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The Newcastle Spring Stakes is a Group 3 event run at Newcastle Racecourse in mid-November at the tail-end of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

Open only to three year olds and run under set weights conditions over a mile (1600m), the NJC (Newcastle Jockey Club) Spring Stakes offers $160,000 in prize money and now takes place on the same day as the $1 million The Hunter – one of the new seven-figure races introduced by Racing NSW as part of the wider The Everest Carnival.

The 2019 NJC Spring Stakes ran on Saturday November 16, 2019 and was won by the Godolphin-raced filly Asiago in an upset. 

Newcastle Spring Stakes

Date:	Saturday November 16, 2019
Track:	Newcastle Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2019 Newcastle Spring Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Asiago
• 2nd: #11 Game Of Thrones
• 3rd: #3 Donandkim

There was a notable upset in the Newcastle Spring Stakes 2019 results with three double-figure roughies filling the trifecta. Godolphin-raced filly Asiago ($21) enjoyed a narrow win over the Kris Lees-trained Game Of Thorns ($21), while Donandkim for Gerald Ryan was another $21 outsider who placed third.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	9	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	–	10	54.5kg	$21
2	11	GAME OF THORNS	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	0.24L	7	54.5kg	$21
3	3	DONANDKIM	Gerald Ryan	James Innes Jnr	0.84L	4	56.5kg	$21
4	4	CONVINCED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1.67L	11	56.5kg	$18
5	1	RULE THE WORLD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2.11L	8	56.5kg	$2.10F
6	5	JUST SOCIETY (NZ)	John O’Shea	James McDonald	2.82L	12	56.5kg	$20
7	10	BRIGHT RUBICK	John Ramsey	Darryl McLellan	3.91L	1	54.5kg	$21
8	6	INDY CAR	Anthony Cummings	Tommy Berry	4.05L	3	56.5kg	$8
9	2	ROCK AMORE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Nash Rawiller	4.13L	2	56.5kg	$15
10	7	KAVALMO (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	5.9L	6	56.5kg	$5
11	12	SKY DIAMONDS	Gary Portelli	Robbie Dolan (a)	6.53L	5	54.5kg	$101
12	8	ELVEZIO	Clarry Conners	Ms Kacie Adams	10.7L	9	56.5kg	$201

2019 NJC Spring Stakes Betting

Betting on the Newcastle Spring Stakes opens the week of the race with links to the full markets at Ladbrokes.com.au made available below as soon as released.

2019 NJC Spring Stakes Field

The NJC Spring Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of in-form three-year-olds many coming off good lead-up campaigns over the spring at Sydney’s metropolitan tracks.

The official Newcastle Spring Stakes 2019 final field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2019 Newcastle Spring Stakes field attracted a dozen three-year-olds including a number of last start winners such as the undefeated Rule The Word for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, and Gerald Ryan’s flying Donandkim chasing a fourth straight win this campaign.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	11×1	RULE THE WORLD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	8	56.5kg	76
2	574×147	ROCK AMORE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Nash Rawiller	2	56.5kg	68
3	0x0x111	DONANDKIM	Gerald Ryan	James Innes Jnr	4	56.5kg	66
4	331×31	CONVINCED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	11	56.5kg	65
5	8×312	JUST SOCIETY (NZ)	John O’Shea	James McDonald	12	56.5kg	62
6	14	INDY CAR	Anthony Cummings	Tommy Berry	3	56.5kg	60
7	8×515	KAVALMO (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6	56.5kg	60
8	26175	ELVEZIO	Clarry Conners	Ms Kacie Adams	9	56.5kg	59
9	3x587x1118	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	10	54.5kg	70
10	28×73111	BRIGHT RUBICK	John Ramsey	Darryl McLellan	1	54.5kg	68
11	154×83	GAME OF THORNS	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	7	54.5kg	65
12	93×53311	SKY DIAMONDS	Gary Portelli	Robbie Dolan (a)	5	54.5kg	65

Newcastle Spring Stakes History

The Newcastle Spring Stakes was first won by Blazing Devil at its inaugural edition in 1984. Since then, the race has been claimed by a number of handy runners and the event has gradually developed into an important spring staging point for many horses and trainers.

Initially a listed race, the Spring Stakes received an upgrade to Group 3 in 1999 and has retained that status ever since. There is also a Group 3 event called the Spring Stakes that is run by the SAJC, however that is not to be confused with the Newcastle Spring Stakes.

The Newcastle Spring Stakes was not held in 2007 due to the equine influenza outbreak.

Notable Newcastle Spring Stakes winners include Royal pardon (1988), Shogun Lodge (1999), Universal Prince (2000), Clangalang (2002) and Darci Be Good (2011). Spring Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

The race was not run in 2016 and known simply as the Spring Stakes 2017 having been moved to Royal Randwick in February as part of the autumn due to construction at Newcastle’s Broadmeadow Racecourse.

Newcastle Spring Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Spring Stakes	1st	Asiago	1 minute 36.85 seconds
	2nd	Game Of Thorns
	3rd	Donandkim
2018 Spring Stakes	1st	Aramayo	1 minute 37.21 seconds
	2nd	Cloak
	3rd	Greysful Glamour
2017 (September) Spring Stakes	1st	Astoria	1 minute 37.03 seconds
	2nd	Merovee
	3rd	Primitivo
2017 (February at Randwick) Spring Stakes	1st	Invincible Gem	1 minute 36.43 seconds
	2nd	Faraway Town
	3rd	Salsonic
2016 Spring Stakes	1st	Race Not Run (Schedule change to February)	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2015 Spring Stakes	1st	Devil Hawk	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Tatoosh
	3rd	Gold Ambition
2014 Spring Stakes	1st	Sweynesse	1 minute 38.2 seconds
	2nd	Pounamu
	3rd	Monteux
2013 Spring Stakes	1st	Savvy Nature	1 minute 36.4 seconds
	2nd	Wordplay
	3rd	Happy Clapper
2012 Spring Stakes	1st	Proisir	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Trophies
	3rd	Proverb
2011 Spring Stakes	1st	Darci Be Good	1 minute 36.6 seconds
	2nd	Rekindled Alliance
	3rd	Ambidexter
2010 Spring Stakes	1st	Ilovethiscity	1 minute 37.0 seconds
	2nd	Giresun
	3rd	Heartsareforlove
2009 Spring Stakes	1st	Lovemelikearock	1 minute 38.9 seconds
	2nd	Viking Legend
	3rd	Euphemism
2008 Spring Stakes	1st	Sousa	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Rhyno Chaser
	3rd	Back Off
2007 Spring Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Spring Stakes	1st	Mearas	1 minute 36.1 seconds
	2nd	Magic Jet
	3rd	Teranaba
2005 Spring Stakes	1st	Hotel Grand	1 minute 36.3 seconds
	2nd	Manton
	3rd	Flora Danica
2004 Spring Stakes	1st	Lotteria	1 minute 35.3 seconds
	2nd	Wenceslas Square
	3rd	Dane Shadow
2003 Spring Stakes	1st	Allgunadoit	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Niello
	3rd	Danbird
2002 Spring Stakes	1st	Clangalang	1 minute 37.7 seconds
	2nd	Recruiting
	3rd	Takas
2001 Spring Stakes	1st	Magic Albert	1 minute 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Viscount
	3rd	Viking Ruler
2000 Spring Stakes	1st	Universal Prince	1 minute 35.95 seconds
	2nd	Phoenix Park
	3rd	Picholine