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The Group 3 Festival Stakes is run at Rosehill Gardens during the Sydney Summer Racing Carnival as a lead-up to the Villiers Stakes.
2021 Festival Stakes Results
- 1st: #10 Ellsberg
- 2nd: #5 Stockman
- 3rd: #2 Bandersnatch
Festival Stakes News
The 2021 Festival Stakes is a Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens in late November or early December during the Sydney Summer Racing Carnival.
The quality handicap race is run over 1500m, offers $160,000 in prize money and takes place on the same Saturday as Perth’s $1 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).
Horses running in the Festival Stakes field can come via a host of different lead-ups including Melbourne races run over the spring such as the Group 3 Chatham Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Mackinnon Stakes Day.
The Festival Stakes serves as a nice lead-up race to the Group 2 $750,000 Villiers Stakes (1600m) run over the mile at Royal Randwick a fortnight later and the Group 3 Summer Cup (2000m) back at Randwick on Boxing Day in late December. Monton (2011) was the last horse to complete the Festival Stakes – Villiers Stakes double, while the 2018 Festival Stakes winner My Nordic Hero ran third in the Villiers next start.
The Festival Stakes 2021 ran on Saturday November 27, 2021 and was won by the favourite Ellsberg ($2.40).
| 2021 Festival Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday November 27, 2021 |
| Track: | Rosehill Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1500m |
| Race Type: | Quality Handicap |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $160,000 |
2021 Festival Stakes Results
- 1st: #10 Ellsberg ($2.40F)
- 2nd: #5 Stockman
- 3rd: #2 Bandersnatch
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | ELLSBERG | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Ms Rachel King | 3 | 53kg | $2.40F | |||
| 2 | 5 | STOCKMAN (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Jay Ford | 1.24L | 11 | 54.5kg | $18 | ||
| 3 | 2 | BANDERSNATCH | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Joshua Parr | 3L | 1 | 58.5kg | $6 | ||
| 4 | 13 | BRUTALITY | Joseph Pride | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 3.72L | 5 | 53kg | $7.50 | ||
| 5 | 14 | MUBARIZ (GB) | Chris Waller | Ms Alysha Collett | 4.07L | 8 | 53kg | $26 | ||
| 6 | 6 | PRIME CANDIDATE | Bjorn Baker | Regan Bayliss | 4.58L | 2 | 54kg | $26 | ||
| 7 | 1 | GEM SONG | Kris Lees | Nash Rawiller | 5.71L | 6 | 59kg | $31 | ||
| 8 | 3 | ORDER AGAIN (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 5.73L | 9 | 56kg | $8.50 | ||
| 9 | 15 | AL MAH HAHA | Tash Burleigh | Jordan Mallyon | 6.14L | 4 | 53kg | $41 | ||
| 10 | 17 | PANDANO | Paul Perry | Brock Ryan (a) | 12.39L | 10 | 53kg | $41 | ||
| 11 | 8 | ART CADEAU | Terry Robinson | Tommy Berry | 13.13L | 7 | 54kg | $9 | ||
| 18 | BLESK (NZ) | John O’Shea | Regan Bayliss | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | KIRWAN’S LANE (NZ) | John O’Shea | Tim Clark | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | COUNTOFMONTECRISTO (NZ) | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | PURPLE SECTOR (NZ) | John Thompson | Tom Sherry (a) | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | KUBRICK | Chris Waller | Glyn Schofield | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | LOOKS LIKE ELVIS | Jarrod Austin | Andrew Adkins | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | LINA’S HERO | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2021 Festival Stakes Betting Odds
The latest Festival Stakes odds will be listed below with pricing links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Festival Stakes Tips at the right price this summer racing season.
Rainer ($6EF) followed by Ellsberg ($2.40 in 2021) are the latest Festival Stakes favourites (or equal favourites) to salute for the punters.
2021 Festival Stakes Field
The Festival Stakes field attracts a diverse line-up of summer gallopers many of which are heading towards a run in the season’s Villiers Stakes over the Randwick mile and is released on the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2021 Festival Stakes field and barriers will be published below as soon as announced by Racing NSW.
2021 Festival Stakes Nominations
The Festival Stakes nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race and are the first indication of what middle-distance gallopers will take to the track for the handicap clash in early December.
