Silver Slipper Stakes

The Silver Slipper Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds heading towards the coveted Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill Gardens during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Results

  • 1st: #2 Cylinder
  • 2nd: #8 Platinum Jubilee
  • 3rd: #3 King's Gambit



The Silver Slipper Stakes is a lucrative Group 2 race run in mid-late February during the prestigious Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, the Silver Slipper Stakes is one of three Group races at the meeting along with the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) and the Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m).

A 1100m sprint race for two-year-olds at set weights, the Silver Slipper Stakes offers $250,000 in prize money and is the first notable Group status race solely for two-year-olds at the carnival.

Runners from the Silver Slipper Stakes are traditionally eyeing a run in the richest race in the world for their age group – the Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) back at Rosehill in March. She Will Reign (2017) followed by Farnan (2020) are the latest two-year-olds to complete the Silver Slipper – Golden Slipper Stakes double.

Before the Golden Slipper Stakes the horses out of the Silver Slipper Stakes field may run in a lead-up race like Canberra’s Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m), or either the Group 2 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) for fillies or Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) for colts & geldings the week before.

The Silver Slipper Stakes form in 2021 was franked with the winner Home Affairs going on to win that spring’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) in Melbourne.

The 2021 Silver Slipper Stakes winner Home Affairs raced on the same day 12 months later in Melbourne to deny his stablemate Nature Strip victory first-up in Flemington’s Group 1 $1 million Black Caviar Lightning (1000m).

The 2022 Silver Slipper Stakes form was franked with the winner Best Of Bordeaux running a next-up second in the Golden Slipper Stakes results. He also finished third that spring in Melbourne’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

The Silver Slipper Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday February 18, 2023 and was won by the James Cummings-trained Cylinder ($4.60) first-up for the Godolphin stable.  

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes
Date: Saturday February 18, 2023
Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance: 1100m
Conditions: 2YO – Set Weights
Weights: Colts & Geldings – 56.5kg / Fillies – 54.5kg
Status: Group 2
Prize Money: $250,000
Inaugurated: 1963

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Results

  • 1st: #2 Cylinder ($4.60)
  • 2nd: #8 Platinum Jubilee
  • 3rd: #3 King’s Gambit

It is onto the Golden Slipper on March 18 for Godolphin’s smart Exceed And Excel two-year-old Cylinder ($4.60) who enjoyed a half-length win first-up in the 2023 Silver Slipper Stakes results after running down the leading filly Platinum Jubilee.

Click here to read more on the Silver Slipper win by Godolphin’s progressive colt Cylinder.

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Results & Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 2 CYLINDER James Cummings Brenton Avdulla 1 56.5kg $4.60
2 8 PLATINUM JUBILEE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 0.51L 6 54.5kg $4.40
3 3 KING’S GAMBIT Peter & Paul Snowden Nash Rawiller 0.94L 3 56.5kg $2.50F
4 5 FIRE LANE Brad Widdup Jay Ford 5.36L 4 54.5kg $9
5 7 MUMBAI MUSE Michael Freedman Brett Prebble 5.97L 2 54.5kg $8.50
6 6 MADEIRA SUNRISE Michael Freedman Jason Collett 6.48L 5 54.5kg $11
1 CARNABY Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Ryan Maloney 0
4 NAZORIAN Kacy Fogden 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Odds

The latest Silver Slipper Stakes 2023 odds will be published below as soon as available from Ladbrokes.com.au this Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The last favourite in Silver Slipper Stakes betting to salute for the punters was She Will Reign ($1.35 in 2017).

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 SILVER SLIPPER STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Silver Slipper Stakes 2023 Tips on the autumn Group 2 this season.

  • To Win: #2 Cylinder ($4.20 at time of publish)

The favourite could be vulnerable again after his first-up second and so happy to take on King’s Gambit and go a bit of value for the resuming Cylinder from the powerhouse Godolphin stable. The progressive James Cummings-trained Exceed And Excel colt gets the rails run from barrier one first-up chasing his maiden win at his third start. He ran second in both his runs last campaign against some nice types and is out to atone for his second in the Merson Cooper as the beaten odds-on favourite at Caulfield in late November. Runs in Sydney for the first time since his second on debut at Newcastle behind Fire Lane in the Max Lees and has the benefit of a winning Rosehill trial throughout the week.

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Field

The Silver Slipper Stakes field attracts the season’s best young sprinters heading towards bigger races for their age group over the autumn, especially the Golden Slipper Stakes, and final acceptances close the Wednesday before the race takes place on Hobartville Stakes Day.

The 2023 Silver Slipper Stakes field and barriers will be published below on Wednesday February 15, 2023.

