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The Golden Gift is a Sydney Spring Racing Carnival feature run in early to mid-November at Rosehill Gardens.

A one million dollar showdown, the Golden Gift race was inaugurated in 2015 and is run at set weights by a field of two-year-old hopefuls.

Contested over 1100m, the event currently takes place in Sydney on the same day Melbourne hosts Champion Stakes Day at Flemington on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup each year.

In 2023 the Golden Gift runs on Five Diamonds Day. Racing at the meeting is headlined by the $2 million The Five Diamonds (1800m) for five-year-olds with the Group 2 $500,000 Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) the other feature on the card.

The Golden Gift makes a nice spring target for juveniles eyeing a return the following autumn for a campaign aimed at the Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m).

Fillies have dominated the Golden Gift results to date with five of the seven winners from 2015-2022 being fillies.

The latest edition of the $1 million Golden Gift ran on Saturday November 11, 2023 at Rosehill Gardens on the same day as Melbourne’s Champions Stakes Day at Flemington and was won by the speedy Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained colt Shangri La Express ($2.10F). 

Golden Gift 2023
Date:	Saturday November 11, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Set Weights – 2YOs only
Status:	Special Condition
Prize Money:	$1 million

2023 Golden Gift Results

The official Golden Gift 2023 race results and finishing order will be updated below following the next running of the $1 million event in Sydney this November.

• 1st: #1 Shangri La Express ($2.10F)
• 2nd: #2 Rue De Royale
• 3rd: #5 Volatile

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alabama Express colt Shangri La Express ($2.10F) was too quick for his rivals making it a flawless two from two start to his career to salute for the punters in the Golden Gift 2023 results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	SHANGRI LA EXPRESS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss		12	56.5kg		$2.10F
	2	2	RUE DE ROYALE (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Chad Schofield	1.19L	2	56.5kg		$8.50
	3	5	VOLATILE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	2.07L	4	56.5kg		$14
	4	6	CLIMACTIC	Matthew Dunn	Adam Hyeronimus	2.22L	5	56.5kg		$18
	5	4	SCAMPI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dylan Gibbons (a)	3L	11	56.5kg		$6.50
	6	15e	TRAFALGAR SQUARE	David Payne	Zac Lloyd (a)	4.44L	10	54.5kg		$26
	7	11	MISS JUDAS	Richard & Will Freedman	Jason Collett	4.6L	7	54.5kg		$10
	8	13	BETTA BEING SINGLE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	5.78L	9	54.5kg		$19
	9	12	ART’S ALIVE	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	6.19L	1	54.5kg		$20
	10	10	WAR COUNCIL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Koby Jennings	6.53L	13	56.5kg		$101
	11	3	LAMENTUM	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Nash Rawiller	7.25L	14	56.5kg (cd 57kg)		$26
	12	14	PETAWAWA	Robert & Luke Price	Reece Jones	7.88L	8	54.5kg		$81
	13	9	THUNDEROUS	Gary Portelli	Brock Ryan	10.38L	3	56.5kg		$151
	14	8	THAT’S OUTSTANDING	Gary Portelli	Tom Sherry	14.65L	6	56.5kg		$101
		16e	VINNIRO	Annabel Neasham	Brett Prebble		0
		7	GRAM	James Cummings	Zac Lloyd (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Golden Gift Betting Odds

Golden Gift 2023 betting odds and links to the latest prices at Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as all-in markets on the event open.

Shangri La Express ($2.10 in 2023) became the first Golden Gift favourite to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 GOLDEN GIFT ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Golden Gift Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 GOLDEN GIFT FORM GUIDE

2023 Golden Gift Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Golden Gift 2023 Tips on the million-dollar race for two-year-olds this November.

• To Win: #13 Betta Being Single ($9.50 at time of publish) –  BET NOW

Tough race for punters with plenty on debut, most maidens, and not much form to consider in the lucrative 2YOs showdown. Going for a touch of value with Betta Being Single from a top stable. The Waterhouse/Bott-trained Better Than Ready filly is nicely-bred and has her second start after going down the barest of margins on debut at Kensington. Drops weight, extra 100m should suit and Rachel King is riding very well. Out to atone after going down as the beaten favourite last time and can make amends.

2023 Golden Gift Field

The confirmed Golden Gift 2023 field of two-year-old contenders is announced on Wednesday November 8th, 2023 and will be published in full below.

A potential lead-up race into the Golden Gift field is the Group 3 Breeders Plate (1000m) run at Randwick in October. Sejardan (2021) was the last two-year-old to complete the Breeders Plate – Golden Gift double.

The 2023 Golden Gift final field features a bumper line-up of promising two-year-olds including the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained colt Shangri La Express who is the only non-maiden in the mix after a big 2.5 length win on debut at Randwick last month in the Kirkham Plate over 1000m.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1	SHANGRI LA EXPRESS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	14	56.5kg
2	4	RUE DE ROYALE (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Chad Schofield	2	56.5kg
3	4	LAMENTUM	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Nash Rawiller	16	56.5kg	57kg
4	0	SCAMPI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Dylan Gibbons (a)	13	56.5kg
5	8	VOLATILE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	5	56.5kg
6		CLIMACTIC	Matthew Dunn	Adam Hyeronimus	6	56.5kg
7		GRAM	James Cummings	Zac Lloyd (a)	12	56.5kg
8		THAT’S OUTSTANDING	Gary Portelli	Tom Sherry	7	56.5kg
9		THUNDEROUS	Gary Portelli	Brock Ryan	3	56.5kg
10		WAR COUNCIL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Koby Jennings	15	56.5kg
11	2	MISS JUDAS	Richard & Will Freedman	Jason Collett	8	54.5kg
12	2	ART’S ALIVE	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	1	54.5kg
13	2	BETTA BEING SINGLE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Rachel King	10	54.5kg
14	3	PETAWAWA	Robert & Luke Price	Ms Kathy O’Hara	9	54.5kg
15e		TRAFALGAR SQUARE	David Payne	(late alt)	11	54.5kg
16e		VINNIRO	Annabel Neasham	Brett Prebble	4	56.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.