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The Peter Young Stakes – formerly the St George Stakes – is a Group 2 thoroughbred race held mid-way through the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival on Blue Diamond Stakes Day in February at Caulfield.

The Peter Young Stakes is a middle distance race run over 1800m under weight-for-age conditions and is worth $200,000. It is the first weight-for-age race at the carnival run over a distance greater than 1400m and so attracts a quality field of runners seeking a bit more distance.

There are an incredible eight Group races held at the meeting including three Group 1 events, the Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m), the Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and the Futurity Stakes (1600m). The other Group 2 races on the day are the Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) and the Caulfield Autumn Classic (1800m). Finally there is one Group 3 race, the Mannerism Stakes (1400m) and Group 3 Zeditave Stakes (1200m).

Horses running in the Peter Young Stakes may have previously contested the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes two weeks prior. The Peter Young Stakes is also an ideal lead-up to the premier weight-for-age race of the carnival, the  Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) held a fortnight later on Flemington’s Super Saturday of Racing. Fiorente (2014) was the last horse to do the Peter Young Stakes – Australian Cup double.

The Peter Young Stakes has been a terrific guide to the Australian Cup over the years with many other champions of the Australian turf winning both races including Pompeii Ruler (2007), Lonhro (2004), Northerly (2002 & 2003), Istidaad (1999), Dane Ripper (1998), Durbridge (1994 & 1995) and Let’s Elope (1992).

More recently the 2019 Peter Young Stakes winner Avilius went on to complete the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double in Sydney.

This season’s edition of the Peter Young Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday February 20, 2021 and was won by Danny O’Brien’s mare Paradee. 

2021 Peter Young Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 20, 2021
Racecourse:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000
Inaugurated:	1900

2021 Peter Young Stakes Results

• 1st: #12 Paradee
  
• 2nd: #8 Shared Ambition
• 3rd: #3 Homesman

Danny O’Brien’s in-form mare Paradee ($5) backed-up from a Magic Millions win at the Gold Coast to dominate the 2021 Peter Young Stakes results at Caulfield ahead of the Group 1 Australian Cup.

Click here to read more on the Australian Cup-bound Paradee winning the Peter Young Stakes 2021.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	12	PARADEE	Danny O’Brien	John Allen		1	57kg		$5
	2	8	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	0.75L	7	59kg		$5
	3	3	HOMESMAN (USA)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	0.85L	8	59kg		$4.80F
	4	5	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Ms Jamie Kah	0.95L	5	59kg		$19
	5	9	NONCONFORMIST	Grahame Begg	Luke Currie	1.05L	9	59kg		$5
	6	4	ANGEL OF TRUTH	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	1.25L	6	59kg		$21
	7	6	CHAPADA	Michael Moroney	Daniel Stackhouse	1.45L	4	59kg		$12
	8	2	HARLEM (GB)	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Michael Walker	1.85L	2	59kg		$31
	9	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	6.35L	10	59kg		$9.50
	10	7	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	6.45L	3	59kg		$41
		10	PAPPALINO (FR)	Archie Alexander	Damian Lane		0
		11	MISS SISKA	Matthew Smith	Damien Oliver		0

2021 Peter Young Stakes Odds

The latest Peter Young Stakes 2021 betting odds will be provided below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

The last favourite in Peter Young Stakes betting to win was Avilius ($1.95 in 2019).

2021 Peter Young Stakes Field

The Peter Young Stakes attracts a class line-up of staying types heading towards the Australian Cup field in a fortnight.

The official 2021 Peter Young Stakes field and barriers will be released below on Wednesday February 17, 2021.

A line-up of 12 potential Australian Cup horses make-up the 2021 Peter Young Stakes final field with seven-year-old Homesman the favourite, while $5 million The All-Star Mile winner Regal Power looks to return to form first-up from the outside barrier.

