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The 2020 Villiers Stakes is a Group 2 event that takes place at the Royal Randwick Racecourse during the end-of-year Sydney Summer Racing Carnival. Conducted in mid to late December, it is an open handicap event run over the middle distance of 1600m and is worth $250,000 in total prize money.

Held just before Christmas each year, the Villiers Stakes is a strong race and a quality black type event on the New South Wales racing calendar. It attracts a good field of fine gallopers and suits horses with experience and proven ability in the mile events.

Although not held in as high regard as the famous Randwick milers, the Epsom Handicap and Doncaster Mile, which occur earlier in the year, it is still a great race for punters to get in on some late betting action in the year at Ladbrokes.com.au.

The Villiers Stakes winner also earns a ballot exemption into the following autumn’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at the track and distance making for a highly-competitive summer miler showdown.

The above average types contesting the Villiers Stakes may have previously contested the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens a fortnight earlier and often back-up in the Group 3 Summer Cup (2000m) on Boxing Day back at Randwick Racecourse.

The newly created $1 million The Gong held at Kembla Grange in late November also now serves as a nice Villiers Stakes lead-up with Quackerjack (2019) improving on a second in the million dollar feature to win the Randwick Group 2 next start.

The 2020 Villiers Stakes ran on Saturday December 12, 2020 and was won in an impressive all-the-way display by new race record holder Gresyful Glamour. 

Villiers Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday December 12, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	3YO & Upwards – Quality
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$250,000
Inauguration:	1892

2020 Villiers Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Greysful Glamour
• 2nd: #2 Best Of Days
• 3rd: #15 Criaderas

Striking grey mare Greysful Glamour ($5) handed trainer Mark Newnham and jockey Rachael King with back-to-back wins in the 2020 Villiers Stakes going all-the-way for last year’s winning stable. The five-year-old celebrated her first Randwick victory at her 11th attempt at the track, backing up from a late November win in the ATC Cup (2000m) at Rosehill to hold off a late charge by the Godolphin-raced duo of Best Of Days (2nd) and the beaten favourite Criaderas ($3.90F) who made up all the ground.

Click here to read more on the record breaking 2020 Villiers Stakes win by Greysful Glamour.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	GREYSFUL GLAMOUR	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King		5	56kg		$5
	2	2	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	0.4L	2	58kg		$16
	3	15	CRIADERAS	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	0.5L	12	53kg		$3.90F
	4	12	THROUGH THE CRACKS	Angela Davies	Brenton Avdulla	0.7L	7	53kg		$6
	5	13	AL MAH HAHA	Tash Burleigh	Jay Ford	2.3L	6	53kg		$41
	6	5	RELOADED	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.5L	8	55.5kg		$13
	7	3	OUTRAGEOUS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	2.8L	9	56.5kg		$9.50
	8	8	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	3.2L	1	54.5kg		$15
	9	7	ROYAL CELEBRATION	Ron Quinton	Christian Reith	3.8L	10	55kg		$10
	10	10	SAVACOOL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	4.1L	11	53kg		$31
	11	11	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	4.2L	13	53kg		$31
	12	1	FUN FACT	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	5.3L	3	58.5kg		$51
	13	9	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Robbie Dolan	5.7L	4	54kg		$31
		6	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Jason Collett		0
		14	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Tom Sherry (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Villiers Stakes Betting Odds

Below the latest Villiers Stakes 2020 odds by Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided, once released complete with links for you to back your  Villiers Stakes Tips at the right price this summer.

Quackerjack ($3.80 in 2019) was the last favourite in Villiers Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

In 2020 the Villiers Stakes favourite Criaderas ($3.90) finished third having made up plenty of ground from the back.

2020 Villiers Stakes Field

The Villiers Stakes field usually attracts a few decent handicappers. Because it’s raced over 1600m, quite a few specialist milers target the Villiers Stakes field. As a Group 2 event held in December, there are a variety of different horses in the Villiers Stakes field, including Group 1 types and a few that are probably pushing it by stepping up to Group 2 level.

The 2020 Villiers Stakes field will be provided here once released by Racing NSW the week of the race.

The Villiers Stakes 2020 final field is down to 13 milers with Mr Marathon Man (1) an early withdrawal from the event followed by Phaistos (12) for Godolphin. Through The Cracks is tipped to win earning a Doncaster Mile ballot exemption for the Group 1 next autumn.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	25×0263410	FUN FACT	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	4	58.5kg			102
2	60434×3009	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	3	58kg			101
3	7x33245x11	OUTRAGEOUS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	10	56.5kg			98
4	320×402801	GREYSFUL GLAMOUR	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King	6	56kg			101
5	82435×3504	RELOADED	Chris Waller	James McDonald	9	55.5kg			96
6	1x2128x235	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Jason Collett	12	55kg			95
7	432115×382	ROYAL CELEBRATION	Ron Quinton	Christian Reith	11	55kg			95
8	6x832672x6	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	2	54.5kg			94
9	74x553x800	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Robbie Dolan	5	54kg			93
10	22×1643636	SAVACOOL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ms Kathy O’Hara	13	53kg			95
11	x797x31x17	BERDIBEK (FR)	John O’Shea	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	15	53kg			91
12	433121×317	THROUGH THE CRACKS	Angela Davies	Brenton Avdulla	8	53kg			91
13	x2222x4610	AL MAH HAHA	Tash Burleigh	Jay Ford	7	53kg			89
14	600400×074	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Tom Sherry (a)	1	53kg			90
15	11×13128	CRIADERAS	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	14	53kg			88

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Villiers Stakes Nominations

The Villiers Stakes nominations are usually released on the Monday before the race. Because it’s a fairly major feature event for Sydney during the Summer, the Villiers Stakes nominations draw some pretty decent horses, including some that may have previously contested some big events in Western Australia over the Perth Summer Racing Carnival.

