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The Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes is a 1600m mile race held at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. It is the first mile weight-for-age race held during the carnival and attracts a star-studded field of Group 1 gallopers each season.

Worth a lucrative $250,000 in prize money, the Chelmsford Stakes makes a solid lead-up for horses heading towards races like the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick in early October.

The ideal lead-up race to the event is the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) and many horses will go on to race in the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) held three weeks later. Samadoubt (2019) was the last horse to do the Winx Stakes – Chelmsford Stakes double.

The Chelmsford Stakes Day card also features the Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) and Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m).

The Chelmsford Stakes has been won by many star horses over the years including four-time Cox Plate hero Winx (2017).

The latest edition of the Chelmsford Stakes ran on Saturday September 5, 2020 with an all Chris Waller-trained trifecta led by Mister Sea Wolf. 

Chelmsford Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 5, 2020
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2020 Chelmsford Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Mister Sea Wolf
• 2nd: #6 Yulong Prince
• 3rd: #2 Finche

Chris Waller enjoyed his sixth Chelmsford Stakes win in nine years with Mister Sea Wolf ($5EF) holding off his stablemates Yulong Prince ($21) and Finche ($9) to win ahead of the Group 1 George Main Stakes.

Click here to read more about the Waller-dominated Chelmsford Stakes 2020 results.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller		4	59kg		$5EF
	2	6	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	0.2L	2	59kg		$21
	3	2	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	0.7L	7	59kg		$9
	4	1	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	1.2L	15	59kg		$6
	5	10	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	1.8L	3	59kg		$5EF
	6	4	WU GOK	Chris Waller	Adam Hyeronimus	2L	10	59kg		$71
	7	9	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	2.3L	6	59kg		$91
	8	7	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Rachel King	2.6L	8	59kg		$61
	9	8	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.3L	14	59kg		$6.50
	10	13	ZEBROWSKI (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	3.5L	11	58.5kg		$7.50
	11	5	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	3.7L	12	59kg		$26
	12	14	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	James Innes Jnr	5.1L	1	57kg		$17
	13	11	MORTON’S FORK	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	5.3L	13	59kg		$151
	14	16	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tim Clark	5.5L	5	57kg		$101
	15	15	DANZDANZDANCE	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	5.7L	9	57kg		$61
		12	CUTADEEL	Richard Litt	Ms Louise Day (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Chelmsford Stakes Odds

The spring’s top Chelsmford Stakes 2020 betting odds will be available right here courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

Mister Sea Wolf ($5EF in 2020) was the last Chelmsford Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.

2020 Chelmsford Stakes Field

The official 2020 Chelmsford Stakes field and barrier draw is released by Racing NSW the Wednesday of race week, the full line-up of Group 1 bound gallopers to be published below.

The Chelsmford Stakes 2020 field features a class line-up of 16 hopefuls with the Godolphin-raced favourite Avilius drawn the outside alley for his first-up run.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the 2020 Chelmsford Stakes field and betting markets.

Update: #12 Cutadeel (4) has been scratched from the Chelmsford Stakes in favour of a run as a 52.5kg lightweight chance earlier on the card in the ATC Farewells Subzero Handicap (1500m).

VIEW THE OFFICIAL 2020 CHELMSFORD STAKES DAY SCRATCHINGS & TRACK REPORT

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	147x54533x	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	16	59kg			114
2	x34x51257x	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	8	59kg			110
3	6101x300x5	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	5	59kg			110
4	97730x117x	WU GOK	Chris Waller	Adam Hyeronimus	11	59kg			108
5	374x66461x	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	13	59kg			107
6	1x7207523x	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	2	59kg			105
7	1902x7691x	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Rachel King	9	59kg			103
8	111x3103x0	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	15	59kg			103
9	222x0352x6	CARIF	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	7	59kg			101
10	0x895756x2	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	3	59kg			99
11	48126789×5	MORTON’S FORK	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	14	59kg			90
12	4248x600x9	CUTADEEL	Richard Litt	Ms Louise Day (a)	4	59kg			85
13	26x1122x8	ZEBROWSKI (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	12	58.5kg			96
14	6190x1410x	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	James Innes Jnr	1	57kg			110
15	955x5663x9	DANZDANZDANCE	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	10	57kg			103
16	x70504150x	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tim Clark	6	57kg			100

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

[“cf year”] Chelmsford Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Chelmsford Stakes in 2020 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

Twenty-three horses have been nominated for the 2020 Chelmsford Stakes including Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winner Avilius and his ATC Oaks winning stablemate Colette and a host of other Spring Cups nominees.

