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The Neds Angus Armanasco Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies aged 3 years old run over 1400m. Held at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse in February each year on Blue Diamond Stakes Day, the Angus Armanasco Stakes is worth $300,000 in prize money and attracts a lot of top quality fillies.

The Angus Armanasco Stakes is run as part of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival. Also featured on the same race day are three Group 1 races, including the feature Blue Diamond Stakes for the season’s top two-year-olds.

Many of the runners in the field will come via the Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) at the track a fortnight prior.

Named after the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse trainer, Angus Armanasco, the Stakes race is the ideal lead-up to the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) held at Flemington on Super Saturday. Zarita (2008) was the last mare to complete the Angus Armanasco – Kewney Stakes double.

The Angus Armanasco Stakes 2022 ran on Saturday February 26, 2022 and was won in an upset by Lavish Girl ($16) from the Maher/Eustace stable. 

2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 26, 2022
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies – SW + P
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Lavish Girl ($16)
• 2nd: #4 Argentia
• 3rd: #1 Yearning

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Lavish Girl ($16) was impressive posting an all-the-way upset win over the beaten odds-on favourite Argentia ($2.50F) and resuming Thousand Guineas winner Yearning ($11) in the 2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	LAVISH GIRL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham		4	56kg		$16
	2	4	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	1.25L	1	58.5kg		$2.50F
	3	1	YEARNING	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	2.5L	5	59.5kg		$11
	4	5	DECENT RAINE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	3.25L	9	56kg		$7
	5	2	BON’S A PEARLA	Kevin Corstens	Brett Prebble	4.25L	3	58.5kg		$20
	6	12	VON TRAPP	Mark Newnham	Craig Williams	4.65L	6	56kg		$19
	7	13	FIASCO TESS	David Brideoake	Damien Thornton	4.75L	2	56kg		$151
	8	3	MOKULUA	Clarry Conners	Ms Jamie Kah	4.95L	10	58.5kg		$26
	9	11	HARDLY SWEET	Greg Eurell	Kerrin McEvoy	5.95L	8	56kg		$31
	10	10	FORBIDDEN CITY	Peter G Moody	Blaike McDougall	7.2L	7	56kg		$3.70
		7	MARACANA (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane		0
		9	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver		0
		8	ROOTS	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes Betting Odds

The updated Angus Armanasco Stakes odds for 2022 will be available below as soon as markets are released at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes Field

The Angus Armanasco Stakes field attracts a class line-up of three-year-old fillies each Blue Diamond Stakes Day, many coming out of the Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) held at the track a fortnight earlier.

The 2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes final field and barrier draw will be released below on Wednesday February 23, 2022.

A quality line-up of fillies is engaged in Saturday’s Angus Armanasco Stakes 2022 final field led in betting by the rails-drawn Frankel filly Argentia coming off a Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes win at the track.

• Scratched: #7 Maracana (11); #8 Roots (13); #9 Finepoint (12)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockeysc	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	25x491214x	YEARNING	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	5	59.5kg		103
2	53110×6	BON’S A PEARLA	Kevin Corstens	Brett Prebble	3	58.5kg		84
3	2x327791x8	MOKULUA	Clarry Conners	Ms Jamie Kah	10	58.5kg		82
4	1x8x1	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	1	58.5kg		88
5	6433612315	DECENT RAINE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	9	56kg		80
6	5×1248314	LAVISH GIRL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	4	56kg		71
7	1133x	MARACANA (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	11	56kg		74
8	123×1	ROOTS	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	13	56kg		70
9	4211x	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	12	56kg		69
10	8x245x1	FORBIDDEN CITY	Peter G Moody	Blaike McDougall	7	56kg		64
11	321	HARDLY SWEET	Greg Eurell	Kerrin McEvoy	8	56kg		63
12	7140×0	VON TRAPP	Mark Newnham	Craig Williams	6	56kg		69
13	515x	FIASCO TESS	David Brideoake	Damien Thornton	2	56kg		62

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes Nominations

The Angus Armanasco Stakes nominations feature some of the season’s key three-year-old fillies heading towards a race like Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1400m) on Super Saturday at Flemington the following month.