Festival Stakes History
The Festival Stakes was first run in 1948 and won by Cragside. Since then a number of quality contenders have taken out the Sydney showdown including Headstrong (1994), Ike’s Dream (2004), Monton (2011) and I’m Imposing (2014).
The event has run at both Rosehill Racecourse as well as Canterbury Park and has also undergone a number of distance changes. It has been run over its current 1500m distance since 2008. It was inaugurated as a Principal race before gaining Listed status in 1979 – 2015. The Festival Stakes was elevated to a Group 3 race for the first time in 2016.
Recent Festival Stakes Winners
See below for the full list of Festival Stakes winners and results going back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Festival Stakes |
1st | Ellsberg | 1 minute 32.04 seconds |
| 2nd | Stockman | ||
| 3rd | Bandersnatch | ||
| 2020 Festival Stakes |
1st | Outrageous | 1 minute 29.25 seconds |
| 2nd | Royal Celebration | ||
| 3rd | Evalina | ||
| 2019 Festival Stakes |
1st | Ranier | 1 minute 29.46 seconds |
| 2nd | Live And Free | ||
| 3rd | Cellarman | ||
| 2018 Festival Stakes |
1st | My Nordic Hero | 1 minute 29.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Goodfella | ||
| 3rd | Chamois Road | ||
| 2017 Festival Stakes |
1st | Testashadow | 1 minute 31.67 seconds |
| 2nd | Mister Sea Wolf | ||
| 3rd | Red Excitement | ||
| 2016 Festival Stakes |
1st | Sweet Redemption | 1 minute 29.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Hazzabeel | ||
| 3rd | Red Excitement | ||
| 2015 Festival Stakes |
1st | Mighty Lucky | 1 minute 29.49 seconds |
| 2nd | It’s Somewhat | ||
| 3rd | Peace Force | ||
| 2014 Festival Stakes |
1st | I’m Imposing | 1 minute 28.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Estonian Princess | ||
| 3rd | Strawberry Boy | ||
| 2013 Festival Stakes |
1st | White Sage | 1 minute 30.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Terravista | ||
| 3rd | Alma’s Fury | ||
| 2012 Festival Stakes |
1st | Malavio | 1 minute 28.72 seconds |
| 2nd | Monton | ||
| 3rd | Galah | ||
| 2011 Festival Stakes |
1st | Monton | 1 minute 28.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Lightinthenite | ||
| 3rd | Viva Las | ||
| 2010 Festival Stakes |
1st | Race Not Run | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2009 Festival Stakes |
1st | Rabbuka | 1 minute 28.72 seconds |
| 2nd | Parfumier | ||
| 3rd | Ahdashim | ||
| 2008 (December) Festival Stakes |
1st | Voice Commander | 1 minute 29.25 seconds |
| 2nd | Synonym | ||
| 3rd | Theophorus | ||
| 2008 (January) Festival Stakes |
1st | Eremein | 1 minute 33.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Lancaster Park | ||
| 3rd | Beauty Watch | ||
| 2007 Festival Stakes |
1st | Race Not Run | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2006 Festival Stakes |
1st | Utzon | 1 minute 22.69 seconds |
| 2nd | Anwaar | ||
| 3rd | Real Strike | ||
| 2005 Festival Stakes |
1st | Spirit Of Tara | 1 minute 24.83 seconds |
| 2nd | Our Apache | ||
| 3rd | Benedetti | ||
| 2004 Festival Stakes |
1st | Ike’s Dream | 1 minute 21.82 seconds |
| 2nd | Sam Sung A Song | ||
| 3rd | Rinehart | ||
| 2003 Festival Stakes |
1st | This Manshood | 1 minute 22.69 seconds |
| 2nd | Palladium Star | ||
| 3rd | Salagado | ||
| 2002 Festival Stakes |
1st | This Manshood | 1 minute 23.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Gabfest | ||
| 3rd | Raw Instinct | ||
| 2001 Festival Stakes |
1st | Nanny Maroon | 1 minute 22.35 seconds |
| 2nd | Play Station | ||
| 3rd | Osca Warrior | ||
| 2000 Festival Stakes |
1st | Adam | 1 minute 17.02 seconds |
| 2nd | Mr. Innocent | ||
| 3rd | Steel City | ||
