Ladbrokes Tip: The Sydney Stakes serves as a nice consolation race for sprinters that didn’t make The Everest field
The Sydney Stakes is a Group 3 race run at Randwick Racecourse on a Saturday in mid-October as part of The Everest Day.
2023 Sydney Stakes winner I Am Me was good holding them out to salute for the punters. Photo: Steve Hart.
The meeting is headlined by the world’s richest turf race – the now Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m) – with the Sydney Stakes one of the key support races along with the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (formerly the George Main Stakes, $2 million The Kosciuszko, and the Group 3 $1 million Silver Eagle.
Other notable events on the card include Group 3 Angst Stakes (1600m) for the mares and The Big Dance Wildcard.
Open to horses aged three-years-old and above, the Sydney Stakes is contested over 1200m at weight-for-age and offers a lucrative $2 million in prize money having had its stakes notably increased from $500,000 ahead of the 2022 edition.
It is considered the consolation prize for sprinters that did not gain one of the 12 slots in The Everest field and runners in the Sydney Stakes field may also be named as one of the six The Everest emergencies.
Should there be a scratching from the original line-up of The Everest horses, any emergency accepted for the Sydney Stakes must run in the $20 million feature.
Run and won since 1968, the race has only held Group 3 status since since 2018.
Formerly known as the Lighting Stakes, it was renamed the Sydney Stakes in 2017 in line with the inaugural running of The Everest.
The 2024 The Everest winner Bella Nipotina improved on her third in the previous year’s Sydney Stakes to become the first mare to salute in the $20 million feature a year on from her Group 3 placing.
The 2024 Sydney Stakes ran on Saturday October 19, 2024 offering incredible $2 million in prize money and was won in terrific first-up fashion by Bjorn Baker’s dual $4 million The Quokka champ Overpass ($5.50).
2024 Sydney Stakes Results
The official Sydney Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 19, 2024.
2024 Sydney Stakes winner Overpass was excellent first-up in the lucrative The Everest Day race. Photo: Steve Hart.
- 1st: #1 Overpass
- 2nd: #8 Coal Crusher
- 3rd: #3 Southport Tycoon
The Bjorn Baker-trained dual $4 million The Quokka champion in WA, Overpass ($5.50), was excellent resuming on The Everest Day to dominate the Syndey Stakes 2024 results for a lucrative first-up win with Joshua Parr aboard the now six-year-old who was overlooked for a shot at this year’s $20 million The Everest.
Last year’s The Everest winner Think About It meanwhile fell during his run in the Sydney Stakes on Saturday due to a bleeding attack but was up on his feet and walking back to the stalls post-race looking to have escaped serious injury.
2024 Sydney Stakes Odds
The season’s top Sydney Stakes 2024 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open.
Early market betting odds on the 2025 Sydney 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.
Sydney Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
- Track: Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: Weight-for-age
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $2,000,000
- First Run: 1968
Sydney Stakes Betting
Sydney Stakes betting markets are led by the season’s best performing sprinters, especially those that were aiming for a run in The Everest field but did not earn a slot.
Any horses that run well in the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) on Epsom Handicap Day are usually also installed at short Sydney Stakes odds should they be in the field.
Big Parade ($2.40 in 2021) was the last favourite in Sydney Stakes betting to get the job done.
In 2022 Rocketing By scored a big upset winning at Sydney Stakes odds of $61!
Sydney Stakes Field
The Sydney Stakes race field features a quality line-up of sprinters from mainly the local Sydney stables coming off lead-up runs in similar grade races over the spring.
The best horses out of the Sydney Stakes field may continue onto the $3 million Winners Stakes at Rosehill on Golden Eagle Day, a race previously renamed each year in honour of the previous season’s The Everest winner until being changed to the Russell Balding Stakes in 2024.
In 2021 Big Parade won the Sydney Stakes before a fourth in the Winners Stakes, run that year as the Classique Legend Stakes, while Standout finished second and third respectively in those two end-of-spring races.
