tancred Stakes is a staying event run over a distance of 2400m and is worth $1.5 million in prize money. Runners in the race may have previously contested other Melbourne & Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival events including the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) in March at the same track, which has been a good guide to the race formerly known as The BMW in recent years offering the winner a Tancred Stakes ballot exemption.

Horses to take out the Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double include Avilius (2019), Silent Achiever (2014), Manighar (2012), Tuesday Joy (2008), Eremein (2006) and Tie The Knot (2000). The Tancred Stakes attracts the finest competitors locally, interstate and from overseas as well with New Zealand raiders often having a strong presence in the race.

Another possible lead-up into the HE Tancred Stakes field is held at Flemington in Melbourne – the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m). That double was recently achieved by Preferment (2016) who won the first leg on protest over Awesome Rock, while in 2017 The BMW winner Jameka backed-up from a second in the Australian Cup and Almandin improved on a fourth in the Australian Cup to win the 2018 Tancred Stakes.

In 2022 Edward Cummings’ outstanding mare Duais became the latest runner to complete the Australian Cup – Tancred Stakes double.

Quality horses who perform well in the Tancred Stakes often continue on to compete in some of the high status races held later in the year in spring both at the Sydney and Melbourne Spring Racing Carnivals.

Caulfield and Melbourne Cup runs can be on the agenda for the highest echelon stayers. Many elite gallopers have claimed victory in this race including Sir Dragonet (2021), Verry Elleegant (2020), Makybe Diva (2005), Ethereal (2002), Tie The Knot (1999 & 2000), Might And Power (1998), Octagonal (1996 & 1997) and Our Poetic Prince (1989).

The Tancred Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the upcoming Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Sydney Cup.

In 2023 the Tancred Stakes ran on Saturday March 25th, 2023 and was won by Bjorn Baker’s last start Canberra Cup winner Arapaho ($14) at double figures. 

HE Tancred Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday March 25th, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1,500,000
Inaugurated:	1963

2023 Tancred Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Arapaho ($14)
• 2nd: #14 Montefilia
• 3rd: #10 King Frankel

Bjorn Baker’s in-form French import Arapaho ($14) showed true grit up in grade off a Canberra Cup win to narrowly defeat the beaten favourite Montefilia in the Tancred Stakes 2023 results at Rosehill.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	ARAPAHO (FR)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King		3	59kg		$14
	2	14	MONTEFILIA	David Payne	Dylan Gibbons (a)	0.32L	8	57kg		$4F
	3	10	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	Mark Newnham	Tyler Schiller (a)	1.02L	7	59kg		$16
	4	3	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Nash Rawiller	1.1L	13	59kg		$7
	5	9	CLEVELAND (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	2.09L	10	59kg		$8
	6	2	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.53L	5	59kg		$8.50
	7	1	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	3.27L	11	59kg		$5
	8	4	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	5.84L	6	59kg		$21
	9	8	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	6.08L	9	59kg		$17
	10	6	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	8.3L	12	59kg		$18
	11	7	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Tom Marquand	16.07L	4	59kg		$101
	12	11	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	Danny O’Brien	Chad Schofield	20.08L	1	59kg		$91
	13	15e	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	Kerry Taplin	Joshua Parr	29.31L	2	59kg		$101
		12	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla		0
		13	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Tancred Stakes Odds

The latest 2023 Tancred Stakes betting odds complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below.

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Arapaho winning at Tancred Stakes odds of $14.

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

2023 Tancred Stakes Tips

The Races.com.au team’s insider Tancred Stakes betting tips will be available below the week of the race.

• To Win: #14 Montefilia ($5.50 at time of publish) 

Happy to stick with the narrow David Payne-trained favourite Montefilia to return to winning form third-up off her eye-catching second behind tearaway winner Dubai Honour in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) here last weekend. She presents fit third-up on the quick back-up getting out over the mile and a half now for the first time since her excellent fourth when only a length beaten in the Caulfield Cup last October. She was found out over the two miles in the Melbourne Cup, but this is easier and her Rosehill strike-rate is good (5:2-1-1). It’s been a while between drinks with the now five-year-old daughter of Kermadec chasing her first win since last year’s Ranvet Stakes. She is going in the right direction however and looks to be hitting peak form for this.

2023 Tancred Stakes Form Guide

A comprehensive Tancred Stakes Form Guide Analysis & Betting Preview will be available the week of the race – check it out by following the link!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 TANCRED STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Tancred Stakes Betting

The Tancred Stakes is one of the most popular betting races during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival because favourites have an excellent record in the Group 1 event.

