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Note: The 2021 Epona Stakes was postponed until Saturday March 27th, 2021 due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions at Rosehill Gardens. 

The Epona Stakes is a Group 3 race for fillies and mares held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Golden Slipper Day in March.

Golden Slipper Day is one of the highlights of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and features five Group 1 races: the Golden Slipper Stakes, Ranvet Stakes, The Galaxy, George Ryder Stakes and Rosehill Guineas. There are also a number of key support acts on the card that hold Group status including the Epona Stakes.

Run under set weights plus penalties conditions the Epona Stakes is contested over 1900m by female stayers and offers $160,000 in prize money. Fillies and mares may come into the Epona Stakes field via a number of lead-ups including a tougher run in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) the weekend before or the Group 3 Aspiration Quality (1600m) at the start of the month. In 2018 the Epona Stakes winner The Pinnacle improved on a lead-up second in the Aspiration Quality.

Possible later autumn targets for Epona Stakes graduates including the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m). In 2016 Heavens Above ran second in both the Epona Stakes and Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

Mares looking for longer distance targets may contest the Group 2 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m) at Royal Randwick on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’ or even the following weekend’s Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m).

The Epona Stakes 2021 ran at Rosehill Racecourse on Saturday March 27, 2021 as part of the rescheduled Golden Slipper Day card in Sydney and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Polly Grey. 

2021 Epona Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 27, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1900m
Race Type:	SW+P / F&M 3YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2021 Epona Stakes Results & Finishing Order

• 1st: #5 Polly Grey
• 2nd: #4 Aliferous
• 3rd: #7 She’s Ideel

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald		9	55kg		$6.50
	2	4	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Craig Williams	0.5L	4	56kg		$26
	3	7	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	1L	2	54kg		$2.30F
	4	12	LE LUDE	John Thompson	Robbie Dolan	1.1L	13	54kg		$26
	5	6	RONDINELLA (NZ)	John O’Shea	Regan Bayliss	2.4L	12	54kg		$26
	6	1	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2.5L	3	59kg		$61
	7	3	MISSYBEEL (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	3.8L	7	56.5kg		$21
	8	9	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	4L	1	54kg		$8.50
	9	11	WELSH LEGEND	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	5.1L	8	54kg		$6.50
	10	13	SELICA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Ms Kathy O’Hara	6.1L	10	54kg		$41
	11	14	LAMU (GB)	Gabrielle Englebrecht	Damien Thornton	6.3L	11	54kg		$201
	12	10	WILLO TITTO	Michael Costa	Ms Rachel King	9.1L	14	54kg		$31
	13	8	GIRL TUESDAY	Clarry Conners	Kerrin McEvoy	17.8L	5	54kg		$26
	14	2	MISS SISKA	Matthew Smith	Nash Rawiller	39.2L	6	57kg		$21
		17e	AMICA	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou			0
		16e	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup			0
		15e	FILL OF FUN	Anthony Cummings			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Epona Stakes Odds & Betting

The updated Epona Stakes 2021 betting odds on the staying fillies & mares racing in the Group 3 this Golden Slipper Day will be available below.

2021 Epona Stakes Field

The Epona Stakes field features a smart line-up of fillies and mares either proven at staying distances or testing the waters over more metres during the autumn.

The official 2021 Epona Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday March 24, 2021 and will be published below as soon as available.

The updated Epona Stakes 2021 final field features a capacity line-up of fillies and mares led in betting by the consistent She’s Ideel coming off back-to-back Group placings in Sydney.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	150x000x60	MISS SENTIMENTAL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg			95
2	80x07x0x20	MISS SISKA	Matthew Smith	Nash Rawiller	6	57kg			102
3	9040836951	MISSYBEEL (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	7	56.5kg			97
4	4x33387x40	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Craig Williams	4	56kg			86
5	2524549×35	POLLY GREY (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	10	55kg			92
6	x695082x80	RONDINELLA (NZ)	John O’Shea	Regan Bayliss	14	54kg			97
7	5361325×32	SHE’S IDEEL	Bjorn Baker	Jason Collett	2	54kg			96
8	8725679×87	GIRL TUESDAY	Clarry Conners	Kerrin McEvoy	5	54kg			95
9	7x1925308x	ATTENTION RUN (GER)	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	1	54kg			92
10	1118×25482	WILLO TITTO	Michael Costa	Ms Rachel King	17	54kg			84
11	325212×821	WELSH LEGEND	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	8	54kg			82
12	564513×144	LE LUDE	John Thompson	Robbie Dolan	15	54kg			81
13	8747×43439	SELICA (NZ)	Annabel Neasham	Ms Kathy O’Hara	11	54kg			74
14	x430x48567	LAMU (GB)	Gabrielle Englebrecht	Damien Thornton	13	54kg			67
15e	x829421535	FILL OF FUN	Anthony Cummings		12	54kg			66
16e	242512×335	ICEBATH (NZ)	Brad Widdup		16	54kg			104
17e	14x518114x	AMICA	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou		9	54kg			79

