2023 PB Lawrence Stakes Results: Cox Plate Hope Mr Brightside Salutes First-Up
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The Birthday Card Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race held at Rosehill Gardens over the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival in March on Golden Slipper Day.
The Birthday Card Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Rosehill Racecourse each March on Golden Slipper Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Note: The 2021 Birthday Card Stakes was postponed until Saturday March 27th, 2021 due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions at Rosehill Gardens.
The meeting is headlined by five Group 1 races including the $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) for two-year-olds and is also supported by a number of Group 3 events including the Birthday Card Stakes.
Run over 1200m by a field of fillies and mares under quality handicap conditions, it offers $200,000 in total prize money as of 2023 and is often contested by graduates from the previous month’s Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
The Group 3 Wenona Girl Handicap (1200m) run in early March is another good lead-up into the Birthday Card Stakes. Sultry Feeling (2016) was the last to do the Triscay Stakes – Birthday Card Stakes double, while Arinosa (2013) was the last Birthday Card Stakes winner to come off a lead-up win in the Wenona Girl Handicap.
The best out of the Birthday Card Stakes field may back-up during April’s ‘The Championships’ in a race like the Group 2 Sapphire Stakes (1200m) or for the three-year-old fillies the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at the same meeting is a lucrative option.
In 2018 Quilista completed the Birthday Card – Sapphire Stakes double. The following year, Group 1 winning Kiwi-trained filly Avantage backed up from her Birthday Card Stakes win to finish third behind Classique Legend in the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint results.
The 2022 Birthday Card Stakes form was franked with the third placed Steinem going on to run top three in a host of other Group status events that year including a third Perth’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) that summer. She also returned in 2023 to win the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) first-up in Melbourne.
The Birthday Card Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 18, 2023 as part of Golden Slipper Stakes Day in Sydney and saw the James Cummings-trained favourite Zapateo ($4F) salute for the punters in the last.
2023 Birthday Card Stakes | |
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Date: | Saturday March 18, 2023 |
Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
Distance: | 1200m |
Race Type: | Fillies & Mares | Qlty Hcp. |
Status: | Group 3 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
Godolphin trainer James Cummings capped off an exciting Golden Slipper Day with his mare Zapateo ($4F) enjoying a step back in grade off an unplaced Group 1 Oakleigh Plate run in Melbourne to salute for the punters in the 2023 Birthday Card Stakes results.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 3 | ZAPATEO | James Cummings | James McDonald | 7 | 57.5kg | $4F | |||
2 | 5 | JAL LEI | John O’Shea | Reece Jones (a) | 1.24L | 2 | 55kg | $14 | ||
3 | 14 | HYPOTHETICAL | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 1.25L | 11 | 53kg | $5.50 | ||
4 | 1 | PALAISIPAN | Chris Munce | Hugh Bowman | 1.51L | 4 | 58.5kg | $4.20 | ||
5 | 7 | WRITTEN BEAUTY | Chris Waller | Jye McNeil | 3.42L | 3 | 54kg | $11 | ||
6 | 10 | AUSBRED FLIRT | Brad Widdup | Brett Prebble | 3.5L | 1 | 54kg | $14 | ||
7 | 9 | NICCI’S FLING | Gary Portelli | Brock Ryan | 4.67L | 9 | 54kg | $26 | ||
8 | 2 | SKY COMMAND | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tim Clark | 4.74L | 6 | 57.5kg | $11 | ||
9 | 8 | BAROSSA ROSA | Tracey Bartley | Regan Bayliss | 4.86L | 5 | 54kg | $21 | ||
10 | 16 | DUCHY OF SAVOY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Michael Dee | 5.14L | 12 | 53kg | $101 | ||
11 | 13 | MEG | Matthew Dale | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 6.75L | 8 | 53kg | $31 | ||
12 | 6 | JUMP THE BROOM | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Brenton Avdulla | 9.42L | 10 | 54kg | $13 | ||
15 | BELSIELLE | David & Coral Feek | Ms Rachel King | 0 | ||||||
12 | KATALIN | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 0 | ||||||
11 | MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO | Kacy Fogden | 0 | |||||||
4 | LARKSPUR RUN | James Cummings | Damian Lane | 0 |
The latest Birthday Card Stakes 2023 odds are provided below sees the betting market link to Ladbrokes.com.au on the hopeful fillies & mares in the mix.
Zapateo ($4 in 2023) was the last favourite in Birthday Card Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Stay tuned for our insider Birthday Card Stakes 2023 Tips on the Golden Slipper Day support act this autumn.