The Sydney Stakes final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week following the early nominations taken the Monday leading-up to The Everest Day.
2024 Sydney Stakes Field
The official Sydney Stakes 2024 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.
The 2024 Sydney Stakes field features a smart line-up of sprinters led in betting by the talented Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass racing for the first time since taking out the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes – $4 million The Quokka double in WA during the summer – autumn season.
2024 Sydney Stakes Nominations
The early Sydney Stakes 2024 Nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race.
Sydney Stakes Tips
Top Sydney Stakes tips include looking for proven weight-for-age horses, runners with a strong Randwick record and any standout sprinters down in grade off a lead-up Group 1 run earlier during the carnival.
2024 Sydney Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider Sydney Stakes 2021 betting tips and Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in The Everest consolation race this spring.
- To Win: #1 Overpass ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW
An absolutely incredible field gathered for the lucrative Group 3 that rivals even The Everest for quality of contenders! Overpass was forgotten by The Everest slot holders this year not having raced since April but that takes nothing away from his class. He would have been extremely competitive if he’d made the $20 million race and think he can win this fresh from a nice midfield gate eight draw. The dual $4 million The Quokka champion was 10th in last year’s The Everest with excuses but then travelled west and won Perth’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes. He is a six-time winner from 14 starts at this distance, flies fresh (7:3-3-0), will appreciate the sting out of the track so long as it isn’t too wet, and has looked the goods in some eye-catching recent Rosehill trial wins. Randwick hoodoo as he’s had nine runs at the course without a win but think he can shrug that off here and salute first-up for the spring.
Sydney Stakes Form Guide
The Sydney Stakes form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the 1200m showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.
The 2021 Sydney Stakes form was franked in with the winner Big Parade returning in the autumn of 2022 to finish runner-up in the Group 1 The Galaxy.
The 2023 Sydney Stakes winner I Am Me franked the form with two subsequent Group 1 second placings in Melbourne’s Manikato Stakes and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes that spring. The mare then enjoyed an excellent 2024 season including winning back-to-back wins in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes and Group 2 The Shorts to earn a slot in the 2024 The Everest field.
2024 Sydney Stakes Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Sydney Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Sydney Stakes Results
The Sydney Stakes race results and finishing order are announced on The Everest Day.
As well as the Sydney Stakes winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses that may have been called-up to run as an emergency in The Everest race.
Some of the most famous Sydney Stakes winners include Shogun Lodge (2003), two-time champion Famous Seamus (2012-13), In Her Time (2017), Pierata (2018), and dual The Quokka champion Overpass (2024).
Rocketing By ($61 in 2022) is one of the longest-priced Sydney Stakes winners in the race’s history.
I Am Me (2023) was the last Sydney Stakes winning mare.
In Her Time holds the current Sydney Stakes race record winning in 2017 in a time of 1 minute 8.26 seconds.
Past Sydney Stakes Winners
Recent Sydney Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2016 are detailed in the below table.
| Year |
Winner |
Second |
Third |
| 2024 |
Overpass |
Coal Crusher |
Southport Tycoon |
| 2023 |
I Am Me |
Airman |
Bella Nipotina |
| 2022 |
Rocketing By |
In The Congo |
Weona Smartone |
| 2021 |
Big Parade |
Standout |
Prime Candidate |
| 2020 |
Trumbull |
Standout |
Signore Fox |
| 2019 |
Deprive |
Champagne Cuddles |
Brutal |
| 2018 |
Pierata |
Jungle Edge |
Clearly Innocent |
| 2017 |
In Her Time |
Impending |
Ball Of Muscle |
| 2016 |
Speith |
Kaepernick |
Le Cordon Bleu |
FAQ
Who won the 2024 Sydney Stakes?
The 2024 Sydney Stakes was won by the Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass at odds of $5.50 and was ridden to victory by Joshua Parr.
When is the Sydney Stakes 2024?
Saturday October 19, 2024
What is the prize money for the Sydney Stakes 2024?
$2,000,000
Where is the Sydney Stakes 2024?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.