Up And Coming Stakes

The Up And Coming Stakes is a Group 3 race run under quality handicap conditions for three-year-olds and conducted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC).

Over the years, the Up And Coming Stakes has been run at Warwick Farm, Kembla Grange, Rosehill (where it will be run in 2023) and Randwick.

Since the inaugural edition of the Up And Coming Stakes in 1979, the race has been run at Listed level (1979), Group 3 (1980-1992, 2005-2012) and Group 2 (1993-2004 & 2013), but has been classified as a Group 3 since 2014.

The Up And Coming Stakes is a traditional kick off point for three-year-old middle distance and staying gallopers, who will aim at races such as the Golden Rose or the Spring Champion later in the spring.

A number of top class gallopers have won the Up And Coming Stakes including; Snitzel (2005), Fastnet Rock (2004), Exceed And Excel (2003), Testa Rossa (1999), General Nediym (1997) and Mahogany (1993).

2023 Up And Coming Stakes Betting Odds

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2023 Up And Coming Stakes Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2023 Up And Coming Stakes field is released.

Previous Up And Coming Stakes Field

• 2022 Up And Coming Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Williamsburg	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	6	59kg
  2		Basquiat	Chris Waller	James McDonald	5	54kg
  3		Shalatin	Joseph Pride	Tim Clark	4	54kg
  4		Lethal Thoughts	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brenton Avdulla	9	54kg
  5		Ringmaster	Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry	1	54kg
  6		Backrower	Michael Freedman	Jason Collett	3	54kg
  7		Golden Mile	James Cummings	Sam Clipperton	7	54kg
  8		Kibou	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	11	53kg
  9		Hell I Am	John O’Shea	Recce Jones	10	53kg
  10		Voldemort	Annabel Neasham	Rachel King	8	53kg
  11		Conqueror	Chris Waller	William Pike	2	53kg

2022 Up And Coming Stakes result

Recent Up And Coming Stakes results

• 2022: Kibou dominates his rivals in Up And Coming Stakes
  Gai Waterhouse trained her sixth winner of the Up And Coming Stakes as Kibou ($3.50) used his fitness advantage to lead throughout in the Group 3 contest for three-year-olds. Ridden by Regan Bayliss, Kibou defeated Golden Mile ($16) by 2.25 lengths, with Basquiat ($4.80) a further 3.5 lengths away in third. The three-year-old son of Maurice jumped and found the lead within 200m, and from then on, he didn’t look back, as he careered away in the home straight to record his third win at his fifth career start.
• 2021: Tiger Of Malay arrives just in time
  James McDonald produces a peach of a ride to win the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes on Tiger Of Malay ($2.90). After settling on the rail behind the leaders, McDonald went for a needle eye opening on the rail to burst through and nab Coastwatch ($6.50) on the finish line, while the fast-finishing Construct ($7) rounded out the placings in third. The Michael Freedman-trained galloper went into the race first-up off an eight-week freshen, but he still carried the massive weight of 61kg to kick off his spring campaign in fine style.
• 2020: North Pacific is the real deal
  North Pacific ($1.90) jumped as an odds-on favourite in the 2020 Up And Coming Stakes and he duly saluted, winning by a massive 5.25 lengths. The Hawkes Racing-trained colt by Brazen Beau had only raced twice previously but had much too much class for his rivals. Strong finisher Bazooka ($26) ran second ahead of Marsannay ($11) to fill the minor placings. James McDonald had the raging favourite in the box seat behind the leaders until the home turn, before letting North Pacific go through his gears and run away with as dominant a win as you will see.
• 2019: True Detective wins in the stewards room
  James McDonald and True Detective may have run over the line in second place, but later on in the piece, they would claim the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes after successfully protesting the result. True Detective, who started the $2.30 favourite, defeated Superium ($8) and Lucicello ($5.50), after stewards ruled that the interference caused by Superium over the concluding stages cost True Detective the race.

Up And Coming Stakes winners

Up And Coming Stakes winners pre-2000