The 2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes nominations will be published below the Monday prior to the race.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1x8x1	ARGENTIA	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman
2	1×2	ASYMMETRICAL	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	63
3	53110×6	BON’S A PEARLA	F	3	Kevin Corstens	84
4	16x496x22	COMMANDS THE FIELD	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	61
5	6433612315	DECENT RAINE	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
6	515x	FIASCO TESS	F	3	David Brideoake
7	4211x	FINEPOINT	F	3	Chris Waller	69
8	8x245x1	FORBIDDEN CITY	F	3	Peter G Moody	64
9	321	HARDLY SWEET	F	3	Greg Eurell	63
10	5×1248314	LAVISH GIRL	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	71
11	1133x	MARACANA (NZ)	F	3	Danny O’Brien	74
12	3×13	MISS MELBOURNE	F	3	Danny O’Brien	62
13	2x327791x8	MOKULUA	F	3	Clarry Conners
14	123×1	ROOTS	F	3	Chris Waller	70
15	7140×0	VON TRAPP	F	3	Mark Newnham
16	25x491214x	YEARNING	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	103

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Angus Armanasco Stakes History

The first recorded winner of the Angus Armanasco Stakes was Better Draw in 1976. Since then the race has undergone several name changes from the Tranquil Star Stakes, The Dalgety Stakes, The Inglis Premier Sale Stakes, The Jewel Stakes and then in 1996 it became the Angus Armanasco Stakes.

The race has switched between 1400m and 1600m and was a Principal race until 1980 when it became a Group 3 race. In 2000 the Angus Armanasco Stakes was elevated to Group 2 status.

Plenty of nice fillies have added their name to the Angus Armanasco Stakes winners’ list over the years including Qafila (2019) who went on to win the Group 1 SA Derby, subsequent Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker (2011) and the iconic Miss Finland (2007).

Recent Angus Armanasco Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Lavish Girl	1 minute 23.22 seconds
	2nd	Argentia
	3rd	Yearning
2021 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Yes Baby Yes	1 minute 24.76 seconds
	2nd	Malicorne
	3rd	Shojiki
2020 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	La Tene	1 minute 22.13 seconds
	2nd	Lady Lupino
	3rd	Luna Light
2019 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Qafila	1 minute 23.08 seconds
	2nd	Angelic Ruler
	3rd	Zoubo
2018 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Summer Sham	1 minute 23.37 seconds
	2nd	Palazzo Vecchio
	3rd	Miss Wahoo
2017 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Savanna Amour	1 minute 22.99 seconds
	2nd	Ellicazoom
	3rd	Oregon’s Day
2016 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Catch A Fire	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Mossin’ Around
	3rd	Pasadena Girl
2015 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Sabatini	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Fontein Ruby
	3rd	Samartested
2014 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Spirits Dance	1 minutes 23.6 seconds
	2nd	Marianne
	3rd	Metaphorical
2013 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Meliora	1 minutes 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Members Joy
	3rd	Red Fez
2012 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Shopaholic	1 minutes 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Soft Sand
	3rd	Cute Emily
2011 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Pinker Pinker	1 minutes 21.4 seconds
	2nd	Sayahailmary
	3rd	Sistine Angel
2010 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Set For Fame	1 minute 22.56 seconds
	2nd	Gigas
	3rd	Irish Lights
2009 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Gold Water	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Gallica
	3rd	Miss Scarlatti
2008 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Zarita	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Pleasantsundaygirl
	3rd	El Daana
2007 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Miss Finland	1 minute 36.6 seconds
	2nd	Causeway Lass
	3rd	Kisumu
2006 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Serenade Rose	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Doubting
	3rd	Fanciful Bella
2005 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Ballet Society	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Astrodame
	3rd	Glen Shian
2004 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Special Harmony	1 minute 38.6 seconds
	2nd	Deep In The Woods
	3rd	Demerger
2003 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	La Bella Dama	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Lashed
	3rd	Dextrous
2002 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Elegant Fashion	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Li Lo Lill
	3rd	Moon Dragon
2001 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	Rose Archway	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	St Therese
	3rd	Ponton Flyer
2000 Angus Armanasco Stakes	1st	I Am A Ripper	1 minute 38.4 seconds
	2nd	Danarich
	3rd	Super Sequel