Pago Pago Stakes 2022

Ladbrokes Tip: The Pago Pago Stakes form has stacked up in the Inglis’ Sires Stakes in recent years

The Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes is held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Coolmore Classic Day on a Saturday in mid-March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. The meeting’s feature race is the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) for fillies and mares, which is supported by a number of other Group status events including the Pago Pago Stakes.

Open only to two-years-old colts and geldings the Pago Pago Stakes is run at set weights over a 1200m spring distance. There is $175,000 in total prize money on offer including nearly $100,000 for the winning connections.

The Pago Pago Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) back at the track the following Saturday.

The Pago Pago Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double was most recently achieved by Stratum in 2005, while in 2013 the Pago Pago winner Sidestep crossed second to Overreach in the Golden Slipper next run.

In 2020 the Pago Pago Stakes winner Prague went on to run second in that year’s Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m).

The latest edition of the Pago Pago Stakes took place on Saturday March 12, 2022 and saw Rise Of The Masses ($7) lead all-the-way for the Waterhouse/Bott stable. 

Pago Pago Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 12, 2022
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: 2YO C&G – Set Weights
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $175,000
• First Run: 1978

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Results

The complete Pago Pago Stakes 2022 results and finishing order will be published below when the race is run and won on Saturday March 12, 2022.

• 1st: #2 Rise Of The Masses ($7)
• 2nd: #1 Sweet Ride
• 3rd: #3 Magic

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Rise Of The Masses ($7) led all-the-way to win the Pago Pago Stakes 2022 ahead of the Golden Slipper in seven days, an event co-trainer Waterhouse has won seven times.

Pago Pago Stakes Betting

Pago Pago Stakes odds favour two-year-olds with proven experience over the 1200m and those with winning Sydney lead-up form over the autumn. Upsets are more common in the Pago Pago Stakes than in the fillies’ equivalent run on the same day, the Magic Night Stakes, with the latest winner to salute at double figures being Tarquin ($12 in 2015).

The 2018 Pago Pago Stakes betting favourite got the job done however with Written By, earlier winner of the Blue Diamond Stakes, odds-on. Cosmic Force ($3.50 in 2019) was the last Pago Pago Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.

Pago Pago Stakes betting markets open on the Wednesday afternoon before the race following the release of the final field of acceptances and barriers.

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Odds

The autumn’s Pago Pago Stakes 2022 betting odds will be available for betting below the week of the race so stay tuned.

Pago Pago Stakes Field

Many Pago Pago Stakes runners are also gearing up for autumn assignments over further distance including the Group 1 ATC Inglis’ Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick during The Championships in April.

In 2015 Rageese ran second in both the Pago Pago Stakes and the Inglis Sires’ Produce when he tied for second in the latter with that year’s Pago Pago third placegetter Odyssey Moon.

Horses in the Pago Pago Stakes field may have earlier contested Rosehill’s Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) and Prague (2021) was the last to do the double.

Pago Pago Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race with the final field and barrier draw out on the Wednesday.

All Too Hard (2012) is one of the most notable recent Pago Pago Stakes winners. Photo: Steve Hart.

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Field

The official Pago Pago Stakes 2022 field of potential Golden Slipper Stakes horses will be published below once announced by Racing Victoria on Wednesday March 9, 2022.

Silver Slipper runner-up Magic for Team Hawkes heads betting on the 2022 Pago Pago Stakes field in Sydney this weekend looking to break his maiden status at just his second career start.

Scratched: 

• #7 Cool Amigo (9)
• #8 Nolan (12)
• #10 Standing Order (10)
• #11 Brosnan (5)
• #13 Custodian (11)

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Nominations

The early Pago Pago Stakes 2022 nominations close the Monday ahead of the Coolmore Classic Day support act and will be provided below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Pago Pago Stakes Tips

Pago Pago Stakes tips include looking for juveniles with good lead-up runs over similar distance races in Sydney and for those with previous black-type form on their record.

Laying the favourite is another solid Pago Pago Stakes betting tip to consider with plenty of upset results occurring in the race in recent history. Traditional lead-up races into the Pago Pago Stakes to consider when doing your tips include the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) both held in Sydney in the lead-up.

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Pago Pago Stakes 2022 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race with the two-year-olds to back and sack in the final Golden Slipper Stakes lead-up.

• To Win: #1 Sweet Ride ($6.50 at time of publish) 

Typically open affair in the Pago this year and like the value in Sweet Ride, a well-proven and nicely-placed dual winner for Annabel Neasham. The Deep Field colt has his fourth career start on the back of a runaway Black Opal Preview win in Canberra. If he runs in this and doesn’t scratch out in favour of the Group 3 Black Opal in the nation’s capital on Sunday, he can win.

Pago Pago Stakes Form Guide

The Pago Pago Stakes form guide lists all of the must-know information for punters including saddlecloth numbers, trainers, jockeys, barriers and lead-up form.

The Pago Pago Stakes form has stacked up later in the autumn in tougher races including the Golden Slipper Stakes, Inglis Sires Produce Stakes and the Champagne Stakes run over 1200m, 1400m and 1600m respectively.

2022 Pago Pago Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Pago Pago Stakes 2022 Form Guide will be provided below for punters the week of the race.

Pago Pago Stakes Results

Pago Pago Stakes results list everything from the winning colt or gelding to the winning time and margins as well as the exact finishing order of all the gallopers in the race. Favourites have a fair record in the race and notable recent Pago Pago Stakes winners include Written By (2018), Sidestep (2013), All Too Hard (2012) and Stratum (2005).

Pago Pago Stakes Winners