Chatham Stakes

The Group 3 Chatham Stakes, currently run as the Rising Fast Stakes, is a Group 3 Handicap event held at Flemington over 1200m.

First run in 1978 and won be Sarsha’s Choice, the Chatham Stakes was originally run over 1600m, then was brought back to the 1400m from 1986 onwards.

In 2022, the decision was made to make the Chatham Stakes a 1200m sprint.

Named after the champion horse Chatham, who won multiple times in the Cox Plate, Epsom Handicap and Doncaster Mile, the race was renamed as The Rising Fast with its move back to a sprinting distance.

Worth $200,000, the Chatham Stakes is often used as a lead up run for those horses looking to go around in the Group 1 Champions Mile on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

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2023 Chatham Stakes Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2023 Chatham Stakes field is released.

Previous Chatham Stakes Field

• 2022 Chatham Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		The Astrologist	Leon & Troy Corstens	Mark Zahra	2	59kg
  2		Beau Rossa	Will Clarken	Ben Melham	5	58kg
  3		Generation	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	James McDonald	3	58kg
  4		Sirius Suspect	Saab Hasan	Craig Williams	4	57kg
  5		General Beau	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	13	56.5kg
  6		Gravina	James Cummings	William Buick	8	55.5kg
  7		Jamaea	Robert & Luke Price	Chad Schofield	11	55.5kg
  8		Triple Missile	Lindsey Smith	Craig Newitt	12	54.5kg
  9		Argentia	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Oliver	7	54kg
  10		Ocean Beyond	Andrew Bobbin	Linda Meech	1	54kg
  11		Superium	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	14	54kg
  12		Curran	Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor	Matthew Cartwright	10	54kg
  13		Shaquero	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	9	54kg
  14		Melba Storm	Tom Dabernig	Barend Vorster	6	54kg

2022 Chatham Stakes result

Recent Chatham Stakes results

• 2022: Argentia relishes easier opposition
  Damien Oliver and Anthony & Sam Freedman combined to win the 2022 Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes over 1200m with Argentia proving too good down the Flemington straight. Argentia held a nomination in the Empire Rose Stakes and the Rising Fast Stakes and the team chose to the 1200m event over the 1600m event and it paid dividends with their classy four-year-old mare winning in style. After drifting out to $9.50 with online bookmakers, Argentia sat behind the leaders, The Astrologist and Generation, before peeling off their backs with 300m to go to win by half a length over the fast finishing Triple Missile
• 2021: Age Of Chivalry breaks drought
  Having not tasted success in over two years, Age Of Chivalry broke a run of outs in the 2021 Chatham Stakes. Sent around as a $10 chance for the Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra barn, Damian Lane had his mount settled outside leader Morvada upon settling. Age Of Chivalry was clearly travelling the better entering the home turn and when asked to quicken, Age Of Chivalry kept fighting to hold off the challenges of Crosshaven throughout the final 200m.
• 2020: Sansom fends off rivals
  Last start Moonee Valley winner Sansom was always going to take some beating and managed to lead throughout the Group 3 Chatham Stakes to just fend off his rivals in a blanket finish. Gifted the lead by Morvada, Ben Allen was able to dictate terms upon settling at an even tempo. Allen cuddled Sansom for as long a she could an despite being there to be beaten, Sansom kept finding to fend off Morvada in a strong front-running display.

Chatham Stakes winners

Chatham Stakes winners pre-2000