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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 offers $200,000 in prize money.

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 2020 Red Anchor Stakes form was later franked with the winner Portland Sky winning the following autumn’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate.

The 2021 Red Anchor Stakes ran on Saturday October 23, 2021 and was won by the well-backed favourite Generation ($2.20).

Red Anchor Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday October 23, 2021
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Red Anchor Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Generation
• 2nd: #2 Scissor Step
• 3rd: #6 Sudoko

Jockey James McDonald timed his ride to perfection aboard the well-backed favourite Generation ($2.20F) who chased the hot speed before tackling the leader Dosh before the turn and holding off the fast-finishing Scissor Step to win the 2021 Red Anchor Stakes results by a half-length.

Click here to read more on the brave win by Generation in the Red Anchor Stakes 2021.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	GENERATION	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald		5	57kg		$2.20F
	2	2	SCISSOR STEP	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	0.5L	7	57kg		$16
	3	6	SUDOKO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Hugh Bowman	3.5L	2	57kg		$6.50
	4	5	ATHELRIC	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	3.7L	1	57kg		$9
	5	1	HE’S XCEPTIONAL	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	5.95L	4	58kg		$16
	6	9	DOSH	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	10.95L	6	56.5kg		$6
	7	8	MORNINGTON GLORY	Matt Laurie	Luke Currie	11.7L	3	57kg		$8
		3	DAILY BUGLE	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jamie Mott		0
		7	TADWEER	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Red Anchor Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Red Ancho Stakes 2021 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.

Generation ($2.20 in 2021) was the last favourite in Red Anchor Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 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.

The 2021 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 Red Anchor Stakes 2021 final field features a small but quality line-up of three-year-olds led in betting by last start Group 2 Schillaci Stakes runner-up Dosh.

• Scratched: #3 Daily Bugle (6); #7 Tadweer (1)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	0x1225x143	HE’S XCEPTIONAL	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	5	58kg		76
2	3133×514	SCISSOR STEP	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	9	57kg		70
3	20160×4530	DAILY BUGLE	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jamie Mott	6	57kg		73
4	11×33	GENERATION	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	7	57kg		73
5	48x441x325	ATHELRIC	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	2	57kg		69
6	13×1	SUDOKO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Hugh Bowman	3	57kg		68
7	11	TADWEER	Ben & JD Hayes	Luke Nolen	1	57kg		67
8	15	MORNINGTON GLORY	Matt Laurie	Luke Currie	4	57kg		65
9	1x1x32	DOSH	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	8	56.5kg		90

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Red Anchor Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Red Anchor Stakes in 2021 close the Monday leading-up to the race and will be made available below once confirmed.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1x	ACROBAT	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
2	2301332×37	ASHEMA	F	3	Annabel Neasham
3	48x441x325	ATHELRIC	C	3	James Cummings	69
4	7x9x0x1632	BEAUDACITY	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	62
5	30×113	BRUCKNER	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	86
6	20160×4530	DAILY BUGLE	C	3	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	73
7	1x1x32	DOSH	F	3	Grahame Begg	90
8	11×33	GENERATION	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	73
9	0x1225x143	HE’S XCEPTIONAL	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	76
10	138×13250	JIGSAW	C	3	Cindy Alderson	74
11	3x567x1	MARINE ONE	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	64
12	15	MORNINGTON GLORY	C	3	Matt Laurie
13	2×41	NICCOLITE	F	3	Grahame Begg	62
14	3133×514	SCISSOR STEP	G	3	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	70
15	x721610x57	SHAQUERO	C	3	Chris Waller	90
16	13×1	SUDOKO	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
17	11	TADWEER	G	3	Ben & JD Hayes
18	18x210x	VOLCANIC ROCK	G	3	Michael & Luke Cerchi
19	2x	ZARASTRO	C	3	Chris Waller

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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
2021 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Generation	1 minute 10.89 seconds
		Scissor Step
	3rd	Sudoko
2020 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Portland Sky	1 minute 12.95 seconds
	2nd	Bella Nipotina
	3rd	Valaquenta
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