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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 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 2023 Red Anchor Stakes ran at the Moonee Valley track on Saturday October 28, 2023 as part of Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day and was won narrowly by the Matt Laurie-trained favourite Archo Nacho ($2.60F). 

Red Anchor Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday October 28, 2023
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Red Anchor Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Archo Nacho ($2.60F)
• 2nd: #2 Maharba
• 3rd: #9 Don’t Hope Do

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	ARCHO NACHO	Matt Laurie	Mark Zahra		2	58kg		$2.60F
	2	2	MAHARBA	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	0.4L	5	58kg		$3.40
	3	9	DON’T HOPE DO	Simon Zahra	Blaike McDougall	1.9L	6	57kg		$26
	4	10	SCHWARZ	John O’Shea	James McDonald	2.1L	1	57kg		$4.20
	5	6	LOOSE ON GIN (NZ)	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	5.85L	4	57kg		$9
	6	5	SNIPPETY LEGEND	Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans	Zac Purton	7.35L	7	57kg		$16
	7	8	LORDSTER	Clinton McDonald	Beau Mertens	9.85L	3	57kg		$41
		11	REVALENE	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn		0
		4	CRITIQUE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Zac Lloyd (a)		0
		1	BARBER	James Cummings	Damian Lane		0
		7	LE PARRAIN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Damian Lane		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Red Anchor Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Red Ancho Stakes 2023 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) and Archo Nacho ($2.60 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Red Anchor Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Red Anchor Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Red Anchor Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Red Anchor Stakes 2023 Tips on the potential Coolmore Stud Stakes lead-up this spring.

• To Win: #1 Barber ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

There are horses coming off better runs with less weight but sticking with the class factor and have Group 1 performer Barber on top to return to his best. The James Cummings-trained Exceed And Excel colt carries the 58.5kg top-weight but is fit third-up here showing potential again this prep. Sixth at Rosehill last start was better than it looks on paper in the Group 2 Roman Consul when only two lengths beaten. Same distance but down in grade here he can win.

2023 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.

Sejardan (6th in 2022) was the last Roman Consul Stakes graduate to back-up and win the Red Anchor Stakes on Cox Plate Day, while Sweet Ride ran second in both events that year.

The 2023 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 2023 final field features a smart line-up of three-year-olds facing off in the last on Cox Plate Day led in betting by Grahame Begg’s last start winner at the track Maharba. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11x1993x56	BARBER	James Cummings	Damian Lane	8	58.5kg			85
2	4x126x91	MAHARBA	Grahame Begg	Michael Dee	7	58kg			79
3	12×16	ARCHO NACHO	Matt Laurie	Mark Zahra	2	58kg			80
4	510×516	CRITIQUE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Zac Lloyd (a)	5	57kg			67
5	1×22	SNIPPETY LEGEND	Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans	Zac Purton	11	57kg			65
6	22×1	LOOSE ON GIN (NZ)	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	4	57kg			62
7	1	LE PARRAIN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Damian Lane	6	57kg			64
8	612	LORDSTER	Clinton McDonald	Beau Mertens	3	57kg			62
9	1	DON’T HOPE DO	Simon Zahra	Blaike McDougall	10	57kg			63
10	1	SCHWARZ	John O’Shea	James McDonald	1	57kg			64
11	2	REVALENE	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn	9	57kg			61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Red Anchor Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Red Anchor Stakes in 2023 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	12×16	ARCHO NACHO	G	3	Matt Laurie	80
2	11x1993x56	BARBER	C	3	James Cummings	85
3	510×516	CRITIQUE	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	67
4	1	DON’T HOPE DO	C	3	Simon Zahra	63
5	4×114	ESECUTORE	G	3	Matt Laurie	67
6	1×18	HONOR GALORE	F	3	Cliff Brown	68
7	4x5212x57	LADY IN PINK	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	65
8	1	LE PARRAIN	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	64
9	22×1	LOOSE ON GIN (NZ)	C	3	Matthew Williams	62
10	612	LORDSTER	G	3	Clinton McDonald	62
11	4x126x91	MAHARBA	G	3	Grahame Begg	79
12	11	PARADISE CITY	F	3	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	67
13	8×4943114	PERILOUS FIGHTER	C	3	Clayton Douglas	67
14	5027×71031	PICKY	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	66
15	43×711	RED DATES	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	66
16	2	REVALENE	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	61
17	1	SCHWARZ	C	3	John O’Shea	64
18	1×22	SNIPPETY LEGEND	C	3	Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans	65
19	12	SUNSET DREAMING	F	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	63
20	189x	WEST OF DALBY	F	3	Benjamin Smith	61

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
2023 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Archo Nacho	1 minute 11.35 seconds
		Maharba
	3rd	Don’t Hope Do
2022 Red Anchor Stakes	1st	Sejardan	1 minute 13.40 seconds
		Sweet Ride
	3rd	Shalailed
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