Ladbrokes Tip: The Chipping Norton Stakes produces more Ranvet Stakes winners than any other lead-up race

The Ranvet Stakes is one of five elite level Group 1 races run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Golden Slipper Day in March during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

While the meeting’s feature race is the Group 1 $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) for two-year-olds, plenty of talented gallopers run across the card including in the Ranvet Stakes field. The event is contested over 2000m under weight-for-age conditions and offers a juicy $700,000 in total prize money including $402,000 for the Ranvet Stakes winner.

The traditional Ranvet Stakes lead-up is the Chipping Norton Stakes and the double was last achieved by Contributer (2015).

The Ranvet Stakes winner is also exempt from ballot for a number of other upcoming features during The Championships in April with many backing up in the Tancred Stakes (formerly The BMW), Queen Elizabeth Stakes and or the Sydney Cup over the two miles. Avilius (2019) was the last galloper to complete the Ranvet Stakes – Tancred Stakes double.

The latest edition of the Ranvet Stakes ran on Saturday March 21, 2020 and was won by the William Haggas-trained UK raider Addeybb. 

Ranvet Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 21, 2020
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 2000m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $700,000
• First Run: 1903

2020 Ranvet Stakes Results

The full Ranvet Stakes Results 2020 and Finishing Order will be known on Saturday March 21, 2020.

• 1st: #2 Addeybb
• 2nd: #5 Verry Elleegant
• 3rd: #1 Avilius

Jockey Tom Marquand gave the William Haggas-trained UK raider Addeybb the perfect ride up front, the galloper fighting back to hold off a big challenge by Chris Waller’s mare Verry Ellegant in a thrilling 2020 Ranvet Stakes result. Last year’s winner Avilius rounded out the trifecta in a distant third.

Ranvet Stakes Odds & Betting

Ranvet Stakes odds are usually dominated by proven weight-for-age horses with winning form at least up to 1600m. Horses that finished first or second in their lead-up runs also feature up the top half of Ranvet Stakes betting each year especially last start winners.

Of 14 the Ranvet Stakes winners from 2006 – 2020 all but four finished either first or second in their lead-up run. The Chipping Norton Stakes produced six of those winners with another five coming out of the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m), most recently Gailo Chop (2nd in 2018) and Avilius (5th in 2019), run over the same distance at Flemington in Melbourne the week before.

Favourites in Ranvet Stakes betting have an imposing record over the past decade or so with nine saluting from 2005 – 2020 – most recently Avilius ($4.40 in 2019) – including six on the trot from 2005 – 2009. In that time there were also a number of standout upsets with Zavite scoring at 100/1 in 2011 and Foreteller jumping at 30/1 for his 2013 win.

Gai Waterhouse-trained horses are also prominent in the Ranvet Stakes markets as she has prepared seven winners since 1996 including four consecutive champions from 2007 – 2010.

2020 Ranvet Stakes Betting

The top Ranvet Stakes 2020 betting odds will be available below as soon as we’ve opened betting on one of the key Golden Slipper Stakes support races in the autumn so stay tuned.

Ranvet Stakes Field

The Ranvet Stakes field traditionally attracts under its capacity number of starters and hadn’t attracted more than 13 runners since McGinty won the 1984 edition defeating 14 rivals until 2019 when Avilius beat home 13 other runners. Under 10 horses started in the 2020 (7), 2018 (8), 2017 (7), 2016 (9), 2015 (7) and 2014 (9) Ranvet Stakes fields and favourites have dominated the race over the past decade.

Horses come into the Ranvet Stakes field via a number of different autumn lead-ups but the traditional preparatory run is in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm Racecourse three weeks earlier.

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

2020 Ranvet Stakes Field

The official Ranvet Stakes Final Field for 2020 will be announced on the Wednesday of race week leading up to Golden Slipper Stakes Day and published in full below.

William Haggas’ British raider Addeybb is hot favourite to defeat just six rivals in Saturday’s 2020 Ranvet Stakes field with the early scratching of Mugatoo (4) who runs in the NE Manion Cup instead earlier in the day.

2020 Ranvet Stakes Nominations.

The early Ranvet Stakes 2020 Nominations close on the Monday of race week attracting a host of graduates out of the Chipping Norton Stakes and Australian Cup, the official entries to be published right here.

The 2020 Ranvet Stakes nominations attracted 13 hopefuls including the defending champion Avilius, class Group 1 winning mare Verry Elleegant for Chris Waller and William Haggas’ well-supported European raider Addeybb.

Ranvet Stakes Tips

Ranvet Stakes tips favour in-form weight-for-age horses that finished first or second in the Chipping Norton Stakes in the lead-up.

Tipping the Ranvet Stakes favourite has proved a goldmine for punters over the past two decades with the shortest priced in the markets coming up trumps more often than not. The weight-for-age conditions of the race favour experienced performers and Ranvet Stakes tips often sway towards horses aged five or over with just two horses younger than five winning from 2006 – 2020.

2020 Ranvet Stakes Tips

Bookmark this page to view our Ladbrokes’ insider Ranvet Stakes 2020 betting tips out the week of the race.

• To Win: #5 Verry Elleegant ($4.40)

No doubt the international visitor commands respect, but like this race for Chris Waller’s multiple Group 1 winning mare Verry Elleegant especially if it is a rain-affected track. The Zed four-year-old is two-from-two at Rosehill having won the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes – Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes double here in the wet last March. She took out the ATC Oaks after that and is a proven wet track performer undefeated on Heavy going. Third-up is ready to peak and is on the improve after the close second to gun Kiwi Te Akau Shark in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) last start. Conditions suit, small field, wet track, up in distance.

Ranvet Stakes Form Guide

The Ranvet Stakes form guide shows punters all the essential information from the barrier positions to the jockeys and trainers of each runner in the field.

Contributer (2015) is one of the recent Ranvet Stakes winners to salute as the favourite for the Sydney punters. Photo: Steve Hart.

Looking out for Gai Waterhouse’s name in the Ranvet Stakes form guide is always a good idea as she has prepared more Ranvet Stakes winners than any other trainer, most recently dual champion Theseo (2009-10).

Mares also have a solid record against the boys and are worth doing the Ranvet Stakes form of with four saluting between 2003 – 2015 including Silent Achiever (2014).

Ranvet Stakes Form Facts

• In the 16 years from 2005 – 2020 nine Ranvet Stakes winners jumped favourite for the punters
• Silent Achiever (2014) is the only mare to top the Ranvet Stakes results since Tuesday Joy (2008)
• No four-year-old has won the Ranvet Stakes since Tuesday Joy in 2008
• Six-year-olds have dominated the Ranvet Stakes winners’ list over the past decade
• The only winners from a double-digit Ranvet Stakes barrier since Better Loosen Up (11 of 13 in 1990) have been Theseo (12 of 12 in 2010) and Avilius (10 of 14 in 2019)

2020 Ranvet Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ranvet Stakes 2020 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Ranvet Stakes Results

The Ranvet Stakes results and finishing order are decided on Golden Slipper Day in March each autumn and show not only that year’s winner but also the winning margin and time.

Upset Ranvet Stakes results over the past decade aren’t as common as in other races however Zavite won as an eight-year-old paying $101 for the win in 2011 as the longest-priced winner in the race’s history.

Noteworthy Ranvet Stakes winners in recent years include Contributer (2015), Desert War (2007) and Tie The Knot (2000 – 2001).

Ranvet Stakes Winners