Angst Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Angst Stakes serves as a nice lead-up into the Group 1 mares’ races later in the spring

The Angst Stakes is a Group 3 race for mares run and won at Royal Randwick in mid-October on The Everest Day each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Angst Stakes winner Hope In Your Heart. Photo: Steve Hart.

The race is contested over a mile, was first held in 1994, gained Group 3 status in 2013 and currently offers $250,000 in prize money.

The Angst Stakes is named in honour of the ill-fated filly Angst who won the  Silver Shadow Stakes, Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes and the Flight Stakes in 1993 before passing away during larynx surgery later that year as a three-year-old.

The Angst Stakes is held on the same day as the Group 1 $20 million The Everest slot race, which is the world’s richest race run on turf.

Other key events on the card include the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) which was formerly known as the George Main Stakes, the $2 million The Kosciuszko (1200m) slot race for country-trained horses, four-year-old Golden Eagle hopefuls facing off in the Group 3 $1 million Silver Eagle (1300m), and the Group 3 $2 million Sydney Stakes for sprinters that failed to first gain a start in The Everest field.

The Angst Stakes serves as a potential lead-up into Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The latest edition of the Angst Stakes ran on Saturday October 19, 2024 as part of Randwick’s The Everest Day race card and saw the smart grey Lekvarte ($9) for Joe Pride let down late to fly home in an upset.

2024 Angst Stakes Results

The full Angst Stakes 2024 race results and finishing order will be provided below as soon as the race is run and won on Saturday October 19, 2024.

• 1st: #1 Lekvarte
• 2nd: #4 Quickster
• 3rd: #5 Hinged

Joe Pride’s electric grey Lekvarte ($9) could have the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes on Derby Day at Flemington in sight after getting held up slightly but flying home once in clear air to salute with Josh Parr aboard in the 2024 Angst Stakes results on The Everest Day.

2024 Angst Stakes Odds

The season’s top Angst Stakes 2024 odds and Group 3 betting links to our The Everest Day markets will be provided below as soon as open.

Angst Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – Mares 4YO & Upwards
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1994

Angst Stakes Betting

Angst Stakes betting favours local Sydney-trained mares coming off good lead-up runs in similar races.

Good lead-up races into the event that impact the Angst Stakes odds include Newcastle’s Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) held at Newcastle and the Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Hope In Your Heart (2022) was the last mare to complete Tibbie Stakes – Angst Stakes double.

Mirra Vision ($4.40 in 2021) was the last favourite in Angst Stakes betting to win.

Angst Stakes Field

The Angst Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of mares with Group 1 ambitions.

Angst Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the field and barrier draw announced on the Wednesday.

2024 Angst Stakes Field

The official Angst Stakes 2024 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published in full below the Wednesday leading-up to The Everest Day so stay tuned to see which mares line-up in the Group 3 feature.

The Angst Stakes 2024 final field has drawn a quality line-up of potential Group 1-bound mares led in betting by Chris Waller’s Group 1 winner Hinged down in grade.

2024 Angst Stakes Nominations

The Angst Stakes 2024 Nominations are announced by Racing NSW the Monday of race week and will be published below once announced.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Angst Stakes Tips

Good Angst Stakes betting tips include backing Sydney-trained mares with previous winning form in Group company and those at single-figures in the markets.

2024 Angst Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Angst Stakes 2024 betting tips and exotic Sydney racing selections on the mares-only event will be detailed below the week of the race.

• To Win: #4 Quickster ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Quickster second-up from a gun gate with Jamie Kah riding looks lovely value in the Angst Stakes on Saturday. The Shamus Award four-year-old from the Moody/Coleman stable was Group 3 placed and far from disgraced when under two lengths sixth in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville as a filly last time in. She resumed at Caulfield running credible third fresh over 1400m last month and will be improving off that. In okay weight wise with 55kg, will relish getting up to a mile now, and is drawn a treat. Only query would be if we get a really wet track but don’t think it will be the case. Can win at a price.

Angst Stakes Form Guide

The Angst Stakes form guide details to punters all the facts and stats from the jockeys, trainers and barriers, to the horse’s records over the track / distance and their lead-up runs.

The Angst Stakes form has gone on to stack-up in higher class events many times over the years including the 2019 winner Nettoyer who went on to win the following year’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m).

In 2022 Hope In Your Heart franked the Angst Stakes form finishing fourth at her next start in the lucrative $10 million Golden Eagle as a four-year-old. She also finished runner-up $1 million The Gong that spring before returning for a big 2023 autumn campaign that included a fourth in the Doncaster Mile results and Queen Of The Turf Stakes second in Group 1 company.

2024 Angst Stakes Form Guide

A link to our detailed Angst Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Angst Stakes Results

The Angst Stakes race results date back to the inaugural running in 1994 when Sky Watch became the first Angst Stakes winner in history.

Dixie Blossoms (2016-17) is the only dual Angst Stakes winner to date.

Nettoyer holds the current 1600m Angst Stakes race record winning in 2019 in a time of 1 minute 33:15 seconds.

Past Angst Stakes Winners

Recent Angst Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 1994 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the Angst Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the Angst Stakes 2024?

$250,000

Where is the Angst Stakes 2024?

Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.