Silver Shadow Stakes 2026 Odds, Betting & Race Preview
The next edition of the Silver Shadow Stakes runs on Saturday, August 22, 2026 on Winx Stakes Day in Sydney.
The 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes sets the tone for Sydney’s early‑spring racing, and Ladbrokes punters are already locking onto the latest Silver Shadow Stakes odds and chasing expert Silver Shadow Stakes betting tips for this key Group 2 sprint. As the first major test for three‑year‑old fillies heading into the Princess Series, the race regularly attracts sharp triallers, fresh performers and standout young fillies looking to launch their spring campaigns with authority. Market action is always lively in the lead‑up, with barrier draws, raceday tempo, stable confidence and Randwick suitability driving price shifts. For punters chasing an early edge, this page delivers the insights, trends and market‑moving factors that shape one of Sydney’s most influential early‑season betting races.
2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Odds
The season’s top Silver Shadow Stakes 2026 odds and betting market links will be available below once final acceptances are announced followed by the official finishing order after the event.
Silver Shadow Stakes Tips
Good Silver Shadow Stakes tips include looking for Golden Slipper graduates from the autumn, fillies with winning Sydney form in similar company and proven 1200m performers.
Fillies heading towards the Flight Stakes, Group 1 performed youngsters and any fillies that are back against their own kind after a run against the colts & geldings make good Silver Shadow Stakes tips.
Ladbrokes Tip: The Silver Shadow Stakes is a good Flight Stakes lead-up for fillies!
2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Silver Shadow Stakes betting tips for 2026 will be detailed below listing the fillies to back and sack in the Group 2 feature this season so stay tuned.
The Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes is a 1200m sprint showdown for three-year-old fillies run at Royal Randwick Racecourse in August each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The race is run at set weights plus penalties and offers $300,000 in total prize money and was upgraded from a Group 3 race in 2013.
It is contested on Winx Stakes Day and is the key support act on the card along with the meeting’s namesake race, the recently upgraded Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) for weight-for-age gallopers that was previously known as the Warwick Stakes. The Group 3 Toy Show Quality, Group 3 Show County Quality and the Group 3 Premier’s Cup (2000m) are the other key races on the card.
The fillies contesting the Silver Shadow Stakes are usually heading towards a run against the boys in the coveted Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) run at Rosehill Gardens the following month.
In 2015 Speak Fondly won the Silver Shadow Stakes before a second in the Golden Rose to Exosphere two runs later. The Silver Shadow Stakes form also held-up in 2017 when the winner Omei Sword finished second to Astern in that year’s Golden Rose Stakes results.
More recently in 2022 the Silver Shadow runner-up In Secret ran second in that year’s Golden Rose.
The Silver Shadow Stakes is also the opening leg of the Princess Series of races during the spring for three-year-old fillies.
The second leg is the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) at Randwick a fortnight later followed by the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) and finally the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) in early October.
Speak Fondly achieved the Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes double and also won the Flight Stakes in 2015 after her Golden Rose second. Other recent winners of the Silver Shadow Stakes – Flight Stakes double include Samantha Miss (2008), Ha Ha (2001) and Zougotcha (2022).
In 2020 Dame Giselle completed the Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes treble, but only managed to run fourth in that year’s Flight Stakes.
In 2018 the Silver Shadow Stakes winner Fiesta went on to run second in both the Tea Rose Stakes and the Flight Stakes. The 2019 Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes double was achieved by Libertini who also ran third in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington that November.
Zougotcha (2022) was the last filly to complete the Silver Shadow Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes double before her Group 1 Flight Stakes success.
Silver Shadow Stakes Race Info
- Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 1980
Silver Shadow Stakes 2026 Results
The official 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday, August 22, 2026 as part of the Winx Stakes Day race card.
Silver Shadow Stakes Betting
Silver Shadow Stakes odds are led each season by fillies proven in Group company that contested tougher races as two-year-olds last time in like the Golden Slipper Stakes.
Fillies with winning form in Sydney over similar distance feature highly in Silver Shadow Stakes betting tips, and any runners coming off an early season win boasting the fitness edge over resuming rivals are also kept safe in the markets.
