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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 7, 2019 and was won in runaway fashion by Winx Stakes champion Samadoubt. 

Chelmsford Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 7, 2019
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000

2019 Chelmsford Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Samadoubt
• 2nd: #1 Avilius
• 3rd: #15 Girl Tuesday

The punters again forgot about Bjorn Baker’s class galloper Samadoubt who dominated the official Chelmsford Stakes 2019 Results with a 3.3 length victory over $2 favourite Avilius in an upset on the back of taking out the Group 1 Winx Stakes as a roughie hope.

Read more on the impressive Chelmsford Stakes 2019 win by Samadoubt.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	2	SAMADOUBT	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	–	14	59kg	$10
2	1	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	3.3L	10	59kg	$2F
3	15	GIRL TUESDAY	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.4L	2	57kg	$5
4	7	HARIPOUR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	3.5L	1	59kg	$51
5	3	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	4.3L	8	59kg	$26
6	11	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Luke Currie	4.5L	9	58.5kg	$31
7	13	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	4.8L	12	57kg	$41
8	16	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Glen Boss	5.6L	13	57kg	$151
9	10	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	5.9L	11	59kg	$151
10	12	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	6.9L	6	57kg	$7
11	9	MAURUS (GB)	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	7L	5	59kg	$151
12	6	PATRICK ERIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	8.5L	4	59kg	$101
13	4	SHRAAOH (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	8.7L	7	59kg	$151
14	8	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Andrew Adkins	8.9L	3	59kg	$61
SB	14	CON TE PARTIRO (USA)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	–	0	57kg	–
–	5	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	–	0	–	–

2019 Chelmsford Stakes Odds

The spring’s top Chelsmford Stakes 2019 betting odds will be available right here courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

2019 Chelmsford Stakes Field

The official 2019 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 2019 Final Field attracted a star-studded line-up of 16 gallopers including eight for trainer Chris Waller who chases his third straight win in the race. Among Waller’s hopefuls are the defending Chelmsford Stakes winner Unforgotten (6) who faces a tough task against the likes of Cox Plate-bound Avilius from the Godolphin stables and Bjorn Baker’s upset Winx Stakes champion Samadoubt in the outside alley.

Update: The 2019 Chelmsford Stakes Field is down to 15 hopefuls with Avilius now odds-on in betting after the scratching of #5 Sixties Groove (9) who contested Friday’s Wyong Gold Cup (finishing 15th of 16) instead.

Read more on the Avilius-led Chelmsford Stakes 2019 field now.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	40x11511x4	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	11	59kg	118
2	51241915×1	SAMADOUBT	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	16	59kg	109
3	x655x1x34x	FINCHE (GB)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	8	59kg	108
4	2x1x92321x	SHRAAOH (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	7	59kg	108
5	x310x3321x	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	9	59kg	108
6	41x46797x9	PATRICK ERIN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	4	59kg	103
7	79x818328x	HARIPOUR (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	1	59kg	102
8	7x444740x7	SIR CHARLES ROAD	Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott	Andrew Adkins	3	59kg	101
9	430x02062x	MAURUS (GB)	John Thompson	TBA	5	59kg	97
10	22x87400x0	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	13	59kg	96
11	x11x16511x	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Gwenda Markwell	Luke Currie	10	58.5kg	106
12	38x53403x6	UNFORGOTTEN	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	6	57kg	107
13	3276x059x8	YOUNGSTAR	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	14	57kg	107
14	34449x16x4	CON TE PARTIRO (USA)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Sam Clipperton	12	57kg	102
15	x8888123x1	GIRL TUESDAY	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2	57kg	100
16	010x58158x	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Glen Boss	15	57kg	96

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.

Recent Chelmsford Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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