Callander-Presnell (Stan Fox Stakes) 2023

The Callander-Presnell now runs over a mile offering $1 million 

The Callander-Presnell – formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes – is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds run on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Royal Randwick in October each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Callander-Presnell winner Golden Mile

2022 Callander-Presnell winner Golden Mile. Photo: Steve Hart.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old stayers, which is now worth an incredible $2 million in prize money.

The race day, which is held on the same date as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day card at The Valley, also features a third seven-figure showdown in the form of the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) for fillies and mares.

Renamed the Callander-Presnell ahead of the 2022 edition in honour of Sydney racing media figures Ken Callander and Max Presnell, the race previously known as the Stan Fox Stakes is now worth $1 million.

Run at set weights over 1600m having been increased in distance from 1500m in 2022, the Callander-Presnell was previously held earlier in the carnival. It once served as a lead-up into the Golden Rose in Sydney or the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne.

Recent horses to complete the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double include Press Statement (2015) and Shooting To Win (2014).

In 2022 Golden Mile completed the Caulfield Guineas – Callander-Presnell double.

An earlier change of date for the Stan Fox Stakes saw the race run on the same day as Melbourne’s Caulfield Guineas as a lead-up to Randwick’s now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes (1600m) that took place from 2019-21.

During that time both Peltzer (2020) and Hilal (2021) completed the Stan Fox Stakes – Bondi Stakes double.

The newly-created $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m) run a fortnight earlier offers the first three place-getters a ballot exemption into the Callander-Presnell race.

The latest edition of the Callander-Presnell ran on Saturday October 28, 2023 on Spring Champion Stakes Day at Randwick and was won in a late-lunging thriller by the Chris Waller-trained roughie Chrysaor ($26).

2023 Callander-Presnell Results

The official Callander-Presnell 2023 Results & Finishing Order on the race formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes will be published below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 28, 2023.

2023 Callander-Presnell winner Chrysaor

2023 Callander-Presnell winner Chrysaor lunged late to score an upset for the Waller stable. Photo: Steve Hart.

  • 1st: #2 Chrysaor
  • 2nd: #7 Snowman
  • 3rd: #6 Ducasse

The official 2023 Callander-Presnell race results on the recently renamed Stan Fox Stakes will be provided below when the million-dollar event for three-year-olds is run and won on Saturday October 28, 2023.

2023 Callander-Presnell Odds

The latest Callander-Presnell 2023 odds and betting links will be provided below once markets are out on the Spring Champion Stakes Day support act this spring.

Early market betting odds on the 2024 Callander-Presnell Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.

Callander-Presnell Race Facts

  • Date: Saturday October 28, 2023
  • Formerly Name: Stan Fox Stakes
  • Track: Randwick Racecourse
  • Distance: 1600m
  • Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
  • Status: Group 2
  • Prize Money: $1,000,000
  • First Run: 1975 / 2022 as the Callander-Presnell

Callander-Presnell Betting

Callander-Presnell odds favour local Sydney gallopers coming off a good lead-up run in races like the Up And Coming Stakes also held at Royal Randwick the month before. Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell betting favourites have a strong recent record in the race and runners looking like they’ll see out a mile usually sit high up the bookies’ markets.

If there’s an odds-on favourite, they usually get the job done for the punters. There have been notable upsets however including in 2019 with $20 roughie Colada winning.

In 2020 Peltzer ($2.70) became the latest Stan Fox Stakes favourite to salute before the race was renamed and re-vamped ahead of the 2022 edition and subsequently won by the Callander-Presnell favourite Golden Mile ($2.30 in 2022).

There was a big upset in 2023 with Chrysaor saluting at Callander-Presnell odds of $26.

Callander-Presnell Field

The Stan Fox Stakes field – now known as the Callander-Presnell race field – attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance three-year-olds looking to extend their form over the mile for $1 million in prize money.

In 2015 Press Statement improved on a Golden Rose fifth to win the Stan Fox and then the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas over the mile in Victoria next run. That year’s Stan Fox runner-up Shards also came out of the Golden Rose (7th) as did the third-placed Rageese (4th).

The previous year (2014), Shooting To Win ran third in the Golden Rose before also completing the Stan Fox Stakes – Caulfield Guineas double. That year’s Golden Rose Stakes runner-up Scissor Kick also ran second in the Stan Fox Stakes.

