The Galaxy

The $1 million The Galaxy is a Group 1 sprint race run over 1100m at Rosehill Gardens on Golden Slipper Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

2023 The Galaxy Results

  • 1st: #8 Mariamia
  • 2nd: #2 Uncommon James
  • 3rd: #13 Cannonball



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).

Eduardo would go on to frank The Galaxy form winning a host of subsequent races during 2021 including Brisbane’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 and the lucrative Winners Stakes that spring on the back of a third in the $15 million The Everest.

There are five Group 1 races held on Golden Slipper Stakes Day each year with the Group 1 $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 $1,000,000 in total prize money as of 2023.

Graduates out of The Galaxy field often continue onto other Sydney Group 1 sprint races including the Group 1 $3 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 2023 ran on Saturday March 18, 2023 as part of Sydney’s bumper Golden Slipper Day and was won in an upset by Joe Pride’s talented mare Mariamia ($10) on the 51kg lightweight. 

2023 The Galaxy
Date: Saturday March 18, 2023
Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance: 1100m
Conditions: Open Handicap
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $1,000,000
Inaugurated: 1972

2023 The Galaxy Results

  • 1st: #8 Mariamia ($10)
  • 2nd: #2 Uncommon James
  • 3rd: #13 Cannonball

Joe Pride’s recent Expressway Stakes winning mare Mariamia ($10) was too good back in distance and weight flying home with 51kg to hand apprentice hoop Tyler Schiller his first Group 1 success in an impressive 2023 The Galaxy upset result.

2023 The Galaxy Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 8 MARIAMIA Joseph Pride Tyler Schiller (a) 2 51kg $10
2 2 UNCOMMON JAMES Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Damian Lane 0.89L 4 54.5kg $3.50F
3 13 CANNONBALL Peter & Paul Snowden Robbie Dolan 1.46L 1 50kg $18
4 6 ASFOORA Henry Dwyer Jye McNeil 1.64L 5 51.5kg $4.80
5 12 KEY LARGO Bryce Heys Brock Ryan 1.99L 6 51kg $61
6 5 ROCKETING BY David Pfieffer Dylan Gibbons (a) 2.05L 3 52.5kg $26
7 7 REMARQUE Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Kerrin McEvoy 2.59L 9 51.5kg $9
8 10 GENERATION Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jay Ford 2.61L 11 51kg $26
9 11 ANDERMATT James Cummings Michael Dee 3.31L 7 51kg $16
10 9 SHADES OF ROSE Bjorn Baker Ms Rachel King 3.59L 10 51kg $9
11 1 EDUARDO Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 3.94L 12 59kg $13
12 4 ZOUSTYLE Tony Gollan Regan Bayliss 4.26L 8 53kg (cd 53.5kg) $12
3 IN THE CONGO Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 The Galaxy Betting Odds

The autumn’s latest The Galaxy 2023 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 THE GALAXY ODDS (Final Field)

2023 The Galaxy Form Guide

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2023 The Galaxy Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive The Galaxy 2023 Tips on the million-dollar Sydney sprint this autumn.

  • To Win: #9 Shades Of Rose ($11 at time of publish) 

Going an upset in The Galaxy with Shades Of Rose looking a huge chance first-up at 10/1. Bjorn Baker’s Rubick mare has a super record of seven wins from 10 starts to date and continues to build. Her spring was stellar when winning four straight including the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes here before a brave eighth only three lengths off Giga Kick in the $15 million The Everest at Randwick in October. Back-to-back Randwick trial wins have her ready to resume, and she’s got previous winning form first-up. She is a genuine Rosehill specialist (6:4-1-0) and will relish returning to the track at her pet distance (6:4-1-0). Some of the six furlong sprinters always find this sharp and she can surprise them at a price set to fly with just 51kg.

2023 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.

In 2022 shock Challenge Stakes runner-up Shelby Sixtysix went on to win The Galaxy with a Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes victory in between.