Scratched: #10 Pappalino (6); #11 Miss Siska (3)

2021 Peter Young Stakes Nominations

The Peter Young Stakes nominations feature a host of autumn gallopers coming off lead-up runs in races like the Carlyon Cup and CF Orr Stakes and are released by Racing Victoria the Monday leading up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

The 2021 Peter Young Stakes nominations attracted 19 runners including the TS Carlyon Cup trifecta of Best Of Days, Miss Siska and Nonconformist.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	756x2593x6	ANGEL OF TRUTH	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	101
2	34×3009221	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	105
3	3125x2193x	CHAPADA	G	5	Michael Moroney	102
4	9x768254x7	HARLEM (GB)	G	9	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	107
5	60x70x173x	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	108
6	085x1230x4	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	8	Chris Waller	109
7	14811688×8	MAHAMEDEIS	G	6	Nick Ryan	98
8	643x74108x	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	108
9	180x07x0x2	MISS SISKA	M	7	Matthew Smith	104
10	075100×285	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	7	Archie Alexander	100
11	121x3719x3	NONCONFORMIST	G	4	Grahame Begg	101
12	x313x21x5x	PAPPALINO (FR)	H	5	Archie Alexander	92
13	16×4532211	PARADEE	M	4	Danny O’Brien	98
14	61x421x90x	REGAL POWER	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	112
15	38x513883x	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani	106
16	3x092527x1	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	105
17	2x222x16x7	SIR DRAGONET (IRE)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	115
18	679x03310x	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	105
19	16526×5126	VASSILATOR (NZ)	G	5	Colin Little

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Peter Young Stakes / St George Stakes History

The St George Stakes is one of the older Australian thoroughbred races having first run in 1900 when Parthian claimed victory. It began as a Principal race run over nine furlongs and continued under the same status and distance right up until 1973 when Australia adopted the metric system and converted the race distance to 1800m. Through that time there was only one year when the St George Stakes was not held, 1921.

In 1979 the St George Stakes was elevated to Group 2 status and the race length was dramatically shortened to 1200m for one year. The following year in 1980 the distance reverted back to 1800m. In 1982 the distance decreased to 1600m, then in 1983 it was run over 1800m, in 1984 it shortened again to 1600m for four years until 1988 when it went back to the distance it remains today 1800m, except for one year in 1995 it was run over 2000m.

It has been known as the Peter Young Stakes since 2012.

Recent St George Stakes / Peter Young Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Paradee	1 minute 49.64 seconds
	2nd	Shared Ambition
	3rd	Homesman
2020 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Miss Siska	1 minute 49.64 seconds
	2nd	Kings Will Dream
	3rd	Mirage Dancer
2019 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Avilius	1 minute 49.16 seconds
	2nd	Trap for Fools
	3rd	Ace High
2018 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Gailo Chop	1 minute 48.26 seconds
	2nd	Single Gaze
	3rd	Hartnell
2017 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Stratum Star	1 minute 48.25 seconds
	2nd	Humidor
	3rd	The United States
2016 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Bow Creek	1 minute 48.6 seconds
	2nd	Fenway
	3rd	Mourinho
2015 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Mourinho	1 minute 48.0 seconds
	2nd	Happy Trails
	3rd	Akzar
2014 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Fiorente	1 minute 50.09 seconds
	2nd	Mourayan
	3rd	Star Rolling
2013 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Foreteller	1 minute 50.97 seconds
	2nd	Mr Moet
	3rd	Budriguez
2012 Peter Young Stakes	1st	Lucas Cranach	1 minute 48.8 seconds
	2nd	Illo
	3rd	Manighar
2011 St George Stakes	1st	Heart Of Dreams	1 minute 48.8 seconds
	2nd	Precedence
	3rd	Spacecraft
2010 St George Stakes	1st	La Rocket	1 minute 49.04 seconds
	2nd	Heart Of Dreams
	3rd	Miss Maren
2009 St George Stakes	1st	Theseo	1 minute 47.8 seconds
	2nd	Baughurst
	3rd	Zarita
2008 St George Stakes	1st	Princess Coup	1 minute 51 seconds
	2nd	Sirmione
	3rd	Douro Valley
2007 St George Stakes	1st	Pompeii Ruler	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Marasco
	3rd	Aqua D’Amore
2006 St George Stakes	1st	Our Smoking Joe	1 minute 50.2 seconds
	2nd	Lad Of The Manor
	3rd	Vroom Vroom
2005 St George Stakes	1st	Elvstroem	1 minute 49.5 seconds
	2nd	Makybe Diva
	3rd	Casual Pass
2004 St George Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 50.9 seconds
	2nd	Sound Journey
	3rd	Mummify
2003 St George Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 51.8 seconds
	2nd	Fields Of Omagh
	3rd	Mr Casanova
2002 St George Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Old Comrade
	3rd	Piper Star
2001 St George Stakes	1st	Cent Home	1 minute 47.1 seconds
	2nd	Giovana
	3rd	Kaapstad Way
2000 St George Stakes	1st	Royal Voyage	1 minute 49.1 seconds
	2nd	Oliver Twist
	3rd	Arena