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The Chatham Stakes – now known as the Rising Fast Stakes – is a Group 3 race held on Victoria Derby Day on the Saturday before Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November.

An open handicap race, the event has recently been run as the Chatham Stakes on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival over 1400m.

The race moved back to Derby Day and the distanced dropped back to 1200m ahead of the 2022 edition offering $200,000 in prize money.

It was also renamed the Rising Fast Stakes in honour of Rising Fast who is the only horse in history to complete the ‘Spring Grand Slam’ winning the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in 1954.

The Rising Fast Stakes shares the Flemington card with three Group 1 races with the running of the Victoria Derby (2500m), Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

The Chatham Stakes / Rising Fast Stakes is often used as a lead up event to later races such as the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m), a race the 2017 Chatham Stakes winner Hellova Street finished second in. Many Chatham Stakes winners go on to bigger and better things the following year including the 2018 winner Dreamforce who subsequently enjoyed placings in the 2019 George Ryder Stakes (3rd) to Winx, 2019 Doncaster Mile (2nd) and 2019 George Main Stakes (2nd).

Good lead-up races into the Rising Fast Stakes field include the Caulfield Cup Day races like the Group 3 Moonga Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight earlier.

The 2022 Rising Fast Stakes form was franked with the third place-getter The Astrologist heading to Perth in the summer to win the $1.5 million Gold Rush. The Astrologist was later sent overseas and finished a competitive second in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai in 2023.

The 2023 Rising Fast Stakes was held on Saturday November 4, 2023 and run over 1200m and won by the fast-finishing James Cummings-trained Spacewalk ($5). 

Chatham / Rising Fast Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday November 4, 2023
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m (down from 1400m in 2022)
Conditions:	3YO&UP Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$200,000

2023 Rising Fast Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Spacewalk ($5)
• 2nd: #6 Crosshaven
• 3rd: #10 Najem Suhail

The James Cummings-trained Exosphere four-year-old Spacewalk ($5) flashed home the final 100m to charge down the front runner and narrowly take out the 2023 Rising Fast Stakes results in the fourth on VRC Derby Day.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah		7	56.5kg		$5
	2	6	CROSSHAVEN	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	0.2L	8	56.5kg		$31
	3	10	NAJEM SUHAIL	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Zac Spain	0.6L	2	54kg (cd 54.5kg)		$10
	4	4	IT’SOURTIME	Danny O’Brien	Blake Shinn	0.7L	9	57kg		$8
	5	9	C’EST MAGIQUE	Grahame Begg	Tim Clark	0.8L	6	54kg		$9.50
	6	5	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith	James McDonald	1L	1	57kg		$3.60F
	7	2	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	1.1L	3	58kg		$7.50
	8	12	GARZA BLANCA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Spencer	2.35L	5	54kg		$9
	9	3	GRAVINA	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	5.1L	4	57.5kg		$9
		1	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Ms Rachel King		0
		11	CAUSE FOR CONCERN	Shawn Mathrick	Blaike McDougall		0
		8	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Dean Yendall		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Rising Fast Stakes Betting Odds

See below for the latest 2023 Rising Fast Stakes odds along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Rising Fast Stakes tips at the right price.

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2023 Rising Fast Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Rising Fast Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Rising Fast Stakes 2023 Tips on the VRC Derby Day sprint this spring.

• To Win: #7 Spacewalk ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Nice little edition of the Rising Fast Stakes with a number of live wire chances coming off good runs. Have landed on Spacewalk for the Godolphin stable. Wider draw, but shouldn’t matter at this track and trip. The Exosphere four-year-old won fresh at Warwick Farm getting the confidence up before a devastatingly close second in the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) a fortnight back. Beaten a head there, has won over six furlongs before and should be finishing strong late.

2023 Rising Fast Stakes Field

The 2023 Rising Fast Stakes field is released on the Wednesday leading-up to the race.

The Rising Fast Stakes 2023 final field features a quality line-up of second tier sprinters led in betting by the Lindsey Smith-trained Triple Missile coming off a second fresh in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes at the same track and trip in tougher grade.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	6760×68586	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Ms Rachel King	3	59kg			102
2	x3899464x3	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	5	58kg			104
3	3x3262825x	GRAVINA	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	6	57.5kg			99
4	2414231340	IT’SOURTIME	Danny O’Brien	Blake Shinn	12	57kg			98
5	411x42x7x2	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith	James McDonald	2	57kg			98
6	539927273x	CROSSHAVEN	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	11	56.5kg			97
7	3143521×12	SPACEWALK	James Cummings	Ms Jamie Kah	10	56.5kg			97
8	x5302324x4	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Dean Yendall	1	56kg			96
9	1262×439	C’EST MAGIQUE	Grahame Begg	Tim Clark	9	54kg			95
10	12153×1194	NAJEM SUHAIL	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Zac Spain	4	54kg			89
11	4511217343	CAUSE FOR CONCERN	Shawn Mathrick	Blaike McDougall	7	54kg			86
12	19122×2125	GARZA BLANCA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Spencer	8	54kg			80

