Percy Sykes Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Golden Slipper is a key Percy Sykes Stakes lead-up race.

The Percy Sykes Stakes was upgraded to a Group 2 feature race for the first time in 2017 and is part of a bumper day of racing at Royal Randwick for Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

2022 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Paris Dior. Photo: Steve Hart.

Officially registered and previously known as the Keith Mackay Handicap in honour of former AJC Chairman Keith Mackay, the event is now run under set weights plus penalties by two-year-old fillies. It takes place on the second Saturday of April each year alongside four Group 1 races – the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Sydney Cup, Queen Of The Turf Stakes and Australian Oaks.

Since being added to The Championships series of races the Percy Sykes Stakes has increased dramatically in prestige and prize money and now offers a total of $1,000,000 in stakes. The key lead-up into the race is the $4.92 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m).

The 2020 edition of the Percy Sykes Stakes had a reduced total stakes of $500,000 on offer due to the Coronavirus outbreak before being boosted to a million in 2021.

The latest edition of the Percy Sykes Stakes took place on Saturday April 13, 2024 at Royal Randwick and was won in style by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Eneeza ($10) off a lead-up Golden Slipper seventh placing. 

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Results

The complete Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 results and finishing order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday April 13, 2024.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Eneeza. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #5 Eneeza
• 2nd: #1 Lady Of Camelot
• 3rd: #2 Erno’s Cube

Slipper winning filly Lady Of Camelot was given every chance but with her 59kg weight from a wide gate just didn’t have it in her to run down the eye-catching Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Eneeza ($10) who saved ground on the rails to win the 2024 Percy Sykes Stakes off a lead-up seventh in the Golden Slipper.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Odds

The latest Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 odds and betting markets will be available below once the field is announced the Tuesday before the race so stay tuned to view the prices on your favourite two-year-old fillies.

Percy Sykes Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday April 13, 2024
• Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: 2YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1960

Percy Sykes Stakes Betting

Percy Sykes Stakes betting is open the week of the race and is led by in-form young fillies that have previous winning form on their records over the 1200m distance.

Graduates out of the Golden Slipper field usually also dominate the Percy Sykes Stakes odds each autumn, with barriers also playing an important part in determining the favourites because of the Randwick straight.

Golden Slipper runner-up and that summer’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner on the Gold Coast, Away Game ($3.20 in 2020) followed by Paris Dior ($4 in 2022) are the last favourites in Percy Sykes Stakes betting to salute.

The 2021 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Jamaea scored an upset at odds of $17.

There was another upset in 2023 with Kristilli winning at Percy Sykes Stakes odds of $19.

In 2024 the Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot started the $3.80 favourite in the Percy Sykes but could only manage to run second to $10 shot Eneeza who improved on a lead-up seventh in the Slipper to turn the tables better in the weights.

Percy Sykes Stakes Field

Each autumn the Percy Sykes Stakes race field continues to attract a better class of fillies lured by the lucrative prize money that includes $580,000 for the connections of the Percy Sykes Stakes winner.

Most of the fillies in the Percy Sykes Stakes field, which runs at a capacity of 14 starters, are Golden Slipper graduates dropping back down in class for a final run of the season before heading out to the paddock to mature ahead of a three-year-old campaign in the spring.

Away Game (2nd in 2020) and Lady Of Camelot (7th in 2024) are the last Golden Slipper graduates to win the Percy Sykes Stakes next race.

Streama (2011) is one of the most notable Percy Sykes Stakes winners having gone on to win four Group 1 races later in her career. Photo Credit: Daniel Costello.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Field

The official Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 field of final acceptances is released on the Tuesday of race week with the full line-up of two-year-old hopefuls to be published below.

Golden Slipper winning filly Lady Of Camelot heads the 2024 Percy Sykes Stakes field on Day 2 of The Championships this weekend.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Nominations

The 2024 Percy Sykes Stakes nominations attracted 177 juveniles including the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Lady Of Camelot who won the Group 3 Widden Stakes.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes First Acceptances

The early Percy Sykes Stakes nominations close in February followed by the official first acceptances a month out from the race.

The 2024 Percy Sykes Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024.

Eighty-one fillies make-up the official Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 first acceptances including Team Snowden’s impressive Group 3 Magic Night Stakes winner Drifting.

Percy Sykes Stakes Tips

The key Percy Sykes Stakes tips are to look out for fillies proven over the 1200m and coming off a last start win. It is always hard to bet against a filly in good form, so Percy Sykes Stakes betting tips favour the up-and-comers who won their lead-up races.

Other Percy Sykes Stakes tips include checking the price of Golden Slipper graduates set to enjoy the step down in grade and those with Randwick form who can handle the straight at the end of the race.

2023 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Kristilli was excellent winning the million-dollar feature at just her second start. Photo: Steve Hart.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 betting tips will be detailed right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the fillies to back and sack in your The Championships Day 2 punting.

• To Win: #1 Lady Of Camelot ($2.30 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Percy Sykes is always a highly competitive fillies’ race and this year is no different. Happy to stick with the top elect on a Randwick card that looks like it will be dominated by the favourites on Saturday. This in-form Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained daughter of Written Tycoon races for the first time since winning the Golden Slipper narrowly at Rosehill over this distance. Kept for this million-dollar sprint. Widely drawn with plenty of weight, but class to overcome. Wins.

Percy Sykes Stakes Form Guide

The Percy Sykes Stakes form guide details crucial race data including the starting barriers, jockeys and lead-up runs of the fillies in the Group 2 sprint field. When doing the Percy Sykes Stakes form look out for runners that won their lead-up race, are drawn close to the rails at Randwick and whose record shows a win over the 1200m distance.

The 2023 Percy Sykes form was franked by the runner-up Tiz Invincible who went on to complete the spring’s Group 2 Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double, while third placed filly Kimochi was also excellent the following campaign with seconds in the Group 1 Flight Stakes and Thousand Guineas.

2024 Percy Sykes Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Percy Sykes Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be available below the week of the race.

Percy Sykes Stakes Results

The Percy Sykes Stakes race results in the past decade have been dominated by nice types and Golden Slipper graduates.

Notable recent Percy Sykes Stakes winners include subsequent four-time Group 1 winner Streama (2011), Eloping (2014) and Missrock (2016). The 2017 Percy Sykes Stakes winner Shoals franked the form with her subsequent Thousand Guineas second and Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) win that spring.

Recent Percy Sykes Stakes Winners

Past Percy Sykes Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.