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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 $160,000 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 NJC Spring Stakes ran on Saturday November 13, 2021 and was won by the favourite Festival Dancer ($5). 

Newcastle Spring Stakes

Date:	Saturday November 13, 2021
Track:	Newcastle Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2021 Newcastle Spring Stakes Results

• 1st: #10 Festival Dancer ($5F)
• 2nd: #5 War Eternal
• 3rd: #4 Arnaqueur

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	FESTIVAL DANCER	Matthew Smith	Dylan Gibbons (a)		9	54.5kg		$5F
	2	5	WAR ETERNAL (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	2.44L	2	56.5kg		$10
	3	4	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Tommy Berry	2.75L	11	56.5kg		$6.50
	4	2	LEASE	Anthony Cummings	Nash Rawiller	2.8L	5	56.5kg (cd 57kg)		$6
	5	3	HOLSTEIN	Matthew Dunn	Andrew Adkins	3.69L	8	56.5kg		$14
	6	7	KOKORO	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	4.05L	10	56.5kg		$6.50
	7	8	LOCH EAGLE	Kris Lees	James McDonald	4.57L	4	56.5kg		$10
	8	9	MOON STORIES	Theresa Bateup	Brock Ryan (a)	6.29L	7	56.5kg		$61
	9	1	DUFRESNE	Anthony Cummings	Jason Collett	8.48L	12	56.5kg		$11
	10	6	CONTRIBUTINGFACTOR	David Atkins	Tim Clark	11.85L	6	56.5kg		$9
	11	12	IRONIC MISS	Rodney Ollerton	Kerrin McEvoy	14.3L	1	54.5kg		$101
	12	11	RED BOULEVARD (SAF)	Paul Messara	Robbie Dolan	14.8L	3	54.5kg		$101

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 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.

2021 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 2021 final field and barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	262162	DUFRESNE	Anthony Cummings	Jason Collett	12	56.5kg			70
2	350×814232	LEASE	Anthony Cummings	Nash Rawiller	5	56.5kg	57kg		70
3	1×0471	HOLSTEIN	Matthew Dunn	Andrew Adkins	8	56.5kg			68
4	147×14485	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Tommy Berry	11	56.5kg			67
5	521×79	WAR ETERNAL (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	2	56.5kg			67
6	51×211	CONTRIBUTINGFACTOR	David Atkins	Tim Clark	6	56.5kg			66
7	41	KOKORO	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	10	56.5kg			58
8	22	LOCH EAGLE	Kris Lees	James McDonald	4	56.5kg
9	31	MOON STORIES	Theresa Bateup	Brock Ryan (a)	7	56.5kg			54
10	0x50423111	FESTIVAL DANCER	Matthew Smith	Dylan Gibbons (a)	9	54.5kg			66
11	441	RED BOULEVARD (SAF)	Paul Messara	Robbie Dolan (late alt)	3	54.5kg			56
12	35×041	IRONIC MISS	Rodney Ollerton	Kerrin McEvoy	1	54.5kg			55

2021 Newcastle 3YO Spring Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Newcastle Spring Stakes 2021 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once available.

Note: Nominations have been extended until 11:00AM (AEDT) on Tuesday November 9, 2021. 

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	147×14485	ARNAQUEUR	C	3	Jean Dubois	67
2	51×211	CONTRIBUTINGFACTOR	G	3	David Atkins	66
3	137×147	COTEHELE (NZ)	C	3	John O’Shea	73
4	262162	DUFRESNE	G	3	Anthony Cummings	70
5	0x50423111	FESTIVAL DANCER	F	3	Matthew Smith	66
6	1×0471	HOLSTEIN	G	3	Matthew Dunn	68
7	35×041	IRONIC MISS	F	3	Rodney Ollerton	55
8	350×814232	LEASE	C	3	Anthony Cummings	70
9	22	LOCH EAGLE	C	3	Kris Lees
10	441	RED BOULEVARD (SAF)	F	3	Paul Messara	56
11	521×79	WAR ETERNAL (NZ)	C	3	Bjorn Baker	67

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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
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