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Note: The 2021 The Galaxy was postponed until Saturday March 27th, 2021 due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions at Rosehill Gardens. 

The ATC The Galaxy is a Group 1 sprint race held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Golden Slipper Day in March during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The Galaxy is the only elite level sprint during the carnival that is run over just 1100 metres and sprinters that are contesting the race normally come through races like the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in Melbourne or the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick. Eduardo (2021) was the last sprinter to do the Challenge Stakes –  The Galaxy double and the first last start winner to salute in the Group 1 since Jetball (1994).

There are five Group 1 races held on Golden Slipper Stakes Day each year: the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m), the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and The Galaxy that offers $700,000 in total prize money.

Graduates out of The Galaxy field often continue onto other Sydney Group 1 sprint races including the Group 1 $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) in April during ‘The Championships’ at Randwick. No horse has completed The Galaxy – TJ Smith Stakes double since La Baraka (1998). The winner of The Galaxy receives ballot exempt entry into the TJ Smith Stakes field.

The Galaxy 2021 ran on Saturday March 27, 2021 as part of Sydney’s rescheduled Golden Slipper Day card and was won by Eduardo who led all-the-way carrying the top weight. 

2021 The Galaxy
Date:	Saturday March 27, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$700,000
Inaugurated:	1972

2021 The Galaxy Results

• 1st: #1 Eduardo
• 2nd: #6 Order Of Command
• 3rd: #8 Jonker

The Joe Pride-trained top weight Eduardo was excellent leading all-the-way to salute by over three lengths in The Galaxy 2021 results.

Click here to read more on the brilliant Group 1 The Galaxy 2021 win by Eduardo.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller		5	57kg		$5.50
	2	6	ORDER OF COMMAND	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	3.5L	11	53.5kg		$26
	3	8	JONKER	Tony Gollan	Tim Clark	6L	2	53kg		$17
	4	2	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	6.1L	12	55.5kg		$20
	5	4	HAUT BRION HER	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6.3L	7	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$3.40F
	6	13	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	6.7L	9	51kg		$9.50
	7	7	EASY EDDIE	Joseph Pride	Andrew Adkins	6.9L	1	53kg		$31
	8	12	TAILLEUR	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	7.5L	6	51kg		$4.20
	9	11	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	7.6L	4	51.5kg		$41
	10	9	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan	8.1L	14	53kg		$31
	11	10	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Glen Boss	10.9L	10	52.5kg (cd 53kg)		$41
	12	5	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	13.3L	8	53.5kg		$81
	13	14	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Ms Stephanie Thornton	17.9L	13	51kg (cd 51.5kg)		$91
	14	3	FABERGINO	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	20.6L	3	54kg		$18

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 The Galaxy Betting Odds

The autumn’s latest The Galaxy 2021 racing odds are available below with betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

Russian Revolution ($2.90 in 2017), In Her Time ($4 in 2018) and Nature Strip ($4.20 in 2019) are the latest favourites in The Galaxy betting to salute for the punters.

2021 The Galaxy Field

The Galaxy field attracts the season’s best short-distance specialists, many coming off the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick earlier in the autumn, and is released on the Wednesday before Golden Slipper Day.

The official 2021 The Galaxy field is set for release by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 24, 2021 and will be published in full below.

The updated The Galaxy 2021 final field features 14 runners with Joe Pride’s last start Group 2 Challenge Stakes winner Eduardo to carry the 57kg top weight.

Click here to read more on the key chances in the 2021 The Galaxy field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	07x11204x1	EDUARDO	Joseph Pride	Nash Rawiller	5	57kg			110
2	111x3413x5	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	12	55.5kg			107
3	x1x0201141	FABERGINO	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	3	54kg			108
4	1221x1752x	HAUT BRION HER	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	54kg			108
5	0517x072x8	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	8	53.5kg			103
6	153x3722x3	ORDER OF COMMAND	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	11	53.5kg			103
7	x2790x77x2	EASY EDDIE	Joseph Pride	Andrew Adkins	1	53kg			102
8	x0753x121x	JONKER	Tony Gollan	Tim Clark	2	53kg			102
9	911x5658x4	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan	14	53kg			102
10	111x139x03	BELLA VELLA	Will Clarken	Glen Boss	10	52.5kg			105
11	092x3117x5	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	4	51.5kg			103
12	1x1211x211	TAILLEUR	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	6	51kg			100
13	x238x113x1	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	9	51kg			99
14	27×1029217	THE ODYSSEY	Kelly Schweida	Ms Stephanie Thornton	13	51kg			98

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Galaxy Nominations

Updated The Galaxy 2021 nominations are due to close on Monday March 22, 2021 and will be released below as soon as available.

