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The Royal Sovereign Stakes – now known as the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint – is a Group 2 sprint race for three-year-old short-distance specialists. Once again held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse, having previously had a stint at Warwick Farm Racecourse, in April each year the 1200m race is run under set weights conditions.

Worth $1 million in prize money, the Royal Sovereign Stakes – Arrowfield 3YO Sprint is a key feature for this age of runners each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

For 2020 the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint race was worth a reduced $500,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being boosted to $1 million in 2021.

The race takes place on the second Saturday of April* on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships. The meeting is headlined by four Group 1 races: the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the Australian Oaks, the Queen Of The Turf Stakes and the coveted Sydney Cup run over the same two mile distance as the Melbourne Cup.

*In 2021 the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint ran on the third Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

The Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2021 ran on Saturday April 17, 2021 and was won by Randwick specialist Wild Ruler. 

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint
Date:	Saturday April 17, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Results

• 1st: #1 Wild Ruler
• 2nd: #9 Isotope
• 3rd: #2 Prague

The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Wild Ruler ($6) relished a return to Randwick to make it four-from-four at the track, atoning for his unplaced The Galaxy run at Rosehill with a narrow victory over Isotope ($3.20F) in the 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint results.

Click here to read more on the exciting Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2021 win by Wild Ruler.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald		10	56.5kg		$6
	2	9	ISOTOPE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	0.1L	3	54.5kg		$3.20F
	3	2	PRAGUE	Annabel Neasham	Tom Marquand	0.3L	7	56.5kg		$12
	4	6	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	2.4L	5	56.5kg		$21
	5	3	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Kerrin McEvoy	2.7L	8	56.5kg		$16
	6	5	WISDOM OF WATER	Annabel Neasham	Jason Collett	4.8L	6	56.5kg		$20
	7	10	DAME GISELLE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	5L	2	54.5kg		$8.50
	8	8	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	5.1L	1	54.5kg		$4.80
	9	4	AIM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	5.3L	4	56.5kg		$31
	10	7	THE FACE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	James Innes Jnr	5.5L	9	56.5kg		$16

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Odds

The updated Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2021 betting odds across the autumn leading up to The Championships in April will be updated below once announced by Ladbrokes.com.au.

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Field

The Royal Sovereign Stakes – now known as the 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint field will be published below on Tuesday April 13, 2021 as soon as released by Racing NSW.

Ten three-year-olds make-up the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2021 field including ultra-consistent Deep Field filly Isotope, Group 1 runner-up Prague and the upset Inglis Sprint winner Rocketing By returning off a two month break.

Click here to read more on the key chances in the 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	238x113x16	WILD RULER	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	10	56.5kg			99
2	6162x48x34	PRAGUE	Annabel Neasham	Tom Marquand	7	56.5kg			95
3	3x183x111x	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Kerrin McEvoy	8	56.5kg			95
4	58x647x61x	AIM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	4	56.5kg			92
5	4x115x08x2	WISDOM OF WATER	Annabel Neasham	Jason Collett	6	56.5kg			89
6	3x226x8223	AMISH BOY	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	5	56.5kg
7	13x2212x	THE FACE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	James Innes Jnr	9	56.5kg			86
8	1x5111x204	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	1	54.5kg			111
9	120x211Lx1	ISOTOPE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	3	54.5kg			98
10	4x1114x493	DAME GISELLE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	2	54.5kg			96

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint First Acceptances

The official Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2021 First Acceptances closed on Tuesday the 9th of March, 2021 along with all the other first acceptances for The Championships races and will be available below once announced by Racing NSW.

The 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint first acceptances have left 66 young sprinters including September Run for Chris Waller and Tony Gollan’s Deep Field filly Isotope who hasn’t raced since losing her rider in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast in January.

2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Nominations

The official 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint nominations – formerly the Royal Sovereign Stakes nominations – will be published below as soon as released in early February around two months out from the race date and will be followed by the first acceptances in early March.

The 2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint nominations are now out featuring a bumper 112 hopefuls led in early betting by Coolmore Stud Stakes winning filly September Run who ran a brave second first-up against the older horses in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning in Melbourne.

Royal Sovereign Stakes History

First won by Acamar in 1979, the Royal Sovereign Stakes quickly changed to Group 3 status in 1981. In 1996 the Royal Sovereign Stakes was elevated to be a Group 2 event.

Since its inauguration in 1979, the fastest winning time for the Royal Sovereign Stakes was recorded by Guineas in 1998 with 1 minute 3.66 seconds. The slowest winning time was recorded in 1981 by Trench Digger with 1 minute 15.8 seconds.

The race has been run at Royal Randwick, Warwick Farm Racecourse and for one year it took place at Rosehill Gardens (2013) when Rebel Dane won. Up until 2006 the event was restricted to colts and geldings, but fillies are now also eligible to line-up in the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint field. It was known as the Royal Sovereign Stakes from 1979 – 2013 before changing names to the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint in 2014.

Recent Royal Sovereign Stakes / Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Wild Ruler	1 minute 10.12 seconds
	2nd	Isotope
	3rd	Prague
2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Splintex	1 minute 12.37 seconds
	2nd	Flit
	3rd	Anaheed
2019 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Classique Legend	1 minute 09.18 seconds
	2nd	Jonker
	3rd	Avantage
2018 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Catchy	1 minute 10.22 seconds
	2nd	Showtime
	3rd	I Am Excted
2017 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Derryn	1 minute 12.6 seconds
	2nd	Global Glamour
	3rd	Impending
2016 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Japonisme	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Counterattack
	3rd	Takedown
2015 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Delectation	1 minute 11.7 seconds
	2nd	Bring Me The Maid
	3rd	Rekindled Power
2014 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint	1st	Sidestep	1 minute 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Bounding
	3rd	In Cahoots
2013 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Rebel Dane	1 minute 10.8 seconds
	2nd	Urquidez
	3rd	Taxmeifyoucan
2012 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Hot Schnitzel	1 minute 08.9 seconds
	2nd	Manawanui
	3rd	Moment of Change
2011 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Master Harry	1 minute 10.2 seconds
	2nd	Audacious Spirit
	3rd	Skilled
2010 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Shoot Out	1 minute 10.74 seconds
	2nd	More Than Great
	3rd	Viking Legend
2009 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Youthful Jack	1 minute 11.32 seconds
	2nd	Over The Wicket
	3rd	Desuetude
2008 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	El Cambio	1 minute 10.33 seconds
	2nd	Kingda Ka
	3rd	Solo Flyer
2007 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Mutawaajid	1 minute 9.58 seconds
	2nd	Sniper’s Bullet
	3rd	Mearas
2006 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Flying Pegasus	1 minute 10.01 seconds
	2nd	Racing To Win
	3rd	De Beers
2005 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 10.05 seconds
	2nd	Eremein
	3rd	Star Cat
2004 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Exceed And Excel	1 minute 8.27 seconds
	2nd	Ambulance
	3rd	Impaler
2003 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Athelnoth	1 minute 10.18 seconds
	2nd	Planchet
	3rd	Charlie Bub
2002 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 11.06 seconds
	2nd	Viking Ruler
	3rd	Shags
2001 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Assertive Lad	1 minute 9.91 seconds
	2nd	Continum
	3rd	Century Kid
2000 Royal Sovereign Stakes	1st	Hire	1 minute 9.92 seconds
	2nd	Easy Rocking
	3rd	Condotti