Manawanui won the Golden Rose Stakes – Stan Fox Stakes double in 2011 before a second in the Caulfield Guineas top Helmet. The Golden Rose – Stan Fox double was also achieved in 2009 by Denman.

More recently the 2020 Stan Fox Stakes winner Peltzer also franked that year’s Golden Rose form improving on his lead-up fifth in the Group 1 before winning the now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes next-up.

The 2021 Stan Fox Stakes winner was also a Golden Rose graduate with Hilal improving on a lead-up 11th in the Group 1 before also taking out the final edition of the Bondi Stakes.

The Callander-Presnell now runs later in the carnival on the same day Melbourne hosts the Ladbrokes Cox Plate, replacing the Bondi Stakes as Sydney’s premier three-year-olds race of the spring.

2023 Callander-Presnell Field

The official Callander-Presnell 2023 Final Field & Barriers on the event formerly known as the Stan Fox Stakes are announced by Racing NSW the Wednesday of race week and the full list of runners will be published below as soon as released.

The Callander-Presnell 2023 final field features a smart line-up of three-year-olds led by progressive Frosted filly Arctic Glamour drawn the rails.

2023 Callander-Presnell Nominations

The early Callander-Presnell 2023 Nominations close on a Tuesday in late September about a month out from the race and will be made available below once released.

The Callander-Presnell 2023 nominations close at midday on Tuesday the 26th of September, 2023.

