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The Schillaci Stakes is a quality Group 2 spring race held mid-way through the coveted Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival on Caulfield Guineas Day in October.

The Schillaci Stakes is a 1100m short-distance event run under weight-for-age conditions worth a lucrative $400,000 in total prize money. There are a number of other great lead-up races held earlier in the carnival that runners may have previously contested including the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) in early September and Sydney’s Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m).

Runners may also be coming back in class but rising in distance off a Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) run under the lights at Moonee Valley a fortnight earlier.

The feature race at the meeting is the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) but there are three other elite level Melbourne races on the day including the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) and the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m). Other key support races on Caulfield Guineas Day include the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) for Melbourne Cup types and Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m).

Horses that ran in the Schillaci Stakes will often continue their spring campaigns by competing in the sprint features including Flemington’s Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2020 Schillaci Stakes runs on Saturday October 10, 2020 and was won by the Hawkes Racing-trained Dirty Work.

2020 Schillaci Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 10, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1970

2020 Schillaci Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Dirty Work
• 2nd: #10 Diamond Effort
• 3rd: #7 Octane

The Hawkes Racing-trained Dirty Work ($4.20) dug deep in a flashing late run to defeat the favourite Diamond Effort ($4) in the 2020 Schillaci Stakes results, but is unlikely to fill the final slot in Saturday week’s $15 million The Everest field.

Click here to read more about the stud-bound Schillaci Stakes 2020 winner Dirty Work.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike		7	58.5kg		$4.20
	2	10	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Mark Zahra	0.1L	6	56.5kg		$4F
	3	7	OCTANE	Phillip Stokes	Jamie Kah	0.3L	4	58.5kg		$13
	4	1	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	0.8L	5	58.5kg		$5.50
	5	3	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Hugh Bowman	1L	1	58.5kg		$5.50
	6	6	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	1.75L	3	58.5kg		$8.50
	7	4	ORDER OF COMMAND	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	3.5L	2	58.5kg		$11
		5	WILLIAM THOMAS	John Price	Michael Dee		0
		9	ALFA ORO (NZ)	Matt Laurie	Damian Lane		0
		2	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Schillaci Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Schillaci Stakes 2020 odds will be detailed below complete with links to the betting markets so you can back your Schillaci Stakes tips in online at Ladbrokes.com.au this spring.

2020 Schillaci Stakes Field

The Schillaci Stakes field attracts a smart line-up of spring sprinters that could be eyeing a Melbourne Cup Carnival run in the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) down the Flemington straight.

The official Schillaci Stakes 2020 field and barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be available in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2020 Schillaci Stakes final field features a line-up of short-distance specialists including Diamond Effort back in grade off a Group 1 Moir Stakes run and Octane who is five from seven over the 1100m.

Update: #2 Jungle Edge (4), #5 William Thomas (8) and #9 Alfa Oro (6) have all been scratched.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x58x3129x8	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	7	58.5kg		112
2	330D0517x0	JUNGLE EDGE	Mick Bell	Ms Jade Darose	4	58.5kg		106
3	x331911x56	SPLINTEX	Mark Newnham	Hugh Bowman	1	58.5kg		105
4	527x1153x3	ORDER OF COMMAND	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	2	58.5kg		106
5	41x70515x3	WILLIAM THOMAS	John Price	Michael Dee	8	58.5kg		99
6	128438×466	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Craig Williams	3	58.5kg		96
7	x111x41114	OCTANE	Phillip Stokes	Jamie Kah	5	58.5kg		86
8	x548111x34	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	10	58.5kg		102
9	12x21111x1	ALFA ORO (NZ)	Matt Laurie	Damian Lane	6	58.5kg		89
10	80x1111x15	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Mark Zahra	9	56.5kg		104

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Schillaci Stakes Nominations

The Schillaci Stakes 2020 nominations are taken on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

