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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.
2021 Birthday Card Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Seasons
- 2nd: #2 Tricky Gal
- 3rd: #3 Wandabaa
Birthday Card Stakes News
- 2021 Golden Slipper Day Postponed: Sydney Autumn Carnival Dates Rescheduled
- 2020 Golden Slipper Day: Rosehill Scratchings & Track Report
- Heavy Track for Winx on 2018 Golden Slipper Day: Rosehill Scratchings
- PJ Bell Stakes Next for Birthday Card Stakes Winner Raiment
- 2017 Golden Slipper Day Results: She Will Reign is the Golden Slipper Winner
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 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 2021 ran on Saturday March 27, 2021 as part of the rescheduled Golden Slipper Stakes Day in Sydney and was won by Seasons.
| 2021 Birthday Card Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday March 27, 2021 |
| Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Fillies & Mares | Qlty Hcp. |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $160,000 |
2021 Birthday Card Stakes Results
- 1st: #7 Seasons
- 2nd: #2 Tricky Gal
- 3rd: #4 Wandabaa
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | SEASONS | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 1 | 54.5kg | $6.50 | |||
| 2 | 2 | TRICKY GAL | Matthew Smith | James McDonald | 2.3L | 3 | 58kg | $11 | ||
| 3 | 4 | WANDABAA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 2.5L | 12 | 55kg | $8 | ||
| 4 | 17 | AIR TO AIR | Jason Coyle | Craig Williams | 2.7L | 8 | 53.5kg | $31 | ||
| 5 | 3 | VULPINE | Brad Widdup | Robbie Dolan | 3L | 13 | 55kg | $11 | ||
| 6 | 14 | WAYUPINTHESKY | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 3.2L | 2 | 53.5kg | $19 | ||
| 7 | 13 | I AM ELOQUENT | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Glen Boss | 3.3L | 9 | 53.5kg | $41 | ||
| 8 | 5 | EVERY ROSE | Mark Newnham | Tim Clark | 4.7L | 5 | 54.5kg | $7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | WRITTEN BEAUTY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 4.8L | 10 | 54.5kg | $6 | ||
| 10 | 15 | FANCIFUL DREAM | Paul Perry | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 5L | 7 | 53.5kg | $91 | ||
| 11 | 16 | LUNAR TRAMP | Jason Coyle | Ms Louise Day (a) | 5.1L | 4 | 53.5kg | $91 | ||
| 12 | 12 | EMANATE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 5.3L | 11 | 53.5kg | $3.90F | ||
| 13 | 8 | JEN RULES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Regan Bayliss | 5.5L | 6 | 54kg | $26 | ||
| 19e | SUPREME IDEA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | TWICE AS SPECIAL | Jason Coyle | Damien Thornton | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | ALISON OF TUFFY | Peter Robl | Sam Clipperton | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | TAILLEUR | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | SUNBORN | Edward Cummings | Jim Byrne | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | LASHES | Matthew Smith | Brenton Avdulla | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.2021 Birthday Card Stakes Betting Odds
The latest Birthday Card Stakes 2021 odds are provided below sees the betting market link to Ladbrokes.com.au on the hopeful fillies & mares in the mix.
2021 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 2021 Birthday Card Stakes field & barrier draw will be published below when released the Wednesday of race week.
The updated Birthday Card Stakes 2021 final field features a capacity line-up led by the Godolphin-raced mare Tailleur who is also accepted for the Group 1 The Galaxy on the card.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1x1211x211 | TAILLEUR | James Cummings | Hugh Bowman | 10 | 58kg | 100 | ||
| 2 | x15522x220 | TRICKY GAL | Matthew Smith | James McDonald | 6 | 58kg | 100 | ||
| 3 | x864831121 | VULPINE | Brad Widdup | Robbie Dolan | 18 | 55kg | 94 | ||
| 4 | 12122324×4 | WANDABAA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 17 | 55kg | 94 | ||
| 5 | 2298x46x15 | EVERY ROSE | Mark Newnham | Tim Clark | 8 | 54.5kg | 94 | ||
| 6 | 21x111x16 | WRITTEN BEAUTY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 15 | 54.5kg | 94 | ||
| 7 | 764x3300x2 | SEASONS | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 1 | 54.5kg | 93 | ||
| 8 | 334x2396x4 | JEN RULES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Regan Bayliss | 9 | 54kg | 92 | ||
| 9 | x86714371x | ALISON OF TUFFY | Peter Robl | Sam Clipperton | 4 | 54kg | 88 | ||
| 10 | 0x276x3240 | LASHES | Matthew Smith | Brenton Avdulla | 12 | 54kg | 79 | ||
| 11 | 15x5750x8x | SUNBORN | Edward Cummings | Jim Byrne | 5 | 54kg | 60 | ||
| 12 | x72111x313 | EMANATE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 16 | 53.5kg | 90 | ||
| 13 | 8x30x0620x | I AM ELOQUENT | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Glen Boss | 14 | 53.5kg | 82 | ||
| 14 | x226x768x2 | WAYUPINTHESKY | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 3 | 53.5kg | 82 | ||
| 15 | 012219×754 | FANCIFUL DREAM | Paul Perry | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 11 | 53.5kg | 75 | ||
| 16 | 38134×2211 | LUNAR TRAMP | Jason Coyle | Ms Louise Day (a) | 7 | 53.5kg | 74 | ||
| 17 | 3x2800642x | AIR TO AIR | Jason Coyle | Craig Williams | 13 | 53.5kg | 70 | ||
| 18 | 41x1806x46 | TWICE AS SPECIAL | Jason Coyle | Damien Thornton | 2 | 53.5kg | 65 | ||
| 19e | 8x7556x432 | SUPREME IDEA | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 19 | 53.5kg | 74 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.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).
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
