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The 2020 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 $250,000 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 2020 ran on Saturday November 28, 2020 and was won by the Hawkes Racing-trained Outrageous. 

2020 Festival Stakes
Date:	Saturday November 28, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1500m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Festival Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Outrageous
• 2nd: #11 Royal Celebration
• 3rd: #14 Evalina

The Hawkes Racing-trained Outrageous ($4.80) dug deep to hold off the Ron Quinton-trained outsider Royal Celebration ($19) in a tough 2020 Festival Stakes result. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	OUTRAGEOUS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry		9	54kg		$4.80
	2	11	ROYAL CELEBRATION	Ron Quinton	Sam Clipperton	0.2L	13	54kg		$19
	3	14	EVALINA	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	1.5L	10	53kg		$17
	4	12	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Glyn Schofield	1.6L	8	54kg		$201
	5	6	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	1.7L	2	54.5kg		$5
	6	9	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.2L	11	54kg (cd 55kg)		$17
	7	15	THROUGH THE CRACKS	Angela Davies	Robbie Dolan	2.7L	14	53kg		$4.20F
	8	1	GAULOIS	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	2.8L	4	59kg		$16
	9	4	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Ms Kathy O’Hara	3.5L	6	56.5kg		$41
	10	7	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	3.6L	5	54kg		$21
	11	13	MUSHAIREB (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jay Ford	4.4L	1	54kg		$41
	12	2	RANIER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	5L	7	58.5kg		$7.50
	13	16	PRIMITIVO	John Thompson	Ms Rachel King	6.3L	12	53kg		$101
	14	8	NOBLE BOY	Clare Cunningham	Jason Collett	6.9L	15	54kg		$26
	15	3	MISS SISKA	Matthew Smith	Tim Clark	8.8L	3	57.5kg		$41
	16	5	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	William Freedman	Tom Sherry (a)	9L	16	54.5kg		$101

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 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) was the last Festival Stakes favourite (equal favourite) to salute for the punters.

2020 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 2020 Festival Stakes field and barriers will be published below as soon as announced by Racing NSW.

The Festival Stakes 2020 final field is now out featuring 16 hopeful mile types including Godolphin’s in-form Helmet five-year-old Phaistos drawn barrier two and last start Flemington winner on Cup Day Outrageous for Hawkes Racing.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	153521×966	GAULOIS	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	4	59kg			104
2	10x115x348	RANIER	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	7	58.5kg			103
3	2x1180x07x	MISS SISKA	Matthew Smith	Tim Clark	3	57.5kg			105
4	7428418×95	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	6	56.5kg			103
5	1242x1778x	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	William Freedman	Tom Sherry (a)	16	54.5kg			95
6	31x2128x23	PHAISTOS	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	2	54.5kg			95
7	574x553x80	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	5	54kg			94
8	0x663104x4	NOBLE BOY	Clare Cunningham	Jason Collett	15	54kg			94
9	36x832672x	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	11	54kg			94
10	57x33245x1	OUTRAGEOUS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	9	54kg			89
11	7432115×38	ROYAL CELEBRATION	Ron Quinton	Sam Clipperton	13	54kg			89
12	x600400x07	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	Richard Litt	Glyn Schofield	8	54kg			88
13	55x05222x8	MUSHAIREB (GB)	Richard & Michael Freedman	Jay Ford	1	54kg			86
14	1376×74575	EVALINA	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	10	53kg			95
15	5433121×31	THROUGH THE CRACKS	Angela Davies	Robbie Dolan	14	53kg			91
16	21950x686x	PRIMITIVO	John Thompson	Ms Rachel King	12	53kg			90

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 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.

Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2x1180x07x	MISS SISKA	M	7	Matthew Smith	1	57.5kg	57.5kg		105
2	153521×966	GAULOIS	G	6	James Cummings	2	59kg	59kg		104
3	10x115x348	RANIER	G	5	James Cummings	3=	58.5kg	58.5kg		103
4	7428418×95	IRITHEA	M	7	Bjorn Baker	3=	56.5kg	56.5kg		103
5	422×164363	SAVACOOL (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	5	54kg	53.5kg		97
6	1242x1778x	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	G	7	William Freedman	6=	54.5kg	54.5kg		95
7	31x2128x23	PHAISTOS	G	5	James Cummings	6=	54.5kg	54.5kg		95
8	1376×74575	EVALINA	M	5	Kris Lees	6=	54kg	53kg		95
9	574x553x80	MILITARY ZONE	G	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	9=	54kg	54kg		94
10	0x663104x4	NOBLE BOY	G	6	Clare Cunningham	9=	54kg	54kg		94
11	36x832672x	SAMBRO	G	6	Chris Waller	9=	54kg	54kg		94
12	5433121×31	THROUGH THE CRACKS	G	6	Angela Davies	12	54kg	53kg		91
13	21950x686x	PRIMITIVO	G	6	John Thompson	13	54kg	53kg		90
14	57x33245x1	OUTRAGEOUS	G	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	14=	54kg	53kg		89
15	7432115×38	ROYAL CELEBRATION	H	5	Ron Quinton	14=	54kg	53kg		89
16	x600400x07	MR MARATHON MAN (GB)	G	7	Richard Litt	16	54kg	53kg		88
17	55x05222x8	MUSHAIREB (GB)	G	7	Richard & Michael Freedman	17	54kg	53kg		86
18	21115x1x56	TWO BIG FARI	G	5	Todd Howlett	18	54kg	53kg		80
19	431x12141x	FULMINA	M	4	Mark Newnham	19	54kg	53kg		77
20	4x8146x09x	MRS MADRID	M	5	Anthony Cummings	20	54kg	53kg		71

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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
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