The Newcastle Jockey Club 3YO 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 $250,000 in prize money and now takes place on the same day as the $1 million The Hunter – one of the newer seven-figure races introduced by Racing NSW as part of the wider The Everest Carnival.

The 2021 Spring Stakes field was franked with the winner Festival Dancer running third next-up in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield.

The 2022 Spring Stakes winner Pierossa returned the following autumn and ran a good fourth in the 2023 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m).

The 2023 NJC Spring Stakes ran on Saturday November 18, 2023 as part of Newcastle’s The Hunter Day and was won in an upset by the in-form Maurice filly Genzano ($15). 

Newcastle Spring Stakes

Date:	Saturday November 18, 2023
Track:	Newcastle Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000

2023 Newcastle Spring Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Genzano ($15)
• 2nd: #14 Kind Words
• 3rd: #1 Kintyre

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	GENZANO	Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich	Zac Lloyd (a)		11	54.5kg		$15
	2	14	KIND WORDS	Kris Lees	Sam Clipperton	1.31L	1	54.5kg		$14
	3	1	KINTYRE	Gary Portelli	Adam Hyeronimus	1.51L	8	56.5kg		$5.50
	4	4	SLY BOOTS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	1.52L	6	56.5kg		$8.50
	5	8	UNCLE HARRY	Paul Perry	Reece Jones	2.72L	10	56.5kg		$51
	6	6	METALLIC RULER	Sam Kavanagh	Chad Schofield	3.12L	3	56.5kg		$20
	7	5	JURISPRUDENCE	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	3.21L	12	56.5kg		$31
	8	10	VIESTE	Benjamin Smith	Ms Robyn Freeman	5.32L	13	54.5kg		$201
	9	13	MAH ALI	Benjamin Smith	Jay Ford	7.79L	2	54.5kg		$61
	10	9	UNTIL VALHALLA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Rachel King	9.84L	5	54.5kg		$5F
	11	3	INVINCIBLE SPY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12.47L	9	56.5kg		$5.50
	12	12	JUST IN TIME	Richard & Will Freedman	Dylan Gibbons (a)	18.91L	4	54.5kg		$8
	13	2	INFLUENTIAL	Chris Waller	Joshua Parr	28.15L	7	56.5kg		$7.50
		7	HEADS YOU LOSE	Chris Waller	Tyler Schiller		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Newcastle Jockey Club 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.

Festival Dancer ($5 in 2021) is the last Newcastle Spring Stakes favourite to win.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Pierossa winning at Spring Stakes odds of $19 and again in 2023 with Genzano saluting at $15 in the markets.

2023 Newcastle 3YO 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 2023 final field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

2023 Newcastle 3YO Spring Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Newcastle Spring Stakes 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once available.

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
2023 Spring Stakes	1st	Genzano	1 minute 35.25 seconds
	2nd	Kind Words
	3rd	Kintyre
2022 Spring Stakes	1st	Pierossa	1 minute 39.67 seconds
	2nd	Kazalark
	3rd	Robusto
2021 Spring Stakes	1st	Festival Dancer	1 minute 38.30 seconds
	2nd	War Eternal
	3rd	Arnaqueur
2020 Spring Stakes	1st	The Elanora	1 minute 35.73 seconds
	2nd	High Supremacy
	3rd	Ellsberg
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