The 2023 Callander-Presnell nominations attracted 135 three-year-olds led in all-in betting by Golden Rose runner-up Encap and the horse that narrowly beat him home in that Group 1 feature, Militarize from the Chris Waller stable.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 215x ACIERTO G 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
2 5 AKI C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
3 21 ALLAPERCANTO F 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 60
4 67×223 ALSONSO G 3 Leon & Troy Corstens
5 32×1 ARCTIC GLAMOUR F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou 68
6 9 ARTIC PANTHER G 3 Gary Portelli
7 31×0 ASHFALL C 3 Chris Waller 61
8 443×10 AUGUST BLOOM F 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 72
9 2×133 AUTUMN ANGEL F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
10 232 BINOTTO G 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
11 1×44 BOBBY SHIRAZ (NZ) G 3 Bjorn Baker
12 86×1 BOLERO BELLE F 3 Chris Waller 62
13 3118×32 BRAVE MEAD C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 76
14 150×840 CAFE MILLENIUM C 3 John O’Shea 70
15 57x335x97 CAP FERRAT C 3 Chris Waller
16 412 CARRAZANA (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 67
17 20312×8 CHILL THE KRUG F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
18 4140x137x9 CHRYSAOR C 3 Chris Waller 77
19 3×23 COPACABANA C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
20 100×2432 DE SONIC BOOM F 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
21 3×324 DELIVERING C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
22 15x5570x63 DISNECK G 3 Bjorn Baker 66
23 2613×0 DOLPHIN SKIN (NZ) F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens
24 18 DON STEFANO (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 62
25 6 DORADUS C 3 Anthony Cummings
26 37×47 DUCASSE C 3 Michael Freedman 67
27 566x DUNBELIEVIN’ G 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
28 3×22312 ENCAP G 3 Gary Portelli 95
29 334×64 ET TU BRUTE C 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
30 19×38500 EXTREME SPIRIT C 3 Gary Portelli 63
31 6596×1 FIGHTERTOWN G 3 Chris Waller 63
32 124×3516 FISTSOFFURY G 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
33 76x32125x6 FLYING TRAPEZE C 3 Gary Portelli
34 2×19140 FRENCH ENDEAVOUR F 3 Matthew Smith 74
35 6×17 GALANO C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
36 1786×411 GANBARE C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 84
37 2311 GOLD BULLION (NZ) G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
38 5x51x6511 GRIFF C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
39 8x46x62 HARD PICK G 3 Edward Cummings
40 111 HARLOW MIST (NZ) F 3 John Sargent 70
41 5×049 HASTY HONEY F 3 Brad Widdup
42 7×1 HEAD OF THE HERD C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
43 12×8 HEMAN C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 67
44 2 INCA TRAIL G 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
45 254x INFLUENTIAL G 3 Chris Waller
46 5×59 INVINCIBLE SHIELD C 3 Leon & Troy Corstens
47 2 INVINCIBLE WHIP C 3 Kris Lees
48 5x IRISH ACCOLADE G 3 Kris Lees
49 39×3 ISTHMUS F 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
50 580 JOINT MISSION F 3 Brad Widdup
51 1×2 JOLIESTAR F 3 Chris Waller
52 33 JURISPRUDENCE C 3 Chris Waller
53 6×22 KAIZAD G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
54 1×66 KANDINSKY ABSTRACT C 3 Chris Waller
55 2x13x3222 KIMOCHI F 3 Gary Portelli
56 24×4 KIND WORDS F 3 Kris Lees
57 411×97 KING COLORADO C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 96
58 1257×21258 KINTYRE G 3 Gary Portelli 71
59 26×6 KIRIKAN (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller
60 12 KOSGEI G 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
61 9 KUBI KUDAKI C 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
62 4x5212x5 LADY IN PINK F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens
63 44×1 LEFT FIELD F 3 Brad Widdup 60
64 11×26 LEGACIES F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
65 9×6324 LIMBURG C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
66 4×8 LOMENIE (NZ) F 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman
67 7129 LONG GENES C 3 Edward Cummings 59
68 6 LORD PROTECTOR (NZ) C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
69 11 LUGH C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 64
70 21 MAKARENA F 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 66
71 342569×807 MAKE A CALL C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden
72 10x MANWE C 3 Anthony Cummings 65
73 247×31 MATUSALEM C 3 Chris Waller 60
74 1×44 MCHALE C 3 Chris Waller 64
75 53331 MEDATSU (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 64
76 13011×51 MILITARIZE (NZ) C 3 Chris Waller 105
77 312x MIRACLE OF LOVE F 3 Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich
78 2x MISS NEW YORK F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
79 835×21 MISSILE SEEKER C 3 Gary Portelli 57
80 6x220x255 MOJAVE DESERT C 3 Chris Waller
81 2×1144 MOLLYNICKERS F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
82 7×3 MONTE BRAVEHEART G 3 Robert & Luke Price
83 5×7731 MONTE MAXIMUS G 3 Robert & Luke Price 57
84 0x2 MOSTRO G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
85 13 MURAL CROWN C 3 James Cummings 66
86 1241×3 NAMESAKE C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 76
87 50 NANTUCKET ISLAND F 3 Edward Cummings
88 72×31 OSTRAKA C 3 Annabel Neasham 68
89 6 PAJANTI F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
90 1 PANIC (NZ) G 3 Michael Freedman 58
91 3538×53 PIER PRESSURE F 3 Kris Lees
92 11×7 POWER OF THE BRAVE G 3 Kris Lees 65
93 1112 PUSHY (NZ) G 3 Michael Freedman 81
94 QUICKSTER F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
95 6164 RAF ATTACK (NZ) C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 72
96 9×4 RAMBLE ON G 3 Kerry Parker
97 176×16 RAVELLO (NZ) C 3 John O’Shea 69
98 2 REVALENE C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
99 17×12 RIFF ROCKET G 3 Chris Waller 66
100 718x RITZYTWENTIES (NZ) G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 59
101 17 ROCK EMPIRE C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 66
102 22 ROLL ON HIGH F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
103 1×123 SCENTIFY C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 78
104 642 SEKANI C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
105 2x3325x10 SNAPBACK C 3 Peter & Paul Snowden 79
106 5x5x1321 SNOWMAN C 3 Chris Waller 67
107 29×18 SOME PEOPLE CALLME C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
108 112 SOUTHPORT TYCOON C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
109 33x STAND ASIDE C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
110 21 STARBOARD G 3 Richard & Will Freedman 61
111 STEEL RAIN C 3 Anthony Cummings
112 3330×26450 SUMMER LOVING F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
113 4×52512 SUNSETS C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
114 130×443145 SUNSOURCE C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
115 469 SUPERSTITIOUS C 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
116 SWEET HEAVEN F 3 Anthony Cummings
117 30413×0 TANNHAUSER C 3 Chris Waller 86
118 118×3751 THE INSTRUCTOR C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
119 426x115x THE LITTLE PUMPER G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 72
120 1260x THUNDERLIPS C 3 Bjorn Baker 67
121 42×1116 TIZ INVINCIBLE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 92
122 4 TO BE FRANK (NZ) C 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
123 41514×133 TOM KITTEN C 3 James Cummings 83
124 543 TRAJECTILE F 3 Kris Lees
125 1×131 TROPICAL SQUALL F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
126 221×673 TUTTA LA VITA F 3 Chris Waller
127 2×200 UNIQUE AMBITION (NZ) F 3 John Sargent
128 13×59 WAIMARIE F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
129 343×824 WAVERLEY C 3 John Sargent
130 3 XTRA STORMY C 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
131 367 YARRAVILLE F 3 Anthony Cummings
132 111×007 ZARDOZI F 3 James Cummings
133 2×325 ZONDEE C 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
134 4x53141x67 ZOUKERETTE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
135 ZUBEROA C 3 Anthony Cummings
Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Callander-Presnell Tips

