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The Skyline Stakes is a Group 2 status races for two-year-old colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Chipping Norton Stakes Day in late February or early March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Held under set weights conditions the 1200m sprint offers $200,000 in total prize money and offers the winner a ballot exemption for the upcoming Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens the following month.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1400m) and recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) for three-year-old fillies. There are a number of other Group status support acts on the card including the Skyline Stakes and the two-year-old fillies’ equivalent – the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m).

Colts & geldings running in the Skyline Stakes field may have come off an earlier autumn run in a traditional lead-up including the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill in late January or the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) the week before.

After contesting the Skyline Stakes the Golden Slipper-bound youngsters may have another lead-up into the Group 1 in the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick in early March. The last horse to win the Skyline Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double without a run in between was Dance Hero (2004).

More recently, the 2019 Skyline Stakes winner Microphone went on to run second in that year’s Golden Slipper Stakes before winning the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce (1400m) over more distance during ‘The Championships’.

The Skyline Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday February 29, 2020 and was won by the John Thompson-trained Mamaragan on debut. 

2020 Skyline Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 29, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights / 2YO C&G
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Skyline Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Mamaragan
• 2nd: #5 Osamu
• 3rd: #2 Aim

Trainer John Thompson has uncovered a genuine Golden Slipper contender in Mamaragan with the colt scoring an impressive upset win on debut in the Skyline Stakes 2020 results ahead of Chris Waller’s $1.7 million purchase Osamu and the better-fancied Aim.

Click here to read more on the eye-catching 2020 Skyline Stakes winner Mamaragan.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	9	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Blake Shinn	–	7	55.5kg	$19
2	5	OSAMU	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1.3L	8	55.5kg	$19
3	2	AIM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	2.1L	2	55.5kg	$4.80
4	3	POSTCODE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.9L	5	55.5kg	$13
5	8	ARGENTEUS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ben Melham	3.1L	1	55.5kg	$6.50
6	1	PRAGUE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tommy Berry	3.2L	3	55.5kg	$2.60F
7	6	TOMMY GOLD (NZ)	John O’Shea	Joshua Parr	4.2L	4	55.5kg	$9
8	4	MISSION RIVER	Gerald Ryan	Hugh Bowman	5.6L	6	55.5kg	$8.50
9	7	GORSHIN	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	11.8L	9	55.5kg	$81

2020 Skyline Stakes Betting

The latest Skyline Stakes 2020 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available for selection below as soon as markets on the official Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up are out the week of the race.

2020 Skyline Stakes Field

The Skyline Stakes field attracts a line-up of the season’s most promising two-year-old sprinters, the colts and geldings traditionally targeting a start in the upcoming Golden Slipper Stakes field.

The official 2020 Skyline Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

The Skyline Stakes 2020 final field features nine two-year-old colts and geldings, seven of which have previous race experience. The undefeated Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Prague leads betting chasing a third straight win following his Group 3 Canonbury Stakes success last start at the track.

Click here to read more on the Prague-led 2020 Skyline Stakes field of Golden Slipper hopefuls.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	11	PRAGUE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tommy Berry	3	55.5kg
2	118	AIM	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	2	55.5kg
3	22x	POSTCODE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	55.5kg
4	22	MISSION RIVER	Gerald Ryan	Hugh Bowman	6	55.5kg
5	27	OSAMU	Chris Waller	James McDonald	8	55.5kg
6	4×2	TOMMY GOLD (NZ)	John O’Shea	Joshua Parr	4	55.5kg
7	64	GORSHIN	Anthony Cummings	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	9	55.5kg
8	–	ARGENTEUS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ben Melham	1	55.5kg
9	–	MAMARAGAN	John Thompson	Blake Shinn	7	55.5kg

Skyline Stakes History

The Skyline Stakes has been run since 1979 as a Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up. The race is named in honour of the 1958 Golden Slipper winner Skyline who also won that season’s Australian Derby.

The race has taken place over a number of different Sydney race tracks over its history including Canterbury Park, Rosehill, Warwick Farm and its current home at Randwick Racecourse. It began as a Principal Race (1979) before upgrades to Listed (1980-86), Group 3 (1987-2012) and now its current Group 2 (2013 onwards) status.

Notable recent Skyline Stakes winners include Shogun Lodge (1999), Choisir (2002), Dance Hero (2004), Snitzel (2005), Manhattan Rain (2009), Hinchinbrook (2010), Exosphere (2015) and Microphone (2019).

Recent Skyline Stakes Winners

Check out the table below for the full Skyline Stakes results & winners dating back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Skyline Stakes	1st	Mamaragan	1 minute 9.52 seconds
	2nd	Osamu
	3rd	Aim
2019 Skyline Stakes	1st	Microphone	1 minute 9.33 seconds
	2nd	Cosmic Force
	3rd	Castelvecchio
2018 Skyline Stakes	1st	Santos	1 minute 11.15 seconds
	2nd	Spin
	3rd	Legend Of Condor
2017 Skyline Stakes	1st	Diamond Tathagata	1 minute 14.22 seconds
	2nd	Coruscate
	3rd	Single Bullet
2016 Skyline Stakes	1st	Good Standing	1 minute 9.0 seconds
	2nd	Lionhearted
	3rd	Souchez
2015 Skyline Stakes	1st	Exosphere	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Odyssey Moon
	3rd	Wolf Cry
2014 Skyline Stakes	1st	Valentia	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Mr Bogart
	3rd	Modoc
2013 Skyline Stakes	1st	All The Talk	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Octane Flyer
	3rd	Dothraki
2012 Skyline Stakes	1st	Ashokan	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Raceway
	3rd	Collect
2011 Skyline Stakes	1st	Uate	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Hot Snitzel
	3rd	Flight Of Pegasus
2010 Skyline Stakes	1st	Hinchinbrook	1 minute 8.8 seconds
	2nd	Brightexpectations
	3rd	Pressday
2009 Skyline Stakes	1st	Manhattan Rain	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	The Mikado
	3rd	Romanus
2008 Skyline Stakes	1st	All American	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Over The Wicket
	3rd	Dubai To Sydney
2007 Skyline Stakes	1st	Murtajill	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Husson Lightning
	3rd	Pistols
2006 Skyline Stakes	1st	Casino Prince	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Empire’s Choice
	3rd	My Middi
2005 Skyline Stakes	1st	Snitzel	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Stratum
	3rd	Paratroopers
2004 Skyline Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Rock
	3rd	Econsul
2003 Skyline Stakes	1st	Kusi	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Face Value
	3rd	Resistor
2002 Skyline Stakes	1st	Choisir	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Emerging Star
	3rd	Charlie Bub
2001 Skyline Stakes	1st	Viscount	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Excellerator
	3rd	Shags
2000 Skyline Stakes	1st	Kootoomootoo	1 minute 11.8 seconds
	2nd	Assertive Lad
	3rd	Veteran