Surround Stakes
| Class | Group 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1979 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | The Chase (2025) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three year old fillies |
| Weight | Set weights – 56 kg |
| Purse | $750,000 (2024) |
The Surround Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, run at set weights over a distance of 1400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in late February or early March. Total prize money for the race is A$750,000. In 2025, The Chase commenced a three year partnership as naming rights sponsor of the time honoured race which has been renamed the G1 The Chase Surround Stakes[1] The Chase is a thoroughbred operation that supports the Australian breeding division of the China Horse Club.
History
[edit | edit source]The race is named after 1976–1977 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year, Surround the only three-year-old filly in history to win the Cox Plate.[2] The race was run at Randwick Racecourse in 1980 and 1981.[2]
Grade
[edit | edit source]- 1979–1985 – Group 3
- 1986–2017 – Group 2
- 2018 onwards – Group 1
Venue
[edit | edit source]- 1979 – Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 1980–1981 – Randwick Racecourse
- 1982–2000 – Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2001 – Randwick Racecourse
- 2002–2007 – Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2008–2009 – Randwick Racecourse
- 2010–2015 – Warwick Farm Racecourse
- 2016 onwards – Randwick Racecourse
Winners
[edit | edit source]- 2025 – Lady Shenandoah[3]
- 2024 – Tropical Squall
- 2023 – Sunshine In Paris[4]
- 2022 – Hinged[5]
- 2021 – Forbidden Love[6]
- 2020 – Probabeel[7]
- 2019 – Nakeeta Jane[8]
- 2018 – Shoals[9]
- 2017 – La Bella Diosa[10]
- 2016 – Ghisoni[11]
- 2015 – First Seal[12]
- 2014 – Thump[13]
- 2013 – Dear Demi[14]
- 2012 – Streama[15]
- 2011 – Parables[16]
- 2010 – More Joyous[17]
- 2009 – Portillo[18]
- 2008 – Chinchilla Rose[19]
- 2007 – Gold Edition[20]
- 2006 – Regal Cheer[21]
- 2005 – Lotteria[22]
- 2004 – Only Words[23]
- 2003 – Bollinger[24]
- 2002 – Hosannah[25]
- 2001 – On Type[26]
- 2000 – Ad Alta[27]
- 1999 – Savannah Success[28]
- 1998 – Staging[29]
- 1997 – Dashing Eagle[30]
- 1996 – Shame[31]
- 1995 – Princess D'Or[32]
- 1994 – So Keen[33]
- 1993 – Skating[34]
- 1992 – Office[35]
- 1991 – Let's Hurry[36]
- 1990 – Ochiltree[37]
- 1989 – Glenview[38]
- 1988 – Judyann[39]
- 1987 – Khaptivaan[40]
- 1986 – Ma Chiquita[41]
- 1985 – Avon Angel[42]
- 1984 – La Caissiere[43]
- 1983 – Royal Regatta[44]
- 1982 – Lost World
- 1981 – Hanalei
- 1980 – Brava Jeannie
- 1979 – Impede
See also
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ https://www.australianturfclub.com.au/superstars-chase-glory-at-royal-randwick-on-verry-big-day-of-group-1-racing/
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