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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 $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’.

In 2020 after scoring an upset on debut to win the Skyline Stakes, Mamaragan went on to run third in both the Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ trifecta results.

The form out of the 2021 Skyline Stakes was firmly franked with the runner-up Hilal going on to run second in both the Inglis’ Sires and Champagne Stakes that autumn, and later winning the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes – $1 million Bondi Stakes double in the spring. Captivant meanwhile improved on his Skyline Stakes third that year to take out the Group 1 Champagne Stakes over the mile that April.

The Skyline Stakes 2022 ran on Saturday February 26, 2022 and was won in an upset by the David Atkins-trained Promitto ($14) on a Heavy (10) track. 

2022 Skyline Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 26, 2022
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights / 2YO C&G
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2022 Skyline Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Promitto ($14)
• 2nd: #7 Rise Of the Masses
• 3rd: #4 Jemeldi

Connections of the David Atkins-trained Promitto ($14) have some decisions to make with the 2022 Skyline Stakes winner not currently nominated for the $5 million Golden Slipper. Promitto was impressive powering home on a Heavy (10) to score an upset win in the Skyline Stakes 2022 results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	PROMITTO	David Atkins	Christian Reith		6	55.5kg		$14
	2	7	RISE OF THE MASSES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.05L	1	55.5kg		$9.50
	3	4	JEMELDI	Tom Button	Jason Collett	2.88L	10	55.5kg		$7
	4	1	EL PADRINO	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Keagan Latham	3.38L	7	55.5kg		$4.60F
	5	9	MAN IN THE MIRROR	Annabel Neasham	William Pike	3.43L	3	55.5kg		$8.50
	6	16	BROSNAN	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Brenton Avdulla	3.5L	12	55.5kg		$11
	7	13	NOLAN	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	3.56L	5	55.5kg		$19
	8	15	PEACE OFFICER (NZ)	Clarry Conners	Nash Rawiller	3.66L	9	55.5kg (cd 56kg)		$8.50
	9	14	GREAT SIEGE	Anthony Cummings	Joshua Parr	9.22L	2	55.5kg		$31
	10	8	FIRE AND ICE	Mark Minervini	Tom Sherry (a)	9.54L	11	55.5kg		$21
	11	5	SANDPAPER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	11.84L	4	55.5kg		$6
	12	11	ONE DESTINY	Gary Nickson	Ms Kathy O’Hara	19.29L	8	55.5kg		$81
		17e	CUSTODIAN	Anthony & Sam Freedman	James McDonald		0
		2	CALGARY STAMPEDE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Chad Schofield		0
		3	SWEET RIDE	Annabel Neasham	Jean Van Overmeire		0
		12	HELL I AM	John O’Shea			0
		6	NOBEL	Annabel Neasham	Regan Bayliss		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Skyline Stakes Betting

The latest Skyline Stakes 2022 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.

2022 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 2022 Skyline Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

A bumper field of Golden Slipper-bound colts and geldings face off in the 2022 Skyline Stakes on Saturday with markets led by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained El Padrino who has form in the wet and was good fresh placed fourth behind Xtravagant Star in the $2 million Inglis Millennium.

Scratched:

• #2 Calgary Stampede (17)
• #3 Sweet Ride (4)
• #6 Nobel (16)
• #12 Hell I Am (11)
• #17e Custodian (7)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	214	EL PADRINO	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Keagan Latham	9	55.5kg
2	120	CALGARY STAMPEDE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Chad Schofield	17	55.5kg
3	15	SWEET RIDE	Annabel Neasham	Jean Van Overmeire	4	55.5kg
4	11	JEMELDI	Tom Button	Jason Collett	13	55.5kg
5	12	SANDPAPER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	5	55.5kg
6	37x	NOBEL	Annabel Neasham	Regan Bayliss	16	55.5kg
7	1×3	RISE OF THE MASSES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1	55.5kg
8	48	FIRE AND ICE	Mark Minervini	Tom Sherry (a)	14	55.5kg
9	1x	MAN IN THE MIRROR	Annabel Neasham	William Pike	3	55.5kg
10	1	PROMITTO	David Atkins	Christian Reith	8	55.5kg
11	02×55	ONE DESTINY	Gary Nickson	Ms Kathy O’Hara	10	55.5kg
12	54	HELL I AM	John O’Shea		11	55.5kg
13	26	NOLAN	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	6	55.5kg
14	2	GREAT SIEGE	Anthony Cummings	Joshua Parr	2	55.5kg
15	5	PEACE OFFICER (NZ)	Clarry Conners	Nash Rawiller	12	55.5kg	56kg
16		BROSNAN	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Brenton Avdulla	15	55.5kg
17e		CUSTODIAN	Anthony & Sam Freedman	James McDonald	7	55.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Skyline Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Skyline Stakes in 2022 close the Monday of race week and will be announced below once available.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1		BROSNAN	C	2	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
2	120	CALGARY STAMPEDE	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
3		CUSTODIAN	C	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman
4	214	EL PADRINO	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
5	3×39	EMPEROR	C	2	Matthew Dunn
6	48	FIRE AND ICE	C	2	Mark Minervini
7	338	FLASHING STEEL	C	2	Annabel Neasham
8	2	GREAT SIEGE	C	2	Anthony Cummings
9	54	HELL I AM	C	2	John O’Shea
10	11	JEMELDI	G	2	Tom Button
11		KOTE	C	2	Anthony Cummings
12	1x	MAN IN THE MIRROR	C	2	Annabel Neasham
13	37x	NOBEL	C	2	Annabel Neasham
14	26	NOLAN	C	2	John O’Shea
15	02×55	ONE DESTINY	G	2	Gary Nickson
16	5	PEACE OFFICER (NZ)	C	2	Clarry Conners
17	1	PROMITTO	C	2	David Atkins
18	1×3	RISE OF THE MASSES	C	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
19	12	SANDPAPER	C	2	James Cummings
20	15	SWEET RIDE	C	2	Annabel Neasham

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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
2022 Skyline Stakes	1st	Promitto	1 minute 15.45 seconds
	2nd	Rise Of the Masses
	3rd	Jemeldi
2021 Skyline Stakes	1st	O’President	1 minute 10.99 seconds
	2nd	Hilal
	3rd	Captivant
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