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The Guy Walter Stakes is a Group 2 middle distance sprint for mares aged four-years-old and above run on Chipping Norton Stakes Day at Randwick Racecourse in late February or early March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Formerly a Group 3 event, in 2017 the 1400m set weights plus penalties clash is upgraded to Group 2 status and offers $200,000 in prize money. The Wiggle Stakes was renamed as the Guy Walter Stakes from 2015 in honour of late trainer Guy Walter who prepared 36 Group 1 winners over his career.

The meeting’s marquee races are the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) run over the mile under weight-for-age conditions, along with the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) for three-year-old fillies. Other features on the program include the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (Fillies) and Group 2 Skyline Stakes (Colts & Geldings) for Golden Slipper Stakes-bound two-year-olds.

Mares may come into the Guy Walter Stakes field via a number of earlier autumn lead-ups including the Group 3 Geoffrey Belmaine Stakes (1200m) in Melbourne a fortnight earlier or either the Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) or Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) on the same day at Royal Randwick in Sydney. Alassio (2019) was the last mare to complete the Triscay Stakes – Guy Walter Stakes double.

Possible races Guy Walter Stakes graduates may continue on to include the Group 3 Aspiration Quality (1600m) held over the mile at Randwick a week later or tougher races such as the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill in two weeks. Krone (2021) was the last mare to complete the Guy Walter Stakes – Coolmore Classic double.

Other recent Coolmore Classic winners to come off a run in the Guy Walter Stakes include Dixie Blossoms (2nd in 2019) and Peeping (3rd in 2016).

Looking further ahead of the Autumn Racing calendar events like the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Tancred Stakes Day Day and Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) during April’s ‘The Championships’ shape up as nice targets for the mares out of the Guy Walter Stakes.

The form out of the 2021 Guy Walter Stakes results were franked that spring with the third placegetter Icebath winning the inaugural edition of the $2 million The Invitation race.

The 2022 Guy Walter Stakes ran on Saturday February 26, 2022 and was won by the Richard & Michael Freedman-trained Forbidden Love ($7.50). 

Guy Walter Stakes 2022
Date:	Saturday February 26, 2022
Track:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties / 4YO&Up Mares
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2022 Guy Walter Stakes Results

Check out the full Guy Walter Stakes 2022 Results and Finishing Order below once the race is run on Chipping Norton Stakes Day this autumn in the lead-up to the Coolmore Classic.

• 1st: #2 Forbidden Love ($7.50)
• 2nd: #11 Promise Of Success
• 3rd: #3 Vangelic

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Hugh Bowman		1	58kg		$7.50
	2	11	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	Jason Collett	3.22L	5	54kg		$8
	3	3	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3.77L	7	56kg		$10
	4	8	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	4.88L	8	54kg (cd 55kg)		$2.05F
	5	7	KIKU	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	6.58L	4	55kg (cd 56kg)		$6.50
	6	6	MIRRA VISION	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	6.72L	3	55kg		$13
	7	9	HARMONY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Tom Sherry (a)	8.98L	2	54kg		$17
	8	1	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Chad Schofield	21.43L	6	59kg		$51
		4	NIMALEE	Matthew Smith	William Pike		0
		12	LADY BANFF	Matthew Dunn	Regan Bayliss		0
		5	ELECTRIC GIRL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla		0
		10	MORE PROPHETS	John Thompson	Brock Ryan		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Guy Walter Stakes Betting Odds

The autumn’s Guy Walter Stakes 2022 betting odds will be provided below the week of the race with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

Dixie Blossoms (2018) in her successful title defense was the last favourite in Guy Walter Stakes betting to win.

2022 Guy Walter Stakes Field

Each autumn the Guy Walter Stakes field attracts a class line-up of mares eyeing runs in tougher races over the coming weeks, and is released on the Wednesday before Chipping Norton Stakes Day.

The official 2022 Guy Walter Stakes field and barriers are set for release by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

A dozen quality mares make-up the Guy Walter Stakes 2022 final field for Sydney on Saturday led in betting by the spring’s $2 million The Invitation winner Icebath.

SCRATCHINGS UPDATE:

• #4 Nimalee (5)
• #5 Electric Girl (3)
• #10 More Prophets (1)
• #12 Lady Banff (11)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	14x300x57x	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Chad Schofield	9	59kg			106
2	07x47830x2	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Hugh Bowman	2	58kg			104
3	245x41053x	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10	56kg			107
4	194x42446x	NIMALEE	Matthew Smith	William Pike	5	56kg			106
5	349x1541x3	ELECTRIC GIRL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	3	56kg			103
6	14141216×5	MIRRA VISION	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	6	55kg			97
7	116x638x23	KIKU	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	7	55kg	56kg		93
8	2x354912x6	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	12	54kg	55kg		107
9	1327x6030x	HARMONY ROSE	Mark Newnham	Tom Sherry (a)	4	54kg			95
10	6x611920x9	MORE PROPHETS	John Thompson	Brock Ryan	1	54kg			93
11	x132x121x2	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	Jason Collett	8	54kg			90
12	85329×5722	LADY BANFF	Matthew Dunn	Regan Bayliss	11	54kg			73

