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The Sweet Embrace Stakes is a Group 2 sprint for two-year-old fillies run over 1200m at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Chipping Norton Stakes Day in late February or early March during the autumn.

The Sydney meeting is headlined by the weight-for-age Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and the recently upgraded Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) for three-year-old fillies. Chipping Norton Stakes Day also features a number of other Group status support races including the Sweet Embrace Stakes and the colts & geldings equivalent – the Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m).

Both the Skyline Stakes and the Sweet Embrace Stakes offer $200,000 in prize money and a ballot exemption to the winner into the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m). The last filly to win the Sweet Embrace Stakes – Golden Slipper double was Crystal Lily (2010).

Fillies may come into the Sweet Embrace Stakes field via other two-year-old autumn races including the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) run at Rosehill the Saturday before or the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) also held at Rosehill but in late January.

After the Sweet Embrace Stakes Stakes the two-year-old fillies may have another Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up in the following Saturday’s Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) run at Royal Randwick.

In 2018 the Sweet Embrace Stakes winner Seabrook went on to win the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) later that autumn.

The 2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes ran on Saturday February 29, 2020 and was won in an upset by the Chris Waller-trained Hungry Heart. 

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

2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Hungry Heart
• 2nd: #2 Stellar Pauline
• 3rd: #10 Dismissal

Chris Waller is in with a shot at his first Golden Slipper win with the trainer’s well-bred Frankel filly Hungry Heart ($9.50) rounding up the field late to score an upset three-quarter length victory over the beaten favourite Stellar Pauline ($2.30) in this year’s 2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the impressive Sweet Embrace Stakes 2020 winner Hungry Heart.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	7	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald	–	7	55.5kg	$9.50
2	2	STELLAR PAULINE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	0.8L	5	55.5kg	$2.30F
3	10	DISMISSAL	Gary Portelli	Ms Rachel King	3.1L	2	55.5kg	$41
4	1	BELLA NIPOTINA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	3.4L	1	55.5kg	$11
5	8	HARMONIUM	Richard & Michael Freedman	Tim Clark	3.6L	4	55.5kg	$3.80
6	5	TILIA ROSE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	5L	3	55.5kg	$5.50
7	3	QUEEN KAY	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Jason Collett	8.3L	6	55.5kg	$17
–	4	SUPREME IDEA	Anthony Freedman	Ben Melham	–	0	–	–
–	9	CLOSE TO ME	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–
–	6	DUBAI STAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	–	0	–	–

2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes Odds

The current season’s Sweet Embrace Stakes 2020 betting odds on the fillies heading towards the Golden Slipper Stakes field will be available below as soon as released.

2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes Field

Each autumn the Sweet Embrace Stakes field attracts a line-up of promising two-year-old fillies eyeing a run in the Golden Slipper Stakes field in a fortnight’s time.

The official 2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes field and barriers are set for release by Racing NSW on Wednesday February 26, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The Sweet Embrace Stakes 2020 field is down to nine fillies after the early withdrawal of Anthony Freedman’s last start Lonhro Plate winner Supreme Idea. The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Stellar Pauline is hot favourite tipped to break her maiden status after three second place efforts including behind Away Game in the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic last month.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes field led by Stellar Pauline.

Update: Just seven fillies remain in the mix following the scratchings of #4 Supreme Idea (5), #6 Dubai Star (6) and #9 Close To Me (8)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	42×42	BELLA NIPOTINA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	1	55.5kg
2	2×22	STELLAR PAULINE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brenton Avdulla	6	55.5kg
3	12	QUEEN KAY	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Jason Collett	7	55.5kg
4	171	SUPREME IDEA	Anthony Freedman	Ben Melham	5	55.5kg
5	1x	TILIA ROSE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	3	55.5kg
6	26x	DUBAI STAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	9	55.5kg
7	2	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	James McDonald	10	55.5kg
8	1	HARMONIUM	Richard & Michael Freedman	Tim Clark	4	55.5kg
9	50x	CLOSE TO ME	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	8	55.5kg
10	84	DISMISSAL	Gary Portelli	Ms Rachel King	2	55.5kg

Sweet Embrace Stakes History

The Sweet Embrace Stakes is named in honour of the 1967 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Sweet Embrace who scored an upset breaking her maiden status in the classic at odds of 40/1. The race was first run in 1979 as a Listed event. It gained Group 3 status in 1987 before being elevated to its current Group 2 status from 2013 onwards.

The event has taken place at a number of different race tracks around Sydney including Canterbury Park, Rosehill Gardens and Royal Randwick.

Notable Sweet Embrace Stakes winners include subsequent Golden Slipper winners Dark Eclipse (1980), Ha Ha (2001), Crystal Lily (2010) and Seabrook (2018).

Recent Sweet Embrace Stakes Winners

See below for a list of Sweet Embrace Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Hungry Heart	1 minute 9.64 seconds
	2nd	Stellar Pauline
	3rd	Dismissal
2019 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Anaheed	1 minute 9.72 seconds
	2nd	Still Single
	3rd	Let It Pour
2018 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Seabrook	1 minute 10.96 seconds
	2nd	Fiesta
	3rd	Into The Abyss
2017 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	One More Honey	1 minute 12.28 seconds
	2nd	Arctic Angel
	3rd	Teaspoon
2016 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Scarlet Rain	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	In The Vanguard
	3rd	Tale Of Choice
2015 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Always Allison	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Speak Fondly
	3rd	Tibrogargan Miss
2014 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Believe Yourself	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Twirl
	3rd	Tetsuko
2013 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Romantic Moon	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Thump
	3rd	Greytfilly
2012 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Jade Marauder	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Valerio
	3rd	Kyria
2011 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Shared Reflections	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Streama
	3rd	Pane In The Glass
2010 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Crystal Lily	1 minute 9.0 seconds
	2nd	Ambers Waltz
	3rd	Zutara
2009 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Headway	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Lovemelikearock
	3rd	Horizons
2008 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Stripper	1 minute 11.0 seconds
	2nd	Glowlamp
	3rd	Samantha Miss
2007 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Chinchilla Rose	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Vecchia Roma
	3rd	Moonboat
2006 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Universal Queen	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Tuesday Joy
	3rd	Pure Energy
2005 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Carry On Cutie	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Media
	3rd	Flion Fenea
2004 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Burning Sands	1 minute 11.9 seconds
	2nd	All Knowledge
	3rd	Written By Xaar
2003 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Legally Bay	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	How Funny
	3rd	Bella Corona
2002 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Victory Vein	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Chuckle
	3rd	Calaway Gal
2001 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 11.0 seconds
	2nd	Moonflute
	3rd	Palais
2000 Sweet Embrace Stakes	1st	Dynamic Love	1 minute 11.7 seconds
	2nd	Tyrolean
	3rd	Ateates