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The mares have a strong history in the Canterbury Stakes run at Randwick on Saturday.

More Joyous won it twice as a G2 race so who takes the 2021 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday?

2021 Canterbury Stakes: Nominations

2021 CANTERBURY STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Canterbury Stakes is a Group 1 race over 1300m for open age sprinters at Randwick conducted by the Australian Turf Club.

It was first run in 1929 and won by Amounis. The Canterbury Stakes is run under Weight For Age conditions.

The race was mainly run at Canterbury bar stints at Rosehill (1997-99, 2004-07, 2009-13) and then from Randwick from 2014 onwards.

The Canterbury Stakes became a Group 1 in 2013.

In 1992 Schillaci lost the race on protest to Alishan.

Gai Waterhouse trained the winner seven times but won it four times in five runnings from 2011.

The last non-NSW trained winner of the race before The Bostonian in 2020 was another kiwi Al Akbar in 1994.

Every winner in the last decade had won a G1 bar for Holler.

Mares have had a field day in this winning 5 of the last 11 renewals.

It's been a sensational race for favoured runners with 13-2 the biggest price since 2003.

Has been a race where previous good performers in the Golden Slipper have gone on to run well here but Pierro and Dance Hero are the only two recently to do the double.

The 2021 Canterbury Stakes was worth $500,000 in prizemoney.

Multiple winners of the Canterbury Stakes include Holdfast, San Domenico, Sky High, At Sea and More Joyous while other notables include Chatham, Shannon, Baguette, Manikato, Emancipation, Sir Dapper, Placid Ark, Dance Hero, Pierro, Happy Clapper and Trapeze Artist.

The 2020 Canterbury Stakes was won by The Bostonian from Savatiano and Mister Sea Wolf.