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The Sydney Stakes is a lucrative $500,000 Group 3 sprint held on The Everest Day at Royal Randwick in Sydney during mid-October.

There is now a battle for the punters’ attention that takes place on The Everest date with Sydney hosting the world’s richest turf race supported by the likes of the Sydney Stakes on the same day Melbourne’s Caulfield Cup Day meeting is held.

There are only 12 slots up for grabs in the $15 million The Everest field and the Sydney Stakes, upgraded to a Group 3 event for the first time in 2018, offers a nice consolation prize for sprinters that did not secure a start in the feature race of the day.

Contested over the same distance (1200m) as The Everest race, the Sydney Stakes is a weight-for-age event that has a field capacity of 18 starters.

The Sydney Stakes also serves as a nice lead-up into the $1 million Winners Stakes – a race renamed each year in honour of the previous season’s The Everest winner. In 2019 the event was known as the Redzel Stakes and saw the Sydney Stakes winner Deprive run fourth.

The 2020 Sydney Stakes ran on Saturday October 17, 2020 as part of The Everest Day line-up at Randwick and was won by the Kim Waugh-trained Trumbull. 

Sydney Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday October 17, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$500,000

2020 Sydney Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Trumbull
• 2nd: #4 Standout
• 3rd: #6 Signore Fox

Tommy Berry gave the Kim Waugh-trained Trumbull ($14) a patient ride wide with no cover before finishing strongly in the 2020 Sydney Stakes results ahead of a potential $1 million The Hunter run at Newcastle on November 14.

Click here to read more about the gutsy 2020 Sydney Stakes winner Trumbull. 

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	TRUMBULL (NZ)	Kim Waugh	Tommy Berry		7	58.5kg		$14
	2	4	STANDOUT	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	0.2L	4	58.5kg		$4.20
	3	6	SIGNORE FOX	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	1.7L	5	58.5kg		$41
	4	9	PRIME CANDIDATE	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	1.9L	1	58.5kg		$16
	5	1	DEPRIVE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	2L	8	58.5kg		$2.80F
	6	3	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	3.2L	3	58.5kg		$19
	7	11	ADELONG	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	3.6L	6	56.5kg		$17
	8	7	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	3.7L	10	58.5kg		$18
	9	10	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	4.5L	2	56.5kg		$21
	10	2	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	4.6L	9	58.5kg		$5.50
		5	BRAVE SONG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Sydney Stakes Odds

Betting odds on the Sydney Stakes 2020 are out the week of the race and are led by horses that were on The Everest path but did not secure a slot in the $15 million feature.

The latest 2020 Sydney Stakes odds will be provided below once released with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Sydney Stakes Field

The Sydney Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of sprinters, many of which failed to gain a run in the $15 million The Everest held at the same meeting.

Horses may come into the Sydney Stakes field via a number of spring lead-ups including the Group 2 Premiere Stakes on Epsom Handicap Day or the Group 2 Golden Pendant for the mares.

The official Sydney Stakes 2020 Final Field and Barriers are announced the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2020 Sydney Stakes field features 11 hopefuls including the reigning champion Deprive who dominates betting on The Everest Day event.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	714x5465x3	DEPRIVE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	9	58.5kg			106
2	56x211x345	SPECIAL REWARD	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	10	58.5kg			105
3	0x84170x85	TACTICAL ADVANTAGE	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	3	58.5kg			105
4	112x160x55	STANDOUT	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	5	58.5kg			104
5	880x9929x6	BRAVE SONG	Peter & Paul Snowden	Regan Bayliss	4	58.5kg			98
6	15×0801467	SIGNORE FOX	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	6	58.5kg			98
7	x7574x553x	MILITARY ZONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	11	58.5kg			96
8	109243216x	TRUMBULL (NZ)	Kim Waugh	Tommy Berry	8	58.5kg			96
9	124×423151	PRIME CANDIDATE	Bjorn Baker	Tim Clark	1	58.5kg			93
10	627428418x	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	2	56.5kg			104
11	2x2111x650	ADELONG	Brad Widdup	James McDonald	7	56.5kg			91

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Sydney Stakes History

The Sydney Stakes was first run in 1968 as a Principal race called City Tattersall’s Lightning Handicap. The sprint was upgraded to a Listed Black-Type race in 1978 before becoming a Group 3 feature in 2018.

In 2017 the race was renamed as the Sydney Stakes and with a notable increase in prize money became targeted as an event for sprinters that did not make The Everest field on the same day.

Originally run over 1000m then 1100m, the Sydney Stakes distance was also increased to 1200m in 2017.

A number of quality racehorses have won the event including Shogun Lodge (2003), dual winner Famous Seamus (2012-13), Group 1 winning mare In Her Time (2017) and Pierata (2018).

Sydney Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Sydney Stakes	1st	Trumbull	1 minute 09.79 seconds
	2nd	Standout
	3rd	Singore Fox
2019 Sydney Stakes	1st	Deprive	1 minute 08.62 seconds
	2nd	Champagne Cuddles
	3rd	Brutal
2018 Sydney Stakes	1st	Pierta	1 minute 10.82 seconds
	2nd	Jungle Edge
	3rd	Clearly Innocent
2017 Sydney Stakes	1st	In Her Time	1 minute 8.26 seconds
	2nd	Impending
	3rd	Ball Of Muscle
2016 Sydney Stakes	1st	Spieth	1 minute 3.24 seconds
	2nd	Kaepernick
	3rd	Le Cordon Bleu
2015 Sydney Stakes	1st	Dothraki	1 minute 2.44 seconds
	2nd	That’s A Good Idea
	3rd	Artlee
2014 Sydney Stakes	1st	Deep Field	1 minute 3.39 seconds
	2nd	That’s A Good Idea
	3rd	Shamalia
2013 Sydney Stakes	1st	Famous Seamus	1 minute 3.52 seconds
	2nd	Ichihara
	3rd	Rarefield
2012 Sydney Stakes	1st	Famous Seamus	1 minute 1.96 seconds (R)
	2nd	Too Many Reds
	3rd	Zaratone
2011 Sydney Stakes	1st	Title	1 minute 4.59 seconds
	2nd	Rarefield
	3rd	Midnight At Ascot
2010 Sydney Stakes	1st	Whitefriars	1 minute 2.22 seconds (R)
	2nd	De Lightning Ridge
	3rd	Cardinal Virtue
2009 Sydney Stakes	1st	News Alert	1 minute 2.77 seconds
	2nd	Black Prince
	3rd	Wasted Emotions