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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 4, 2021 and was won in a photo by Think It Over. 

Chelmsford Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 4, 2021
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2021 Chelmsford Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Think It Over
• 2nd: #11 Riodini
• 3rd: #14 Montefilia

The Kerry Parker-trained Group 1 winner Think It Over ($4.20) took until the final stride to run down the brave leader Riodini ($41) and claim a narrow photo-finish victory in the 2021 Chelmsford Stakes results at Randwick.

Click here to read more on the thrilling late victory by Think It Over in the Chelmsford Stakes 2021.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	THINK IT OVER	Kerry Parker	Nash Rawiller		10	59kg		$4.20
	2	11	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	0.06L	4	59kg		$41
	3	14	MONTEFILIA	David Payne	Joshua Parr	2.8L	11	56.5kg		$18
	4	2	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	3.49L	3	59kg		$3F
	5	4	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3.61L	9	59kg		$12
	6	10	FUN FACT	Bjorn Baker	Robbie Dolan	4.12L	8	59kg		$61
	7	13	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	4.2L	1	57kg		$6
	8	12	KUKERACHA (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4.61L	13	58.5kg		$8
	9	9	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	6.06L	7	59kg		$51
	10	6	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Regan Bayliss	6.23L	12	59kg		$31
	11	8	ATTORNEY (FR)	Matthew Smith	Tom Sherry (a)	6.26L	6	59kg		$151
	12	3	NANCHO (GER)	Anthony Cummings	Tim Clark	11.43L	5	59kg		$15
	13	7	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	13.32L	2	59kg		$151
		5	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Chelmsford Stakes Odds

The spring’s top Chelsmford Stakes 2021 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.

2021 Chelmsford Stakes Field

The official 2021 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 Chelmsford Stakes 2021 final field features 14 weight-for-age hopefuls including shock Winx Stakes third placegetter She’s Ideel drawn the rails and the James Cummings-trained favourite Cascadian also drawn well in gate three.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Chelmsford Stakes field and betting markets.

• Scratched: #5 Dashing Willoughby (11)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	103x1214x6	THINK IT OVER	Kerry Parker	Nash Rawiller	10	59kg			114
2	825x3413x5	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg			112
3	1x1211111x	NANCHO (GER)	Anthony Cummings	Tim Clark	5	59kg			107
4	27x120138x	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	9	59kg			106
5	579x11400x	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	11	59kg			105
6	4508x663x0	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Regan Bayliss	13	59kg			105
7	228x86541x	SELINO (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	2	59kg			105
8	04x241441x	ATTORNEY (FR)	Matthew Smith	Tom Sherry (a)	6	59kg			102
9	x146x32317	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Sam Clipperton	7	59kg			102
10	02634100×6	FUN FACT	Bjorn Baker	Robbie Dolan	8	59kg			100
11	3x9230x875	RIODINI (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	4	59kg			98
12	217x6321x2	KUKERACHA (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	14	58.5kg			103
13	25x32324x3	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	1	57kg			106
14	4113x6345x	MONTEFILIA	David Payne	Joshua Parr	12	56.5kg			104

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

[“cf year”] Chelmsford Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Chelmsford Stakes in 2021 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2021 Chelmsford Stakes nominations are now out featuring a star-studded line-up of 18 hopefuls led in pre-field betting by Cascadian, Think It Over and the top-rated Kolding.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x22501x59	KOLDING (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	1	59kg			116
2	103x1214x6	THINK IT OVER	G	6	Kerry Parker	2	59kg			114
3	825x3413x5	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	3	59kg			112
4	1x1211111x	NANCHO (GER)	G	7	Anthony Cummings	4	59kg			107
5	27x120138x	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	5=	59kg			106
6	95x41690x0	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	7	Chris Waller	5=	59kg			106
7	25x32324x3	SHE’S IDEEL	M	6	Bjorn Baker	5=	57kg			106
8	579x11400x	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	8=	59kg			105
9	4508x663x0	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	7	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	8=	59kg			105
10	228x86541x	SELINO (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	8=	59kg			105
11	4113x6345x	MONTEFILIA	M	4	David Payne	11	56.5kg			104
12	217x6321x2	KUKERACHA (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	12	58.5kg			103
13	04x241441x	ATTORNEY (FR)	G	7	Matthew Smith	13=	59kg			102
14	x146x32317	ORDER AGAIN (NZ)	G	8	Chris Waller	13=	59kg			102
15	02634100×6	FUN FACT	G	6	Bjorn Baker	15	59kg			100
16	706×062641	BERDIBEK (FR)	G	8	John O’Shea	16=	59kg			98
17	3x9230x875	RIODINI (NZ)	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	16=	59kg			98
18	62120421×4	CEPHEUS (GB)	H	5	Matthew Dunn	18	59kg			91

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
2021 Chelmsford Stakes	1st	Think It Over	1 minute 35.77 seconds
	2nd	Riodini
	3rd	Montefilia
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