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Randwick hosts two Group One races with the Chipping Norton Stakes and Surround Stakes on Saturday.

Chipping Norton Stakes G1 (1600m 3yo+ WFA)

• First Running: 1925 (won by Wallace Mortlake).
• Multiple winners: Tie The Knot, Winx (4), Lough Neagh (3), Katanga, Carbon Copy, Carioca, Tulloch, Apollo Eleven, Super Impose, Shoot Out (2).
• Other Notable Winners: Amounis, Phar Lap, Tranquil Star, Bernborough, Comic Court, Delta, Sky High, Rain Lover, Rising Prince, Our Waverley Star, Dr Grace, Pharaoh, Juggler, Octagonal, Lonhro, Starcraft, Grand Armee, Desert War, Tuesday Joy, Te Akau Shark.
• Became a Group 1 race in 1986.
• Winner is exempt from ballot for the 2021 Doncaster Mile and 2021 Sydney Cup. 
• Fillies & Mares: Winx won in 2016/2017/2018/2019. Previous Mare winner – Tuesday Joy (2009) and before that Emancipation (1984). Previous Filly winner - Heat Of The Moment (1986).
• 3yos: Last 3yo winner - He's No Pie Eater (2007).
• Lead Ups: Traditional lead up is the Apollo Stakes with 14 of last 20 through that race.
• Te Akau Shark became the first non-Sydney trained winner since Starcraft in 2004.
• His win and that of Probabeel at the same meeting gave kiwi trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson a big G1 double in Australia.
• Before Te Akau Shark, the last winner from a Kiwi based trainer – Kingston Bay (1993) for Bruce Wallace.
• Before Winx in 2016, the previous winner of the Chipping Norton to go on to win the Doncaster Mile was Pharaoh in 1995.
• Chris Waller has 8 of the last 10 and Hugh Bowman has 7 of the last 10 too.
• Apollo Stakes/Chipping Norton Stakes (last 20 years) – Winx (2016/2017/2019), Contributer (2015), Tuesday Joy (2009), Grand Armee (2005), Lonhro (2003).
• Chipping Norton Stakes/Ranvet Stakes double done 13 times – Most recent Contributer (2015).
• Winx became the first Cox Plate winner to win the Chipping Norton in the same season since 1949 (Carbon Copy was that only other horse to do it).
• Winx won her 31st in a row and a World Record 23rd G1 (ending up with 25) in 2019.
• Winx won 4 x Chipping Norton Stakes along with 4 x Cox Plate & 4 x George Ryder Stakes.
• 2020 Winx Stakes – Verry Elleegant (1st), Master Of Wine (12th), Kolding (13th). {Master Of Win ran $6 eq fav).
• 2021 Apollo Stakes – Colette (1st), Kolding (2nd), Verry Elleegant (3rd), Funstar (4th), Toffee Tongue (6th), Prince Fawaz (8th).
• The two Golden Eagle winners (Colette & Kolding) ran the quinella in the Apollo Stakes.
• Leading Trainers: Tommy Smith (10), Chris Waller (8), Gai Waterhouse (6), Guy Walter (4).
• Other Current Trainers with wins: John Hawkes (2), Anthony Cummings (1), John O'Shea (1), Graeme Rogerson (1), Clarry Conners (1), Jamie Richards (1).
• Leading Jockeys: Hugh Bowman (7), Darren Beadman, Billy Cook, Shane Dye, Kevin Langby, George Moore, Darby Munro, Frank Shean (4).
• Other Current Jockeys with wins: Glen Boss (2), Larry Cassidy (2), Corey Brown (1), Damien Oliver (1), James McDonald (1), Zac Purton (1), Glyn Schofield (1), Nash Rawiller (1), Opie Bosson (1).

Surround Stakes G1 (1400m 3yo F SW)

• First Running: 1979 (won by Impede).
• Notable Winners: Ma Chiquita (1986), Glenview (1989), Skating (1993), Shame (1996), Dashing Eagle (1997), Staging (1998), Savannah Success (1999), Bollinger (2003), Lotteria (2005), Regal Cheer (2006), Gold Edition (2007), More Joyous (2010), Streama (2012), Dear Demi (2013), First Seal (2015), Shoals (2018), Probabeel (2020).
• Status: G1 from 2018. (G3 from 1979 then G2 from 1986).
• Lead Ups: Traditional lead up is the Light Fingers Stakes with 9 of the last 20 out of that race but more recently 8 of the last 12.
• Surround Stakes/Coolmore Classic double – Avon Angel (1985), Skating (1993), Bollinger (2003), Regal Cheer (2006).
• Surround Stakes/Vinery Stud Stakes double – Savannah Success (1999). Impede the only other to win both races in 1979.
• Surround Stakes/Doncaster Mile double – Skating (1993).
• Surround Stakes/ATC Australian Oaks double – Streama (2012).
• Stakes/Surround Stakes double (7) – La Caissiere, Judyann, Dashing Eagle, Lotteria, More Joyous, Streama, First Seal.
• Light Fingers Stakes/Surround Stakes double - Office (1992), Skating (1993), Staging (1998), Gold Edition (2007), More Joyous (2010), Nakeeta Jane (2019).
• 1997 winner Dashing Eagle's dam is La Caissiere who also won the race in 1984.
• 2003 winner Bollinger was out of Golden Slipper winner Bint Marscay.
• Josh Parr won the first two editions of the race run as a G1.
• The 2020 renewal included the Golden Slipper, Blue Diamond, Flight Stakes and Thousand Guineas winners.
• Probabeel won this third up and then in the Spring won the Epsom third up too.
• Tom Marquand won his first two G1s when in Australia last Autumn on Addeybb – rides La Mexicana here.
• Leading Trainer: Gai Waterhouse (4).
• Other Current Trainers with wins: John Hawkes (3), Graeme Rogerson (3), Clarry Conners (2), Peter Snowden (2), Mandy & Matt Brown (1), John O'Shea (1), John Thompson (1), Kris Lees (1), Joe Pride (1), Greg Eurell (1), Anthony Freedman (1), Mark Newnham (1), Jamie Richards (1).
• Leading Jockeys: Jim Cassidy, Darren Beadman (3).
• Other Current Jockeys with wins: Josh Parr (2), Jason Collett (1), James McDonald (1), Blake Shinn (1), Hugh Bowman (1), Nash Rawiller (1), Corey Brown (1), Glen Boss (1), Damien Oliver (1), John Powell (1), Larry Cassidy (1), Opie Bosson (1).