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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 $600,000 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.

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.

The Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2020 ran on Saturday April 11, 2020 and was won by the Mark Newnham-trained colt Splintex. 

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint
Date:	Saturday April 11, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$600,000 ($500,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Results

• 1st: #3 Splintex
• 2nd: #9 Flit
• 3rd: #10 Anaheed

Splintex proved his 1200m ability with a gutsy on-speed win in the 2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint, Mark Newnham’s now valuable Snitzel colt holding off a fast-finishing Group 1 winning filly in Flit to take out the Group 2 on Day 2 of The Championships.

Click here to read more on the fighting win by Splintex over Flit in the Arrowfield Sprint 2020 results.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	3	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan (a)	–	1	56.5kg	$9.50
2	9	FLIT	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	0.1L	8	54.5kg	$7
3	10	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	1.4L	9	54.5kg	$6.50
4	6	HAWKER HURRICANE	Michael Moroney	Opie Bosson	2.3L	12	56.5kg	$41
5	2	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Nash Rawiller	2.6L	11	56.5kg	$15
6	7	TRUE DETECTIVE	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	3.2L	7	56.5kg	$26
7	1	COSMIC FORCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	3.4L	6	56.5kg	$3F
8	4	DAWN PASSAGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	4.4L	10	56.5kg	$7.50
9	8	HUMAN NATURE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Sam Clipperton	6.4L	3	56.5kg	$41
10	12	CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	11.3L	4	54.5kg	$7.50
–	5	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony Freedman	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–
–	11	VILLAMI	Gerald Ryan	Jay Ford	–	0	–	–

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Odds

The updated Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2020 betting odds across the autumn leading up to The Championships in April will be updated below once announced by Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Field

The Royal Sovereign Stakes – now known as the 2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint field will be published below on Tuesday April 7, 2020 as soon as released by Racing NSW.

The Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2020 final field drew a dozen youngsters led in betting by Cosmic Force and Flit drawn in barriers six and eight respectively.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Arrowfield Sprint field and betting markets.

Update: #5 Groundswell (2) and #11 Villami (5) have come out of the line-up.

Click here for the full 2020 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day Scratchings & Track Report.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	218x216x20	COSMIC FORCE	Peter & Paul Snowden	James McDonald	6	56.5kg	95
2	5111x3232x	ELEVEN ELEVEN	Gregory Hickman	Nash Rawiller	11	56.5kg	86
3	311×33191	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Robbie Dolan (a)	1	56.5kg	84
4	13x156x2	DAWN PASSAGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	10	56.5kg	83
5	4x1333x67	GROUNDSWELL	Anthony Freedman	Kerrin McEvoy	2	56.5kg	80
6	0x38231x75	HAWKER HURRICANE	Michael Moroney	Opie Bosson	12	56.5kg	78
7	x22176x337	TRUE DETECTIVE	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	7	56.5kg	75
8	1x3427x312	HUMAN NATURE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Sam Clipperton	3	56.5kg	73
9	2x2914x160	FLIT	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	8	54.5kg	105
10	x93513x100	ANAHEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tim Clark	9	54.5kg	102
11	83x4233x16	VILLAMI	Gerald Ryan	Jay Ford	5	54.5kg	90
12	152x113x31	CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	4	54.5kg	87

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint First Acceptances

The official Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2020 First Acceptances close on a Tuesday in mid-March along with all the other first acceptances for The Championships races and will be available below once announced by Racing NSW.

