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The Todman Stakes (1200m) is a Group 2 race held at Randwick Racecourse as a Golden Slipper lead-up during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
2020 Todman Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Farnan
- 2nd: #1 Tagaloa
- 3rd: #6 Blondeau
Todman Stakes News
The Todman Stakes, also known as the Todman Slipper Trial, is an exciting Group 2 race held as part of the coveted Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Taking place on Randwick Guineas Day in early – mid March at Royal Randwick Racecourse, the Todman Stakes is a traditional lead-up to the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens.
Randwick Guineas Day is host to two Group 1 races – the $1 million Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) and the Group 1 $500,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) – as well as a number of other Group status support acts. Along with the Todman Stakes, the meeting is host to the fillies’ equivalent – the Group 2 $300,000 Reisling Stakes (1200m) – as well as the lucrative Group 2 $500,000 Challenge Stakes (1000m).
Worth $300,000 in prize money, the Todman Stakes is run over the sprint distance of 1200m and is for two-year-old colts and geldings at set weights. The Todman Stakes winner is exempt from Golden Slipper ballot and recent horses to complete the double include Vancouver (2015) and Pierro (2012).
Leading up to the Todman Stakes two-year-olds may run in the previous weekend’s Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) on Chipping Norton Stakes Day, and before the Golden Slipper the following week’s Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill is a nice lead-up for Todman Stakes graduates.
The Todman Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday March 7, 2020 and was easily won by the odds-on favourite Farnan.
| 2020 Todman Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday March 7, 2020 |
| Track: | Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Conditions: | 2YO Colts & Geldings – Set Weights |
| Weights: | 55.5kg |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1973 |
2020 Todaman Stakes Results
- 1st: #2 Farnan
- 2nd: #1 Tagaloa
- 3rd: #6 Blondeau
Gai Waterhouse enjoyed her eighth success in the Todman Stakes 2020 results with her Silver Slipper Stakes winner Farnan far too good for his rivals defeating Blue Diamond champ Tagaloa by nearly two lengths on way to the iconic $3.5 million Golden Slipper later in the month.
Click here to read more on the impressive 2020 Todman Stakes win by Farnan for six-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Waterhouse.
| Place | # | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Barrier | Weight | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | FARNAN | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Hugh Bowman | – | 1 | 55.5kg | $1.80F |
| 2 | 1 | TAGALOA | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Michael Walker | 1.8L | 6 | 55.5kg | $3.80 |
| 3 | 6 | BLONDEAU | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 4.6L | 4 | 55.5kg | $20 |
| 4 | 3 | GLOBAL QUEST | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 4.8L | 5 | 55.5kg | $6.50 |
| 5 | 9 | ON THE LEAD | Richard & Michael Freedman | Tommy Berry | 7.3L | 3 | 55.5kg | $21 |
| 6 | 4 | BLAZE A TRAIL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tim Clark | 7.7L | 2 | 55.5kg | $17 |
| – | 5 | OLE KIRK | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | – | 0 | – | – |
| – | 8 | BARBARIC | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | – | 0 | – | – |
| – | 7 | BARTLEY | Peter & Paul Snowden | Brenton Avdulla | – | 0 | – | – |
2020 Todman Stakes Betting & Odds
The latest Todman Stakes 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au on the Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up race this weekend will be available below the week of the race.
2020 Todman Stakes Field
The Todman Stakes field attracts the best young two-year-old colts and geldings seeking a run in the coveted Golden Slipper Stakes field in a fortnight’s time at Rosehill Gardens, and are released by Racing NSW the Wednesday before Randwick Guineas Day.
The official 2020 Todman Stakes field and barriers will be published in full below once announced.
Just nine two-year-old Golden Slipper hopes make-up the Todman Stakes 2020 final field with the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Farnan the clear favourite drawn the rails and last seen winning the Silver Slipper by over three lengths first-up.
Update: #5 Ole Kirk (2) has been scratched in favour of a run in the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington on Saturday instead as a Slipper lead-up.
