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The Shorts is a quality Group 2 race held on George Main Stakes Day at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse. Taking place in  mid-September each year, the sprint is featured on the same card as four other Group races including the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m).

The other key support acts on the race card are the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) and Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m).

The Shorts is a short-distance sprint race over 1100m for horses aged three-year-olds and up at set weights plus penalties and is now worth a lucrative $500,000 in prizemoney.

Many runners kick off their Sydney Spring Racing Carnival campaign in The Shorts so looking for the star fresh performers is a good tip, while the best out of The Shorts results may go all the way to Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival for a shot at the $1 million Group 1 Darley Classic (1200m) in November.

It is now also a key lead-up for sprinters contesting the $14 million The Everest (1200m), a restricted weight-for-age feature held back at Randwick in mid-October. In 2017 The Shorts winner Redzel went on to complete The Everest – VRC Classic double.

The Shorts 2019 took place on Saturday September 21, 2019 and was won in thrilling style by Pierata. 

2019 The Shorts
Date:	Saturday September 21, 2019
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Conditions:	3YO & Up – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1945

The Shorts Records
Race Record:	1:01.3 set by Redzel in 2017

2019 The Shorts Results

• 1st: #3 Pierata
• 2nd: #6 Classique Legend
• 3rd: #2 Redzel

The official The Shorts 2019 Results saw the Gregory Hickman-trained favourite Pierata salute for the punters ahead of his run in The Everest. It was a thrilling three-way photo finish with the returning Classique Legend catching the eye a half-length back in second, while dual The Everest champ Redzel was far from disgraced running third.

Read more on the 2019 The Shorts victory by The Everest favourite Pierata. 

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	3	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Tommy Berry	–	3	58kg	$2.70F
2	6	CLASSIQUE LEGEND	Les Bridge	Nash Rawiller	0.5L	2	57kg	$3.10
3	2	REDZEL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	0.8L	1	58kg	$4.40
4	10	GRAFF	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	1.1L	5	56kg	$8.50
5	7	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	3.1L	4	57kg	$12
–	11	JONKER	David Atkins	Glen Boss	–	0	–	–
–	9	SUNLIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	–	0	–	–
–	8	IN HER TIME	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	–	0	–	–
–	4	OSBORNE BULLS	James Cummings	James McDonald	–	0	–	–
–	5	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Jason Collett	–	0	–	–
–	1	SANTA ANA LANE	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	–	0	–	–

2019 The Shorts Odds

The top The Shorts 2019 betting odds and links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

2019 The Shorts Field

The Shorts 2019 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released on the Wednesday of race week attracting the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival’s top sprinters. Many runners in The Shorts field contest the event first-up.

The official The Shorts 2019 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published in full below once announced by Racing NSW.

The 2019 The Shorts Field features 11 star sprinters including a number of confirmed The Everest horses. The 2017 The Shorts winner and two-time The Everest champion Redzel is back in barrier one coming off his third consecutive Concorde Stakes success.

Update: The Shorts 2019 field has already been hit by two big name scratchings with two confirmed The Everest contenders – Santa Ana Lane and Sunlight – withdrawing from the race due to the Heavy-rated Randwick track. Also in doubt rated 50-50 chances of lining-up on the day are Pierata, Osborne Bulls and In Her Time.

Latest 2019 The Shorts Race Scratchings: There are now officially six horses scratched from The Everest lead-up with Santa Ana Lane and Sunlight joined by Osborne Bulls, Viridine, In Her Time and Jonker. Just five runners remain in The Shorts field including the 2017 champion and two-time Everest winner Redzel along with new race favourite Pierata.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	1x5161x51x	SANTA ANA LANE	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	5	58kg	120
2	515x2862x1	REDZEL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1	58kg	118
3	913x5251x2	PIERATA	Gregory Hickman	Tommy Berry	9	58kg	116
4	531x22222x	OSBORNE BULLS	James Cummings	James McDonald	6	57kg	113
5	x0x304146x	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Jason Collett	8	57kg	105
6	1131x	CLASSIQUE LEGEND	Les Bridge	Nash Rawiller	4	57kg	103
7	30x214x70x	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	10	57kg	109
8	39x372x16x	IN HER TIME	Kris Lees	Tim Clark	2	56kg	115
9	171x3113x5	SUNLIGHT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	7	56kg	115
10	1235x440x3	GRAFF	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	11	56kg	106
11	x434x3923x	JONKER	David Atkins	Glen Boss	3	55kg	98