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Guy Walter Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Guy Walter Stakes in 2022 are taken the Monday ahead of the Group 2 showdown and will be listed below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	349x1541x3	ELECTRIC GIRL	M	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	103
2	07x47830x2	FORBIDDEN LOVE	M	4	Richard & Michael Freedman	104
3	x132247x14	GALGANI	M	5	Nikki Burke	77
4	1327x6030x	HARMONY ROSE	M	4	Mark Newnham	95
5	2x354912x6	ICEBATH (NZ)	M	5	Brad Widdup	107
6	116x638x23	KIKU	M	4	Chris Waller	93
7	1x216133x2	KISSONALLFORCHEEKS	M	4	Daniel Morton	102
8	85329×5722	LADY BANFF	M	4	Matthew Dunn	73
9	14141216×5	MIRRA VISION	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	97
10	6x611920x9	MORE PROPHETS	M	5	John Thompson	93
11	194x42446x	NIMALEE	M	5	Matthew Smith	106
12	x132x121x2	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	M	6	John O’Shea	90
13	14x300x57x	SHOUT THE BAR	M	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	106
14	245x41053x	VANGELIC	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	107

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Guy Walter Stakes History

The Guy Walter Stakes was run as the Wiggle Stakes up until 2015 when it was renamed in honour of the late horseman Guy Walter. The race has also been run as the Wiggle Quality Handicap (1996-99 & 2005-2011) as well as the Wiggle Fillies and Mares Quality Handicap (2000-04). It began as a Listed race (1996-2013) before gaining Group 3 status in 2014. From 2017 onwards the Guy Walter Stakes will hold Group 2 status.

Prior to 2005 it was also open to three-year-old fillies, but is now restricted only to mares aged four-years-old or over. It has run under its current set weights plus penalties conditions since 2012.

Notable recent Guy Walter Stakes / Wiggle Stakes winners include Hot Danish (2008 & 2009), Steps In Time (2012 & 2013), Catkins (2014), Solicit (2016) and Dixie Blossoms (2017 & 2018). Dual champion Dixie Blossoms also ran second to Alassio when attempting a hat-trick in 2019 before winning the Group 1 Coolmore Classic next race.

Recent Guy Walter Stakes Winners

See below for a list of Wiggle Stakes winners (up until 2015) and Guy Walter Stakes winners (from 2015).

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Forbidden Love	1 minute 25.49 seconds
	2nd	Promise Of Success
	3rd	Vangelic
2021 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Krone	1 minute 22.76 seconds
	2nd	Tricky Gal
	3rd	Icebath
2020 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Dawn Dawn	1 minute 20.83 seconds
	2nd	Sweet Deal
	3rd	Pohutukawa
2019 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Alassio	1 minute 22.27 seconds
	2nd	Dixie Blossoms
	3rd	Manicure
2018 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Dixie Blossoms	1 minute 22.66 seconds
	2nd	Raiment
	3rd	Francaletta
2017 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Dixie Blossoms	1 minute 26.58 seconds
	2nd	Zanbagh
	3rd	Flippant
2016 Guy Walter Stakes	1st	Solicit	1 minute 20.3 seconds
	2nd	Zanbagh
	3rd	Peeping
2015 Guy Walkter Stakes	1st	Danesiri	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Cosmic Endeavour
	3rd	Mahara
2014 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Catkins	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Sharnee Rose
	3rd	Dear Demi
2013 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Steps In Time	1 minute 21.6 seconds
	2nd	Streama
	3rd	Pear Tart
2012 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Steps In Time	1 minute 23.6 seconds
	2nd	Foxtar
	3rd	Lady’s Angel
2011 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Jersey Lily	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Graceful Anna
	3rd	Turnstiles
2010 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Dane Julia	1 minute 23.79 seconds
	2nd	Bejewelled
	3rd	Messenger
2009 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 21.40 seconds
	2nd	Absolutelyfabulous
	3rd	Mary’s Grace
2008 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 23.63 seconds
	2nd	Like Me Wild
	3rd	Hairy
2007 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Doubting	1 minute 22.61 seconds
	2nd	Grey Stream
	3rd	Shirl Pegasus
2006 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Bhandara	1 minute 23.08 seconds
	2nd	Prisoner Of Love
	3rd	Pekalan
2005 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Danni Martine	1 minute 23.78 seconds
	2nd	Golden Weekend
	3rd	Hec Of A Party
2004 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Gold Lottey	1 minute 24.45 seconds
	2nd	Hennessy Waltz
	3rd	Lucida
2003 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Forum Floozie	1 minute 22.89 seconds
	2nd	Size Her Up
	3rd	Brecon Rose
2002 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Youhadyourwarning	1 minute 23.03 seconds
	2nd	Veloce
	3rd	Card Queen
2001 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Corelli	1 minute 26.89 seconds
	2nd	Say Good Morning
	3rd	Sorrento
2000 Wiggle Stakes	1st	Stella Maree	1 minute 28.59 seconds
	2nd	Mary Machree
	3rd	Little Pattie