The Silver Slipper Stakes 2023 final field features a small but promising line-up of Golden Slipper hopefuls led in betting by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained King’s Gambit looking to atone for his first-up second as the beaten odds-on favourite in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 4 CARNABY Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Ryan Maloney 2 56.5kg
2 22x CYLINDER James Cummings Brenton Avdulla 1 56.5kg
3 1×2 KING’S GAMBIT Peter & Paul Snowden Nash Rawiller 4 56.5kg
4 91 NAZORIAN Kacy Fogden 8 56.5kg
5 1415 FIRE LANE Brad Widdup Jay Ford 5 54.5kg
6 1 MADEIRA SUNRISE Michael Freedman Jason Collett 6 54.5kg
7 3 MUMBAI MUSE Michael Freedman Brett Prebble 3 54.5kg
8 1×22 PLATINUM JUBILEE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 7 54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Silver Slipper Stakes Nominations

The Silver Slipper Stakes nominations close on the Monday before the race each year and attract a host of promising two-year-olds.

The 2023 Silver Slipper Stakes nominations will be published below on Monday February 13, 2023.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 1×22 PLATINUM JUBILEE F 2 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 1 54.5kg
2 1415 FIRE LANE F 2 Brad Widdup 2 54.5kg
3 1×2 KING’S GAMBIT C 2 Peter & Paul Snowden 3 56.5kg
4 22x CYLINDER C 2 James Cummings 4 56.5kg
5 3 SHINZO C 2 Chris Waller 5= 56.5kg
6 3 MUMBAI MUSE F 2 Michael Freedman 5= 54.5kg
7 608x SPEEDSTER C 2 Ian Finn 7 56.5kg
8 4 CARNABY C 2 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou 8 56.5kg
9 0x MISTY LEGEND C 2 Richard & Will Freedman 9 56.5kg
10 91 NAZORIAN C 2 Kacy Fogden 10 56.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Silver Slipper Stakes History

Eskimo Prince was the inaugural Silver Slipper Stakes winner when the race was first held in 1963. It began as a Principal race run over four furlongs, and was run over five furlongs for one year in 1970. With Australia’s adoption of the metric system in 1973, the race distance was converted to 900m.

In 1979 the Silver Slipper reached its current Group 2 status and then the race distance was increased to 1100m in 1984. Due to an outbreak of the equine influenza in Australia, the race was not held in 1997.

A host of gun two-year-olds have dominated the Silver Slipper Stakes results over the years including recent Golden Slipper champions Pierro (2012), Mossfun (2014) and She Will Reign (2017).

See below for a full list of Silver Slipper Stakes results going back to 2000.

Silver Slipper Stakes Records
Race Record (for current distance of 1100m): 1:02.90 set by Amelia’s Dream in 2008
Most Successful Jockey: D. Beadman has won five Silver Slippers with Honey Be Quick (1990), Strategic (1994), Domesday (2005), Plagiarize (2006), Shaft (2007).

Recent Silver Slipper Stakes Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2023
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Cylinder 1 minute 03.20 seconds
2nd Platinum Jubilee
3rd King’s Gambit
2022
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Best Of Bordeaux 1 minute 0.4.69 seconds
2nd Magic
3rd Cythera
2021
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Home Affairs 1 minute 04.98 seconds
2nd Rocket Tiger
3rd Direct
2020
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Farnan 1 minute 04.75 seconds
2nd Global Quest
3rd North Pacific
2019
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Time To Reign 1 minute 04.08 seconds
2nd Tassort
3rd Born A Warrior
2018
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Sunlight 1 minute 03.51 seconds
2nd Estijaab
3rd Gongs
2017
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st She Will Reign 1 minute 04.70 seconds
2nd Veranillo
3rd Showtime
2016
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Astern 1 minute 4.1 seconds
2nd Defcon
3rd Mount Panorama
2015
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Headwater 1 minute 4.4 seconds
2nd Voilier
3rd Mishani Honcho
2014
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Mossfun 1 minute 6.2 seconds
2nd Press Report
3rd Risen From Doubt
2013
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Sweet Idea 1 minute 6.3 seconds
2nd Whiskey Allround
3rd Charlie Boy
2012
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Pierro 1 minute 6.8 seconds
2nd Hussousa
3rd Kyria
2011
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Satin Shoes 1 minute 03.4 seconds
2nd Elite Falls
3rd Straight Gold
2010
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Chance Bye 1 minute 4.28 seconds
2nd Ambers Waltz
3rd Zutara
2009
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Melito 1 minute 3.85 seconds
2nd Sunday Rose
3rd Onemorenomore
2008
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Amelia’s Dream 1 minute 2.9 seconds
2nd Hips Don’t Lie
3rd Glowlamp
2007
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Shaft 1 minute 4.02 seconds
2nd Husson Lightning
3rd Murtajill
2006
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Plagiarize 1 minute 3.97 seconds
2nd Boom Time Savings
3rd Five Ways
2005
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Domesday 1 minute 3.96 seconds
2nd Flying Pegasus
3rd Dr. Green
2004
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Ballybleue 1 minute 4.04 seconds
2nd Dane Shadow
3rd Esther
2003
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Hasna 1 minute 3.96 seconds
2nd Polar Success
3rd Legally Bay
2002
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Victory Vein 1 minute 5.21 seconds
2nd Chuckle
3rd Air Of Grace
2001
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st Excellerator 1 minute 3.14 seconds
2nd Ha Ha
3rd Donna Natalia
2000
Silver Slipper Stakes
1st French Braids 1 minute 3.67 seconds
2nd Kootoomootoo
3rd King Of Danes

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