The 2020 Villiers Stakes nominations will be published below the week of the race.

Villiers Stakes History

First run in 1892 when Two Up claimed victory, the event was originally a principal race run over six furlongs. The race length was increased in 1902 to eight furlongs and remained the same until 1972 when the distance was converted to 1600 metres. Not long after in 1979 the event was elevated to Group 3 status before finally becoming a Group 2 race in 1986. In the rich and extensive history of the Villiers Stakes, there has only been one year when the race was not held, 2007 due to the equine flu.

Notable recent Villiers Stakes winners include Monton (2011), Rudy (2014) and Happy Clapper (2015).

In 2020 Greyesful Glamour set a new Villiers Stakes race record time of 1 minute 33.47 seconds.

Villiers Stakes Records (since 1930)
Race Record (at current length):	1:33.47 set by Gresyful Glamour in 2020
Lightest Weight Carried to Victory (since 1970):	48kg carried by Torumba (1972) & Hot Diggity (1977)
Heaviest Weight Carried to Victory (since 1970):	57.5kg carried by Utzon (2006)
Most Successful Jockey:	Two jockeys have won four Villiers Stakes. D. Beadman with Card Shark (1987), Touch Of Force (1996), Boreale (2002) and Ike’s Dream. E. Bartle with Pavilion (1930), Closing Time (1933), King’s Head (1936) and Rimveil (1940).

Recent Villiers Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Villiers Stakes	1st	Gresyful Glamour	1 minute 33.47 seconds
	2nd	Best Of Days
	3rd	Criaderas
2019 Villiers Stakes	1st	Quackerjack	1 minute 34.20 seconds
	2nd	Invincible Gem
	3rd	Sambro
2018 Villiers Stakes	1st	Sky Boy	1 minute 36.39 seconds
	2nd	Aloisia
	3rd	My Nordic Hero
2017 Villiers Stakes	1st	Crack Me Up	1 minute 34.98 seconds
	2nd	Cabeza De Vaca
	3rd	Interlocuter
2016 Villiers Stakes	1st	Sense Of Occasion	1 minute 37.40 seconds
	2nd	Dibayani
	3rd	Sarrasin
2015 Villiers Stakes	1st	Happy Clapper	1 minute 33.98 seconds
	2nd	Tinto
	3rd	It’s Somewhat
2014 Villiers Stakes	1st	Rudy	1 minute 36.27 seconds
	2nd	I’m Imposing
	3rd	Strawberry Boy
2013 Villiers Stakes	1st	Ninth Legion	1 minute 31.41 seconds
	2nd	Limes
	3rd	Alma’s Fury
2012 Villiers Stakes	1st	All Legal	1 minute 35.81 seconds
	2nd	Alma’s Fury
	3rd	Darci Be Good
2011 Villiers Stakes	1st	Monton	1 minute 36.33 seconds
	2nd	Kontiki Park
	3rd	King Lionheart
2010 Villiers Stakes	1st	Dances On Waves	1 minute 35.03 seconds
	2nd	Mentality
	3rd	Snow Alert
2009 Villiers Stakes	1st	Palacio De Cristal	1 minute 34.72 seconds
	2nd	Parfumier
	3rd	Spinney
2008 Villiers Stakes	1st	Honor In War	1 minute 21.54 seconds
	2nd	Takeover Target
	3rd	Alverta
Run in January 08 over 1400m
2008 Villiers Stakes	1st	Something Anything	1 minute 36.39 seconds
	2nd	Hey Elvis
	3rd	Rags To Riches
2007 Villiers Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Villiers Stakes	1st	Utzon	1 minute 35.26 seconds
	2nd	Anwaar
	3rd	Spirit Of Tara
2005 Villiers Stakes	1st	Aqua D’Amore	1 minute 35.47 seconds
	2nd	Malcolm
	3rd	Fiery Venture
2004 Villiers Stakes	1st	Ike’s Dream	1 minute 33.13 seconds
	2nd	Dante’s Paradiso
	3rd	Sir Dex
2003 Villiers Stakes	1st	On A High	1 minute 35.86 seconds
	2nd	Mufti
	3rd	Jeremiad
2002 Villiers Stakes	1st	Boreale	1 minute 34.89 seconds
	2nd	This Manshood
	3rd	Silver Birch
2001 Villiers Stakes	1st	Carael Boy	1 minute 36.54 seconds
	2nd	Space Age
	3rd	Osca Warrior
2000 Villiers Stakes	1st	Grey And Gold	1 minute 36.19 seconds
	2nd	Taberann
	3rd	Forbill