Sky High Stakes
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History
The Sky High Stakes is Group 3 race conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Rosehill during the autumn carnival.
First run in 1989, the Sky High Stakes is named after the former champion racehorse who won 16 Group One level races in the early 1960s among his 29 wins in 55 starts.
Sky High's major wins included the 1960 Golden Slipper, 1960 Champagne Stakes, 1960 Victoria Derby, 1961/62 Lightning Stakes, 1961 Epsom Handicap, 1961 Futurity Stakes, 1961 All Aged Stakes, 1961 Canterbury Stakes, 1961/62 Caulfield Stakes, 1961 LKS MacKinnon Stakes, 1962/63 Rawson Stakes and 1962 Chipping Norton Stakes.
The Sky High Stakes was run over 1900m from 1989 until 2014. Since 2015 it has been run over 2000m and only once has not been held at Rosehill when run at Canterbury in 2008.
The Sky High Stakes was originally a quality handicap but the conditions were changed in 2016 to set weight conditions with penalties.
The Sky High Stakes became a Listed Race in 1992 and was elevated to Group 3 status in 2014.
Hartnell is the best winner of the race taking it in 2015 at his second start in Australia. He'd then win a Tancred Stakes the following outing.
Protagonist won for William Haggas giving him his sixth win in Australia from nine runners at the time of that race.
The 2024 Sky High Stakes had prizemoney of $350,000.
The Sky High Stakes serves as a lead-up race for stayers preparing for the BMW and Sydney Cup or can also cater for horses entered for the Doncaster Mile.
Notable winners of the Sky High Stakes include Eye Of The Sky, Native Neptune, Cross Swords, Balmeressa, Buzzoff, County Tyrone, Julienas, Hartnell, Tavago, Master Of Wine, Toffee Tongue and Protagonist.
The 2024 Sky High Stakes was won by Lindermann from Kalapour and Stockman.
Previous Sky High Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LINDERMANN
(AUS)
4G LONHRO (AUS) - SELF ESTEEM (AUS) STRATUM (AUS) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 58.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 3 |
|
PROTAGONIST
(FR)
6G WOOTTON BASSETT (GB) - SAGARIYA (FR) SHAMARDAL (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.0 | W J HAGGAS | 4 |
|
STOCKMAN
(NZ)
5G TAVISTOCK (NZ) - CRIMSON (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
SAM CLIPPERTON | 55.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 4 |
|
TOFFEE TONGUE
(NZ)
4M TAVISTOCK (NZ) - BAGALOLLIES (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ) |
TOM MARQUAND | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 2 |
|
MASTER OF WINE
(GER)
5G MAXIOS (GB) - MAGMA (GER) DUBAI DESTINATION (USA) |
TOMMY BERRY | 55.0 | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 6 |
|
RED CARDINAL
(IRE)
7G MONTJEU (IRE) - NOTABLE (GB) ZAFONIC (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 56.5 | KRIS LEES | 7 |
|
AUVRAY
(FR)
7G LE HAVRE (IRE) - AMEYRAH (IRE) IN THE WINGS (GB) |
G SCHOFIELD | 55.5 | RICHARD FREEDMAN | 4 |
|
TAVAGO
(NZ)
4G TAVISTOCK (NZ) - SARA ANN (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
B SHINN | 58.0 | TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG | 3 |
|
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD
(IRE)
7G SIR PERCY (GB) - ATHENE (IRE) ROUSILLON (USA) |
BLAKE SPRIGGS | 55.0 | DAVID VANDYKE | 1 |
|
HARTNELL
(GB)
4G AUTHORIZED (IRE) - DEBONNAIRE (GB) ANABAA (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.5 | JOHN O'SHEA | 9 |
|
ENTIRELY PLATINUM
(NZ)
4G PENTIRE (GB) - PLATINUM BLOND (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
C W BROWN | 54.0 | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 7 |
|
JULIENAS
(IRE)
6G CAPE CROSS (IRE) - DORA CARRINGTON (IRE) SRI PEKAN (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
|
SINGLE
(AUS)
4G HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - MYSELF (GB) NASHWAN (USA) |
NATHAN BERRY | 54.0 | CRAIG CARMODY | 6 |
|
OLDER THAN TIME
(AUS)
4M DON EDUARDO (NZ) - UP THE HILL (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
G BOSS | 53.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 1 |
|
BELLAGIO WYNN
(AUS)
6G DEHERE (USA) - HUNTING GAL (AUS) HUNTINGDALE (IRE) |
M RODD | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 |
|
KETTLEDRUM
(AUS)
4G O'REILLY (NZ) - GYPSY SOUL (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 53.0 | DAVID PAYNE | 5 |
|
NUCLEAR SKY
(AUS)
5G NUCLEAR FREEZE (USA) - SKY QUEEN (NZ) HEY BABA RIBA (NZ) |
J LLOYD | 53.0 | JACK DENHAM | 6 |
|
COALESCE
(NZ)
6G ZABEEL (NZ) - ESSYLT (GB) ARTAIUS (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 56.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 3 |
|
COUNTY TYRONE
(AUS)
7G DANEWIN (AUS) - NICE CHOICE (GB) TOUCHING WOOD (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 58.0 | KRIS LEES | 5 |
|
SEUL AMOUR
(NZ)
4H ZABEEL (NZ) - GRAND ARCHWAY (AUS) ARCHWAY (IRE) |
D BEASLEY | 55.0 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 5 |
|
DANIEL'S THE MAN
(NZ)
6G TOUCHING WOOD (USA) - TOP ROLE (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | ANNE-MARIE RUTTLEY | 1 |
|
NATIONAL TREASURE
(NZ)
4M ZABEEL (NZ) - TIMELESS MOMENT (IRE) LOMOND (USA) |
G BOSS | 53.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 3 |
|
RESTLESS
(AUS)
4G THUNDER GULCH (USA) - LET'S HURRY (AUS) VITE CHEVAL (NZ) |
L V CASSIDY | 53.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 12 |
|
BELLO SIGNOR
(AUS)
5G RAAMI (GB) - BELLA SENORINA (AUS) BLAZING SWORD (AUS) |
B PREBBLE | 52.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 6 |
|
SPYSEPT
(AUS)
4G SPECTACULAR SPY (USA) - CIGAMOS (NZ) BEAUFORT SEA (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 52.0 | CLIFF BASHFORD | 7 |
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