Team Hawkes’ Sebring five-year-old is fit third-up and ready to fire at a very attractive price. She’s had a dozen starts to date so remains lightly-raced and is a four-time winner. It’s been a while between wins with her last victory coming 12 months ago, but this looks the ideal race for her to break the drought. Her latest three have her finishing in the money in similar or tougher grade events including a Group 2 Triscay Stakes second and a last start third in the Group 3 Wenona Girl. She was under a length beaten there and is improving. Great 1200m record (9:4-2-1). Can win.
The Birthday Card Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of fillies and mares coming to the end of their autumn campaigns and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before Golden Slipper Day.
The official 2023 Birthday Card Stakes field & barrier draw will be published below when released the Wednesday of race week.
The Birthday Card Stakes 2023 final field features a strong line-up of 16 fillies and mares in the last on Golden Slipper Day led in betting by the James Cummings-trained Zapateo.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 5513x3220x | PALAISIPAN | Chris Munce | Hugh Bowman | 5 | 58.5kg | 104 | ||
2 | 0x381321x7 | SKY COMMAND | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tim Clark | 7 | 57.5kg | 102 | ||
3 | 21x16144x0 | ZAPATEO | James Cummings | James McDonald | 8 | 57.5kg | 102 | ||
4 | x332631x02 | LARKSPUR RUN | James Cummings | Damian Lane | 14 | 56.5kg | 100 | ||
5 | 8x623255x1 | JAL LEI | John O’Shea | Reece Jones (a) | 3 | 55kg | 97 | ||
6 | 40x0692x23 | JUMP THE BROOM | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Brenton Avdulla | 11 | 54kg | 95 | ||
7 | 559x720x74 | WRITTEN BEAUTY | Chris Waller | Jye McNeil | 4 | 54kg | 95 | ||
8 | x1020x1148 | BAROSSA ROSA | Tracey Bartley | Regan Bayliss | 6 | 54kg | 93 | ||
9 | 35×3867123 | NICCI’S FLING | Gary Portelli | Brock Ryan | 10 | 54kg | 81 | ||
10 | x46x53112x | AUSBRED FLIRT | Brad Widdup | Brett Prebble | 2 | 54kg | 73 | ||
11 | 1x2610x7 | MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO | Kacy Fogden | 1 | 54kg | 71 | |||
12 | 3x323640x7 | KATALIN | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 16 | 53kg | 87 | ||
13 | 1059x1100x | MEG | Matthew Dale | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 9 | 53kg | 86 | ||
14 | 211x131x41 | HYPOTHETICAL | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Tyler Schiller (a) | 12 | 53kg | 83 | ||
15 | 03470×9631 | BELSIELLE | David & Coral Feek | Ms Rachel King | 15 | 53kg | 80 | ||
16 | 70x1418x28 | DUCHY OF SAVOY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Michael Dee | 13 | 53kg | 75 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Early nominations for the Birthday Card Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be available here once confirmed.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 4x7675123x | ATISHU (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 105 |
2 | 1113x711x | AUDETTE | M | 4 | Kylie Gavenlock | 75 |
3 | x46x53112x | AUSBRED FLIRT | M | 4 | Brad Widdup | 73 |
4 | x1020x1148 | BAROSSA ROSA | M | 5 | Tracey Bartley | 93 |
5 | 03470×9631 | BELSIELLE | M | 5 | David & Coral Feek | 80 |
6 | 1450x100x5 | BRING THE RANSOM | M | 6 | Bjorn Baker | 95 |
7 | 70x1418x28 | DUCHY OF SAVOY | M | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 75 |
8 | 6529x19x74 | FUMIKO | M | 4 | Kristen Buchanan | 70 |
9 | 211x131x41 | HYPOTHETICAL | M | 4 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 83 |
10 | x0794x696x | ISOTOPE | M | 5 | Tony Gollan | 101 |
11 | 0x317560x5 | ITA | M | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 81 |
12 | 8x623255x1 | JAL LEI | M | 4 | John O’Shea | 97 |
13 | 40x0692x23 | JUMP THE BROOM | M | 5 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 95 |
14 | 3x323640x7 | KATALIN | M | 6 | James Cummings | 87 |
15 | x332631x02 | LARKSPUR RUN | M | 4 | James Cummings | 100 |
16 | 1059x1100x | MEG | M | 5 | Matthew Dale | 86 |
17 | 1x2610x7 | MIDNIGHT IN TOKYO | F | 3 | Kacy Fogden | 71 |
18 | 435x3255x8 | NEVER TALK | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 93 |
19 | 35×3867123 | NICCI’S FLING | M | 5 | Gary Portelli | 81 |
20 | 0x01102x0x | NIGHT OF ROMANCE (GB) | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 96 |
21 | 5513x3220x | PALAISIPAN | M | 5 | Chris Munce | 104 |
22 | 13x08230x1 | RUBY KISSES | M | 4 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 73 |
23 | 9x2726305x | SHE’S ALL CLASS | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 89 |
24 | 0x381321x7 | SKY COMMAND | M | 4 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 102 |
25 | 12x52535x5 | WILLINGA BEAST | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 84 |
26 | 559x720x74 | WRITTEN BEAUTY | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 95 |
27 | 21x16144x0 | ZAPATEO | M | 4 | James Cummings | 102 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Birthday Card Stakes has been run and won since 1986 and the inaugural winner was Kisim Hiat. Since then some nice types have won the event including Toorak (1999), Spinning Hill (2001), Avoid Lightning (2014), Sultry Feeling (2016) and multiple Group 1 winning Kiwi visitor Avantage (2019).
