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The Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes is a 1200m sprint held at Moonee Valley Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival in late October on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

Held under set weights with penalties conditions, the Red Anchor Stakes is restricted to three-year-old sprinters and is currently known as the 1300 Australia Stakes for sponsorship purposes – not to be confused with the weight-for-age Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) held at the same track and distance in January.

The Red Anchor Stakes is held on Cox Plate Day alongside a host of other Group status spring features. These include the renowned Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m), Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m), Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m), Group 2 Crystal Mile (1600m) and Group 3 Tesio Stakes (1600m).

Classier types tend to perform well under the set weights plus penalties conditions of the Red Anchor Stakes. Some fairly decent young horses have gotten up over Group 1 types in recent years, so when punting don’t be too quick to immediately jump on the well known horses.

Horses tend to target the Red Anchor Stakes following runs in races with similar conditions and similar distances including the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) over the Caulfield Cup Carnival.

Following the Red Anchor Stakes, some runners may go on to the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), run a week later at Flemington Racecourse on VRC Derby Day.

The 2019 Red Anchor Stakes – 1300 Australia Stakes – was held on Saturday October 26, 2019 and won by the John Sadler-trained Sartorial Splendour in an upset over Condo’s Express. 

Red Anchor Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday October 26, 2019
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2019 Red Anchor Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Sartorial Splendor
• 2nd: #1 Condo’s Express
• 3rd: #8 Three Beans

The John Sadler-trained Sartorial Splendor took the next step on Cox Plate Day with a big Group 3 win in the Red Anchor Stakes 2019 results posting a 1.75 length margin on the line over the $3.30 favourite Condo’s Express.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	3	SARTORIAL SPLENDOR	John Sadler	Jamie Kah	–	2	57kg	$3.30
2	1	CONDO’S EXPRESS	Richard Laming	Damien Oliver	1.75L	6	58kg	$3F
3	8	THREE BEANS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	1.85L	3	57kg	$9
4	6	HEYINGTON STATION	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	2.35L	1	57kg	$12
5	10	TRUFFLE HOUSE	Brent Stanley	Luke Currie	3.6L	9	57kg	$51
6	11	MISTER YU SHU	Jim Conlan	Clayton Douglas	3.7L	4	57kg	$51
7	7	CIELO D’ORO	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	5.45L	7	57kg	$11
8	2	LUCIFER’S REWARD	Brendan McCarthy	Jamie Mott	6.45L	5	57kg	$7
9	4	VIKING WARRIOR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	6.65L	8	57kg	$17
–	12	HEARTY LASS	John Hyam	Kerrin McEvoy	–	0	–	–
–	5	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	–	0	–	–
–	9	RUUCA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Tommy Berry	–	0	–	–

2019 Red Anchor Stakes Betting Odds

The latest 1300 Australia Stakes 2019 betting odds will be listed below with links to the full markets at Ladbrokes.com.au to lock in your tips on the three-years-old sprint on Cox Plate Day at the best price.

2019 Red Anchor Stakes Field

The Red Anchor Stakes field tends to attract three year olds who have had fairly extensive preparations already that season. Horses that run in the Red Anchor Stakes field usually do so following several black type races already that season including Sydney’s Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) or Caulfield’s Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) in September. It’s worth keeping an eye on the Red Anchor Stakes field, because you’ll often see some of the three year olds that run in it pop up later in black type races.

The 2019 Red Anchor Stakes field and barriers are released on the Wednesday leading-up to Cox Plate Day and will be published in full below.

The 2019 1300 Australia Stakes Field – registered as the Red Anchor Stakes – attracted 12 three-year-old sprinters before the early scratching of #5 Dirty Work (12). Heading the markets is Condo’s Express, Richard Laming’s Rubick gelding coming off a fourth in the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes behind Anaheed who takes on the older sprinters on Friday night in the Group 1 $1 million Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	222114	CONDO’S EXPRESS	Richard Laming	Damien Oliver	8	58kg	76
2	1939×134	LUCIFER’S REWARD	Brendan McCarthy	Jamie Mott	6	57kg	70
3	152×23	SARTORIAL SPLENDOR	John Sadler	Jamie Kah	2	57kg	66
4	12×19	VIKING WARRIOR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	10	57kg	68
5	36×3244	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	12	57kg	68
6	211	HEYINGTON STATION	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	1	57kg	66
7	13	CIELO D’ORO	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	9	57kg	63
8	1×2	THREE BEANS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	4	57kg	64
9	1×3	RUUCA	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Tommy Berry	7	57kg	64
10	14	TRUFFLE HOUSE	Brent Stanley	Luke Currie	11	57kg	63
11	17	MISTER YU SHU	Jim Conlan	Clayton Douglas	5	57kg	62
12	14×21	HEARTY LASS	John Hyam	Kerrin McEvoy (late alt)	3	55kg	69

Red Anchor Stakes History

The Red Anchor Stakes was inaugurated in 1985, with Seiger taking out the first edition. Since then, the Red Anchor Stakes has provided classy three year olds with an opportunity to showcase their skills against other horses of similar levels of skill.

The Red Anchor Stakes has always been held over 1200m. Between the years of 1990 and 2005 the race ran as the CS Hayes Stakes. Between 2006 and 2011 it was referred to as the City Pacific Finance Stakes. Following that, it adopted the name Telstra Phonewords Stakes.

Notable Red Anchor Stakes winners include Rubiton (1986), Sequalo (1993), Yell (2002), Royal Asscher (2007) and Karuta Queen (2011). Red Anchor Stakes results and winning times are listed below.

Red Anchor Stakes History

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Sartorial Splendor	1 minute 11.22 seconds
	2nd	Condo’s Express
	3rd	Three Beans
2018 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Charge	1 minute 10.00 seconds
	2nd	Sunset Watch
	3rd	Ringerdingding
2017 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Eptimum	1 minute 09.98 seconds
	2nd	Single Bullet
	3rd	Trekking
2016 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Archives	1 minute 12.14 seconds
	2nd	Crafted
	3rd	Big John Cannon
2015 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Holler	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Brockhoff
	3rd	Demonstrate
2014 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Galaxy Pegasus	1 minute 9.9 seconds
	2nd	Law
	3rd	Nicoscene
2013 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Thermal Current	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Not Listenin’tome
	3rd	Selectify
2012 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Hidden Warrior	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	Haussmann
	3rd	Chosen Moment
2011 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Karuta Queen	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Miss Stellabelle
	3rd	Amah Rock
2010 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	That’s Not It	1 minute 11.6 seconds
	2nd	Happy Trails
	3rd	Lone Rock
2009 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Avenue	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Governance
	3rd	Broken
2008 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Millbank	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Gold In Dubai
	3rd	Montana Flyer
2007 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Royal Asscher	1 minute 11.2 seconds
	2nd	El Mandon
	3rd	Wilsons Promontory
2006 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Corton Charlemagne	1 minute 11.6 seconds
	2nd	Fair Horizons
	3rd	Evacuate
2005 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Coronga	1 minute 12.6 seconds
	2nd	Facing The Breeze
	3rd	Angkhasa
2004 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Oratorio	1 minute 14.8 seconds
	2nd	Kingify
	3rd	World Peace
2003 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Youth	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Flagmentation
	3rd	Happy Strike
2002 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Yell	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Tycoon Ruler
	3rd	Before Too Long
2001 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Deprave	1 minute 12.5 seconds
	2nd	Firm
	3rd	La Lagune
2000 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Sound The Alarm	1 minute 12.1 seconds
	2nd	Wurabinda
	3rd	Senet Pete