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The Theo Marks Stakes takes place during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and is a Group 2 race run in early-mid September at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. It is held on Run To The Rose Day, which also features the Group 2 The Run To The Rose (1200m) for Golden Rose-bound three-year-olds and recently upgraded Group 2 Sheraco Stakes.

A 1300m sprint, the Theo Marks Stakes is open to horses aged three-year-olds and up, is run under quality handicap conditions and is worth $200,000. Many runners kick-off their spring in the Theo Marks Stakes field, but a good lead-up race into the event is Randwick’s Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) and Deploy (2017) was the last to do the double.

Horses that contend the Theo Marks Stakes will often progress onto the Sydney Spring Carnival’s premier events including the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick in early October.

The Theo Marks Stakes / Epsom Handicap is also a popular betting double well worth a look during the carnival and the last horse to take out both races was Winx (2015).

The race also now serves as a potential lead-up to the world’s richest turf race, Randwick’s $14 million The Everest (1200m) in October.

The 2019 Theo Marks Stakes ran on Saturday September 14, 2019 and was won by Chris Waller’s The Everest bound mare Arcadia Queen.

2019 Theo Marks Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 14, 2019
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1300m
Conditions:	3YO & Up – Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000
Inaugurated:	1946

2019 Theo Marks Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Arcadia Queen
• 2nd: #11 Trope
• 3rd: #8 Gem Song

Check out the official Theo Marks Stakes 2019 Results & Finishing Order below once the spring lead-up has taken place on Saturday September 14, 2019 as part of The Run To The Rose Day program.

The 2019 Theo Marks Stakes result went the way of the punters with odds-on favourite Arcadia Queen winning the race first-up ahead of her $14 million The Everest bid.

Place	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	6	ARCADIA QUEEN	Chris Waller	James McDonald	–	1	56kg	$1.95F
2	11	TROPE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	1.8L	10	53kg	$5.50
3	8	GEM SONG	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	2.1L	9	55kg (cd 56kg)	$15
4	7	REDOUBLE	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	3.6L	5	56kg	$26
5	5	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	4.9L	3	56.5kg	$21
6	2	ZOUSAIN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5.2L	6	57.5kg	$15
7	9	EL DORADO DREAMING	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	6L	2	54.5kg	$18
8	4	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	6.1L	7	57kg	$31
9	3	VOLPE VELOCE	Graham Richardson	Andrew Adkins	6.6L	4	57kg	$41
10	12	BALLER	Anthony Cummings	Glen Boss	7L	8	53kg	$7.50
–	1	INVINCIBELLA	Chris Waller	–	–	0	–	–
–	10	FUNDAMENTALIST	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Sam Clipperton	–	0	–	–

2019 Theo Marks Stakes Betting

The season’s best Theo Marks Stakes 2019 betting and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2019 Theo Marks Stakes Field

The 2019 Theo Marks Stakes field is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week, the full list of final acceptors to be published below.

The Theo Marks Stakes 2019 Field is down to 10 after #1 Invincibella (6) and #10 Fundamentalist (12) were early withdrawals. Returning Kingston Town Classic winner Arcadia Queen is odds-on favourite as she kicks off her $14 million The Everest campaign.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	2871x0611x	INVINCIBELLA	Chris Waller	–	6	59kg	112
2	22x422x20x	ZOUSAIN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	7	57.5kg	105
3	x42414814x	VOLPE VELOCE	Graham Richardson	Andrew Adkins	4	57kg	108
4	x16932225x	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	8	57kg	104
5	8x466x308x	DEPLOY	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	3	56.5kg	103
6	113111x	ARCADIA QUEEN	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	56kg	106
7	311x34017x	REDOUBLE	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	5	56kg	102
8	12x154134x	GEM SONG	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	10	55kg (Probable weight 56kg)	100
9	x3033x432x	EL DORADO DREAMING	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	2	54.5kg	103
10	x432200x39	FUNDAMENTALIST	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Sam Clipperton	12	54kg	102
11	1272×2	TROPE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	11	53kg	96
12	12x1550x81	BALLER	Anthony Cummings	Glen Boss	9	53kg	83

2019 Theo Marks Stakes Nominations

The 2019 Theo Marks Stakes nominations are out the Monday leading-up to the race and the early entries will be published right here.

