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The Silver Shadow Stakes is a Group 2 event for new season three-year-old fillies held annually during August on Winx Stakes Day, which now hosts the opening Group 1 event of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Hosted at the prestigious Royal Randwick Racecourse, the Silver Shadow Stakes is one of the major opening events of the carnival for young fillies heading towards a run through the Princess Series of races that culminates with the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) on Epsom Day.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Silver Shadow Stakes offers $200,000 in total prize money and takes place over 1200m.

The Silver Shadow Stakes 2021 took place on Saturday August 21, 2021 at Royal Randwick Racecourse and was won by Swift Witness. 

Silver Shadow Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 21, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies SWP
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000
Inaugurated:	1980

The Silver Shadow Stakes shares a program with the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) – formerly the Warwick Stakes – and three Group 3 events: the Show County Quality (1200m), the Toy Show Quality (1300m) and the Up and Coming Stakes (1300m). The Silver Shadow Stakes is named in honour of the 1975 Warwick Stakes winner Silver Shadow.

Often fillies in the Silver Shadow Stakes field are resuming racing for the season. The Silver Shadow Stakes field usually attracts horses that had fairly decent two-year-old campaigns. Most entrants have a decent amount of black-type experience from their two-year-old season running in events including the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in the autumn.

Fillies that see success in the Silver Shadow Stakes results tend to push on to later races such as the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) or the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) before stepping up to a mile in the Flight Stakes.

The 2018 Silver Shadow Stakes winner Fiesta ran second in Furious, Tea Rose and Flight Stakes, while the year before Formality completed the Silver Shadow – Furious Stakes double. The following year, Libertini also completed the Silver Shadow – Furious Stakes double before a third in the Tea Rose Stakes. She also went on to run third to the boys in Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes that Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2020 Dame Giselle completed the Silver Shadow – Furious – Tea Rose Stakes treble before running fourth in that year’s Flight Stakes results.

2021 Silver Shadow Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Swift Witness
• 2nd: #9 Latino Blend
• 3rd: #1 Four Moves Ahead

Click here to read more on the 2021 Silver Shadow Stakes winner Swift Witness.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	SWIFT WITNESS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark		8	55kg		$7.50
	2	9	LATINO BLEND (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	0.41L	3	55kg		$21
	3	1	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	James McDonald	0.67L	6	57kg		$2.50F
	4	3	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	1.22L	2	57kg		$8
	5	4	MALLORY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jason Collett	1.79L	5	56kg		$8
	6	2	GLISTENING	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	2.47L	1	57kg		$16
	7	12	TRIFACCIA	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	2.89L	9	55kg		$12
	8	11	LOVEMETENDER	Anthony Cummings	Glen Boss	8.91L	10	55kg		$31
	9	7	TILIANAM (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	13.94L	7	55kg		$26
	FF	8	XTREMETIME	John Thompson	Brenton Avdulla		4	55kg		$9
		10	PICARONES	James Cummings	Ms Kathy O’Hara		0
		5	SHE’S ALL CLASS	Chris Waller	James McDonald		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Silver Shadow Stakes Odds

The top Silver Shadow Stakes 2021 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Dame Giselle ($3.60 in 2020) was the last favourite in Silver Shadow Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Silver Shadow Stakes Field

The official Silver Shadow Stakes 2021 final field and barriers are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to Winx Stakes Day and will be published in full below.

John Sargent’s dual Group 1 fourth placegetter Four Moves Ahead headlines the 2021 Silver Shadow Stakes field, which is down to 11 fillies after the early withdrawal of the Chris Waller-trained She’s All Class.

• Scratched: #5 She’s All Class (6); #10 Picarones (2)

Click here to read more on the key fillies in the 2021 Silver Shadow Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1144x	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	John Sargent	Nash Rawiller	8	57kg			92
2	210x	GLISTENING	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	1	57kg			86
3	12621x	JAMAEA	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	3	57kg			86
4	2x139x	MALLORY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jason Collett	7	56kg			82
5	3x132x	SHE’S ALL CLASS	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6	55kg	55.5kg		86
6	31020x	SWIFT WITNESS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	10	55kg			76
7	11x	TILIANAM (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	9	55kg			76
8	5x11x	XTREMETIME	John Thompson	Brenton Avdulla	5	55kg			75
9	14×3	LATINO BLEND (NZ)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	4	55kg			69
10	134×7	PICARONES	James Cummings	Ms Kathy O’Hara	2	55kg			67
11	6x38x1	LOVEMETENDER	Anthony Cummings	Glen Boss	12	55kg			65
12	337×2	TRIFACCIA	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	11	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Silver Shadow Stakes Nominations

The early Silver Shadow Stakes 2021 nominations are taken on the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of potential runners to be announced below.

