Royal Sovereign Stakes

Winners and Past Results.

Hosted by the Australian Turf Club during the summer racing carnival in February, the Royal Sovereign Stakes is a Group 2 race for three year old colts & geldings. Free $200 Bet

Horses travel over a distance of 1200 metres of the Randwick Track in Sydney for a chance to earn prize money worth $175,000. The set weights plus penalties conditions favours better performing sprinters seeking to move up in group racing during the rest of the year. Other features of the day include the Group 2 Light Finger Stakes, the fillies equivalent of the Royal Sovereign Stakes, and the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes.

The Royal Sovereign Stakes is the traditional starting point for three year old sprinters in autumn that may come in from a spell or a number of handicap and listed races. This makes it hard to fathom out a winner, where the current condition of many contestants remains a mystery.

The race has been claimed by a number of topline gallopers over the years with Shaftesbury Avenue winning in 1990, Danewin in 1995, Assertive Lad in 2001 followed by Lonhro the next year, Exceed And Excel in 2005, and Shoot Out in 2010.

Acamar won the first Royal Sovereign Stakes in 1979. It was elevated to Group 3 in 1981 and has enjoyed its Group 2 status since 1996.

2012 Royal Sovereign Stakes

Moment Of Change and Hot Snitzel shared the early lead, and set a cracking pace while they were at it. The two were virtually inseparable until the final 200 metres when Royal Sovereign found an extra gear and moved clear only for Manawanui to make a late challenge. Royal Sovereign held on to win by a head from the flying Manawanui with Moment Of Change running out the journey to claim third.

2012 Royal Sovereign Stakes result

1. Hot Snitzel
2. Manawanui
3. Moment Of Change

Then came:

4. Rekindled Alliance
5. Doctor Doom
6. Salade
7. Free Wheeling
8. Ambidexter
9. Isopach
10. King Saul
11. Time To Plunder
12. Darci Be Good
13. Hendricus