The race previously run and won as the Tancred Stakes generally draws some of the best horses Australia and the honour roll for the Group 1 event includes equine superstars Hyperno (1978), Kingston Town (1980), Bonecrusher (1986), Octagonal (1996 and 1997), Might And Power (1998), Tie The Knot (1999 and 2000), Makybe Diva (2005) and Tuesday Joy (2008) – all of whom won the race at short odds in an excellent result for punters.

The latest favourites to salute for the punters in Tancred Stakes betting are the Chris Waller-trained mare Verry Elleegant ($2.15 in 2020), Cox Plate hero Sir Dragonet ($5.50 in 2021) and that year’s Australian Cup winning mare Duais ($2.40 in 2022).

2023 Tancred Stakes Field

The 2023 Tancred Stakes field is released Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race and generally attracts weight-for-age horses out of either Melbourne’s Australian Cup or Sydney’s Ranvet Stakes.

The Tancred Stakes 2023 final field features a quality line-up of staying types including Montefilia coming off a Ranvet Stakes second at the track last weekend and the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Melbourne Cup hero from the spring Gold Trip who ran fifth in the same lead-up.

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

Scratchings Update: #12 Alegron (12) has been scratched in favour of an easier run in the Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) over further at Flemington on the same day. #13 Benaud (4) has been withdrawn and instead runs earlier on the card in the Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m).

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x335291x25	GOLD TRIP (FR)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	13	59kg			117
2	1x13439x86	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6	59kg			110
3	x535601x22	VOW AND DECLARE	Danny O’Brien	Nash Rawiller	15	59kg			108
4	644188×005	STOCKMAN (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	7	59kg			107
5	123820×771	ARAPAHO (FR)	Bjorn Baker	Ms Rachel King	3	59kg			106
6	3x9500x772	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	14	59kg			103
7	1x08408x00	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Tom Marquand	5	59kg			102
8	81x2480x13	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	10	59kg			102
9	551x51226x	CLEVELAND (IRE)	Joseph O’Brien	Kerrin McEvoy	11	59kg			100
10	06x1311x14	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	Mark Newnham	Tyler Schiller (a)	8	59kg			100
11	41932311×6	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	Danny O’Brien	Chad Schofield	1	59kg			100
12	314x7106x7	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	12	58.5kg			104
13	2x64260x99	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble	4	58.5kg			100
14	18x4340x52	MONTEFILIA	David Payne	Dylan Gibbons (a)	9	57kg			114
15e	7125304511	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	Kerry Taplin	Joshua Parr	2	59kg			80

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Tancred Stakes Nominations

The 2023 Tancred Stakes nominations are announced on the Monday before the race and can feature around 20 or more early weight-for-age hopefuls.

The 2023 Tancred Stakes nominations will be available below as soon as released on March 20, 2023.

The Tancred Stakes 2023 nominations attracted 24 autumn stayers led in all-in betting by Montefilia and Gold Trip who ran second and fifth respectively in last weekend’s Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m).

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	314x7106x7	ALEGRON	G	4	James Cummings	104
2	123820×771	ARAPAHO (FR)	G	6	Bjorn Baker	106
3	x36x403x2x	BARON SAMEDI (GB)	G	6	Joseph O’Brien	108
4	2x64260x99	BENAUD	G	4	John O’Shea	100
5	551x51226x	CLEVELAND (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	100
6	7233x3x907	EL BODEGON (IRE)	H	4	Chris Waller	111
7	3x9500x772	EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
8	54x451214x	GEAR UP (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	104
9	x335291x25	GOLD TRIP (FR)	H	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	117
10	06x1311x14	KING FRANKEL (IRE)	G	5	Mark Newnham	100
11	1x13439x86	KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	G	8	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	110
12	7x2115x0x0	MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE)	M	4	Chris Waller	104
13	18x4340x52	MONTEFILIA	M	5	David Payne	114
14	211x2250x4	NUMERIAN (IRE)	G	7	Annabel Neasham	110
15	54x41102x1	PROTAGONIST (FR)	G	6	William Haggas	105
16	5x81x1215x	RAISE YOU (IRE)	G	7	Joseph O’Brien	106
17	41932311×6	SARACEN KNIGHT (IRE)	G	8	Danny O’Brien	100
18	1x08408x00	SELINO (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	102
19	81x2480x13	SIR LUCAN (IRE)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	102
20	51141x1x68	SOULCOMBE (GB)	G	4	Chris Waller	101
21	644188×005	STOCKMAN (NZ)	G	6	Joseph Pride	107
22	7125304511	TAPPY’S LAD (NZ)	G	5	Kerry Taplin	80
23	46x31x47x	TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (IRE)	H	4	Joseph O’Brien	74
24	x535601x22	VOW AND DECLARE	G	7	Danny O’Brien	108

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

HE Tancred Stakes History

First run in 1963, the inaugural HE Tancred Stakes race was won by Maidenhead. The event was originally a principal race run over 12 furlongs. For one year in 1964 the race was held over 10 furlongs, before reverting back to 12 furlongs the following year. In 1973 the distance was converted to 2400m and then in 1980 the BMW Stakes reached Group 1 status. This event has been known under a number of different names.

