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The Tramway Stakes is a 1400m Group 2 event held during late August or early September each year at Royal Randwick Racecourse. Open to horses aged three years old and over, the Tramway was formerly a handicap race but is now run under set weights plus penalties.

The Tramway Stakes, previously called the Tramway Handicap, is held on Chelmsford Stakes Day and shares the race card with three other Group status races. These are the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m), the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m).

Chelmsford Stakes Day really kicks off the action of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and results across the program serve as a good guide for upcoming Group 1 features of the festival.

Quite a few of horses in the Tramway Stakes field may have come via the Show County Quality two weeks earlier. Those horses that perform well in the Tramway Stakes might choose to target later races such as Randwick’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) a month later.

Happy Clapper (2017) was the last galloper to complete the Tramway Stakes – Epsom Handicap double.

The Tramway Stakes 2019 ran on Saturday September 7, 2019 and saw the race favourite Dreamforce win by three lengths.

2019 Tramway Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 7, 2019
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2019 Tramway Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Dreamforce
• 2nd: #2 Te Akau Shark
• 3rd: #14 Eckstein

The official Tramway Stakes 2019 Results saw the trifecta finish in order of the odds with the race favourite Dreamforce – first-up since a Doncaster Mile second in the autumn – enjoy a runaway three length win over second favourite Te Akau Shark. Third in betting then rounded out the trifcta with the Chris Waller-trained Eckstein just off the beaten Epsom top favourite from NZ.

Read more on the big Tramway Stakes 2019 victory by the resuming Dreamforce.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	4	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	–	9	56.5kg	$3.30F
2	2	TE AKAU SHARK (NZ)	Jamie Richards	James McDonald	3L	10	57kg	$3.80
3	14	ECKSTEIN	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	3.1L	3	54kg	$6
4	12	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3.4L	11	55kg	$26
5	3	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3.5L	5	57kg	$10
6	5	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	4.3L	7	56kg	$51
7	8	INVINCIBLE GEM	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	4.5L	13	55.5kg	$12
8	10	MANTASTIC (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	5.6L	8	55kg	$151
9	13	PENSKE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6L	1	55kg	$9
10	1	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	6.2L	12	57kg	$81
11	11	KAONIC (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	6.4L	6	55kg	$61
12	7	ARCHEDEMUS	Gwenda Markwell	Luke Currie	7.2L	2	56kg	$26
13	6	LE JUGE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	11.6L	4	56kg	$101
–	9	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	–	0	–	–

2019 Tramway Stakes Odds

The latest Tramway Stakes 2019 odds and betting markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2019 Tramway Stakes Field

The official Tramway Stakes 2019 Field & Barriers are released the Wednesday of race week and will be available in full below.

The 2019 Tramway Stakes Final Field attracted 14 class gallopers including a bumper nine runners for Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller. The favourite though is sure to be Jamie Richards’ Kiwi raider Te Akau Shark who makes his Australian race debut ahead of the Epsom Handicap.

Update: The Tramway Stakes 2019 Field is down to 13 runners following the early scratching of perennial placegetter, the Chris Waller-trained Tom Melbourne (13).

Read more on the Tramway Stakes Field for 2019 featuring the Epsom favourite Te Akau Shark.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	5233x8124x	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	12	57kg	109
2	114x111x2	TE AKAU SHARK (NZ)	Jamie Richards	James McDonald	10	57kg	106
3	x12331111x	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	5	57kg	96
4	x621x8132x	DREAMFORCE	John Thompson	Nash Rawiller	9	56.5kg	110
5	8050x1200x	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	7	56kg	107
6	311311113x	LE JUGE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	4	56kg	101
7	1x1118118x	ARCHEDEMUS	Gwenda Markwell	Luke Currie	2	56kg	100
8	5x73810x23	INVINCIBLE GEM	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	14	55.5kg	109
9	x16932225x	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	13	55kg	104
10	35x812511x	MANTASTIC (IRE)	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	8	55kg	103
11	1441x5496x	KAONIC (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	6	55kg	97
12	x22113211x	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	11	55kg	97
13	4141x1417x	PENSKE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1	55kg	90
14	x150003613	ECKSTEIN	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	3	54kg	107

Tramway Stakes History

The inaugural edition of the Tramway Handicap – now the Tramway Stakes – was in 1886, with Burrilda becoming the first ever Tramway Handicap winner. The race location has varied between Royal Randwick and Warwick Farm over the years, with Rosehill hosting for one year in 2000 and the other two tracks changing variously (the location has changed seven times since 1984).