Click here to read more on the key 2020 Chelmsford Stakes nominees.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	0x895756x2	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	99
2	147x54533x	AVILIUS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	114
3	1902x7691x	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	103
4	222x0352x6	CARIF	H	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	101
5	8221111x	COLETTE	M	4	James Cummings	106
6	4248x600x9	CUTADEEL	G	5	Richard Litt	85
7	955x5663x9	DANZDANZDANCE	M	6	Chris Waller	103
8	x34x51257x	FINCHE (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	110
9	57x40410x0	INTERLOCUTER (USA)	G	8	Richard Litt	98
10	2x2113x5	KINANE (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	83
11	11x45778x0	KOLDING (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	109
12	374x66461x	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller	107
13	x70504150x	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	100
14	8822x1180x	MISS SISKA	M	7	Matthew Smith	106
15	6101x300x5	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller	110
16	48126789×5	MORTON’S FORK	G	7	Richard Litt	90
17	6190x1410x	NETTOYER	M	7	Wendy Roche	110
18	011123×001	PATHS OF GLORY (GB)	G	6	Richard & Michael Freedman	87
19	111x3103x0	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	103
20	x9358x12x7	THE BOSTONIAN (NZ)	G	6	Tony Pike	116
21	97730x117x	WU GOK	G	7	Chris Waller	108
22	1x7207523x	YULONG PRINCE (SAF)	H	6	Chris Waller	105
23	26x1122x8	ZEBROWSKI (NZ)	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	96

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Chelmsford Stakes History

First held in 1895 and won by Newman, the Chelmsford Stakes has been won by several big names including the legendary Phar Lap in 1930 and by Tulloch in 1960.

The triple winners of the race are Limerick in 1926-28, Roman Consul in 1967-69 and Delta in 1950-52. The double winners include The Chief in 1898-99, Prince Foote in 1909-10, Duke Foote in 1912-13, Rogilla in 1933-34, Prince Darious in 1957-58, Kingston Town in 1980-81, Stargazer in 1990-91 and Lonhro in 2002-03.

The standout Chelsmford Stakes winner in recent history is the former Chris Waller-trained hero Winx (2017), the mighty mare winning four Cox Plates over her career.

Waller took his record in the Chelmsford up to six wins in nine years with the 2020 success of Mister Sea Wolf.

Recent Chelmsford Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Mister Sea Wolf	1 minute 34.32 seconds
	2nd	Yulong Prince
	3rd	Finche
2019 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Samadoubt	1 minute 35.15 seconds
	2nd	Avilius
	3rd	Girl Tuesday
2018 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Unforgotten	1 minute 35.18 seconds
	2nd	Ace High
	3rd	Libran
2017 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 34.1 seconds
	2nd	Red Excitement
	3rd	Chocante
2016 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Hartnell	1 minute 39.1 seconds
	2nd	Grand Marshal
	3rd	Storm The Stars
2015 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Complacent	1 minute 37.68 seconds
	2nd	Kermadec
	3rd	Royal Descent
2014 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Hawkspur	1 minute 39.32 seconds
	2nd	Royal Descent
	3rd	Bagman
2013 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Hawkspur	1 minute 34.79 seconds
	2nd	Beaten Up
	3rd	Lightinthenite
2012 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Danleigh	1 minute 36.42 seconds
	2nd	Secret Admirer
	3rd	Lamasery
2011 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Trusting	1 minute 37.12 seconds
	2nd	My Kingdom Of Fife
	3rd	Strike The Stars
2010 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Theseo	1 minute 39.61 seconds
	2nd	Metal Bender
	3rd	Purple
2009 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	O’Lonhro	1 minute 34.5 seconds
	2nd	Miss Marielle
	3rd	Triple Honour
2008 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Gallant Tess	1 minute 39.38 seconds
	2nd	Triple Honour
	3rd	Kishkat
2007 Chelmsford Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Eremein	1 minute 35.15 seconds
	2nd	Newton’s Rings
	3rd	Aqua d’Amore
2005 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Nevis	1 minute 35.73 seconds
	2nd	Sir Dex
	3rd	Natural Blitz
2004 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Unearthly	1 minute 37.93 seconds
	2nd	So Assertive
	3rd	Niello
2003 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 35.06 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Scissors
	3rd	Excellerator
2002 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Scissors
	3rd	Republic Lass
2001 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Brave Prince	1 minute 24.51 seconds
	2nd	Zabeels Angel
	3rd	The Man
2000 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Pasta Express	1 minute 30.26 seconds
	2nd	Celestial Choir
	3rd	Al Mansour