The updated 2021 The Galaxy nominations drew 21 sprinters led in early betting by the Chris Waller-trained Haut Brion Her and Group 3 Triscay winner Tailleur who is the proven mudlark in the mix.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	111x139x03	BELLA VELLA	M	6	Will Clarken	105
2	5x1344x487	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	101
3	1x12122x10	CELEBRITY QUEEN	M	4	Grant & Alana Williams	110
4	111x3413x5	DIRTY WORK	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	107
5	x2790x77x2	EASY EDDIE	G	6	Joseph Pride	102
6	07x11204x1	EDUARDO	G	7	Joseph Pride	110
7	x72111x313	EMANATE	M	4	James Cummings	90
8	x1x0201141	FABERGINO	M	6	Chris Waller	108
9	092x3117x5	FIESTA	M	5	Chris Waller	103
10	1221x1752x	HAUT BRION HER	M	5	Chris Waller	108
11	x0753x121x	JONKER	H	5	Tony Gollan	102
12	0517x072x8	JUNGLE EDGE	G	10	Mick Bell	103
13	3x49x183x3	LIBERTINI	M	4	Anthony Cummings	110
14	11x2472x12	NATURE STRIP	G	6	Chris Waller
15	153x3722x3	ORDER OF COMMAND	G	6	Danny O’Brien	103
16	x146x17x60	PIPPIE	M	5	Chris Meagher	111
17	911x5658x4	SPLINTEX	H	4	Mark Newnham	102
18	1x1211x211	TAILLEUR	M	4	James Cummings	100
19	27×1029217	THE ODYSSEY	H	4	Kelly Schweida	98
20	12122324×4	WANDABAA	M	4	Kris Lees	94
21	x238x113x1	WILD RULER	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	99

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

The Galaxy History

The Galaxy has always drawn a competitive field of leading sprinters and has been won by a number of talented gallopers. Bletchingly (1975), Luskin Star (1978), Schllaci (1992), Spark Of Life (2004), Magnus (2007) and Bel Sprinter (2013) are just some of the top sprinters who have their names on The Galaxy honour roll.

The Galaxy was first run in 1972 over a distance of 1200 metres and the race distance was converted to 1100m the following year.  The race was upgraded to a Group 2 event in 1980 and received its status as a Group 1 race before the 1984 edition of the race that was won by Mr Illusion.

The Galaxy has proven a very difficult race to win in back-to-back years and Grey Receiver remains the only horse to have won the race on multiple occasions after taking out the race in 1981 and 1982.

Notable recent The Galaxy winners include Sweet Idea (2015), Tiger Tees (2014) and Temple Of Boom (2012).

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including The Galaxy was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

The Galaxy Records

The Galaxy Records
Time Record:	1:02.38 set by Accomplice in 1997
Most Successful Jockey:	P. Cook won three times with Kista (1973), Salaam (1977) and Snippets (1988)
Lightest Weight Carried to Victory:	49.0kg carried by Salaam in 1977
Heaviest Weight Carried to Victory:	58.5kg carried by Mr. Tiz in 1991

Recent The Galaxy Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 The Galaxy	1st	Eduardo	1 minute 3.45 seconds
	2nd	Order Of Command
	3rd	Jonker
2020 The Galaxy	1st	I Am Excited	1 minute 3.17 seconds
	2nd	Miss Leonidas
	3rd	Tofane
2019 The Galaxy	1st	Nature Strip	1 minute 5.5 seconds
	2nd	Pierata
	3rd	Easy Eddie
2018 The Galaxy	1st	In Her Time	1 minute 4.3 seconds
	2nd	English
	3rd	Viridine
2017 The Galaxy	1st	Russian Revolution	1 minute 7.6 seconds
	2nd	Redzel
	3rd	Jungle Edge
2016 The Galaxy	1st	Griante	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Shiraz
	3rd	Dothraki
2015 The Galaxy	1st	Sweet Idea	1 minute 02.69 seconds
	2nd	Kuro
	3rd	Miracles Of Life
2014 The Galaxy	1st	Tiger Tees	1 minute 05.02 seconds
	2nd	Anatina
	3rd	Villa Verde
2013 The Galaxy	1st	Bel Sprinter	1 minute 02.87 seconds
	2nd	Snitzerland
	3rd	Decision Time
2012 The Galaxy	1st	Temple of Boom	1 minute 03.4 seconds
	2nd	Nobby Snip
	3rd	Lady’s Angel
2011 The Galaxy	1st	Atomic Force	1 minute 05.3 seconds
	2nd	Thankgodyou’rehere
	3rd	Cardinal Virtue
2010 The Galaxy	1st	Shellscrape	1 minute 3.29 seconds
	2nd	Swift Alliance
	3rd	Stryker
2009 The Galaxy	1st	Nicconi	1 minute 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Danleigh
	3rd	Gold Trail
2008 The Galaxy	1st	Typhoon Zed	1 minute 4.1 seconds
	2nd	Keen Commander
	3rd	Fritzs Princess
2007 The Galaxy	1st	Magnus	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Fast n Famous
	3rd	Macs Tune
2006 The Galaxy	1st	Proprietor	1 minute 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Media
	3rd	Black Ink
2005 The Galaxy	1st	Charge Forward	1 minute 4.7 seconds
	2nd	Spark Of Life
	3rd	Red Oog
2004 The Galaxy	1st	Spark Of Life	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Taikun
	3rd	Blessum
2003 The Galaxy	1st	Snowland	1 minute 4.5 seconds
	2nd	Star Of Florida
	3rd	Bradshaw
2002 The Galaxy	1st	Mistegic	1 minute 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Century Kid
	3rd	Excellerator
2001 The Galaxy	1st	Padstow	1 minute 4 seconds
	2nd	Camena
	3rd	Catatonic
2000 The Galaxy	1st	Black Bean	1 minute 2.9 seconds
	2nd	Commands
	3rd	Padstow