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Epona Stakes History

The Epona Stakes was first run in 1998 and won by Burning Embers. Since then some nice types have taken out the race including Fibrillation (2012) and Scratchy Bottom (2015). It only gained black-type status in 2001 as a Listed race before a Group 3 upgrade in 2012. The race is named after Celtic-Roman god Epona known as the protector of horses.

Known by a number of different names over the years the Epona Stakes has run as the Epona Mares Quality Plate, De Bortoli Wines Stakes and Percy Sykes Tribute Stakes in recent years. From 2000 – 2002 the race took place at Canterbury Park and from 1998 – 1999 it was contested over 2000m instead of the current 1900m distance.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the Epona Stakes was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

Recent Epona Stakes Winners

See below for the full Epona Stakes results and winners going back to the year 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Epona Stakes	1st	Polly Grey	1 minute 57.80 seconds
	2nd	Aliferous
	3rd	She’s Ideel
2020 Epona Stakes	1st	Missybeel	1 minute 57.64
	2nd	Gayatri
	3rd	Greysful Glamour
2019 Epona Stakes	1st	Semari	2 minutes 02.30 seconds
	2nd	I’m A Princess
	3rd	All Too Soon
2018 Epona Stakes	1st	The Pinnacle	1 minute 58.51 seconds
	2nd	Domed
	3rd	Nettoyer
2017 Epona Stakes	1st	Consommateur	2 minutes 06.45 seconds
	2nd	Ambience
	3rd	Top Of My List
2016 Epona Stakes	1st	Vergara	1 minute 56.8 seconds
	2nd	Heavens Above
	3rd	Sweet Fire
2015 Epona Stakes	1st	Scratchy Bottom	1 minute 57.3 seconds
	2nd	Rising Romance
	3rd	Telepathic
2014 Epona Stakes	1st	Intimate Moment	2 minutes 7.0 seconds
	2nd	Any Day Will Do
	3rd	Epingle
2013 Epona Stakes	1st	Aliyana Tilde	1 minute 55.8 seconds
	2nd	Epingle
	3rd	Dolly Dolly
2012 Epona Stakes	1st	Fibrillation	1 minute 57.6 seconds
	2nd	Crafty Irna
	3rd	Once Were Wild
2011 Epona Stakes	1st	Galizani	1 minute 57.0 seconds
	2nd	Vivid Vixen
	3rd	Vintedge
2010 Epona Stakes	1st	Messenger	1 minute 59.8 seconds
	2nd	Pagan Princess
	3rd	Jessicabeel
2009 Epona Stakes	1st	Divine Rebel	1 minute 58.5 seconds
	2nd	Prima Nova
	3rd	Risayla
2008 Epona Stakes	1st	Ready To Lift	1 minute 57.69 seconds
	2nd	My Lady’s Chamber
	3rd	Reggie
2007 Epona Stakes	1st	Safwa	1 minute 55.62 seconds
	2nd	Grey Stream
	3rd	Upper Echelon
2006 Epona Stakes	1st	Kosi Bay	1 minute 57.78 seconds
	2nd	Fantasia
	3rd	Sun Song
2005 Epona Stakes	1st	Natural Woman	1 minute 55.06 seconds
	2nd	Cincinnati Gal
	3rd	Clevedon
2004 Epona Stakes	1st	Great Anna	1 minute 56.55 seconds
	2nd	Vereza
	3rd	Thundarosa
2003 Epona Stakes	1st	Airlie Bird	1 minute 55.8 seconds
	2nd	Talista Belle
	3rd	Honor Babe
2002 Epona Stakes	1st	Ilze	1 minute 58.43 seconds
	2nd	Floridays
	3rd	Call Me Lily
2001 Epona Stakes	1st	Market Price	1 minute 57.85 seconds
	2nd	Poppett
	3rd	The Druidess
2000 Epona Stakes	1st	Our Erin	2 minutes 00.16 seconds
	2nd	Eye Spy
	3rd	Dalquareen