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The Phar Lap Stakes is a Group 2 race held at Sydney’s Rosehill Racecourse in early – mid March. Open to three year old horses, the 1500m middle distance event is a set weights race which means that all colts and geldings must carry 56.5kg while fillies have a 2kg allowance of 54.5kg. Worth $200,000 in prize money, the Phar Lap Stakes is held on the Coolmore Classic Day which offers several Group 1 and 2 races.

The biggest race on the day is the Group 1 $600,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) for fillies and mares.

Along with the Phar Lap Stakes the other major support acts on the card include the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m), Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) – the latter lead-ups into the Golden Slipper Stakes.

Three-year-olds many come into the Phar Lap Stakes off a run in the previous weekend’s Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) or a non-Black Type lead up during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Many of the horses out of the Phar Lap Stakes field will continue onto the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) back at Rosehill at the end of March before targeting a Royal Randwick win during ‘The Championships’ in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) or the Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) for the fillies. Unforgotten (2018) and Verry Elleegant (2019) both completed the Phar Lap Stakes – Australian Oaks double for Chris Waller.

Waller took his record in the Phar Lap Stakes up to six wins in seven years with Hungry Heart in 2021.

The Phar Lap Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday March 13, 2021 and saw yet another Chris Waller-trained filly salute in Hungry Heart.  

2021 Phar Lap Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 13, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1500m
Race Type:	3YO Open Set Weights C&G 56.5kg F 54.5kg
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Phar Lap Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Hungry Heart
• 2nd: #3 The Irishman
• 3rd: #9 Impaecunious

Yet another Chris Waller-trained filly – the fifth on the trot and sixth in seven years – dominated the 2021 Phar Lap Stakes results with the $3.70 favourite Hungry Heart finally saluting for the punters.

Click here to read more on the Phar Lap Stakes 2021 win by Waller’s smart filly Hungry Heart.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald		5	54.5kg (cd 55kg)		$3.70F
	2	3	THE IRISHMAN (NZ)	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	0.4L	4	56.5kg		$5.50
	3	9	IMPECUNIOUS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Glen Boss	1.8L	3	54.5kg		$8
	4	5	YALETOWN	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.1L	8	56.5kg		$9.50
	5	1	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Kerrin McEvoy	2.3L	1	56.5kg		$3.90
	6	4	BAZOOKA	David Payne	Jason Collett	3.6L	2	56.5kg		$26
	7	8	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	6.6L	6	54.5kg		$16
	8	2	EMBOLISM	Danny O’Brien	Nash Rawiller	12.2L	7	56.5kg		$10
		12	PIPPALI	Jason Coyle	Michael Dee		0
		13	CHASE MY CROWN	Joel & Wayne Wilkes			0
		11	DARLING DIAMOND	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King		0
		7	ELIZABEEL	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan		0
		10	MIRAVALLE	Mark Newnham	Tommy Berry		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Phar Lap Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Phar Lap Stakes 2021 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

Funstar ($1.55 in 2020) followed by her stablemate Hungry Heart ($3.70 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Phar Lap Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Phar Lap Stakes Field

The final field and barrier draw for the Phar Lap Stakes 2021 will be published here once it has been announced on Wednesday March 10, 2021.

A dozen three-year-olds remain in the 2021 Phar Lap Stakes field after the early scratching of Chase My Crown with progressive Sacred Falls filly Impecunious tipped as the one to beat.

• Scratched: #13 Chase My Crown (12)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2310×1	POLAND	Michael Moroney	Kerrin McEvoy	1	56.5kg			90
2	1615×04	EMBOLISM	Danny O’Brien	Nash Rawiller	10	56.5kg			88
3	15x2x1	THE IRISHMAN (NZ)	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	5	56.5kg			75
4	226×484272	BAZOOKA	David Payne	Jason Collett	2	56.5kg			65
5	1×2	YALETOWN	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	11	56.5kg			62
6	15x2227x78	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald	8	54.5kg	55kg		92
7	3x21134x43	ELIZABEEL	John Sargent	Robbie Dolan	3	54.5kg			88
8	285168×360	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	9	54.5kg			85
9	3x1x1x4	IMPECUNIOUS (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Glen Boss	4	54.5kg			68
10	0x176644x0	MIRAVALLE	Mark Newnham	Tommy Berry	7	54.5kg			68
11	4319×74	DARLING DIAMOND	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King	13	54.5kg			64
12	5142	PIPPALI	Jason Coyle	Michael Dee	6	54.5kg			60
13	61×323	CHASE MY CROWN	Joel & Wayne Wilkes		12	54.5kg			5

