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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 since La Baraka (1998). The winner of The Galaxy receives ballot exempt entry into the TJ Smith Stakes field.

The Galaxy 2020 ran on Saturday March 21, 2020 and was won in an upset by underrated mare I Am Excited ($26).

2020 The Galaxy
Date:	Saturday March 21, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Conditions:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$700,000
Inaugurated:	1972

2020 The Galaxy Results

• 1st: #9 I Am Excited
• 2nd: #7 Miss Leonidas
• 3rd: #12 Tofane

David Pieffer’s underrated mare I Am Excited posted a narrow upset in The Galaxy 2020 results in a thrilling finish ahead of a likely Robert Sangster Stakes target in Adeladie later in the season. She beat home fellow roughie Miss Leonidas ($31) and the Michael Moroney-trained Tofane ($12) with the first of the single-figure hopes past the post being Pierata (5th).

Click here to read more on the tight 2020 The Galaxy win by I Am Excited.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	barrier	Weight	SP
1	9	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Tim Clark	–	2	51kg (cd 52kg)	$26
2	7	MISS LEONIDAS	Shaun Dwyer	Billy Egan	0.1L	1	51.5kg (cd 52kg)	$31
3	12	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	0.3L	5	51kg	$16
4	5	DEPRIVE	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	2.2L	8	53.5kg	$18
5	1	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Tommy Berry	2.3L	9	59kg	$8
6	2	IN HER TIME	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	2.4L	4	55kg	$17
7	4	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2.5L	6	54kg	$5.50
8	8	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Jay Ford	2.9L	13	51kg	$10
9	10	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3.8L	3	51kg	$26
10	11	SOOTHING	James Cummings	Craig Williams	3.9L	10	51kg	$21
11	14	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Robbie Dolan (a)	4L	12	50kg	$15
12	13	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	Ms Rachel King	4.3L	14	51kg	$61
13	15e	COSMIC FORCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Glen Boss	5.4L	11	50kg (cd 50.5kg)	$3.40F
14	6	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	7.7L	7	53.5kg	$51
–	17e	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan (a)	–	0	–	–
–	16e	GOD OF THUNDER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jay Ford	–	0	–	–
–	3	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	James McDonald	–	0	–	–

2020 The Galaxy Betting Odds

The autumn’s latest The Galaxy 2020 racing odds are available below with betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 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 2020 The Galaxy field is set for release by Racing NSW on Wednesday March 18, 2020 and will be published in full below.

A capacity The Galaxy 2020 final field will line-up on Golden Slipper Day this season with first-up favourite Pierata drawn wide in barrier 11, while Godolphin’s in-form mare Savatiano should enjoy a drop in distance off a Group 1 Canterbury Stakes second drawn well in barrier six.

Click here to read more on the 2020 The Galaxy race field and odds.

Update: #3 Kementari (9) has been scratched from a tough edition of The Galaxy with Godolphin opting to save him for a first-up run in Saturday week’s Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m).

Click here for all the 2020 Golden Slipper Day scratchings.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight (Probable Weight)	Hcp. Rating
1	5251x2151x	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Tommy Berry	11	59kg	118
2	372x16x93x	IN HER TIME	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	4	55kg	114
3	242439x27x	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	James McDonald	9	55kg	110
4	13x4101x12	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	6	54kg	112
5	11x12714x5	DEPRIVE	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	8	53.5kg	107
6	3226x7x133	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	7	53.5kg	107
7	132x721x04	MISS LEONIDAS	Shaun Dwyer	Billy Egan	1	51.5kg (52.5kg)	107
8	111x229x1	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Glen Boss (late alt)	16	51kg	106
9	8105x77x52	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Tim Clark	2	51kg (52kg)	106
10	022x41011x	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3	51kg	105
11	634x02151x	SOOTHING	James Cummings	Craig Williams	12	51kg	104
12	2x41011x77	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	5	51kg	103
13	9x510x060x	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	Ms Rachel King	17	51kg	97
14	1x93513x10	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Robbie Dolan (a)	15	50kg	103
15e	2218x216x2	COSMIC FORCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Glen Boss	13	50kg (50.5kg)	95
16e	8x21322x10	GOD OF THUNDER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jay Ford	14	51kg	94
17e	311×33191	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan (a)	10	50kg	84

2020 The Galaxy Nominations

The Galaxy 2020 nominations are due to close on Monday March 16, 2020 and will be released below as soon as available.

The 2020 The Galaxy nominations attracted a bumper 23 sprinters including returning Redzel Stakes winner Pierata who ran second to Nature Strip in the race 12 months ago, the 2018 champion In Her Time and proven mudlark Jungle Edge sure to surprise at a price if the race is run on a Heavy track.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	5251x2151x	PIERATA	H	5	Gregory Hickman	1	59kg	59kg	118
2	372x16x93x	IN HER TIME	M	7	Kris Lees	2	55kg	55kg	114
3	13x4101x12	SAVATIANO	M	5	James Cummings	3	54kg	54kg	112
4	242439x27x	KEMENTARI	G	5	James Cummings	4	55kg	55kg	110
5	11x12714x5	DEPRIVE	G	5	James Cummings	5=	53.5kg	53.5kg	107
6	3226x7x133	JUNGLE EDGE	G	9	Mick Bell	5=	53.5kg	53.5kg	107
7	132x721x04	MISS LEONIDAS	M	5	Shaun Dwyer	5=	51.5kg	51.5kg	107
8	13x13x422x	VITAL SILVER	G	6	Daniel & Ben Pearce	8=	53kg	53kg	106
9	111x229x1	FASIKA	M	4	Joseph Pride	8=	51kg	51kg	106
10	8105x77x52	I AM EXCITED	M	5	David Pfieffer	8=	51kg	51kg	106
11	x440x3440x	GRAFF	H	4	Kris Lees	11=	52.5kg	52.5kg	105
12	022x41011x	MADAM ROUGE	M	4	Chris Waller	11=	51kg	51kg	105
13	634x02151x	SOOTHING	M	5	James Cummings	13	51kg	51kg	104
14	2x41011x77	TOFANE (NZ)	M	4	Michael Moroney	14=	51kg	51kg	103
15	1x93513x10	ANAHEED	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	14=	50kg	50kg	103
16	25x2255x49	BONS AWAY	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16	51kg	51kg	101
17	0x180x1334	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	17=	51kg	51kg	98
18	1130x05x39	KIAMICHI	F	3	James Cummings	17=	50kg	50kg	98
19	9x510x060x	PRETTY IN PINK	M	4	John O’Shea	19	51kg	51kg	97
20	2218x216x2	COSMIC FORCE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	20	50kg	50kg	95
21	8x21322x10	GOD OF THUNDER	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	21	51kg	51kg	94
22	1x25180x11	DIAMOND EFFORT	M	4	Clinton McDonald	22=	51kg	51kg	84
23	311×33191	SPLINTEX	C	3	Mark Newnham	22=	50kg	50kg	84

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
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