There were 63 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint 2020 first acceptances this autumn including Peter & Paul Snowden’s Group 2 winning colt Cosmic Force and the exciting filly Flit.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	26x550x756	ACCESSION	G	3	Chris Waller	81
2	x93513x100	ANAHEED	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	102
3	5x2114x325	BANQUO	C	3	Danny O’Brien	–
4	22×2	BATTLEGROUND	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	–
5	1x20x0x	BELLA ROSA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	–
6	21162×6136	BIVOUAC	C	3	James Cummings	115
7	32×40	BORN A WARRIOR	G	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
8	1139×742	BOTTEGA	C	3	Gerald Ryan	76
9	152x113x31	CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	87
10	18x614220x	CARDIFF	G	3	Gerald Ryan	71
11	221142×566	CONDO’S EXPRESS	G	3	Richard Laming	–
12	218x216x20	COSMIC FORCE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	95
13	1×5	DARLEB	C	3	Kris Lees	60
14	13x156x2	DAWN PASSAGE	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	83
15	x32441x548	DIRTY WORK	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	69
16	2x2671x	DISRUPTOR	G	3	Gary Portelli	66
17	5111x3232x	ELEVEN ELEVEN	G	3	Gregory Hickman	86
18	3x1331x669	EXCEEDANCE	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	108
19	81x01000x4	EXETER	G	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
20	11x	FELICIA	F	3	Dean Binaisse	–
21	03x113x1	FISTICUFFS	G	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds	–
22	2x2914x160	FLIT	F	3	James Cummings	105
23	212×8	GEO	C	3	Kris Lees	66
24	4x1333x67	GROUNDSWELL	C	3	Anthony Freedman	80
25	75	HAVEN	F	3	John Thompson	–
26	0x38231x75	HAWKER HURRICANE	G	3	Michael Moroney	78
27	11x39x20	HEIRBORN (NZ)	G	3	Anthony Freedman	–
28	2114×4	HEYINGTON STATION	G	3	Phillip Stokes	–
29	1x3427x312	HUMAN NATURE	G	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–
30	148×1	INDY CAR	G	3	Anthony Cummings	66
31	4x212x6	INSTANT ATTRACTION	F	3	John O’Shea	65
32	30x05x3964	KIAMICHI	F	3	James Cummings	92
33	2226×2	KILLIN	C	3	Kris Lees	–
34	2x4501x858	KUBRICK	C	3	Chris Waller	–
35	9x74959x40	LANKAN STAR	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	–
36	11x1133x49	LIBERTINI	F	3	Anthony Cummings	100
37	12×1	LORD KENSINGTON	G	3	Archie Alexander	–
38	x1212x3210	LOVING GABY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	116
39	31133x143x	LUCICELLO	F	3	Chris Waller	80
40	121x3x6132	MICROPHONE	C	3	James Cummings	104
41	11×1	OPEN MINDED (NZ)	G	3	Anthony Freedman	–
42	21×11	OVERKILL	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	–
43	1143×144	PANDEMIC	G	3	James Cummings	82
44	2x1653x020	REGIMENTAL BAND	F	3	Kris Lees	69
45	21040x	RIVA CAPRI (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees	–
46	6237x7x406	ROMAN WOLF	G	3	Gary Portelli	69
47	2124×123	RUN TO PERFECTION	C	3	Danny O’Brien	–
48	3x123x080	SAAS FEE	F	3	Gerald Ryan	69
49	3011×1816	SANGRIA	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	79
50	2x2319x967	SARTORIAL SPLENDOR	C	3	John Sadler	–
51	114×578	SCREENAGER	F	3	James Cummings	–
52	1×44	SHILO LASS	F	3	Michael Moroney	–
53	310x	SORRENTINA (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees	69
54	1×43194	SPEND	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	78
55	311×33191	SPLINTEX	C	3	Mark Newnham	84
56	2116×10639	STAR SURPRISE	G	3	Michael Moroney	–
57	x1651x1278	SUPER SETH	C	3	Anthony Freedman	107
58	1x	TAILLEUR	F	3	James Cummings	63
59	0x53076x24	TENLEY	F	3	James Cummings	85
60	167×18	TEXAS FOREVER	C	3	David Pfieffer	64
61	x22176x337	TRUE DETECTIVE	G	3	Chris Waller	75
62	83x4233x16	VILLAMI	F	3	Gerald Ryan	90
63	1x11355x22	WAYUPINTHESKY	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	85

2020 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint Nominations

The official 2020 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.

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
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