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Phar Lap Stakes History

The Phar Lap Stakes is named after legendary horse Phar Lap who dominated Australian Racing during his time on the track that included the 1930 Melbourne Cup win.

For one year in 2008 the Group 2 race was held at Canterbury and raced over 1550m.

Phar Lap Stakes Winners

Plenty of star three-year-olds have dominated the Phar Lap Stakes results in recent years including Apache Cat (2006) and Winx (2015) who would go on to etch her name in the history books with a stunning succession of Group 1 wins including two victories in the Cox Plate.

From 2015 – 2021 trainer Chris Waller prepared six fillies to beat home the boys in the Phar Lap Stakes results: Winx (2015), Foxplay (2017), Unforgotten (2018), Verry Ellegant (2019), Funstar (2020) and Hungry Heart (2021).

See below for the full list of Phar Lap Stakes winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Hungry Heart	1 minute 27.81 seconds
	2nd	The Irishman
	3rd	Impecunious
2020 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Funstar	1 minute 35.26 seconds
	2nd	Probabeel
	3rd	Quick Thinker
2019 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Verry Elleegant	1 minute 32.32 seconds
	2nd	Seabrook
	3rd	Aristia
2018 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Unforgotten	1 minute 29.12 seconds
	2nd	Holy Snow
	3rd	Hiyaam
2017 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Foxplay	1 minute 30.57 seconds
	2nd	Zenalicious
	3rd	Cosmic Set
2016 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Hattori Hanzo	1 minute 29.9 seconds
	2nd	Man Of Choice
	3rd	Believe
2015 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 30.26 seconds
	2nd	Hauraki
	3rd	Supara
2014 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Traitor	1 minute 29.47 seconds
	2nd	Define
	3rd	Guelph
2013 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Toydini	1 minute 28.98 seconds
	2nd	Ninth Legion
	3rd	Force Command
2012 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Colorado Claire	1 minute 32.29 seconds
	2nd	Rekindled Alliance
	3rd	Wild And Proud
2011 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Blackie	1 minute 30.0 seconds
	2nd	Fast Clip
	3rd	Sworn To Secrecy
2010 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Tickets	1 minute 29.68 seconds
	2nd	Al Dhafra
	3rd	Descarado
2009 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Heart Of Dreams	1 minute 29.95 seconds
	2nd	Whobegotyou
	3rd	Predatory Pricer
2008 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Acey Ducey	1 minute 32.12 seconds
	2nd	Voice Commander
	3rd	Our Mosstique
2007 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Just Mambo	1 minute 31.69 seconds
	2nd	Raheeb
	3rd	Amory Lane
2006 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Apache Cat	1 minute 30.64 seconds
	2nd	Racing To Win
	3rd	Wasp
2005 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Shania Dane	1 minute 32.12 seconds
	2nd	Al Maher
	3rd	Svenska
2004 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Only Words	1 minute 28.49 seconds
	2nd	Kingside
	3rd	Skittles
2003 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Thorn Park	1 minute 28.6 seconds
	2nd	Sportsman
	3rd	Bumptious
2002 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Arlington Road	1 minute 30.45 seconds
	2nd	Ugachaka
	3rd	Gordo
2001 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Maitland Gold	1 minute 27.86 seconds
	2nd	Star Satire
	3rd	Glenrowan
2000 Phar Lap Stakes	1st	Lord Essex	1 minute 28.82 seconds
	2nd	Dangerous
	3rd	Over