The official 2023 The Galaxy field is set for release by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 15, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The Galaxy 2023 final field features a quality line-up of 13 autumn sprinters led in updated betting by the ultra-consistent Uncommon James coming off a second-up Group 1 Oakleigh Plate win over the same distance in Melbourne.

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

  • 2023 The Galaxy Scratchings Update: #3 In The Congo (11) has been withdrawn. 
No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 312x1406x2 EDUARDO Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 13 59kg 117
2 211x111x21 UNCOMMON JAMES Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Damian Lane 4 54.5kg 108
3 x329x6272x IN THE CONGO Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 11 54kg 107
4 x39x2332x5 ZOUSTYLE Tony Gollan Regan Bayliss 8 53kg 105
5 x738915x67 ROCKETING BY David Pfieffer Dylan Gibbons (a) 3 52.5kg 104
6 113x1711x3 ASFOORA Henry Dwyer Jye McNeil 5 51.5kg 106
7 x55x118x14 REMARQUE Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Kerrin McEvoy 9 51.5kg 102
8 631443×114 MARIAMIA Joseph Pride Tyler Schiller (a) 2 51kg 105
9 1xP211118x SHADES OF ROSE Bjorn Baker Ms Rachel King 10 51kg 102
10 240x2436x8 GENERATION Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jay Ford 12 51kg 101
11 143x40x741 ANDERMATT James Cummings Michael Dee 7 51kg 98
12 424x126x76 KEY LARGO Bryce Heys Brock Ryan 6 51kg 84
13 x11x4843x1 CANNONBALL Peter & Paul Snowden Robbie Dolan 1 50kg 98

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 The Galaxy Nominations

Updated The Galaxy 2023 nominations are due to close on Monday March 13, 2023 and will be released below as soon as available.

The 2023 The Galaxy nominations attracted 24 autumn sprinters led in all-in betting by the returning John O’Shea-trained star Lost And Running and last start Challenge Stakes winning mare Passive Aggressive.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 2121×154 AFT CABIN C 3 James Cummings 96
2 143x40x741 ANDERMATT G 5 James Cummings 98
3 113x1711x3 ASFOORA M 4 Henry Dwyer 106
4 x11x4843x1 CANNONBALL C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 98
5 11x3x315x1 COOLANGATTA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 114
6 312x1406x2 EDUARDO G 9 Joseph Pride 117
7 240x2436x8 GENERATION H 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 101
8 607x010x75 HARD EMPIRE G 9 Toby & Trent Edmonds 103
9 x329x6272x IN THE CONGO H 4 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 107
10 424x126x76 KEY LARGO G 6 Bryce Heys 84
11 21x10x317x LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) G 6 John O’Shea 115
12 631443×114 MARIAMIA M 6 Joseph Pride 105
13 x110121x49 MARINE ONE H 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 103
14 1111x4x1 PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE M 4 Grahame Begg 107
15 x55x118x14 REMARQUE G 4 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 102
16 x738915x67 ROCKETING BY G 5 David Pfieffer 104
17 75×1121257 SACRED SATONO (NZ) C 3 Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley 88
18 1xP211118x SHADES OF ROSE M 4 Bjorn Baker 102
19 709702×898 SHELBY SIXTYSIX G 6 Danny Williams 92
20 9x2726305x SHE’S ALL CLASS M 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 89
21 211x111x21 UNCOMMON JAMES G 4 Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted 108
22 12x52535x5 WILLINGA BEAST F 3 Kris Lees 84
23 21x16144x0 ZAPATEO M 4 James Cummings 102
24 x39x2332x5 ZOUSTYLE G 7 Tony Gollan 105

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 Eduardo (2021), 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
2023
The Galaxy
1st Mariamia 1 minute 3.02 seconds
2nd Uncommon James
3rd Cannonball
2022
The Galaxy
1st Shelby Sixtysix 1 minute 6.15 seconds
2nd Big Parade
3rd In The Congo
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

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