It is officially registered as the H E Tancred Stakes, In honour of the Sydney Turf Club’s former Chairman Henry Eugene Tancred, but was best known as The BMW from 2002 – 2017 due to sponsorship.

In 2022 the Tancred Stakes was moved from Rosehill on Saturday the 26th of March to Newcastle on Monday the 28th of March due to unsafe Heavy track conditions and rainfall.

The BMW Records
Time Record:	2:25.78 set by Grand Zulu in 2004
Most Successful Jockey:	R.S. Dye won five times with Dr. Grace (1991), Stony Bay (1995), Octagonal (1997) and Tie The Knot (1999 & 2000).
Multiple Winners:	Tie The Knot (1999 & 2000), Octagonal (1996 & 1997).

Recent Tancred Stakes / The BMW Winners

The BMW Stakes winners and The BMW results dating back to 2000 are listed in the table below on the race now known as the HE Tancred Stakes.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Tancred Stakes	1st	Arapaho	2 minutes 29.86 seconds
	2nd	Montefilia
	3rd	King Frankel
2022 Tancred Stakes	1st	Duais	2 minutes 35.05 seconds
	2nd	Stockman
	3rd	The Chosen One
2021 Tancred Stakes	1st	Sir Dragonet	2 minutes 28.78 seconds
	2nd	She’s Ideel
	3rd	Miami Bound
2020 Tancred Stakes	1st	Verry Elleegant	2 minutes 31.25 seconds
	2nd	Mustajeer
	3rd	Avilius
2019 Tancred Stakes	1st	Avilius	2 minutes 37.14 seconds
	2nd	Big Duke
	3rd	Rondinella
2018 Tancred Stakes	1st	Almandin	2 minutes 30.11 seconds
	2nd	Ambitious
	3rd	Who Shot Thebarman
2017 BMW Stakes	1st	Jameka	2 minutes 35.65 seconds
	2nd	Humidor
	3rd	Exospheric
2016 BMW Stakes	1st	Preferment	2 minutes 28.6 seconds
	2nd	WhoShotTheBarman
	3rd	Grand Marshal
2015 BMW Stakes	1st	Hartnell	2 minutes 29.5 seconds
	2nd	To The World
	3rd	Beaten Up
2014 BMW Stakes	1st	Silent Achiever	2 minutes 34.29 seconds
	2nd	It’s A Dundeel
	3rd	Fiorente
2013 BMW Stakes	1st	Fiveandahalfstar	2 minutes 33.79 seconds
	2nd	Silent Achiever
	3rd	Sangster
2012 BMW Stakes	1st	Manighar	2 minutes 28.3 seconds
	2nd	Americain
	3rd	Drunken Sailor
2011 BMW Stakes	1st	Cedarberg	2 minutes 29.7 seconds
	2nd	Mourayan
	3rd	Linton
2010 BMW Stakes	1st	Littorio	2 minutes 29.38 seconds
	2nd	Zavite
	3rd	No Wine No Song
2009 BMW Stakes	1st	Fiumicino	2 minutes 34.2 seconds
	2nd	Thesio
	3rd	Viewed
2008 BMW Stakes	1st	Tuesday Joy	2 minutes 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Princess Coup
	3rd	Sirmoine
2007 BMW Stakes	1st	Blutigeroo	2 minutes 26.5 seconds
	2nd	Railings
	3rd	Gorky Park
2006 BMW Stakes	1st	Eremein	2 minutes 27 seconds
	2nd	Railings
	3rd	Our Smoking Joe
2005 BMW Stakes	1st	Makybe Diva	2 minutes 26.9 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Vouvray
2004 BMW Stakes	1st	Grand Zulu	2 minutes 25.7 seconds
	2nd	Mummify
	3rd	Makybe Diva
2003 BMW Stakes	1st	Freemason	2 minutes 26.8 seconds
	2nd	Northerly
	3rd	Republic Lass
2002 BMW Stakes	1st	Ethereal	2 minutes 29.3 seconds
	2nd	Universal Prince
	3rd	Rain Gauge
2001 BMW Stakes	1st	Curata Storm	2 minutes 27.7 seconds
	2nd	Kaapstad Way
	3rd	Giovana
2000 BMW Stakes	1st	Tie The Knot	2 minutes 30.8 seconds
	2nd	Arena
	3rd	Showella