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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.

In 2020 the Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning filly Away Game took out the Widden Stakes and went on to run fourth in that year’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in Melbourne and second in the Golden Slipper results.

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

The 2022 Widden Stakes ran on Saturday January 29, 2022 at Rosehill Gardens and was won in an upset by the Richard & Michael Freedman-trained Queen Of The Ball who was dominant leading all-the-way as a $15 chance. 

Widden Stakes 2022
Date:	Saturday January 29, 2022
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2022 Widden Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Queen Of The Ball ($15)
• 2nd: #8 Revolutionary Miss
• 3rd: #6 Pantonario

The Richard & Michael Freedman-trained Queen Of The Ball ($15) was outstanding fresh leading all-the-way to power home over her rivals by nearly four lengths in the Widden Stakes 2022 results to firm in Golden Slipper betting. Race favourite Ebhaar meanwhile was too keen throughout dropping out to run last of the finishers, while her stablemates Revolutionary Miss and Drisana had mixed luck running second and failing to finish respectively.

Click here to read more on the dominant 2022 Widden Stakes win by Queen Of The Ball.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	QUEEN OF THE BALL	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King		10	54.5kg		$15
	2	8	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brock Ryan	3.77L	1	54.5kg		$11
	3	6	PANTONARIO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4.7L	4	54.5kg		$8.50
	4	3	DAME CARTLAND	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Chad Schofield	5.01L	3	54.5kg		$61
	5	2	OJAI	James Cummings	James McDonald	5.49L	9	57.5kg		$7.50
	6	5	MUMBAI JEWEL	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	7.74L	8	54.5kg		$9.50
	7	10	STREET SMARTS	Matthew Dunn	Regan Bayliss	8.24L	2	54.5kg		$51
	8	9	SMART VENGEANCE	Annabel Neasham	Ms Kathy O’Hara	9.41L	6	54.5kg		$61
	9	1	EBHAAR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	11.64L	5	57.5kg		$2.10F
	FF	4	DRISANA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy		7	54.5kg		$9
		11	TRENDY LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jason Collett		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Widden Stakes Betting Odds

The current Widden Stakes 2022 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.

Away Game ($2.10 in 2020) was the last favourite in Widden Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2022 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 2022 Widden Stakes field and barriers will be released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

Ten young fillies make-up the Widden Stakes 2022 final field following the scratching of Trendy Lass with the favourite Ebhaar racing first-up from barrier five chasing a second Black-Type victory.

• Scratched: #11 Trendy Lass (11)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x	EBHAAR	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	5	57.5kg
2	13x	OJAI	James Cummings	James McDonald	9	57.5kg
3	3	DAME CARTLAND	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Chad Schofield	3	54.5kg
4	2x	DRISANA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	54.5kg
5	5x	MUMBAI JEWEL	Annabel Neasham	Tommy Berry	8	54.5kg
6	3×3	PANTONARIO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	54.5kg
7	2x	QUEEN OF THE BALL	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	10	54.5kg
8	2	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brock Ryan	1	54.5kg
9	4	SMART VENGEANCE	Annabel Neasham	Ms Kathy O’Hara	6	54.5kg
10	9×5	STREET SMARTS	Matthew Dunn	Regan Bayliss	2	54.5kg
11		TRENDY LASS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jason Collett	11	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2022 Widden Stakes Nominations

Early nominations on the Widden Stakes in 2022 are taken on the Monday of race week and will be published below once available.

The 2022 Widden Stakes nominations feature 15 two-year-old fillies led in all-in betting by Peter & Paul Snowden’s Merson Cooper Stakes winner from last November Ebhaar.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	13x	OJAI	F	2	James Cummings	1	57.5kg
2	1x	EBHAAR	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	2	57.5kg
3	2x	DRISANA	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	54.5kg
4	3×3	PANTONARIO	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	4	54.5kg
5	2x	QUEEN OF THE BALL	F	2	Richard & Michael Freedman	5=	54.5kg
6	2	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	F	2	Peter & Paul Snowden	5=	54.5kg
7	3x	MOKO	F	2	Anthony & Sam Freedman	7	54.5kg
8	3	BONHEUR	F	2	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	8	54.5kg
9	9×5	STREET SMARTS	F	2	Matthew Dunn	9	54.5kg
10	4	SMART VENGEANCE	F	2	Annabel Neasham	10	54.5kg
11	3	DAME CARTLAND	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	11=	54.5kg
12	5x	MUMBAI JEWEL	F	2	Annabel Neasham	11=	54.5kg
13		A LOT MORE LOVE	F	2	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	13=	54.5kg
14		TOT OF RUM	F	2	Annabel Neasham	13=	54.5kg
15		TRENDY LASS	F	2	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	13=	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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 the 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
2022 Widden Stakes	1st	Queen Of The Ball	1 minute 3.53 seconds
	2nd	Revolutionary Miss
	3rd	Pantonario
2021 Widden Stakes	1st	Mallory	1 minute 6.03 seconds
	2nd	Total Babe
	3rd	Vianello
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