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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.

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 without another run in between since La Baraka (1998). The winner of The Galaxy receives ballot exempt entry into the TJ Smith Stakes field.

The Galaxy 2019 runs on Saturday March 23, 2019 .

2019 The Galaxy
Date:	Saturday March 23, 2019
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$700,000
Inaugurated:	1972

2019 The Galaxy Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 The Galaxy Race Tips

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2019 The Galaxy Betting Odds

The autumn’s latest The Galaxy 2019 racing odds are available below with betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2019 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 2019 The Galaxy field is set for release by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 20, 2019 and will be published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	124x1515x2	REDZEL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	6	59.5kg	119
2	x66x1101x1	BALL OF MUSCLE	Joseph Pride	Glyn Schofield	7	56kg	112
3	22x12913x5	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Tommy Berry	8	56kg	112
4	2411118×10	NATURE STRIP	Chris Waller	James McDonald	10	55kg	110
5	3697201226	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	James Winks	3	53kg	106
6	11x1235x44	GRAFF	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	2	52kg	105
7	16x2x2x444	KAEPERNICK	John O’Shea	Ms Kathy O’Hara	9	52kg	104
8	3830x4x0x3	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Tim Clark	4	52kg	104
9	133x2413x3	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Corey Brown	5	51kg	104
10	x85125x327	ENCRYPTION	James Cummings	Craig Williams	11	51kg	103
11	8133×31121	EASY EDDIE	Joseph Pride	Robbie Dolan (a)	12	51kg	102
12	5361x4241x	TRIBAL WISDOM	Michael Moroney	Jay Ford	1	51kg	87
13	1412×15	BALLER	Anthony Cummings	Andrew Adkins	13	50kg	74

2019 The Galaxy Nominations

The Galaxy 2019 nominations are due to close on Monday March 18, 2019 and will be released below as soon as available.

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).

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
2019 The Galaxy	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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