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The Neville Sellwood Stakes is a Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in late March (early April for 2021) each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival as part of the Tancred Stakes Day.

Contested over a 2000m staying distance, the set weights plus penalties clash is open to horses aged four-years-old and upwards and offers $200,000 in total prize money as of 2023. Autumn gallopers may come into the Neville Sellwood Stakes field a run in the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m) at the track a fortnight earlier and the last horse to complete the double was It’s Somewhat (2016). The Group 3 Sky High Stakes (2000m) is another nice lead-up and in 2016 Messene ran second in both races.

In 2023 Zeyrek improved on a lead-up second in the Sky High Stakes to win the Neville Sellwood.

After the Neville Sellwood Stakes next-up options include the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on the second Saturday of April at Royal Randwick or the Group 3 JRA Plate (2000m) a week later on All Aged Stakes Day. In 2016 Sir John Hawkwood won the Sky High Stakes, finished third in the Neville Sellwood and then second in the JRA Cup.

In 2018 the Neville Sellwood Stakes winner Arbeitsam went on to finish third in the Doncaster Mile results.

The form of the 2021 Neville Sellwood Stakes was franked when the runner-up Entente went on to place second in that spring’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m).

The Neville Sellwood Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 25, 2023 and was won by the progressive Hawkes Racing-trained Zeyrek ($3.60F) who saluted for the punters. 

2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 25, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties – 4YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Zeyrek ($3.60F)
• 2nd: #5 Sunshine Rising
• 3rd: #4 Gear Up

Zeyrek ($3.60F) put in a sensational performance at Rosehill with jockey Tim Clark guiding the progressive Sea The Stars six-year-old to a comprehensive one-length victory for the punters in the 2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes results ahead of tougher targets this autumn.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark		9	55kg		$3.60F
	2	5	SUNSHINE RISING (FR)	Mark Newnham	Nash Rawiller	0.99L	8	55kg (cd 56kg)		$4.60
	3	4	GEAR UP (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tom Marquand	2.54L	4	55.5kg		$7.50
	4	9	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble	3.26L	6	55kg		$13
	5	1	HUETOR (FR)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	3.7L	5	58kg		$6.50
	6	3	MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE)	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss	3.77L	10	56kg		$41
	7	11	ATHABASCAN (FR)	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	4.37L	3	55kg		$16
	8	7	FANCY MAN (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	4.47L	7	55kg		$17
	9	10	CADRE DU NOIR (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Zac Lloyd (a)	5.88L	2	55kg		$21
	10	8	THIRD REALM (GB)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Brenton Avdulla	9.06L	1	55kg		$7.50
		2	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Betting Odds

The Neville Sellwood Stakes 2023 betting odds will be listed below courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as markets on the Group 3 Tancred Stakes Day support act are available in the autumn.

Zeyrek ($3.60 in 2023) was the last favourite in Neville Sellwood Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Form

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2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Tips

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• To Win: #4 Gear Up ($10 at time of publish) 

Going for a touch of value fresh with Gear Up resuming for star young trainer Annabel Neasham. This Irish-bred Teofilo entire was good last prep back in Ireland winning a Group 3 over the mile and a half and placing second in the Group 2 Curragh Cup (2816m). The international expat now debuts for his new stable down under on Saturday with 55.5kg from a good gate in a small field over 2000m. This race looks an ideal starting point for the proven stayer formerly with Joseph O’Brien. No doubt he’ll improve on whatever he does here with an eye on the longer-distanced features, but looks terrific value to show up the locals early.

2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Field

The Neville Sellwood Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of middle-distance stayers each autumn and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday prior to Tancred Stakes Day in March.

The official 2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes final field and barrier draw is set for release on Wednesday March 22, 2023 and will be published below.

The Neville Sellwood Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of autumn staying types led in betting by the Mark Newnham-trained Sunshine Rising coming off a close third at the track and distance in the Group 3 Sky High Stakes and the Hawkes Racing-trained runner-up in that same key lead-up from March 11 Zeyrek.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x3418x8x06	HUETOR (FR)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	5	58kg			107
2	x536107x20	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr (late alt)	11	58kg			107
3	7x2115x0x0	MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE)	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss (late alt)	10	56kg			104
4	54x451214x	GEAR UP (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Tom Marquand	4	55.5kg			104
5	43x5x40x33	SUNSHINE RISING (FR)	Mark Newnham	Nash Rawiller	8	55kg			107
6	147x000x12	ZEYREK (FR)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tim Clark	9	55kg			104
7	x135x5302x	FANCY MAN (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	7	55kg			103
8	74x319x64x	THIRD REALM (GB)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Brenton Avdulla	1	55kg			102
9	2x64260x99	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble	6	55kg			100
10	3x051128x0	CADRE DU NOIR (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Zac Lloyd (a)	2	55kg			98
11	162334×853	ATHABASCAN (FR)	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	3	55kg			88

