2023 PB Lawrence Stakes Results: Cox Plate Hope Mr Brightside Salutes First-Up
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The Group 2 Skyline Stakes is a 1200m sprint for 2YO colts & geldings run at Royal Randwick on Chipping Norton Stakes Day in the autumn as a key lead-up to the Golden Slipper Stakes.
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 $250,000 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 (now defunct) 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 2022 Skyline Stakes form was franked with the second placed Rise Of The Masses winning the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes next start.
The Skyline Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday February 25, 2023 and was won by the James Cummings-trained Corniche ($7) in his first run outside of Melbourne.
2023 Skyline Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday February 25, 2023 |
Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Set Weights / 2YO C&G |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $250,000 |
The James Cummings-trained Fastnet Rock colt Corniche ($7) franked the Melbourne form in Sydney with a dominant win in the 2023 Skyline Stakes results off a third in the Blue Diamond Prelude and second in the Preview.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 3 | CORNICHE | James Cummings | Brenton Avdulla | 6 | 55.5kg | $7 | |||
2 | 8 | SHINZO | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 1.57L | 2 | 55.5kg | $3.20F | ||
3 | 5 | BASES LOADED | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1.87L | 3 | 55.5kg | $8 | ||
4 | 13 | SIDE SHOW | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 4.01L | 4 | 55.5kg | $14 | ||
5 | 2 | DISNECK | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 4.39L | 1 | 55.5kg | $18 | ||
6 | 7 | MAKE A CALL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Sam Clipperton | 5.4L | 7 | 55.5kg | $26 | ||
7 | 1 | RUSH HOUR | Nathan Doyle | Koby Jennings | 5.82L | 9 | 55.5kg | $15 | ||
8 | 4 | GANBARE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 5.83L | 11 | 55.5kg | $7 | ||
9 | 6 | EXTREME SPIRIT | Gary Portelli | Tyler Schiller (a) | 6.25L | 8 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
10 | 10 | TAVS | Richard Litt | Robbie Dolan | 7.1L | 10 | 55.5kg | $8 | ||
11 | 9 | DIABELLI | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 7.25L | 5 | 55.5kg (cd 56kg) | $19 | ||
12 | 11 | SPEEDSTER | Ian Finn | Reece Jones (a) | 32.1L | 12 | 55.5kg | $151 | ||
12 | WYMARK (NZ) | Michael Freedman | Brett Prebble | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The latest Skyline Stakes 2023 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.
Stay tuned for our insider Skyline Stakes 2023 Tips on the Golden Slipper lead-up this autumn.
Have the form out of Melbourne stacking up here in Sydney on Saturday with a nice price on offer for Godolphin improver Corniche. The in-form Fastnet Rock colt comes off a trio of good runs in Victoria with the team opting to bring him to Sydney for the Skyline over a Blue Diamond run this weekend at Sandown. He was second in the Preview and only a length beaten by stablemate Barber in the Prelude a fortnight back. Looking set to peak here fit and ready to fire over six furlongs in an easier assignment than the Group 1.
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 2023 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 2023 final field features a quality line-up of Golden Slipper-bound colts and geldings led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained Snitzel colt Shinzo coming off a Group 3 Canonbury Stakes second on debut.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 1 | RUSH HOUR | Nathan Doyle | Koby Jennings | 10 | 55.5kg | |||
2 | 815x | DISNECK | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 1 | 55.5kg | |||
3 | 323 | CORNICHE | James Cummings | Brenton Avdulla | 7 | 55.5kg | |||
4 | 17 | GANBARE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Regan Bayliss | 12 | 55.5kg | |||
5 | 1 | BASES LOADED | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 3 | 55.5kg | |||
6 | 1 | EXTREME SPIRIT | Gary Portelli | Tyler Schiller (a) | 9 | 55.5kg | |||
7 | 4×32 | MAKE A CALL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Sam Clipperton | 8 | 55.5kg | |||
8 | 3 | SHINZO | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2 | 55.5kg | |||
9 | 63x | DIABELLI | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 6 | 55.5kg | |||
10 | 1 | TAVS | Richard Litt | Robbie Dolan | 11 | 55.5kg | |||
11 | 608x | SPEEDSTER | Ian Finn | Reece Jones (a) | 13 | 55.5kg | |||
12 | 3 | WYMARK (NZ) | Michael Freedman | Brett Prebble | 4 | 55.5kg | |||
13 | SIDE SHOW | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Kerrin McEvoy | 5 | 55.5kg |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Nominations for the Skyline Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be announced below once available.
Nominations extended until 11:00am 21/02/2023.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 1 | BASES LOADED | C | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
2 | BOLD AND BLAZEN | C | 2 | Ian Finn | ||
3 | 323 | CORNICHE | C | 2 | James Cummings | |
4 | 63x | DIABELLI | C | 2 | James Cummings | |
5 | 815x | DISNECK | C | 2 | Bjorn Baker | |
6 | 1 | EXTREME SPIRIT | C | 2 | Gary Portelli | |
7 | 17 | GANBARE | C | 2 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
8 | 4×32 | MAKE A CALL | C | 2 | Peter & Paul Snowden | |
9 | 1 | RUSH HOUR | C | 2 | Nathan Doyle | |
10 | 3 | SHINZO | C | 2 | Chris Waller | |
11 | SIDE SHOW | C | 2 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
12 | 608x | SPEEDSTER | C | 2 | Ian Finn | |
13 | 1 | TAVS | C | 2 | Richard Litt | |
14 | 3 | WYMARK (NZ) | C | 2 | Michael Freedman |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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).
Check out the table below for the full Skyline Stakes results & winners dating back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 Skyline Stakes |
1st | Corniche | 1 minute 10.44 seconds |
2nd | Shinzo | ||
3rd | Bases Loaded | ||
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 |