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The Sky High Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Coolmore Classic Day in March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Contested over 2000m the set weights plus penalties race is open to horses aged three-years-old and above and offers a lucrative $350,000 in total prize money. Coolmore Classic Day is headlined by the fillies and mares facing off in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) and the meeting is host to a number of other Group status races. Other highlights on the card including the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m), Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m), Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) for Golden Slipper Stakes hopefuls.

A nice lead-up into the Sky High Stakes is the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) over a mile in late February. In 2015 Hartnell ran second in the Chipping Norton Stakes before winning the Sky High Stakes. The 2017 Sky High Stakes winner Tavago also backed-up off a Chipping Norton Stakes run (5th).

The stayers that face off in the Sky High Stakes field are traditionally heading towards longer distance features over the autumn including the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) run at Royal Randwick in April. Gallopers often back-up out of the race in events like the Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) held at the track a fortnight later.

The Group 1 The BMW (2400m) is another elite level option for Sky High Stakes graduates and in 2015 Who Shot Thebarman ran fourth in both races before a second in the Sydney Cup. That year Hartnell (2015) completed the Sky High Stakes – The BMW double. In 2016 Who Shot Thebarman returned to finish third in the Sky High Stakes, second in The BMW and fourth in the Sydney Cup.

The Sky High Stakes 2018 ran on Saturday March 17, 2018 and was won in a late

2018 Sky High Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 17, 2018
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$350,000

2018 Sky High Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Auvray
• 2nd: #2 Libran
• 3rd: #3 Mackintosh

Check out the official Sky High Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, following the link to read more on the impressive late win by the Richard Freedman-trained French import Auvray who came down the outside to run over the top of the Chris Waller-trained duo of Libran (2nd) and Mackintosh (3rd) on way to a possible Sydney Cup start next month.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	5	AUVRAY (FR)	Richard Freedman	Glyn Schofield	–	4	55.5kg	$9
2	2	LIBRAN (IRE)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	1.3L	2	56.5kg	$3.40F
3	3	MACKINTOSH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tye Angland	1.4L	9	56.5kg	$7
4	9	SALSAMOR (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Kerrin McEvoy	1.9L	6	55kg	$7
5	6	STAMPEDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2L	7	55.5kg	$3.90
6	8	GET ON THE GRANGE	Allan Kehoe	Blaike McDougall (a)	2.6L	5	55kg	$15
7	1	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	2.9L	1	56.5kg	$10
8	4	LASQUETI SPIRIT	Lee Curtis	Jay Ford	3.6L	3	56kg	$51
9	7	MORE ENERGY	Jason Coyle	Ms Jess Taylor	10.1L	8	55kg	$41

2018 Sky High Stakes Tips

• 1st: #2 Libran
• 2nd: #9 Salsamor
• 3rd: #8 Get On The Grange

Check out our insider Sky High Stakes 2018 Tips & Betting Preview now.

2018 Sky High Stakes Odds

The autumn’s latest Sky High Stakes 2018 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2018 Sky High Stakes Field

The Sky High Stakes field attracts a class line-up of stayers each autumn and many of the runners are heading towards the Sydney Cup over two miles at Royal Randwick.

The official 2018 Sky High Stakes field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday March 14, 2018 and will be published in full below.

The Sky High Stakes 2018 Final Field drew just the nine final acceptors with trainer Chris Waller saddling-up the first three including the 2016 third placegetter Who Shot The Barman who heads towards a fifth run in the Sydney Cup field.

