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The Bondi Stakes is one of the newest races on the Australian Racing Calendar. Part of the wider The Everest Carnival, the $1,000,000 Special Conditions feature race runs at Randwick Racecourse in late October on the same day as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day at The Valley.

Inaugurated in 2019 when the favourite Kubrick saluted for the punters, the Bondi Stakes is run over 1600m at set weights and is open only to three-year-old horses.

From 2021 the million-dollar showdown was accompanied on the Randwick race card by the $2 million The Invitation (1400m), an invitation-only event for fillies and mares.

The Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) a fortnight earlier is the key lead-up into the Bondi Stakes offering a ballot exemption into the mile showdown and in 2020 Peltzer became the first to do the double.

The next spring, Hilal became the latest horse to complete the Stan Fox Stakes – Bondi Stakes double when also saluting for the punters in the $1 million feature as the $2.35 favourite.

The 2021 Bondi Stakes took place at Randwick on Saturday October 23rd, 2021 and was won by the Hawkes Racing-trained top elect Hilal ($2.35).

Bondi Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday October 23rd, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Set Weights – Three-Year-Olds
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$1,000,000

2021 Bondi Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Hilal ($2.35F)
• 2nd: #8 Keefy
• 3rd: #9 Lease

The Hawkes Racing-trained Hilal ($2.35F) kept the wins coming, the classy Fastnet Rock colt backing-up from a Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes victory to become the third favourite in as many years to lead the 2021 Bondi Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	HILAL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry		6	57kg		$2.35F
	2	8	KEEFY	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	1.28L	3	57kg		$21
	3	9	LEASE	Anthony Cummings	Tim Clark	1.32L	1	57kg		$61
	4	2	COASTWATCH	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2.07L	8	57kg		$4.20
	5	6	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Jean Van Overmeire	2.35L	4	57kg		$19
	6	7	DUFRESNE	Anthony Cummings	Joshua Parr	2.53L	9	57kg		$9.50
	7	4	COTEHELE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	2.74L	2	57kg		$5.50
	8	3	ROYALZEL	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett	9.23L	7	57kg		$14
	9	10	REGINALD	Anthony Cummings	Ms Alysha Collett	12.77L	5	57kg		$151
		5	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Bondi Stakes Betting Odds

The Bondi Stakes 2021 racing odds will be available here as soon as Bondi Stakes betting opens this spring.

In the race’s first year, Kubrick ($3.70 in 2019) became the inaugural Bondi Stakes favourite to salute before Peltzer ($2.80 in 2020) made it back-to-back victories for the punters the following year.

The favourites in Bondi Stakes betting retained their flawless record in 2021 with Hilal also winning at short odds of $2.35.

2021 Bondi Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Bondi Stakes 2021 betting tips and exotic Randwick spring racing selections on the three-year-olds’ feature.

• To Win: #2 Coastwatch ($3.30 at time of publish) 

Confident the Chris Waller-trained Coastwatch can bounce back after his narrow defeat to Hilal (also racing in the Bondi Stakes) as the beaten favourite in the Stan Fox Stakes last time out. Prior to that he was third in the Golden Rose, with the runner-up Anamoe franking that form with a Caulfield Guineas win. Think he’ll run the mile and return to winning form.

2021 Bondi Stakes Field

The spring’s Bondi Stakes field features some of the best three-year-old middle-distance horses from Australia, many of which may have previously contested the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill the month before.

The Bondi Stakes 2021 race field will be confirmed on the Wednesday of race week and published below as soon as available.

The 2021 Bondi Stakes final field features 10 three-year-olds with markets led by Hilal and Coastwatch who ran the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes quinella at the track over 1500m last time out.

• Scratchings Update: #5 Akihiro (7) has been scratched from the Bondi Stakes field in favour of a run in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) on Cox Plate Day. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	12722×5301	HILAL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	6	57kg			94
2	8x10x52132	COASTWATCH	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	9	57kg			92
3	81511130	ROYALZEL	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett	8	57kg			82
4	137×14	COTEHELE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	2	57kg			74
5	x571x28125	AKIHIRO	Gary Portelli		7	57kg			72
6	147×1448	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Jean Van Overmeire	4	57kg			66
7	2621	DUFRESNE	Anthony Cummings	Joshua Parr	10	57kg			65
8	10×35122	KEEFY	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	3	57kg			64
9	9x350x8142	LEASE	Anthony Cummings	Tim Clark	1	57kg			60
10	54	REGINALD	Anthony Cummings	Ms Alysha Collett	5	57kg			55

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Bondi Stakes Nominations

The Bondi Stakes 2021 nominations closed at midday on Tuesday the 28th of September, 2021 with over 150 three-year-olds entered for the $1 million feature.

Bondi Stakes History

The Bondi Stakes was first contested in 2019 as part of the extended The Everest Carnival in Sydney. The opening three editions were all won by the favourites with Kubric (2019), Peltzer (2020) and Hilal (2021) saluting respectively.

YEAR	WINNER	2ND	3RD	TIME
2021	Hilal	Keefy	Lease	1:35.02
2020	Peltzer	Prime Star	Real Peace	1:36.81
2019	Kubrick	Pancho	Colada	1:34.75