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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.

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
Date:	Saturday March 18, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares | Qlty Hcp.
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Birthday Card Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Zapateo ($4F)
• 2nd: #5 Jal Lei
• 3rd: #14 Hypothetical

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
	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

2023 Birthday Card Stakes Betting Odds

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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 BIRTHDAY CARD STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Birthday Card Stakes Form

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2023 Birthday Card Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Birthday Card Stakes 2023 Tips on the Golden Slipper Day support act this autumn.

• To Win: #6 Jump The Broom ($9.50 at time of publish)

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.

2023 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 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
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.

2023 Birthday Card Stakes Nominations

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
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. 

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
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