Favourites tend to have a strong record in the race over the past decade with Libertini ($1.50 in 2019) followed by Dame Giselle ($3.60 in 2020) the latest to salute.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Autumn Ballet winning first-up at Silver Shadow Stakes odds of $16.
Silver Shadow Stakes Field
Many that graduate in the autumn’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) contest the Silver Shadow Stakes including in 2015 when the Silver Shadow winner Speak Fondly improved on her 11th in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds back in March that year. Lake Geneva meanwhile ran third in both the 2015 Golden Slipper Stakes and the Silver Shadow Stakes.
The Silver Shadow Stakes race field attracts the season’s most promising three-year-old fillies, many running first-up in the race kicking off their spring campaigns.
Most recently, Swift Witness improved on her last place finish (15th) in the 2021 Golden Slipper results to win the Silver Shadow Stakes first-up as a three-year-old in the spring.
Fillies in the Silver Shadow Stakes field will traditionally back-up in the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) a fortnight later and recent winners of the double include Dame Giselle (2020), Speak Fondly (2015), Samantha Miss (2008), Mnemosyne (2005) and Victory Vein (2002).
Silver Shadow Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with the final field and barriers released on the Wednesday.
2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Field
The official Silver Shadow Stakes 2026 field and barriers for the Darley-sponsored race will be announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading-up to Winx Stakes Day and published in full below.
2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes close on the Monday of race week with the list of potential runners in the three-years-old fillies’ feature to be published here.
Silver Shadow Stakes Form Guide
The Silver Shadow 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.
Looking at the form guide for fillies with proven ability at the track and distance and for those that either are resuming with a good first-up record, or graduates of the previous season’s Golden Slipper are important tips to take.
The Silver Shadow Stakes form has also stacked up in later races for three-year-old fillies in recent season’s including the Flight Stakes run at the track the following month.
The 2022 Silver Shadow Stakes form was franked with the winner Zougotcha going on to win the Tea Rose Stakes – Flight Stakes double. In Her Secret meanwhile ran 2nd in the Silver Shadow before winning the Run To The Rose. She then finished second in the Golden Rose before heading to Flemington and beating home the boys in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). In Her Rose also returned the following autumn and won the 2023 Newmarket Handicap at elite level in Melbourne.
The Silver Shadow Stakes third placed Kimochi from 2023 went on to run second in the Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes, Flight Stakes and that November’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas results in Melbourne franking the Sydney form.
The 2024 Silver Shadow winner Ameena went on to frank the form with a Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes second placing in Adelaide in 2025.
Savvy Hallie made her presence felt across multiple campaigns, with the 2025 Silver Shadow Stakes winner backing up for a strong third in the Furious Stakes before truly hitting her stride the following autumn. She returned in top order, claiming the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes and then elevating again to finish runner‑up in the Group 1 Surround Stakes.
2026 Silver Shadow Stakes Form Guide
A link to our detailed Silver Shadow Stakes 2026 form guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Past Silver Shadow Stakes Results
Silver Shadow Stakes race results have been dominated by in-form fillies with proven Sydney form. Upsets are not uncommon however with the longest-priced winner in recent years being Thump ($41 in 2013). In 2012 and 2014 the odds-on favourites Nechita and Bring Me The Maid respectively saluted for the punters.
Other notable recent Silver Shadow Stakes winners include Zougotcha (2022), Dame Giselle (2020), Libertini (2019), Fiesta (2018), Speak Fondly (2015), Samantha Miss (2008), Gold Edition (2006), and Regimental Gal (2003).
Libertini holds the current Silver Shadow Stakes race record winning over 1200m in 2010 in a time of 1 minute 07:93 seconds.