Good Callander-Presnell betting tips include looking for locally-trained three-year-olds with winning form over 1400m or further.

Backing the favourite is another successful Callander-Presnell tip to take into the event formerly run as the Stan Fox Stakes over 1500m.

2023 Callander-Presnell Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Callander-Presnell 2023 tips and betting selections on the renamed Stan Fox Stakes race will be detailed below outlining the gallopers to back and sack in the spring event.

  • To Win: #11 Arctic Glamour ($2.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Arctic Glamour is up in grade but deserving favourite at a short price here to make it three wins on the trot. The Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou-trained Frosted filly broke her maiden at Rosehill in late September and parlayed that into a Randwick Black-Type win saluting in the Listed Reginald Allen Quality as the odds-on fancy last start. She carried 57.5kg over the 1400m that run and drops back to 55kg here. Looks like the mile will suit, rails draw and Kerrin McEvoy aboard. Can get the job done.

Callander-Presnell Form Guide

The Callander-Presnell form guide features all the need to know information on the race that has now replaced the Bondi Stakes like the jockeys and trainers of all the runners, as well as their barrier draw and lead-up form.

The best form line to follow into the race was that coming out of the Golden Rose Stakes, which had produced more winners of the Group 2 than any other race before the Stan Fox Stakes (now the Callander-Presnell) moved date.

The Stan Fox Stakes form once stacked up in better spring features including the Caulfield Guineas, a popular interstate betting double during the carnival season, before being moved to the same date as that Group 1 mile feature in Melbourne. In 2013 Criterion ran second in both the Stan Fox and Spring Champion before a fourth in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

2023 Callander-Presnell Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Callander-Presnell 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Results

Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell race results have been dominated by single-figure fancies and the favourites in the past decade.

Notable recent Stan Fox Stakes winners before the race was renamed the Callander-Presnell in 2022 included Press Statement (2015), Shooting To Win (2014), Manawanui (2011), and Lonhro (2011).

In 2022 the favourite Golden Mile became the first official Callander-Presnell Stakes winner.

Stan Fox Stakes / Callander-Presnell Winners

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2023 Chrysaor Snowman Ducasse 1:35.12
2022 Golden Mile Communist A Lot More Love 1:38.89 (Race distance increased to 1600m)
2021 Hilal Coastwatch Brigatine 1:28.5
2020 Peltzer Prime Star Jet Propulsion 1:28.1
2019 Colada Brandenburg Bottega 1:27.4
2018 Tarka Dealmaker The Autumn Sun 1:33.8
2017 Gold Standard Sanctioned Addictive Nature 1:28.4
2016 Impending Divine Prophet Good Standing 1:29.2
2015 Press Statement Shards Rageese 1:31.9
2014 Shooting To Win Scissor Kick Valentia 1:29.1
2013 Eurozone Criterion Aussies Love Sport 1:30.1
2012 Kabayan Albrecht Divine Moon 1:31.6
2011 Manawanui Roma Giaconda Cocky Raider 1:21.4
2010 Decision Time Top Drop Halekulani 1:23.1
2009 Denman Run For Naara More Than Great 1:23.8
2008 Dreamscape Whitefriars Judge Me Not 1:22.4
2007 Race Not Run
2006 Court Command Antidotes Cinque 1:22.1
2005 Paratroopers Primus Testafiable 1:22.3
2004 Wager Spirit of Tara Swick 1:22.5
2003 Ambulance Classy Dane Hasna 1:22.9
2002 Rare Insight Magic Marvo Choisir 1:24.0
2001 Lonhro Magic Albert Stylish Lass 1:24.0
2000 Dynamic Love Sale Of Century Ateates 1:21.7