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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.

The meeting is headlined by five Group 1 races including the $3.5 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 $160,000 in total prize money 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 Birthday Card Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday March 21, 2020 and was won by the Joe Pride-trained Miss Exfactor.

2020 Birthday Card Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 21, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares | Qlty Hcp.
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Birthday Card Stakes Results

• 1st: #15 Miss Exfactor
• 2nd: #6 Connemara
• 3rd: #7 Bangkok

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	barrier	Weight	SP
1	15	MISS EXFACTOR	Joseph Pride	Jay Ford	–	4	53kg	$16
2	6	CONNEMARA	Bjorn Baker	Glyn Schofield	2.3L	2	53kg (cd 54kg)	$19
3	7	BANGKOK	Allan Denham	Robbie Dolan (a)	2.5L	9	53kg	$19
4	10	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	2.6L	6	53kg	$8
5	5	GREY SHADOW	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	2.7L	5	53kg	$10
6	19e	KIAMICHI	James Cummings	Damian Lane	2.8L	12	54.5kg	$5F
7	4	RESIN	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	3L	14	54kg	$13
8	18	DUNBRODY POWER	John Thompson	Michael Dee	4.3L	3	53kg	$101
9	13	YAMAZAKI	David Pfieffer	Tommy Berry	4.5L	8	53kg (cd 54kg)	$13
10	17	STELLA SEA SUN	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	4.7L	1	53kg (cd 54kg)	$10
11	16	SO TAKEN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	6L	13	53kg	$31
12	11	ANJANA	Lindsey Smith	Glen Boss	6.2L	10	53kg	$8
13	12	SPIRITUAL PURSUIT	Jason Coyle	Billy Egan	6.6L	11	53kg	$26
14	9	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Tim Clark	6.7L	7	53kg	$8
–	20e	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	–	–	0	–	–
–	3	MANICURE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	–	0	–	–
–	2	SOOTHING	James Cummings	James McDonald	–	0	–	–
–	8	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	–	0	–	–
–	14	JEN RULES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Christian Reith	–	0	–	–
–	1	BOOKER	Gerald Ryan	Mark Zahra	–	0	–	–

2020 Birthday Card Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Birthday Card Stakes 2020 odds are provided below sees the betting market link to Ladbrokes.com.au on the hopeful fillies & mares in the mix.

2020 Birthday Card Stakes Field

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 2020 Birthday Card Stakes field & barrier draw will be published below when released the Wednesday of race week.

The Birthday Card Stakes 2020 field features a quality line-up of female gallopers including Lindsey Smith’s Sepoy four-year-old Anjana dropping right back in class of a Group 1 Oakleigh Plate run.

Click here for all the 2020 Golden Slipper Day scratchings.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight (Probable Weight)	Hcp. Rating
1	19x0x807x8	BOOKER	Gerald Ryan	Mark Zahra	3	59kg	106
2	634x02151x	SOOTHING	James Cummings	James McDonald	13	58kg	104
3	2303x1246x	MANICURE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	19	57kg	102
4	268x749x83	RESIN	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	20	54kg	96
5	2x103x10x3	GREY SHADOW	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	6	53kg	92
6	222133×499	CONNEMARA	Bjorn Baker	Glyn Schofield	2	53kg (53.5kg)	90
7	20211267×5	BANGKOK	Allan Denham	Robbie Dolan (a)	11	53kg	89
8	81114×3972	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	10	53kg	89
9	21×6212234	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Tim Clark	8	53kg	88
10	1x12x81x76	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	7	53kg	86
11	45x11360x0	ANJANA	Lindsey Smith	Glen Boss	12	53kg	84
12	x218x74927	SPIRITUAL PURSUIT	Jason Coyle	Billy Egan	14	53kg	84
13	12443×2176	YAMAZAKI	David Pfieffer	Tommy Berry	9	53kg (54kg)	82
14	676x46116x	JEN RULES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Christian Reith	18	53kg	79
15	x703396x26	MISS EXFACTOR	Joseph Pride	Jay Ford	5	53kg	79
16	33x35693x4	SO TAKEN	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	16	53kg	79
17	132114×432	STELLA SEA SUN	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	1	53kg (53.5kg)	79
18	12251318×7	DUNBRODY POWER	John Thompson	Michael Dee	4	53kg	72
19e	1130x05x39	KIAMICHI	James Cummings	Damian Lane	15	54.5kg	98
20e	9x510x060x	PRETTY IN PINK	John O’Shea	–	17	54.5kg	97

Birthday Card Stakes History

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).

Recent Birthday Card Stakes Winners

See below for a complete listing of the Birthday Card Stakes results & winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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