There are 14 early Schillaci Stakes 2020 nominations, entries extended until Tuesday morning, including the gun young three-year-old Anders.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	12x21111x1	ALFA ORO (NZ)	G	5	Matt Laurie	89
2	0x1334x09x	ALL TOO ROYAL	G	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
3	436x211x11	ANDERS	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	90
4	128438×466	BOLD STAR	G	5	Gordon Richards	96
5	80x1111x15	DIAMOND EFFORT	M	5	Clinton McDonald	104
6	x548111x34	DIRTY WORK	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	102
7	x58x3129x8	HEY DOC	G	7	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	112
8	11118×12	HOW WOMANTIC	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	89
9	330D0517x0	JUNGLE EDGE	G	10	Mick Bell	106
10	21x25208x1	MUNTASEERA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	77
11	x111x41114	OCTANE	G	5	Phillip Stokes	86
12	527x1153x3	ORDER OF COMMAND	G	6	Danny O’Brien	106
13	x331911x56	SPLINTEX	H	4	Mark Newnham	105
14	41x70515x3	WILLIAM THOMAS	G	6	John Price	99

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Schillaci Stakes History

The first Schillaci Stakes, originally known as the Chirnside Stakes, was run in 1970 when Regal Vista claimed victory. It began as a Principal race run over six furlongs but the race distance was converted to 1200m in 1973. In 1979 the event became a Group 2 race and for one year in 1986 the race was run over 1219m. A few years later in 1988 the distance was permanently decreased to its current length of 1000m. The race name was changed to the Schillaci Stakes in 2000 in honour of the former champion sprinter Schillaci.

In 2019 the Schillaci Stakes winner Trekking secured the ‘win and you’re in’ slot to represent the MRC / ATC in the following weekend’s The Everest and eventually ran third to the young Chris Waller-trained winner Yes Yes Yes.

Recent Schillaci Stakes Winners:

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Dirty Work	1 minute 3.34 seconds
	2nd	Diamond Effort
	3rd	Octane
2019 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Trekking	1 minute 2.32 seconds
	2nd	Ball Of Muscle
	3rd	The Bostonian
2018 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Ball of Muscle	1 minute 2.54 seconds
	2nd	Spirit of Valor
	3rd	Missrock
2017 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Super Cash	1 minute 3.25 seconds
	2nd	Illustrious Lad
	3rd	Rock Magic
2016 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Star Turn	1 mintue 2.89 seconds
	2nd	Malaguerra
	3rd	Fell Swoop
2015 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Alpha Miss	1 minute 3.55 seconds
	2nd	Cashed
	3rd	Lankan Rupee
2014 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Rubick	56.68 seconds
	2nd	Platelet
	3rd	Overreach
2013 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Unpretentious	57.67 seconds
	2nd	Pago Rock
	3rd	Kuroshio
2012 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Buffering	56.95 seconds
	2nd	Golden Archer
	3rd	Stirling Grove
2011 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Black Caviar	56.73 seconds
	2nd	Karuta
	3rd	Stirling Grove
2010 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Black Caviar	56.68 seconds
	2nd	Star Witness
	3rd	General Truce
2009 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Lucky Secret	55.9 seconds
	2nd	Apache Cat
	3rd	Wanted
2008 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Wilander	58 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Secret
	3rd	Gamble Me
2007 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	57.3 seconds
	2nd	Royal Asscher
	3rd	Let Go Thommo
2006 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	57.2 seconds
	2nd	Green Birdie
	3rd	Nediyms Glow
2005 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Segments	57.6 seconds
	2nd	Danerich
	3rd	Miss Mooney Mooney
2004 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Patpong	58.2 seconds
	2nd	Alizes
	3rd	Regimental Gal
2003 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Hailbery	56.7 seconds
	2nd	Dantana
	3rd	Spinning Hill
2002 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Spinning Hill	1 minute 9.23 seconds
	2nd	Flavelon
	3rd	Mistegic
2001 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Mistegic	57.6 seconds
	2nd	Windigo
	3rd	Falvelon
2000 Schillaci Stakes	1st	Flavelon	58 seconds
	2nd	Mannington
	3rd	Super Elegant