The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush is a Group 3 race that is held at Ascot Racecourse for horses aged three years and older, run under weight-for-age conditions.

Previous known as the AJ Scahill Stakes, the race name was changed to The Gold Rush in 2022. Along with the race name, the prize money was increased from $200,000 to $1.5 million.

Since the inaugural running in 1978, The Gold Rush was run over 1200m, 1400m and 1450m, before being run over 1400m from 1984 onwards.

In 2023, the race name was changed to the Damien Oliver-Gold Rush to honour Australia’s greatest jockey before his retirement post the Perth Summer Carnival.

Notable winners of The Gold Rush include: The Astrologist (2022), Kementari (2020), Arcadia Prince (2018), Vega Magic (2016), Watermans Bay (2015 & 2014), Takeover Target (2008), Willoughby (1998), Miss Muffett (1988) and Burgess Queen (1978).

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The Gold Rush 2023 Final Field

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Previous The Gold Rush Field

• 2022 The Gold Rush field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Kementari	James Cummings	Jamie Kah	11	59kg
  2		Vilana	James Cummings	Ben Melham	1	59kg
  3		Elite Street	Daniel Morton	Brad Rawiller	12	59kg
  4		The Astrologist	Leon & Troy Corstens	William Pike	5	59kg
  5		Massimo	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Brad Parnham	2	59kg
  6		Stageman	Adam Durrant	Joseph Azzopardi	14	59kg
  7		Red Can Man	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	3	59kg
  8		Comfort Me	Rhys Radford	Peter Knuckey	9	59kg
  9		Resortman	Michael Lane	Damien Oliver	10	59kg
  10		Beau Rossa	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	8	59kg
  11		Hot Zed	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	13	59kg
  12		Titan Blinders	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Laqdar Ramoly	6	59kg
  13		Minsk Moment	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	17	59kg
  14		Kissonallforcheeks	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	7	57kg
  15		This’ll Testya	Mitchell Pateman	Lucy Warwick	16	57kg
  16		Karli’s Karma	Summer Dickson	Shaun O’Donnell	4	57kg
  17		Kia Ora Star	Roy Rogers	N/A	15	59kg

2022 The Gold Rush result

Recent The Gold Rush results

• 2022: The Astrologist just holds on
  After somewhat of a failure in the Winterbottom Stakes two weeks earlier, The Astrologist (+1800) bounced back in out the Group 3 The Gold Rush. With William Pike in the saddle, the son of Zoustar settled behind the leader and was able to ease of their heels at the top of the home straight. As the Leon & Troy Corstens-trained sprinter let down, Comfort Me (+4000) went with him on his outside, but he quickly go the better of the roughie. However, the race favourite Kissonallforcheeks (+320) was running home strong and challenged right on the line but didn’t get there in time.
• 2021: Valour Road proves too classy in AJ Scahill Stakes
  The Simon Miller-trained Valour Road (+600) ran home from the back of a small field to claim the Group 3 AJ Scahill Stakes at Ascot. After finishing ninth in the Group 1 Railway Stakes the start prior, dropping back from 1600m to 1400m clearly worked a treat for seven-year-old gelding. The race favourite Massimo (+280) led the field up to the way to the 100m mark, but the winner and Stageman (+290) finished too strong for the leader and they ran over the top of him late.
• 2020: Kementari breaks lengthy winless drought in AJ Scahill Stakes
  James Cummings and Chris Parnham combined with Kementari (+700) to take out the Group 3 AJ Scahill Stakes, with the win breaking a winless drought that stretched over 1000 days. The Godolphin galloper settled near the rear of the field alongside the odds-on favourite Celebrity Queen (-142.86). However, when the sprint went on and they both let down with their finishing bursts, the six-year-old gelding packed too many punches and won by one length on the line.
• 2019: The Celt causes boil over in AJ Scahill Stakes
  Anne King and Clint Johnston-Porter have caused a massive boil over in the Group 3 AJ Scahill Stakes, as The Celt (+2500) finished right over the top of Valour Road (+800) to claim an impressive victory. The son of Planet King settle midfield on the rail and had to push out to the outside of runners, before balancing up to let down with a strong finish. It appeared that Valour Road had the race within his keeping at the 150m mark; however, The Celt was too strong late and took over in the final strides.

The Gold Rush winners

The Gold Rush winners pre-2000