Chairman's Stakes
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History
The Chairman's Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the South Australian Jockey Club at Morphettville in Adelaide.
The Chairman's Stakes is run under set weights conditions and was introduced in 1983 as a preliminary to the G1 South Australian Derby.
The distance has varied from 1850m to 2250m with the venue alternating between Morphettville and the now closed Victoria Park and Cheltenham courses from 1983 to 2002. Since 2003 the Chairman's Stakes has been run at Morphettville.
The Chairman's Stakes became a Listed Race in 1982 and was upgraded to Group 3 in 2011.
The 2024 Chairman's Stakes was run over 2000m for prizemoney of $150,000.
Notable winners of the Chairman's Stakes include Joly God Thought, Double Gin, Our Marquise, Markham, Bush Padre, Mummify, Roll On Royce, Family Guy, Zagreb, Rebel Raider, Red Colossus, Gamblin' Guru, Howard Be Thy Name and Dalasan.
Six horses have won the Chairman's–SA Derby double - Markham (1997), Mummify (2003), Rebel Raider (2009), Howard Be Thy Name (2016), Leicester (2018) and Jungle Magnate (2022).
The 2023 Chairman's Stakes was won by Red Sun Sensation from Loco and Suizuro.
Previous Chairman's Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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RED SUN SENSATION
(AUS)
3G AWESOME ROCK (AUS) - SOCIETY GAL (NZ) FALTAAT (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 57.5 | PETER G MOODY | 8 |
|
BEAUTYVERSE
(NZ)
3G TARZINO (NZ) - THE LOVE OF MONEY (AUS) CASINO PRINCE (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.5 | M PRICE & M KENT | 9 |
|
ROYAL MILE
(AUS)
3G DANERICH (AUS) - STREET BLAZE (AUS) STREET SENSE (USA) |
JACOB OPPERMAN | 57.5 | LEE CREEK | 9 |
|
DALASAN
(AUS)
3C DALAKHANI (IRE) - KHANDALLAH (AUS) KITTEN'S JOY (USA) |
J HOLDER | 57.5 | LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS | 3 |
|
DECLARATIONOFHEART
(AUS)
3G DECLARATION OF WAR (USA) - CARDIAC (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
CLAYTON DOUGLAS | 57.5 | ANTHONY FREEDMAN | 3 |
|
HELENE LEADINGSTAR
(AUS)
3G WANTED (AUS) - DEFY THE ODDS (GB) GALILEO (IRE) |
DAMIAN LANE | 57.5 | DARREN WEIR | 1 |
|
WAGING WAR
(AUS)
3G REBEL RAIDER (AUS) - FARTOO FLASHY (AUS) GALILEO (IRE) |
C LINDOP | 57.5 | LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS | 8 |
|
HOWARD BE THY NAME
(AUS)
3C REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - BELLINI ROSE (NZ) FALTAAT (USA) |
B RAWILLER | 57.5 | DARREN WEIR | 6 |
|
OCTOBER DATE
(AUS)
3G BARELY A MOMENT (AUS) - MISS ECLIPSE (AUS) EL MOXIE (USA) |
S CAHILL | 57.5 | NICK SMART | 8 |
|
GAMBLIN' GURU
(AUS)
3G NEW APPROACH (IRE) - GLORY GURU (AUS) FUSAICHI PEGASUS (USA) |
J HOLDER | 57.5 | LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS | 4 |
|
HIOCTDANE
(AUS)
3G STRADA (AUS) - AUTOBAHN (AUS) OCTAGONAL (NZ) |
P GATT | 57.5 | RICHARD JOLLY | 11 |
|
HEAVEN'S RICHES
(AUS)
3G DANERICH (AUS) - NASSI ANGEL (NZ) NASSIPOUR (USA) |
M J WALKER | 57.5 | ROBBIE LAING | 10 |
|
KITTENS
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ST. KATHERINE (AUS) BARATHEA (IRE) |
S BASTER | 54.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 7 |
|
RED COLOSSUS
(AUS)
3G TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - PALACE GLOW (AUS) PALACE MUSIC (USA) |
C D SYMONS | 56.5 | GREG EURELL | 7 |
|
REBEL RAIDER
(AUS)
3C RESET (AUS) - PICHOLINE (AUS) DEHERE (USA) |
C LINDOP | 56.5 | LEON MACDONALD | 7 |
|
ZAGREB
(AUS)
3G ZABEEL (NZ) - DANSINO (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
D DUNN | 56.5 | D A HAYES | 4 |
|
FAMILY GUY
(AUS)
3G SCENIC (IRE) - BESSOLIC (AUS) NOBLE BIJOU (USA) |
NICK RYAN | 56.5 | PHILLIP STOKES | 5 |
|
OBGLO
(AUS)
3G HIGH YIELD (USA) - GOING RAJA (USA) WELL DECORATED (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 55.5 | LEON MACDONALD | 14 |
|
THREEDEE
(AUS)
3G ARCHWAY (IRE) - FAMOUS RULER (AUS) RANCHO RULER (AUS) |
J MAUND | 55.5 | MICK WHITTLE | 8 |
|
ROLL ON ROYCE
(AUS)
3G DESERT SUN (GB) - KATRELLE (NZ) OAK RIDGE (FR) |
J LORENSINI | 55.5 | GARY KENNEWELL | 1 |
|
MUMMIFY
(AUS)
3G JEUNE (GB) - CLEOPATRA'S GIRL (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA) |
L CURRIE | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 14 |
|
SILVER BARON
(AUS)
3G DEFENSIVE PLAY (USA) - AZARASHI (NZ) DANZIG (USA) |
C W BROWN | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 2 |
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BUSH PADRE
(AUS)
3G REDDING (NZ) - CANDY BIRD (AUS) SLANT (USA) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 |
|
SHORBLUE
(AUS)
3C BLUEBIRD (USA) - SHORWON (AUS) BUENA SHORE (USA) |
S CAHILL | 55.5 | STUART GOWER | 1 |