Fifteen potential Group 1 Flight Stakes-bound fillies make-up the Silver Shadow Stakes 2021 nominations for Saturday including the John Sargent-trained Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ fourth-placegetter Four Moves Ahead along with the consistent She’s All Class for Chris Waller.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	12621x	JAMAEA	F	3	Robert & Luke Price	1	57kg			86
2	1144x	FOUR MOVES AHEAD	F	3	John Sargent	2	57kg			92
3	3x132x	SHE’S ALL CLASS	F	3	Chris Waller	3	55kg			86
4	2x139x	MALLORY	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	4	56kg			82
5	210x	GLISTENING	F	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	5	57kg			86
6	31020x	SWIFT WITNESS	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	6	55kg			76
7	5x11x	XTREMETIME	F	3	John Thompson	7	55kg			75
8	134×7	PICARONES	F	3	James Cummings	8	55kg			67
9	11x	TILIANAM (NZ)	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	9	55kg			76
10	322x	HOOVER LUCY	F	3	Chris Waller	10	55kg
11	337×2	TRIFACCIA	F	3	James Cummings	11	55kg
12	6x38x1	LOVEMETENDER	F	3	Anthony Cummings	12	55kg			65
13	12	ENTERPRISE POMME	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	13	55kg			66
14	8628×7	CHILL	F	3	Anthony Cummings	14	55kg
15	14×3	LATINO BLEND (NZ)	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	15	55kg			69

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Silver Shadow Stakes History

The Silver Shadow Stakes was inaugurated in 1980, with Moabite seizing the very first victory. Initially a Group 3 race, the Silver Shadow Stakes was upgraded to Group 2 in 1993. After enjoying more than a decade at the improved status, the race was reduced to Group 3 in 2005. For the 2013 edition, the Silver Shadow Stakes was again upgraded to Group 2, where it has remained since.

With the exception of 1989, the Silver Shadow Stakes has always been raced over 1200m. In 1989 the race distance was reduced to 1160m for one year. The Silver Shadow Stakes has a reputation for changing locations, and has been held variously at Warwick Farm Racecourse, Canterbury Park Racecourse and its current location Royal Randwick Racecourse over the years.

Silver Shadow Stakes Location

Period	Location
1980-92	Warwick Farm
1993	Royal Randwick
1994-99	Warwick Farm
2000	Canterbury Park
2001-04	Warwick Farm
2005-06	Royal Randwick
2008	Warwick Farm
2009	Royal Randwick
2010-13	Warwick Farm
2014 – onwards	Royal Randwick

Horses that see success in the Silver Shadow Stakes have usually experienced it elsewhere. A solid two -year-old campaign is almost a prerequisite for entry to the Silver Shadow Stakes field, particularly since the grade and prize upgrade in 2014.

Notable winners of the Silver Shadow Stakes include Startling Lass (1988), Angst (1993), Ha Ha (2001), Gold Edition (2006), Samantha Miss (2008), Formality (2017), Fiesta (2018) and Dame Giselle (2020). Silver Shadow Stakes results since 2000 are below.

Silver Shadow Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Swift Witness	1 minute 10.07 seconds
	2nd	Latino Blend
	3rd	Four Moves Ahead
2020 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Dame Giselle	1 minute 11.22 seconds
	2nd	Thermosphere
	3rd	Miss Canada
2019 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Libertini	1 minute 7.93 seconds
	2nd	Flit
	3rd	Let It Pour
2018 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Fiesta	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Outback Barbie
	3rd	Futooh
2017 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Formality	1 minute 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Alizee
	3rd	Champagne Cuddles
2016 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Omei Sword	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Bacarella
	3rd	Quick Feet
2015 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Speak Fondly	1 minute 09.4 seconds
	2nd	Kimberley Star
	3rd	Lake Geneva
2014 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Bring Me The Maid	1 minute 12.4 seconds
	2nd	Memorial
	3rd	Clover Lane
2013 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Thump	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Sweet Idea
	3rd	Montsegur
2012 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Nechita	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Meidung
	3rd	Ichihara
2011 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Pane In The Glass	1 minute 13.4 seconds
	2nd	Florentina
	3rd	Streama
2010 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Parables	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Solar Charged
	3rd	Chance Bye
2009 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Deer Valley	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Hurtle Myrtle
2008 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Samantha Miss	1 minute 12.4 seconds
	2nd	Glowlamp
	3rd	Love And Kisses
2007 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Montmelo
	3rd	Heat Of The Fire
2005 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Mnemosyne	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Fashions Afield
	3rd	Paulini
2004 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Our Sweet Moss	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Wager
	3rd	Trezevant
2003 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Regimental Gal	1 minute 12.0 seconds
	2nd	Legally Bay
	3rd	Dorky
2002 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Victory Vein	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Chantelaine
	3rd	Calaway Gal
2001 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Hosannah
	3rd	Oomph
2000 Silver Shadow Stakes	1st	Ateates	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Dynamic Love
	3rd	Unworldly