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Rising Fast Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Rising Fast Stakes 2023 will be published below once entries close on the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	4511217343	CAUSE FOR CONCERN	G	4	Shawn Mathrick	86
2	1262×439	C’EST MAGIQUE	M	4	Grahame Begg	95
3	x3899464x3	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	104
4	539927273x	CROSSHAVEN	G	6	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	97
5	19122×2125	GARZA BLANCA	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
6	x5302324x4	GENERAL BEAU	H	5	Mathew Ellerton	96
7	3x3262825x	GRAVINA	G	6	James Cummings	99
8	86x03305x5	INDIAN PACIFIC	G	7	Neville Parnham	97
9	2414231340	IT’SOURTIME	G	6	Danny O’Brien	98
10	534×615221	JACK THE LAD	G	6	Wayne Francis & Glen Kent	88
11	12153×1194	NAJEM SUHAIL	G	6	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	89
12	251226×760	ON THE LEAD	G	6	Richard & Will Freedman	89
13	74x1616x99	PO KARE KARE (NZ)	M	5	Bryce Heys	94
14	15x311x216	RECOMMENDATION	G	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	92
15	6760×68586	ROCKETING BY	G	6	David Pfieffer	102
16	x502432x22	ROSE QUARTZ	M	6	Grahame Begg	93
17	898800×870	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	G	7	Danny Williams	86
18	3143521×12	SPACEWALK	G	4	James Cummings	97
19	411x42x7x2	TRIPLE MISSILE	G	6	Lindsey Smith	98
20	x664222432	UMGAWA	G	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	93
21	x422x0270x	WAIHAHA FALLS (NZ)	G	6	John O’Shea	92

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Chatham Stakes / Rising Fast Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1986, the Chatham Stakes is fairly young in comparison to a lot of Flemington races.

The race was named after Chatham, Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee and renowned miler. Chatham had considerable pedigree, with a Melbourne Cup winner (Windbag) for a sire and the granddaughter of an English Triple Crown winner (Flying Fox) for a dam (Myosotis). Chatham won the 1932 and 1934 Cox Plate, as well as two Epsom Handicaps and a few Craven Plates, among other major wins.

The Chatham Stakes is one of those races that is often run under a sponsor name. Throughout the years, the Chatham Stakes has been known variously as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Plate, the AAMI International, the Yallambee Stud Stakes, the AAMI Business Insurance Stakes and the Tab.com.au Stakes.

In 1997, the Chatham Stakes was briefly run over 1417 metres.

Notable Chatham Stakes winners include Avannotto (1986), Bezeal Bay (1998), Scenic Park (2001), Fawkner (2012) and Dreamforce (2018). Chatham Stakes results, winners and winning times since 2000 are provided below.

The event was renamed the Rising Fast Stakes ahead of the 2022 race with the distance decreased from 1400m to 1200m.

Chatham Stakes / Rising Fast Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Rising Fast Stakes	1st	Spacewalk	1 minute 10.34 seconds
	2nd	Crosshaven
	3rd	Najem Suhail
2022 Rising Fast Stakes	1st	Argentia	1 minute 10.99 seconds (Run over 1200m)
	2nd	Triple Missile
	3rd	The Astrologist
2021 Chatham Stakes	1st	Age Of Chivalry	1 minute 23.19 seconds
	2nd	Crosshaven
	3rd	Justacanta
2020 Chatham Stakes	1st	Sansom	1 minute 22.84 seconds
	2nd	Morvada
	3rd	Bold Star
2019 Chatham Stakes	1st	Reykjavik	1 minute 23.22 seconds
	2nd	Admiral’s Joker
	3rd	Noble Boy
2018 Chatham Stakes	1st	Dreamforce	1 minute 22.12 seconds
	2nd	Widgee Turf
	3rd	Perast
2017 Chatham Stakes	1st	Hellova Street	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Supply And Demand
	3rd	Fox Hall
2016 Chatham Stakes	1st	Rageese	1 minute 21.53 seconds
	2nd	Arod
	3rd	Federal
2015 Chatham Stakes	1st	Disposition	1 minute 23.6 seconds
	2nd	San Diego
	3rd	Hosting
2014 Chatham Stakes	1st	Hucklebuck	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Alma’s Fury
	3rd	Generalife
2013 Chatham Stakes	1st	Smokin’ Joey	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Galah
	3rd	Strike The Stars
2012 Chatham Stakes	1st	Fawkner	1 minute 20.9 seconds
	2nd	Free Wheeling
	3rd	Wall Street
2011 Chatham Stakes	1st	Woorim	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Thankgodyou’rehere
	3rd	Toorak Toff
2010 Chatham Stakes	1st	Poor Judge	1 minute 25.7 seconds
	2nd	Demerit
	3rd	Centennial Park
2009 Chatham Stakes	1st	Centennial Park	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	McClintock
	3rd	Royal Ida/Sniper’s Bullet
2008 Chatham Stakes	1st	All Silent	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Sniper’s Bullet
	3rd	Stickpin
2007 Chatham Stakes	1st	Count To Zero	1 minute 23.7 seconds
	2nd	Spielmeister
	3rd	Royal Ida
2006 Chatham Stakes	1st	Malcolm	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Mr Ubiquitous
	3rd	Live In Vain
2005 Chatham Stakes	1st	Rockford Bay	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Zankel
	3rd	Valedictum
2004 Chatham Stakes	1st	Great Is Great	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Amtrak
	3rd	Regent Street
2003 Chatham Stakes	1st	Scenic Park	1 minute 24.0 seconds
	2nd	Lord Volksraad
	3rd	Shogun Lodge
2002 Chatham Stakes	1st	To Be Fair	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	Palladium Star
	3rd	Tarcoola Midnight
2001 Chatham Stakes	1st	Scenic Park	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Desert Eagle
	3rd	Super Impressive
2000 Chatham Stakes	1st	Matter Of Honour	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Typhoon Barney
	3rd	Aka Bilk