The race started out as a Listed event before gaining its Group 3 status from 2006 onwards. It ran at Canterbury from 1986-1996 and again from 2000-2002 and has gone via a number of different race names including the Clyde Kennedy Quality (1992) and the Allied Express Stakes (2006).
In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the Birthday Card Stakes was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.
See below for a complete listing of the Birthday Card Stakes results & winners going back to 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Zapateo | 1 minute 09.54 seconds |
2nd | Jal Lei | ||
3rd | Hypothetical | ||
2022 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Emanate | 1 minute 12.99 seconds |
2nd | Marboosha | ||
3rd | Steinem | ||
2021 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Seasons | 1 minute 10.63 seconds |
2nd | Tricky Gal | ||
3rd | Wandabaa | ||
2020 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Miss Exfactor | 1 minute 10.11 seconds |
2nd | Connemara | ||
3rd | Bangkok | ||
2019 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Avantage | 1 minute 13.50 seconds |
2nd | Resin | ||
3rd | Star Reflection | ||
2018 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Quilista | 1 minute 12.24 seconds |
2nd | Sugar Bella | ||
3rd | Hetty Heights | ||
2017 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Raiment | 1 minute 14.12 seconds |
2nd | Samantha | ||
3rd | Nancy | ||
2016 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Sultry Feeling | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
2nd | Lucky Can Be | ||
3rd | Perignon | ||
2015 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Shamalia | 1 minute 9.7 seconds |
2nd | Mossfun | ||
3rd | Ygritte | ||
2014 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Avoid Lightning | 1 minute 11.8 seconds |
2nd | Plucky Belle | ||
3rd | Aerobatics | ||
2013 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Arinosa | 1 minute 9.6 seconds |
2nd | Shamal Wind | ||
3rd | Miss Stellabelle | ||
2012 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Celts | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Next The Universe | ||
3rd | Divorces | ||
2011 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Zingaling | 1 minute 10.6 seconds |
2nd | Ladys Angel | ||
3rd | Flying Success | ||
2010 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Patronyme | 1 minute 10.3 seconds |
2nd | Beaded | ||
3rd | Melito | ||
2009 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Gamble Me | 1 minute 10.4 seconds |
2nd | Belong To Many | ||
3rd | Court | ||
2008 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Throne Inn | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
2nd | Karalee | ||
3rd | Allaboutus | ||
2007 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Aunty Betty | 1 minute 11.1 seconds |
2nd | Absolutelyfabulous | ||
3rd | Martiniforus | ||
2006 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Imana | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
2nd | Freeroller | ||
3rd | Tactfully | ||
2005 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Tui Song | 1 minute 9.0 seconds |
2nd | World Peace | ||
3rd | Shannon Bank | ||
2004 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Paraca | 1 minute 9.5 seconds |
2nd | Cataclysm | ||
3rd | Recurring | ||
2003 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Toast Of The Coast | 1 minute 9.1 seconds |
2nd | Fatoon | ||
3rd | Blue Suttarb | ||
2002 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Hot Riff | 1 minute 9.8 seconds |
2nd | Omens | ||
3rd | Palais | ||
2001 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Spinning Hill | 1 minute 10.2 seconds |
2nd | Call Me Lily | ||
3rd | Crestfallen | ||
2000 Birthday Card Stakes |
1st | Verdict Declared | 1 minute 11.4 seconds |
2nd | Another Misty | ||
3rd | Flickering Fire |