Read more on the 2018 Sky High Stakes Field & Odds led by the Sydney Cup-bound horses.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	42x94491x6	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	1	56.5kg	109
2	Px616528x4	LIBRAN (IRE)	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	2	56.5kg	107
3	x0x65359x0	MACKINTOSH (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tye Angland	9	56.5kg	102
4	27530x00x7	LASQUETI SPIRIT	Lee Curtis	Jay Ford	3	56kg	101
5	6412127×56	AUVRAY (FR)	Richard Freedman	Glyn Schofield	4	55.5kg	103
6	2411x13x65	STAMPEDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	7	55.5kg	103
7	625×049361	MORE ENERGY	Jason Coyle	Ms Jess Taylor	8	55kg	96
8	254×432343	GET ON THE GRANGE	Allan Kehoe	Blaike McDougall (a)	5	55kg	90
9	12x2273x29	SALSAMOR (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Kerrin McEvoy	6	55kg	71

Sky High Stakes History

The Sky High Stakes has been run and won since 1989 and the first edition of the race was won by Eye Of The Sky. Since then plenty of star stayers have won the event including Hartnel (2015) and Sir John Hawkwood (2016).

The race is named in honour of Sky High who won the Golden Slipper Stakes as a two-year-old in 1960 and the next year’s Epsom Handicap. It was first run as an unlisted race until 1992 when it gained Listed status and then Group 3 status later in 2014. Before 2014 it took place over 1900m and the distance was increased to the current 2000m in 2015. For one year in 2008 it took place at Canterbury Park and in 2016 the Sky High Stakes was changed from a quality handicap clash to a set weights plus penalties event.

Recent Sky High Stakes Winners

See below for the full Sky High Stakes results and winners dating back to the year 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Sky High Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Sky High Stakes	1st	Auvray	2 minutes 3.72 seconds
	2nd	Libran
	3rd	Mackintosh
2017 Sky High Stakes	1st	Tavago	2 minutes 3.8 seconds
	2nd	Antonio Giuseppe
	3rd	Allergic
2016 Sky High Stakes	1st	Sir John Hawkwood	2 minutes 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Messene
	3rd	Who Shot Thebarman
2015 Sky High Stakes	1st	Hartnell	2 minutes 2.6 seconds
	2nd	Opinion
	3rd	Hawkspur
2014 Sky High Stakes	1st	Entirely Platinum	1 minute 55.7 seconds
	2nd	Midsummer Sun
	3rd	Desert Jeuney
2013 Sky High Stakes	1st	Julienas	1 minute 56 seconds
	2nd	Lunayir
	3rd	Le Roi
2012 Sky High Stakes	1st	Single	1 minute 56 seconds
	2nd	Southern Skye
	3rd	Flumicino
2011 Sky High Stakes	1st	Older Than Time	1 minute 59.10 seconds
	2nd	Luen Yat Forever
	3rd	Syreon
2010 Sky High Stakes	1st	Bellagio Wynn	1 minute 56.94 seconds
	2nd	Hadaaf
	3rd	Cousin Wal
2009 Sky High Stakes	1st	Kettledrum	1 minute 56.76 seconds
	2nd	Brave Lancer
	3rd	Twin Wing
2008 Sky High Stakes	1st	Nuclear Sky	1 minute 56.23 seconds
	2nd	Musket
	3rd	Bundoran Breeze
2007 Sky High Stakes	1st	Coalesce	1 minute 57. 22 seconds
	2nd	Grand Zulu
	3rd	Prince Of Midnight
2006 Sky High Stakes	1st	County Tyrone	1 minute 58.93 seconds
	2nd	No Wine No Song
	3rd	October Son
2005 Sky High Stakes	1st	Seul Amour	1 minute 57.31 seconds
	2nd	Sunday Service
	3rd	Havana Wind
2004 Sky High Stakes	1st	Daniel’s The Man	1 minute 56.12 seconds
	2nd	County Tyrone
	3rd	Striking Victory
2003 Sky High Stakes	1st	National Treasure	1 minute 55.7 seconds
	2nd	Natural Blitz
	3rd	County Tyrone
2002 Sky High Stakes	1st	Restless	1 minute 56.09 seconds
	2nd	Grampians
	3rd	Spirit Of Westbury
2001 Sky High Stakes	1st	Bello Signor	1 minute 54.05 seconds
	2nd	The Druidess
	3rd	Cheverny
2000 Sky High Stakes	1st	Spysept	1 minute 59.13 seconds
	2nd	Bombast
	3rd	Yippyio