Recent Silver Shadow Stakes Winners
Recent Silver Shadow Stakes winners dating back to the year 1999 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Trainer/s | Jockey | Weight | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Savvy Hallie | Brad Widdup | Jay Ford | 55 kgs | 1:12.82 |
| 2024 | Ameena | Anthony & Sam Freedman | James McDonald | 55 kgs | 1:10.67 |
| 2023 | Autumn Ballet | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 56 kgs | 1:10.89 |
| 2022 | Zougotcha | Chris Waller | William Pike | 55 kgs | 1:11.11 |
| 2021 | Swift Witness | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 55 kgs | 1:10.07 |
| 2020 | Dame Giselle | Peter and Paul Snowden | Tommy Berry | 57 kgs | 1:11.22 |
| 2019 | Libertini | Anthony Cummings | Tommy Berry | 55 kgs | 1:07.93 |
| 2018 | Fiesta | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 56 kgs | 1:09.15 |
| 2017 | Formality | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Kerrin McEvoy | 56 kgs | 1:08.83 |
| 2016 | Omei Sword | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 55 kgs | 1:09.68 |
| 2015 | Speak Fondly | Gai Waterhouse | Kerrin McEvoy | 57 kgs | 1:09.47 |
| 2014 | Bring Me The Maid | Peter Moody | Luke Nolen | 57 kgs | 1:12.37 |
| 2013 | Thump | John Thompson | Jim Cassidy | 54 kgs | 1:09.69 |
| 2012 | Nechita | John Thompson | Christian Reith | 54 kgs | 1:09.78 |
| 2011 | Pane In The Glass | John Thompson | Craig Williams | 55 kgs | 1:13.42 |
| 2010 | Parables | Peter Snowden | Tim Clark | 54 kgs | 1:09.94 |
| 2009 | Deer Valley | Chris Waller | Daniel Ganderton | 54 kgs | 1:10.39 |
| 2008 | Samantha Miss | Kris Lees | Hugh Bowman | 58 kgs | 1:12.44 |
| 2007 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Gold Edition | Ron Maund | Glenn Lynch | 57.5 kgs | 1:10.60 |
| 2005 | Mnemosyne | John Hawkes | Darren Beadman | 54 kgs | 1:09.65 |
| 2004 | Our Sweet Moss | Gerald Ryan | Jim Byrne | 56 kgs | 1:10.76 |
| 2003 | Regimental Gal | Shaun Dwyer | Michael Rodd | 56 kgs | 1:12.09 |
| 2002 | Victory Vein | Bede Murray | Danny Beasley | 56 kgs | 1:09.93 |
| 2001 | Ha Ha | Gai Waterhouse | Jim Cassidy | 54 kgs | 1:11.35 |
| 2000 | Ateates | Garry Lunn | Brian York | 54 kgs | 1:09.94 |
| 1999 | Katima | Guy Walter | Kevin Moses | 54 kgs | 1:10.28 |
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Which horse will win the 2026 Silver Shadow?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Silver Shadow Stakes is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.
When is the Silver Shadow Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes is set to run in Sydney on Saturday August 22 as one of the key support acts on Winx Stakes Day.
What is the prize money for the Silver Shadow Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes prize money is set at $300,000 which is paid from 1st to 10th place including $170,000 going to the Silver Shadow Stakes winner.
Where is the Silver Shadow Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Silver Shadow Stakes is set to run at Sydney's Royal Randwick Racecourse, home to many iconic races including the world's richest turf race - The Everest - each October, and is located at Alison Road, Randwick, NSW 2031.
What distance is the Silver Shadow Stakes run over?
The Silver Shadow Stakes is run over 1200 metres, a sharp early‑spring sprint that puts a premium on tactical speed and race‑day freshness. This 1200m Randwick trip is a key factor Ladbrokes punters weigh up when assessing the latest Silver Shadow Stakes odds and shaping confident Silver Shadow Stakes betting plays for the first major fillies’ test of the Princess Series.
How many horses run in the Silver Shadow Stakes?
Field sizes for the Silver Shadow Stakes generally fall between 10–14 runners, giving punters a competitive and high‑quality early‑spring lineup of three‑year‑old fillies to assess. With fresh performers, sharp triallers and emerging Princess Series prospects all stepping out at Randwick, the final field size is a key factor shaping both Silver Shadow Stakes odds and confident Silver Shadow Stakes betting plays.
Who won the 2025 Silver Shadow Stakes?
The 2025 Silver Shadow Stakes was won by three-year-old Hellbent filly Savvy Hallie at $3.50 for trainer Brad Widdup with jockey Jay Ford aboard on 55kg from barrier 7 to win by 0.81 lengths on a Heavy (10) track in a time of 1:12.82.