Initially a Principal Race, in 1978 the Tramway Stakes became a Listed race. It held this status until 1984, when it was upgraded to Group 3. Following the 2013 edition, the Tramway received a further upgrade to Group 2.

For the first 85 years of its existence, the Tramway Handicap was run over 7 furlongs. In 1972, this was rounded down slightly to 1400m to bring it in line with the Metric system. The race stayed at 1400m until the year 2000, when it was ran over 1350m. The next year it ran over 1300m. From 2002 onwards, the Tramway Stakes has returned to its 1400m race distance.

Notable Tramway Stakes winners include Pompous (1906), Amounis (1928), Rogilla (dead heat with Chatham in 1932’s first edition of the race), Shaftesbury Avenue (1990) and Rangirangdoo (2009). Tramway Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Tramway Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Tramway Handicap	1st	Dreamforce	1 minute 21.69 seconds
	2nd	Te Akau Shark
	3rd	Eckstein
2018 Tramway Handicap	1st	Comin’ Through	1 minute 22.17 seconds
	2nd	Tom Melbourne
	3rd	Dixie Blossoms
2017 Tramway Handicap	1st	Happy Clapper	1 minute 21.9 seconds
	2nd	Tom Melbourne
	3rd	Invincible Gem
2016 Tramway Handicap	1st	Hauraki	1 minute 25.9 seconds
	2nd	Le Romain
	3rd	Dibayani
2015 Tramway Handicap	1st	Hooked	1 minute 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Ecuador
	3rd	Rudy
2014 Tramway Handicap	1st	Lucia Valentina	1 minute 26.6 seconds
	2nd	Tiger Tees
	3rd	Toydini
2013 Tramway Handicap	1st	Malavio	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Bello
	3rd	Royal Descent
2012 Tramway Handicap	1st	Tagus	1 minute 22.5 seconds
	2nd	Kontiki Park
	3rd	Moment Of Time
2011 Tramway Handicap	1st	Sincero	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Secret Admirer
	3rd	Thankgodyou’rehere
2010 Tramway Handicap	1st	Neeson	1 minute 26.1 seconds
	2nd	Cannonball
	3rd	Herculian Prince
2009 Tramway Handicap	1st	Rangirangdoo	1 minute 21.9 seconds
	2nd	Strat’s Flyer
	3rd	Murray’s Sun
2008 Tramway Handicap	1st	Bank Robber	1 minute 25.7 seconds
	2nd	Kick ‘N’ Chase
	3rd	Vecchia Roma
2007 Tramway Handicap	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Tramway Handicap	1st	Primus	1 minute 25.6 seconds
	2nd	Stormhill
	3rd	Flaming
2005 Tramway Handicap	1st	Shania Dane	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Lotteria
	3rd	Utzon
2004 Tramway Handicap	1st	Nips	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	West Country
	3rd	Desert War
2003 Tramway Handicap	1st	Sportsman	1 minute 21.8 seconds
	2nd	Britt’s Best
	3rd	Boreale
2002 Tramway Handicap	1st	Gordo	1 minute 24.0 seconds
	2nd	Shot Of Thunder
	3rd	Universal Prince
2001 Tramway Handicap	1st	Diamond Dane	1 minute 18.3 seconds
	2nd	Maitland Gold
	3rd	Kootoomootoo
2000 Tramway Handicap	1st	Mr Innocent	1 minute 20.6 seconds
	2nd	Eau D’Scay
	3rd	Freemason