The Theo Marks Stakes 2019 Nominations attracted a class line-up of 13 potential runners dominated by confirmed The Everest runner Arcadia Queen, the Kingston Town Classic champ having her first-up run ahead of the $14 million feature at Randwick next month.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp. Rating
1	113111x	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	4	Chris Waller	106
2	12x1550x81	BALLER	H	4	Anthony Cummings	83
3	8x466x308x	DEPLOY	G	7	Gerald Ryan	103
4	x3033x432x	EL DORADO DREAMING	M	4	Kris Lees	103
5	11111x162x	ENTICING STAR	M	6	Chris Waller	105
6	12x154134x	GEM SONG	H	4	Kris Lees	100
7	2871x0611x	INVINCIBELLA	M	6	Chris Waller	112
8	7x6073447x	NOIRE	M	6	Chris Waller	104
9	311x34017x	REDOUBLE	G	6	Bjorn Baker	102
10	x16932225x	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller	104
11	1272×2	TROPE	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	96
12	x42414814x	VOLPE VELOCE	M	6	Graham Richardson & Gavin Parker	108
13	22x422x20x	ZOUSAIN	H	4	Chris Waller	105

Theo Marks Stakes History

Shannon won the first Theo Marks Stakes when it was inaugurated in 1946. Beginning as a Principal race run over 7 furlongs, the race distance was converted to 1400m in 1973 with Australia’s adoption of the metric system. Following this in 1979 the race status was elevated to a Group 2 event. In 1985 the race distance was shortened to 1300m and then to 1280m in 1990. Run twice over 1280m it was increased back to 1300m in 1992.

The most notable recent Theo Marks Stakes winner was the 2015 champion Winx who would retire with a record-breaking four Cox Plate victories to her name.

Recent Theo Marks Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Arcadia Queen	1 minute 14.96
	2nd	Trope
	3rd	Gem Song
2018 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Home Of The Brave	1 minute 19.34 seconds
	2nd	D’Argento
	3rd	Trapeze Artist
2017 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Deploy	1 minute 14.92 seconds
	2nd	Egg Tart
	3rd	Euro Angel
2016 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Mackintosh	1 minute 17.11 seconds
	2nd	Counterattack
	3rd	Southern Legend
2015 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Winx	1 minute 15.77 seconds
	2nd	Sons of John
	3rd	Ninth Legion
2014 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Cluster	1 minute 23.34 seconds
	2nd	Bull Point
	3rd	Ninth Legion
2013 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Riva De Lago	1 minute 21.67 seconds
	2nd	Solzhenitsyn
	3rd	Your Honour
2012 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Ambidexter	1 minute 22.29 seconds
	2nd	Fat Al
	3rd	Dystopia
2011 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Master Of Design	1 minute 16.79 seconds
	2nd	Torio’s Quest
	3rd	Fast Clip
2010 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 22.16 seconds
	2nd	Rothesay
	3rd	Drumbeats
2009 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Rock Kingdom
	3rd	Triple Honour
2008 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Hurried Choice	1 minute 17.1 seconds
	2nd	Forensics
	3rd	Ice Chariot
2007 Theo Marks Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Racing To Win	1 minute 16.5 seconds
	2nd	New Edge
	3rd	Regal Cheer
2005 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 16.8 seconds
	2nd	Perfect Promise
	3rd	Outback Prince
2004 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Falkirk	1 minute 17.7 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Private Steer
2003 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Fiery Venture	1 minute 16.3 seconds
	2nd	Grand Armee
	3rd	Osca Warrior
2002 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Defier	1 minute 15.7 seconds
	2nd	Phoenix Park
	3rd	Carael Boy
2001 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Shogun Lodge	1 minute 16.8 seconds
	2nd	Fouardee
	3rd	Belle Du Jour
2000 Theo Marks Stakes	1st	Hire	1 minute 17.1 seconds
	2nd	Landsighting
	3rd	Shogun Lodge