Up and Coming Stakes

Up and Coming Stakes
Group 3 race
Location Randwick Racecourse
Inaugurated 1979
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Synergy FX (2014)
Race information
Distance 1,300 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification 3-year-olds colts and geldings
Weight set weights with penalties
Purse $125,000 (2014)

The Up and Coming Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and geldings, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1300 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney in August.[1] Prizemoney is A$125,000.

Race history

The race is considered a good start to returning to racing in the new racing calendar for talented three-year-olds gearing up for an Australian spring campaign. The race is often won by a classy three-year-old, as evidenced by the honour roll of past winners. Top class gallopers Fastnet Rock, Exceed and Excel, Testa Rossa and General Nediym who won this race, each of these gallopers went on to become genuine stars.[2]

Race name

The race is named in honour of the 1959 Warwick Stakes winner Up And Coming.[3] The race is held on the same racecard as the Warwick Stakes.[1]

Race distance

Race grade

Race venue

Past winners

  • 2014 - Scissor Kick[5]
  • 2013 - War[6]
  • 2012 - Albrecht[7]
  • 2011 - Manawanui[8]
  • 2010 - Blackball[9]
  • 2009 - Rarefied[10]
  • 2008 - Dreamscape[11]
  • 2007 - †race not held
  • 2006 - Court Command[12]
  • 2005 - Snitzel[13]
  • 2004 - Fastnet Rock[14]
  • 2003 - Exceed And Excel[15]
  • 2002 - Snowland[16]
  • 2001 - Newquay[17]
  • 2000 - Zariz[18]
  • 1999 - Testa Rossa[19]
  • 1998 - Paris Dream[20]
  • 1997 - General Nediym[21]
  • 1996 - Paint[22]
  • 1995 - Our Maizcay[23]
  • 1994 - Bulldog Yeats[24]
  • 1993 - Mahogany[25]
  • 1992 - West End[26]
  • 1991 - Kinjite[27]
  • 1990 - The Bullfighter[28]
  • 1989 - Patronise[4]
  • 1988 - Star Watch[29]
  • 1987 - Sky Chase[30]
  • 1986 - Broad Reach[31]
  • 1985 - Timothy[32]
  • 1984 - Royal Troubador[33]
  • 1983 - Sir Dapper[34]
  • 1982 - Marscay
  • 1981 - Best Western
  • 1980 - John's Hero
  • 1979 - Spear

† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza[35]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Winners and Past Results for the Up And Coming Stakes". Pro Group Racing Australia. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Up and Coming Stakes Preview". Horse Racing Info (Australia). 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "WARWICK FARM Race Results August 29, 1959. (Official Race result Warwick Stakes)". The Age, Melbourne (Google News Archive (Digitize)). 31 August 1959. p. 19 (column 1–2). Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "1989 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. ↑ 2014 result
  6. ↑ 2013 result
  7. ↑ 2012 result
  8. ↑ 2011 result
  9. ↑ 2010 result
  10. ↑ 2009 result
  11. ↑ 2008 result
  12. ↑ 2006 result
  13. ↑ 2005 result
  14. ↑ 2004 result
  15. ↑ 2003 result
  16. ↑ 2002 result
  17. ↑ 2001 result
  18. ↑ 2000 result
  19. ↑ 1999 result
  20. ↑ 1998 result
  21. ↑ 1997 result
  22. ↑ 1996 result
  23. ↑ 1995 result
  24. ↑ 1994 result
  25. ↑ 1993 result
  26. ↑ 1992 result
  27. ↑ "1991 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  28. ↑ "1990 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  29. ↑ "1988 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  30. ↑ "1987 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  31. ↑ "1986 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  32. ↑ "1985 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  33. ↑ "1984 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  34. ↑ "1983 result". breednet.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  35. ↑ "Carnival may be delayed". The Age, Melbourne. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2013.