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The Widden Stakes is Group 3 race run at Rosehill Gardens in late January or early February during the end of the summer and start of the famous Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

The 1100m sprint is open to two-year-old fillies and is run at set weights plus penalties. The Widden Stakes is a key support race on Expressway Stakes Day. The meeting is headlined by the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) and also features the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m), which is the colts & geldings’ equivalent of the Widden Stakes.

Fillies that run in the Widden Stakes field may be kicking off their careers first-up, or have run in the spring before in something like the Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) held at Randwick in September / October. The Widden Stakes can serve as a lead-up into the world’s richest race for two-year-olds – the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) run back at Rosehill Racecourse in March.

The only fillies to date to complete the Widden Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double are Overreach (2013) and Mossfun (2014).

The 2020 Widden Stakes rans on Saturday February 1, 2020 at Randwick having been moved from Rosehill Gardens due to extreme heat and saw the favourite Away Game salute in a tough victory. 

Widden Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday February 1, 2020
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse (Randwick in 2020)
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$650,000

2020 Widden Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Away Game
• 2nd: #4 Centimental
• 3rd: #2 Philizzy

The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Magic Millions Classic winning filly Away Game was ultra-impressive saluting for the punters in the 2020 Widden Stakes results with an all-the-way win ahead of the Golden Slipper in March.

Click here to read more on the Widden Stakes winner Away Game.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	1	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tom Marquand	–	5	57.5kg	$2.10F
2	4	CENTIMENTAL	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2.3L	3	54.5kg	$6.50
3	2	PHILIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Christian Reith	2.5L	2	56kg	$5
4	5	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	3L	4	54.5kg	$5
5	3	IN FLANDERS	James Cummings	Jason Collett	3.5L	1	54.5kg	$9.50

2020 Widden Stakes Betting Odds

The current Widden Stakes 2020 odds will be published below as soon as released at Ladbrokes.com.au complete with market links for you to lock in your Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival tips at the best prices.

2020 Widden Stakes Field

The Widden Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of promising young fillies who are heading towards other similar races over the autumn in Sydney for two-year-olds including the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) held a month later at Royal Randwick and the Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m) in March before a Golden Slipper Stakes bid.

The official 2020 Widden Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The Widden Stakes 2020 final field has drawn just five final acceptors with connections of many two-year-olds deterred by the current extreme heat conditions across Sydney. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Magic Millions Classic winner Away Game is a short-priced favourite from the outside barrier to make it three straight wins. She is lumped with 57.5kg at set weights with penalties however opening it up for the Anthony Cummings-trained Philizzy coming off a winning debut at Randwick’s Kensington track.

Read more on the 2020 Widden Stakes field of Golden Slipper-bound fillies.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	411	AWAY GAME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tom Marquand	5	57.5kg
2	1	PHILIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Christian Reith	2	56kg
3	5×2	IN FLANDERS	James Cummings	Jason Collett	1	54.5kg
4	2	CENTIMENTAL	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3	54.5kg
5	0	SEPTEMBER RUN	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	4	54.5kg

Widden Stakes History

The Widden Stakes is named after Widden Stud, home to some of the country’s premier stallions and sires. It was inaugurated in 1943 as a 1000m Principal Race. It has been run over its current 1100m distance during 2005-07 and since 2009 onwards. The event gained Listed status in 1979 – 2013 before being upgraded to a Group 3 autumn feature from 2014.

There have been three racecourses to host the Widden Stakes – Randwick, Rosehill Gardens and Warwick Farm.

Plenty of notable fillies have won the event and some of the best Widden Stakes winners in recent years include Triscay (1989), Dynasty (1993), Satin Shoes (2011), subsequent Golden Slipper winner Overreach (2013), Mossfun (2014), Fiesta (2018) and that year’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Away Game (2020).

In 2020 Away Game became tthe first filly in over 20 years to carry more than 56.5kg to victory in the Widden Stakes.

Recent Widden Stakes Winners

See below for a full list of the Widden Stakes Winners & Results going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Widden Stakes(Run at Randwick)	1st	Away Game	1 minute 4.43 seconds
	2nd	Centimental
	3rd	Philizzy
2019 Widden Stakes	1st	Amercement	1 minute 5.91 seconds
	2nd	Rotator
	3rd	Blazing Miss
2018 Widden Stakes	1st	Fiesta	1 minute 5.50 seconds
	2nd	Adamina
	3rd	River Bird
2017 Widden Stakes	1st	Teaspoon	1 minute 5.08 seconds
	2nd	Mystic Empire
	3rd	Sweet Deal
2016 Widden Stakes	1st	Honesty Prevails	1 minute 5.7 seconds
	2nd	Smart Amelia
	3rd	Chipanda
2015 Widden Stakes	1st	Fireworks	1 minute 5.4 seconds
	2nd	Lake Geneva
	3rd	Igraine
2014 Widden Stakes	1st	Mossfun	1 minute 5.0 seconds
	2nd	Ygritte
	3rd	Twirl
2013 Widden Stakes	1st	Overreach	1 minute 3.0 seconds
	2nd	Everage
	3rd	Brilliant Bisc
2012 Widden Stakes	1st	Driefontein	1 minute 4.1 seconds
	2nd	Agueda
	3rd	Hussousa
2011 Widden Stakes	1st	Satin Shoes	1 minute 2.2 seconds
	2nd	Elite Falls
	3rd	Shared Reflections
2010 Widden Stakes	1st	Georgette Silk	1 minute 5.19 seconds
	2nd	Mafia Miss
	3rd	So Detached
2009 Widden Stakes	1st	Horizons	1 minute 4.44 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Marquardt
2008 Widden Stakes	1st	Delta Girl	58.67 seconds
	2nd	Stripper
	3rd	Jiale
2007 Widden Stakes	1st	Superfly	1 minute 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Goldam
	3rd	Illuminates
2006 Widden Stakes	1st	Churchill Downs	1 minute 4.85 seconds
	2nd	Fleur Royale
	3rd	Big Joker
2005 Widden Stakes	1st	Pasikatera	1 minute 4.02 seconds
	2nd	Snowden
	3rd	Kincharm
2004 Widden Stakes	1st	Econsul	1 minute 5.15 seconds
	2nd	Ballybleue
	3rd	Segments
2003 Widden Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd
	3rd
2002 Widden Stakes	1st	Secret Land	58.92 seconds
	2nd	Hasna
	3rd	Danish Magic
2001 Widden Stakes	1st	Riona	58.05 seconds
	2nd	Chatelaine
	3rd	Highest
2000 Widden Stakes	1st	Miss Bussell	59.33 seconds
	2nd	Happens
	3rd	Vita