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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

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

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 THE GALAXY FORM GUIDE

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