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31×41 | TAGALOA | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Michael Walker | 8 | 55.5kg |
| 2 | 1101 | FARNAN | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Hugh Bowman | 1 | 55.5kg |
| 3 | 1×22 | GLOBAL QUEST | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 7 | 55.5kg |
| 4 | 3×6 | BLAZE A TRAIL | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tim Clark | 3 | 55.5kg |
| 5 | 1 | OLE KIRK | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 2 | 55.5kg |
| 6 | 242 | BLONDEAU | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 6 | 55.5kg |
| 7 | 13x | BARTLEY | Peter & Paul Snowden | Brenton Avdulla | 9 | 55.5kg |
| 8 | 6×1 | BARBARIC | Peter & Paul Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 4 | 55.5kg |
| 9 | 3 | ON THE LEAD | Richard & Michael Freedman | TBA | 5 | 55.5kg |
Todman Stakes History
The Todman Slipper Trial was inaugurated in 1973 with Imagele claiming victory in the first race. It began as a principal race run over 1200m, and although the distance has remained the same, the status of the event has increased. It was elevated to a Group 3 status in 1980 before finally being installed as a Group 2 race in 1986. The race has taken place at a number of Sydney’s racecourses over the years including Rosehill Gardens, Canterbury Park and its current home at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
After 2005 the Todman Slipper Trial was called the Todman Stakes.
Notable Todman Stakes winners in recent years include Written Tycoon (2005), Smart Missile (2011) Pierro (2012), Criterion (2013) and subsequent The Everest champion Yes Yes Yes (2019).
In 2020 Gai Waterhouse celebrated her incredible eighth Todman Stakes win with Farnan.
The full Todman Stakes results going back to 2000 are listed in the below table.
Recent Todman Slipper Trial Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Todman Stakes |
1st | Farnan | 1 minute 09.86 seconds |
| 2nd | Tagaloa | ||
| 3rd | Blondeau | ||
| 2019 Todman Stakes |
1st | Yes Yes Yes | 1 minute 08.40 seconds |
| 2nd | Bellevue Hill | ||
| 3rd | Dubious | ||
| 2018 Todman Stakes |
1st | Aylmerton | 1 minute 08.84 seconds |
| 2nd | Ef Troop | ||
| 3rd | Tchaikovsky | ||
| 2017 Todman Stakes |
1st | Gunnison | 1 minute 13.49 seconds |
| 2nd | Invader | ||
| 3rd | Veranillo | ||
| 2016 Todman Stakes |
1st | Kiss And Make Up | 1 minute 9.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Capitalist | ||
| 3rd | Weatherly | ||
| 2015 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Vancouver | 1 minute 08.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Furnaces | ||
| 3rd | Headwater | ||
| 2014 Todman Stakes |
1st | Ghibellines | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Unencumbered | ||
| 3rd | Cornrow | ||
| 2013 Todman Stakes |
1st | Criterion | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Fast ‘N’ Rocking | ||
| 3rd | Havana | ||
| 2012 Todman Stakes |
1st | Pierro | 1 minute 12.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Epaulette | ||
| 3rd | Shelford | ||
| 2011 Todman Stakes |
1st | Smart Missile | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Sepoy | ||
| 3rd | Foxwedge | ||
| 2010 Todman Stakes |
1st | Masquerader | 1 minute 11.47 seconds |
| 2nd | Decision Time | ||
| 3rd | Carved In Stone | ||
| 2009 Todman Stakes |
1st | Real Saga | 1 minute 11.52 seconds |
| 2nd | Phelan Ready | ||
| 3rd | Purdey | ||
| 2008 Todman Stakes |
1st | Krupt | 1 minute 10.57 seconds |
| 2nd | Related | ||
| 3rd | Typhoon Fury | ||
| 2007 Todman Stakes |
1st | Meurice | 1 minute 11.08 seconds |
| 2nd | Zizou | ||
| 3rd | Shaft | ||
| 2006 Todman Stakes |
1st | Diego Garcia | 1 minute 11.56 seconds |
| 2nd | Just Mambo | ||
| 3rd | My Middi | ||
| 2005 Todman Stakes |
1st | Written Tycoon | 1 minute 11.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Domesday | ||
| 3rd | Flying Pegasus | ||
| 2004 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Charge Forward | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Dane Shadow | ||
| 3rd | Samboy | ||
| 2003 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Exceed And Excel | 1 minute 10.57 seconds |
| 2nd | Untouchable | ||
| 3rd | Niello | ||
| 2002 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Snowland | 1 minute 10.68 seconds |
| 2nd | Yell | ||
| 3rd | Takas | ||
| 2001 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Royal Courtship | 1 minute 9.88 seconds |
| 2nd | Viscount | ||
| 3rd | Mistegic | ||
| 2000 Todman Slipper Trial |
1st | Great Crusader | 1 minute 9.96 seconds |
| 2nd | Lord Dane | ||
| 3rd | Phoenix Park | ||
