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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