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The Neville Sellwood Stakes is a Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in late March 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 $160,000 in total prize money. 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.

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 Neville Sellwood Stakes 2020 ran on Saturday March 28, 2020 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Night’s Watch. 

2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 28, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties – 4YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Night’s Watch
• 2nd: #8 Aliferous
• 3rd: #7 Shadow Flight

The Chris Waller-trained Night’s Watch improved on an unplaced Ajax Stakes run and overcame a slow start from the gates to post a narrow win in the 2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes results ahead of a Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes bid during ‘The Championships’.

Click here to read more on the Neville Sellwood Stakes 2020 results.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	2	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	–	8	56.5kg	$8.50
2	8	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	0.2L	3	54.5kg	$6.50
3	7	SHADOW FLIGHT	Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard	Jason Collett	0.3L	1	56kg	$16
4	11	HOUSE OF CARTIER	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	2.3L	9	54kg	$9
5	3	SAUNTER BOY (FR)	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	3.6L	4	56kg	$41
6	1	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	3.8L	7	57.5kg	$3.40F
7	12	GEMMAHRA	Gwenda Markwell	Tim Clark	6L	5	54kg	$26
8	10	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Glen Boss	9.2L	2	54kg	$4
9	6	MOUNT TABORA (USA)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Marquand	12.3L	6	56kg	$9
–	9	SCARLET DREAM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	–	0	–	–
–	4	VALENTINO ROSSA	Jason Coyle	Adam Hyeronimus	–	0	–	–
–	5	ILWENDO (GER)	Matthew Smith	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–

2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes Odds

The Neville Sellwood Stakes 2020 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.

2020 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 2020 Neville Sellwood Stakes final field and barrier draw is set for release on Wednesday March 25, 2020 and will be published below.

A dozen gallopers make-up the Neville Sellwood Stakes 2020 field including the firming Chris Waller-trained favourite Life Less Ordinary, the veteran eight-year-old coming off a fourth in the Group 3 Sky High Stakes run on a bog track.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x03374x664	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	9	57.5kg	105
2	x59260x075	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	11	56.5kg	102
3	x4554x057x	SAUNTER BOY (FR)	Kris Lees	Hugh Bowman	6	56kg	89
4	8351×67826	VALENTINO ROSSA	Jason Coyle	Adam Hyeronimus	1	56kg	82
5	5x55121x10	ILWENDO (GER)	Matthew Smith	Kerrin McEvoy	10	56kg	80
6	8x76x31214	MOUNT TABORA (USA)	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tom Marquand	8	56kg	80
7	9×42540422	SHADOW FLIGHT	Jason Attard & Lucy Keegan-Attard	Jason Collett	3	56kg	63
8	x05420x244	ALIFEROUS	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	5	54.5kg	89
9	27x27000x2	SCARLET DREAM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	2	54kg	94
10	11119×4332	MAID OF ORE	Nick Olive	Glen Boss	4	54kg	89
11	3×80103384	HOUSE OF CARTIER	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	12	54kg	84
12	62×0711022	GEMMAHRA	Gwenda Markwell	Tim Clark	7	54kg	62

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
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