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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’.

In 2021 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 Skyline Stakes 2021 runs on Saturday February 27, 2021. 

2021 Skyline Stakes
Date:	Saturday February 27, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Set Weights / 2YO C&G
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Skyline Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2021 Skyline Stakes Betting

The latest Skyline Stakes 2021 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2021 SKYLINE STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2021 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 2021 Skyline Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below.

Chris Waller’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Shaquero drawn the rails heads a small nine-horse 2021 Skyline Stakes field in Sydney this weekend.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1×721	SHAQUERO	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	1	55.5kg
2	14x	CAPTIVANT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Marquand	2	55.5kg
3	5×1	HEAD OF STATE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4	55.5kg
4	433	SING A LOVE SONG	John O’Shea	Jason Collett	8	55.5kg
5	6×1	O’PRESIDENT	Chris Waller	Tim Clark	9	55.5kg
6	1	HILAL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	6	55.5kg
7	97x	SEETHING SEB	Karen Owen	Ms Kathy O’Hara	5	55.5kg
8	6	TRISTATE	Anthony Cummings	Nash Rawiller	3	55.5kg
9		SIR RASTUS	Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard	Sam Clipperton	7	55.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Skyline Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Skyline Stakes in 2021 close the Monday of race week and will be announced below once available.

the 2021 Skyline Stakes nominations drew 15 early entries led by Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning colt Shaquero and have been extended until Tuesday morning.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	2×5	AKIHIRO	C	2	Gary Portelli
2	4×61	BACCHANALIA	C	2	James Cummings
3	14x	CAPTIVANT	C	2	Peter & Paul Snowden
4	2x	FORBES	C	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman
5	5×1	HEAD OF STATE	C	2	Chris Waller
6	1	HILAL	C	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
7	0x40	MONTANA FLASH	C	2	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
8	6×1	O’PRESIDENT	C	2	Chris Waller
9	97x	SEETHING SEB	G	2	Karen Owen
10	1×721	SHAQUERO	C	2	Chris Waller
11	433	SING A LOVE SONG	C	2	John O’Shea
12		SIR RASTUS	C	2	Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard
13		STAR OF NEW YORK	G	2	Edward Cummings
14	6	TRISTATE	C	2	Anthony Cummings
15	32542	WILSONS PROM	C	2	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace

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
2021 Skyline Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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