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The Maurcie McCarten Stakes is a Group 3 sprint run under open quality handicap conditions at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Coolmore Classic Day each March.

Run during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) and features a host of other Group status support acts including the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m), Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1200m), the lucrative Group 3 $350,000 Sky High Stakes (2000m) and the Maurice McCarten Stakes.

Run over 1100m the Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes field may feature first-up runners kicking off their autumn campaigns or horses coming off an earlier autumn lead-up in a race like the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at the track a month earlier, which last produced a Maurice McCarten Stakes winner with Dothraki (2nd in 2018).  Dothraki was originally also second past the post in the Maurice McCarten, but won the race on protest over Sprightly Lass.

After the event Maurice McCarten Stakes graduates may back-up in a race like the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) held back at the Rosehill track later that month. Hoystar (2008) was the last sprinter to complete the Maurice McCarten – Star Kingdom Stakes double. Tougher targets like the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill a fortnight after the Maurice McCarten Stakes might also be included in better sprinters’ campaigns. The last Maurice McCarten Stakes winner to go onto win The Galaxy was Atomic Force in 2011.

The Maurice McCarten Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday March 14, 2020 and was won in an upset by the Chris Waller-trained Star Of The Seas first-up. 

2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 14, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Star Of The Seas
• 2nd: #8 River Bird
• 3rd: #6

Doncaster Mile-nominated Star Of The Seas ($6) enjoyed a first-up win in the Maurice McCarten Stakes 2020 results, The Gong third placegetter beating home River Bird ($31) by a length with Spending To Win ($16) a close third.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes winner Star Of The Seas.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	3	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	–	3	57kg	$6
2	8	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	1L	8	53kg	$31
3	6	SPENDING TO WIN	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1.1L	2	53kg	$16
4	2	GREYWORM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	1.3L	7	57.5kg	$3.20F
5	7	DIPLOMATICO	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	2.9L	9	53kg	$15
6	10	MISS EXFACTOR	Joseph Pride	Jay Ford	3.2L	1	53kg	$15
7	5	ZOUSTYLE	Tony Gollan	Tim Clark	3.3L	4	55kg	$3.50
8	1	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	4.6L	5	59kg	$6.50
9	9	GOLDFINCH	Steve Englebrecht	Deanne Panya	13.5L	6	53kg	$61
SB	4	SOOTHING	James Cummings	Tommy Berry	–	0	56.5kg	–

2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes Odds

The season’s updated Maurice McCarten Stakes 2020 betting odds will be published below as soon as markets are released at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Maurcie McCarten Stakes Field

The Maurcie McCarten Stakes field attracts a decent quality of sprinters, some of which may be gearing up towards tougher autumn runs, and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before Coolmore Classic Day.

The official 2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes field and barriers are released on Wednesday March 11, 2020  and will be published in full below.

The Maurice McCarten Stakes 2020 field features 10 sprinters led in betting by the Hawkes Racing-trained Greyworm chasing a fourth consecutive win following a first-up success by 2.3 lengths at the track and distance last start.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	650x05120x	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Nash Rawiller	5	59kg	105
2	22x91311x1	GREYWORM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	7	57.5kg	102
3	211x49393x	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3	57kg	101
4	634x02151x	SOOTHING	James Cummings	Tommy Berry	8	56.5kg	104
5	111x1x624x	ZOUSTYLE	Tony Gollan	Tim Clark	4	55kg	97
6	54600×1792	SPENDING TO WIN	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	2	53kg	93
7	2x118x27x	DIPLOMATICO	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	10	53kg	81
8	181114×397	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	9	53kg	81
9	22286x7x40	GOLDFINCH	Steve Englebrecht	Deanne Panya	6	53kg	80
10	4x703396x2	MISS EXFACTOR	Joseph Pride	Jay Ford	1	53kg	79

Maurice McCarten Stakes History

The Maurice McCarten Stakes was inaugurated in 1993 and the first winner of the race was Friend’s Venture. Since then quality types including Mustard (2004), Snippetson (2006), Atomic Force (2011) and Target In Sight (2015) have all recorded wins in the race.

Originally run over 1200m the event was cut to 1100m in 2010 and from 1993 – 2013 it ran as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. The race has gone by a number of various names over the years including the Moet & Chandon Handicap (1993-96) and The Schweppervesence (2005-09). Before 2010 the event was held as part of the Golden Slipper Stakes Day program.

Maurice McCarten Stakes Winners & Placegetters

See below for a recent list of Maurice McCarten Stakes results and winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Star Of The Seas	1 minute 06.45 seconds
	2nd	River Bird
	3rd	Spending To Win
2019 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Easy Eddie	1 minute 6.38 seconds
	2nd	She Knows
	3rd	All Over Bosanova
2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Dothraki	1 minute 3.41 seconds
	2nd	Sprightly Lass
	3rd	New Universe
2017 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Artistry	1 minute 4.99 seconds
	2nd	Dothraki
	3rd	Fickle Folly
2016 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Alberto Magic	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Angels Beach
	3rd	Bachman
2015 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Target In Sight	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Deep Field
	3rd	Tahitian Black
2014 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Kencella	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Va Pensiero
	3rd	That’s A Good Idea
2013 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	See The World	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Anise
	3rd	Hurrara
2012 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Title	1 minute 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Uate
	3rd	Zaratone
2011 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Atomic Force	1 minute 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Winter King
	3rd	Dorf Command
2010 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Welkom Gold	1 minute 4.42 seconds
	2nd	Nightofthegeneral
	3rd	Rarefied
2009 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Mount Verde	1 minute 11.79 seconds
	2nd	Aichi
	3rd	Posadas
2008 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Hoystar	1 minute 12.03 seconds
	2nd	Al Be Nible
	3rd	Certain Magic
2007 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Double Dare	1 minute 9.42 seconds
	2nd	King Rex
	3rd	Sunset Run
2006 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Snippetson	1 minute 9.34 seconds
	2nd	Mustard
	3rd	Shannon Bank
2005 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Britt’s Best	1 minute 9.43 seconds
	2nd	Damigos
	3rd	Entreaty
2004 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Mustard	1 minute 8.81 seconds
	2nd	Geiger Spirit
	3rd	Jivago
2003 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Sex Machine	1 minute 9.60 seconds
	2nd	Oomph
	3rd	Arlington Road
2002 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Crete	1 minute 8.98 seconds
	2nd	Shouq
	3rd	Polygram
2001 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Stanzaic / Knickerbocker Kid	1 minute 9.31 seconds
	2nd	–
	3rd	Scottish Pride
2000 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Antiquity	1 minute 8.86 seconds
	2nd	Paint
	3rd	Batwing