The Shorts History

The Shorts is a time-honoured Sydney Spring Racing Carnival sprint race, first contested back in 1867. A number of standout short-distance gallopers have won The Shorts over history including most recently Hot Danish (2010), Terravista (2014) and Takedown (2016). For one year in 2011 the event was conducted at Rosehill over 1200m instead of the 1100m at Royal Randwick. It gained black-type (Listed) status in 1979 and was eventually upgraded to Group 3 and then Group 2 status, increasing the quality of contenders each season.

More recently the status of The Shorts race at Randwick was boosted by record-setting champ Redzel (2017) whose next run produced success in the inaugural running of The Everest. The Everest is the richest turf race in the world and Redzel went back-to-back in 2018.

The Shorts history on the 2018 winner Ball Of Muscle is also interesting with the sprint finishing runner-up in 2015, 2016 and 2017 before finally taking out the race at his fourth attempt.

Recent The Shorts Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 The Shorts	1st	Pierata	1 minute 3.93 seconds
	2nd	Classique Legend
	3rd	Redzel
2018 The Shorts	1st	Ball Of Muscle	1 minute 2.87 seconds
	2nd	Invincible Star
	3rd	Brave Smash
2017 The Shorts	1st	Redzel	1 minute 1.83 seconds (R)
	2nd	Ball Of Muscle
	3rd	Nieta
2016 The Shorts	1st	Takedown	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Ball Of Muscle
	3rd	Kaepernick
2015 The Shorts	1st	Rebel Dane	1 minute 4.67 seconds
	2nd	Ball Of Muscle
	3rd	Shiraz
2014 The Shorts	1st	Terravista	1 minute 2.48 seconds
	2nd	I’m All The Talk
	3rd	Famous Seamus
2013 The Shorts	1st	Sessions	1 minute 3.26 seconds
	2nd	Aeronautical
	3rd	Spirit Of Boom
2012 The Shorts	1st	Pampelonne	1 minute 9.64 seconds
	2nd	Satin Shoes
	3rd	Appearance
2011 The Shorts	1st	Love Conquers All	1 minute 8.71 seconds
	2nd	Albert The Fat
	3rd	Winter King
2010 The Shorts	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 9.51 seconds
	2nd	Whitefriars
	3rd	Shellscrape
2009 The Shorts	1st	Gold Trail	1 minute 4.82 seconds
	2nd	Fritz’s Princess
	3rd	Sniper’s Bullet
2008 The Shorts	1st	Fritz’s Princess	1 minute 4.03 seconds
	2nd	Hot Danish
	3rd	Keen Commander
2007 The Shorts	Race Not Held
2006 The Shorts	1st	Bentley Biscuit	1 minute 3.36 seconds
	2nd	Magnus
	3rd	Spark Of Life
2005 The Shorts	1st	Black Ink	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Mustard
	3rd	Fumble
2004 The Shorts	1st	Dance The Waves	1 minute 4.61 seconds
	2nd	Secret Land (NZ)
	3rd	Legally Bay
2003 The Shorts	1st	Lucky Night	1 minute 4.84 seconds
	2nd	Fair Embrace
	3rd	Poetic Papal
2002 The Shorts	1st	Empire	1 minute 4.11 seconds
	2nd	Shags
	3rd	Fouardee
2001 The Shorts	1st	Oamaru Force	1 minute 3.47 seconds
	2nd	Pembleton
	3rd	Fair Embrace
2000 The Shorts	1st	Bradshaw	1 minute 3.78 seconds
	2nd	Guineas
	3rd	Upright