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The Hot Danish Stakes is a Group 2 race for fillies and mares that has been held in November over the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival since 2019.

The $500,000 feature replaced the now defunct Breeders Classic which was also a race for female gallopers held in the autumn.

Click here for the Breeders Classic race history.

Following the final edition of the Breeders Classic in February of 2019 the inaugural running of the Group 2 Hot Danish Stakes took place that spring.

It is a 1400m event contested at set weights held as part of Rosehill Garden’s The Five Diamonds Day.

Racing in Melbourne on the same date closes the Melbourne Cup Carnival with Champions Stakes Day at Flemington.

On the Sydney card the other features on the program are the $2 million The Five Diamonds (1800m) for five-year-olds and the $1 million Golden Gift (1100m) for two-year-olds.

The latest edition of the Hot Danish Stakes took place on Saturday November 11, 2023 as part of Rosehill’s The Five Diamonds Day program in Sydney and was won in dominant 

Hot Danish Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday November 11, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Set Weights – Fillies & Mares 3YOs & Upwards
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$500,00

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Results

The official 2023 Hot Danish Stakes results and finishing order will be updated below once the race takes place in Sydney on Saturday November 11, 2023.

• 1st: #2 Roots ($3.20)
• 2nd: #4 Call Di
• 3rd: #3 Finepoint

Chris Waller’s classy Press Statement mare Roots ($3.20) came from off the pace with jockey Tommy Berry switching to the outside at the top of the straight to charge into the lead a furlong out and post a dominant nearly three-length victory in the 2023 Hot Danish Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	ROOTS	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry		2	57kg		$3.20
	2	4	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	2.68L	3	57kg		$3.70
	3	3	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	3.04L	5	57kg		$13
	4	1	ROYAL MERCHANT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	3.76L	4	57kg		$3F
	5	5	DALCHINI	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Jay Ford	4.64L	1	57kg		$14
	6	6	MIRRA VIEW	Peter & Paul Snowden	Chad Schofield	5.7L	7	57kg		$31
	7	7	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	6.59L	6	57kg		$16

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Betting Odds

Hot Danish Stakes 2023 betting odds and links to the latest prices at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as all-in markets on the event open.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 HOT DANISH STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 HOT DANISH STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Hot Danish Stakes Tips for 2023 to be published below the week of the race.

• To Win: #2 Roots ($3.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Small field and open race without any real stand-outs class or form wise. Going for the Waller-trained Roots to improve and return to winning form here with some runs against some decent horses this prep. She’ll get things her way from barrier two with Tommy Berry in the saddle of the Press Statement five-year-old who has a decent record at the track. Was Group 1 placed when narrowly defeated at big odds in Brisbane’s Tatt’s Tiara in the winter. $1.5 million Alan Brown fifth fresh had her only a length beaten and that form was franked in Sydney’s $3 million The Big Dance on Cup Day with both the winner and runner-up coming out of it. Roots was last seen unplaced when second last (11th) to her stablemate Espiona in the $2 million The Invitation. Had more weight there and expect her to atone.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Field

The official Hot Danish Stakes 2023 field and barriers are announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be updated below.

The runners in the field may come via a number of different lead-up races including the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick a fortnight earlier.

Sheeza Belta (8th in 2022) and Roots (11t in 2023) are the latest Hot Danish Stakes winners to come via The Invitation.

The 2023 Hot Danish Stakes final field features a small but quality line-up of mares led in betting by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Royal Merchant who won the Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide earlier in the year.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	4232110×86	ROYAL MERCHANT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	4	57kg			108
2	3410x52x50	ROOTS	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	2	57kg			105
3	30x330003x	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	5	57kg			91
4	x1349x2253	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	3	57kg			84
5	0x7903x537	DALCHINI	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Jay Ford	1	57kg			84
6	2×51488135	MIRRA VIEW	Peter & Paul Snowden	Chad Schofield	7	57kg			83
7	7x20x66x92	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	6	57kg			81

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Nominations

Stay tuned for the early Hot Danish Stakes 2023 nominations that are announced on the Monday of race week.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes nominations extended until 11:00am (AEDT) 07/11/2023.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x6117x2171	ESPIONA	M	5	Chris Waller	1	57kg			112
2	4232110×86	ROYAL MERCHANT	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	2	57kg			108
3	3410x52x50	ROOTS	M	5	Chris Waller	3	57kg			105
4	x145125x29	OPAL RIDGE	M	4	Luke Pepper	4	57kg			102
5	30x330003x	FINEPOINT	M	5	Chris Waller	5	57kg			91
6	x1349x2253	CALL DI	M	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	6	57kg			84
7	0x7903x537	DALCHINI	M	5	Lee & Cherie Curtis	7	57kg			84
8	2×51488135	MIRRA VIEW	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	8	57kg			83
9	7x20x66x92	RUSSIAN CONQUEST	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	9	57kg			81
10	3127x	FOXY CLEOPATRA	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	10	57kg			78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes History

The Hot Danish Stakes has been contested since 2019 in the spring.

It was previously known as the Breeders Classic and held in the autumn.

The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Pierro mare Reelem In Ruby on the inaugural Hot Danish Stakes in 2019 in a record time of 1 minute 22.62 seconds.

The Hot Danish Stakes winners from the inaugural edition in 2019 to the present are detailed in the below table.

2023 Hot Danish Stakes Winners

YEAR	WINNER	2ND	3RD	TIME
2023	Roots	Call Di	Finepoint	1:21.68
2022	Sheeza Belta	Lavish Girl	More Secrets	1:23.38
2021	Electric Girl	Rocha Clock	Madam Rouge	1:24.06
2020	Savatiano	Tricky Gal	Positive Peace	1:24.66
2019	Reelem In Ruby	Moss Trip	El Dorado Dreaming	1:22.62