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Neville Sellwood Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	314x7106x7	ALEGRON	G	4	James Cummings	104
2	123820×771	ARAPAHO (FR)	G	6	Bjorn Baker	106
3	162334×853	ATHABASCAN (FR)	H	4	John O’Shea	88
4	2x64260x99	BENAUD	G	4	John O’Shea	100
5	3x051128x0	CADRE DU NOIR (USA)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	98
6	x135x5302x	FANCY MAN (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	103
7	54x451214x	GEAR UP (IRE)	H	5	Annabel Neasham	104
8	x3418x8x06	HUETOR (FR)	G	6	Peter & Paul Snowden	107
9	8x835593x5	LE BAOL (FR)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	85
10	7x2115x0x0	MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE)	M	4	Chris Waller	104
11	0389180385	MARSABIT (IRE)	G	5	Danny Williams	71
12	x536107x20	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	107
13	x470x8x808	NORMANDY BRIDGE (FR)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	92
14	211x2250x4	NUMERIAN (IRE)	G	7	Annabel Neasham	110
15	15×4611412	RIVERINA CYCLONE	M	4	Matt Laurie	72
16	43x5x40x33	SUNSHINE RISING (FR)	G	9	Mark Newnham	107
17	155021×889	SUREFIRE (GB)	G	5	Chris Waller	100
18	74x319x64x	THIRD REALM (GB)	H	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	102
19	x24142x565	YAPHET	G	4	Cliff Brown	84
20	147x000x12	ZEYREK (FR)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	104

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Neville Sellwood Stakes History

The Neville Sellwood Stakes was first run in 1980 and won by Iko. The race is named after former champion jockey Neville Sellwood (1922 – 1962) who rode the first Golden Slipper Stakes winner Todman. For one year in 2010 the event took place at Canterbury Racecourse over 1900m. After starting out as a Listed race it gained its current Group 3 status in 2011.

Notable Neville Sellwood Stakes winners include Lights Of Heaven (2013) and Junoob (2014). French import Pornichet won the race in 2015 and went on to take out that winter’s Doomben Cup in Brisbane.

Recent Neville Sellwood Stakes Winners

See below for a full list of Neville Sellwood Stakes results and winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Zeyrek	2 minutes 4.15 seconds
	2nd	Sunshine Rising
	3rd	Gear Up
2022 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Mount Popa	2 minutes 13.28 seconds
	2nd	Polly Grey
	3rd	Marroni
2021 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Shared Ambition	2 minutes 2.19 seconds
	2nd	Entente
	3rd	Master Of Wine
2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Night’s Watch	2 minutes 5.57 seconds
	2nd	Aliferous
	3rd	Shadow Flight
2019 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Taikomochi	2 minutes 8.54 seconds
	2nd	Libran
	3rd	Goathland
2018 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Arbeitsam	2 minutes 4.37 seconds
	2nd	Maurus
	3rd	Almost Court
2017 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Assign	2 minutes 7.29 seconds
	2nd	Astronomos
	3rd	Single Gaze
2016 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	It’s Somewhat	2 minutes 02.1 seconds
	2nd	Messene
	3rd	Sir John Hawkwood
2015 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Pornichet	2 minutes 02.4 seconds
	2nd	Our Voodoo Prince
	3rd	Hawkspur
2014 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Junoob	2 minutes 06.3 seconds
	2nd	Hippopus
	3rd	Lucky Lago
2013 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Lights Of Heaven	2 minutes 07.3 seconds
	2nd	Hoylonny
	3rd	Said Com
2012 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Western Symbol	2 minutes 02.9 seconds
	2nd	Southern Skye
	3rd	Snow Alert
2011 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Syreon	2 minutes 02.7 seconds
	2nd	Beijing Boy
	3rd	Base
2010 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Herculian Prince	1 minute 56.1 seconds
	2nd	Tobique
	3rd	Albertinelli
2009 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Ausbred King	2 minutes 06.0 seconds
	2nd	Sussman
	3rd	Absent Friends
2008 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Nuclear Sky	2 minutes 06.6 seconds
	2nd	Fort ‘N’ Won
	3rd	Emerald Jack
2007 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Coalesce	2 minutes 01.1 seconds
	2nd	Molotov
	3rd	Ausbred King
2006 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Men At Work	2 minutes 02.5 seconds
	2nd	Molotov
	3rd	Evasion
2005 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Jeremiad	2 minutes 03.2 seconds
	2nd	Havana Wind
	3rd	Hassle
2004 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Shower Of Roses	2 minutes 00.8 seconds
	2nd	Zabarra
	3rd	Country Tyrone
2003 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Heeby Reiby	2 minutes 00.8 seconds
	2nd	We’re Dancing
	3rd	Airlie Bird
2002 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Youhadyourwarning	2 minutes 02.0 seconds
	2nd	Borelli
	3rd	Able Way
2001 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Inaflury	2 minutes 03.3 seconds
	2nd	Lawyer
	3rd	Brave Prince
2000 Neville Sellwood Stakes	1st	Gypsy’s Daughter	2 minutes 00.5 seconds
	2nd	Regal Touch
	3rd	Lanolin