San Domenico Stakes 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The San Domenico Stakes is a good early lead-up into the Group 1 three-year-old races in Melbourne.

The Group 3 San Domenico Stakes is a 1100m sprint showdown for three-year-olds run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in August each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The race is run at set weights plus penalties and offers $250,000 in total prize money as of 2023 and was upgraded from a Group 3 race in 2005.

2022 San Domenico Stakes winner Sweet Ride. Photo: Steve Hart.

The short-distance sprint is the feature race held in Sydney that day and is accompanied on the card by the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m), while Melbourne’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes takes place on the same date at Caulfield.

The race is named in honour of four-time Group 1 winner San Domenico who dominated in the late 40s and early 50s.

Three-year-olds in the San Domenico Stakes field are often heading towards tougher events for their age group over the spring including Melbourne’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Exceedance (2019) was the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double.

The next edition of the San Domenico Stakes runs on Saturday, August 31, 2024 as a Golden Rose Stakes lead-up.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Odds

The season’s top San Domenico Stakes 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below once final acceptances are announced.

San Domenico Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024
• Track: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights + Penalties
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $250,000
• First Run: 1980

San Domenico Stakes Field

The San Domenico Stakes race field attracts a class line-up of the season’s most exciting young sprinters, many of which contested Group 1 events as juveniles such as the Golden Slipper Stakes at the same track over the autumn. No horse has completed the Golden Slipper – San Domenico Stakes double however since Tierce (1991).

Most three-year-olds are racing in the event first-up and are heading towards upcoming events including the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) with many top three graduates out of the San Domenico going on to finish in the Golden Rose trifecta.

In The Congo (2021) is the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Golden Rose double.

A good lead-up into the San Domenico Stakes field is Rosehill’s Listed The Rosebud (1100m) held at the same track / distance earlier in the spring and Anders (2020) was the last three-year-old to do The Rosebud – San Domenico Stakes double.

The San Domenico Stakes nominations close the Monday of race week followed by final acceptances on the Wednesday.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Field

The official San Domenico Stakes 2024 field and barriers for Group 3 short-distance race will be announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to San Domenico Stakes Day and published in full below.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the 2024 San Domenico Stakes close on the Monday of race week with the list of potential runners in the three-years-olds’ feature to be published here.

San Domenico Stakes Betting

San Domenico Stakes odds are led each season by three-year-old sprinters proven in Group company that contested tougher races as two-year-olds last time in like the Golden Slipper Stakes or Melbourne’s Blue Diamond Stakes.

Youngsters with winning form in Sydney over the shorter distance races feature highly in San Domenico Stakes betting tips.

Anders ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in San Domenico Stakes betting to salute when defeating the equal favourite that year, Peltzer.

Sweet Ride caused an upset in 2022 saluting at San Domenico Stakes odds of $31.

San Domenico Stakes Tips

Solid San Domenico Stakes tips include looking for Golden Slipper Stakes and other Group 1 graduates from the autumn, three-year-olds with winning Sydney form in similar company and proven 1100m performers.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive San Domenico Stakes betting tips for 2024 will be detailed below listing the three-year-olds to back and sack in the Group 3 event this season so stay tuned.

• To Win: TBD

San Domenico Stakes Form Guide

The San Domenico Stakes form guide features all the must-know information for punters including the saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up form of the runners in the race.

The San Domenico Stakes form has stacked-up in later Group 1 spring races for three-year-olds many times in recent years, especially the Golden Rose Stakes.

In 2018 the San Domenico Stakes winner Graff finished third in the Golden Rose results, while the following year Exceedance repeated the same feat and also went on to win that year’s Coolmore Stud Stakes over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The 2019’s San Domenico Stakes runner-up Bivouac meanwhile went on to take out the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose Stakes double, while In The Congo (2021) a few years later completed the San Domenico – Golden Rose double.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Form Guide

A link to our detailed San Domenico Stakes 2024 form guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

San Domenico Stakes Results

San Domenico Stakes race results have been dominated by in-form three-year-old sprinters with proven Sydney form.

Notable recent San Domenico Stakes winners include General Nediym (1997), Testa Rossa (1999), Gold Edition (2006), Foxwedge (2011), Japonisme (2015), Exceedance (2019), and In The Congo (2021).

Snitzerland (2012) was the last San Domenico Stakes winning filly.

Anders holds the current San Domenico Stakes race record winning in 2020 in a time of 1 minute 02.67 seconds.

Past San Domenico Stakes Winners

Recent San Domenico Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 1980 are detailed in the below table.

FAQ

When is the San Domenico Stakes 2024?

What is the prize money for the San Domenico Stakes 2024?

$250,000

Where is the San Domenico Stakes 2024?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.