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The San Domenico Stakes is a Group 3 event held at Rosehill Racecourse* every August for three-year-olds early on during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

Raced over a short distance sprint of 1100m, the San Domenico Stakes allows progressive young sprinters to display their skills ahead of tougher spring runs in races like the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) the following month.

In recent years, the 2018 San Domenico Stakes winner Graff went on to run third in the Golden Rose Stakes that year behind The Autumn Sun while in 2019 Exceedance also finished third in the Golden Rose before winning Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Bivouac meanwhile finished runner-up in the San Domenico Stakes in 2019 as the beaten odds-on favourite before taking out the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double and finishing runner-up in the Coolmore.

In The Congo (2021) is the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Golden Rose double. With a grand total of $250,000 in prize money on offer as of 2023, the San Domenico Stakes is a lucrative black-type event for new season three-year-olds.

Contested under set weights plus penalties conditions, the San Domenico Stakes pits rising sprinters against each other and shows how they are placed ahead of Group 1 races for that age group.

Due to the position it holds in the calendar, the San Domenico Stakes is often contested by horses first-up after a winter spell. For this reason, the San Domenico Stakes is considered by many to be one of the major spring carnival warm up races.

Most of those horses which gain entry to the San Domenico Stakes have ran successful campaigns as two year olds and expect to continue to gather black-type placings. Often, horses that make up the San Domenico Stakes field may have come via other races such as the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes or the Golden Slipper during their juvenile racing seasons.

Decent results in the San Domenico Stakes can act as a launching pad to other races such as the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival, a double last achieved by the aforementioned Exceedance (2019).

The San Domenico Stakes 2024 runs on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Rosehill Gardens as a key lead-up to the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes. 

San Domenico Stakes
Date:	Saturday, August 31, 2024
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YOs – SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000

2024 San Domenico Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 San Domenico Stakes Betting Odds

Odds on the San Domenico Stakes 2024 horses complete with betting links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided right here the week of the race.

Anders ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in San Domencio Stakes betting to salute defeating the equal favourite Peltzer.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Sweet Ride winning at San Domenico Stakes odds $31. 

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2024 San Domenico Stakes Form

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2024 San Domenico Stakes Tips 

Stay tuned for our insider San Domenico Stakes 2024 Tips on the popular spring lead-up. 

• To Win: TBD

2024 San Domenico Stakes Field

The San Domenico Stakes 2024 field of potential Golden Rose Stakes hopefuls will be announced on the Wednesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned.

2024 San Domenico Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the San Domenico Stakes 2024 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

San Domenico Stakes History

The San Domenico Stakes was inaugurated in 1980, with Proud Knight seizing victory in the first edition of the race.

Initially run over a length of 1000m, the race distance was briefly upgraded to 1100m for one year in 2008 and then permanently from 2011 onwards.

Gaining traction rapidly, the San Domenico Stakes held listed status for only four years, receiving an Group 3 in 1945.

In 1986, the race was upgraded again to Group 2, a class it held until 2005, when it was downgraded to Group 3. The San Domenico Stakes has been held variously at three separate racecourses in Sydney. Since 1980, the venue has changed twelve times between Randwick, Warwick Farm and Rosehill Gardens, where it currently runs today.

In 2020 Anders set a race record winning in 1 minute 2.67 seconds to sit just outside the track record set back in 2007. In 2021 the San Domenico Stakes took place at Kembla Grange Racecourse due to COVID-19.

Notable San Domenico Stakes winners include Show County (1989), Testa Rossa (1999), Snitzerland (2012) and Exceedance (2019).

San Domenico Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

San Domenico Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 San Domenico Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2023 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Libertad	1 minute 3.39 seconds
	2nd	Moravia
	3rd	Butch Cassidy
2022 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Sweet Ride	1 minute 4.42 seconds
	2nd	Nettuno
	3rd	Swiss Exile
2021 San Domenico Stakes(held at Kembla Grange)	1st	In The Congo	1 minute 5.69 seconds
	2nd	Paulele
	3rd	Captivant
2020 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Anders	1 minute 2.67 seconds
	2nd	Peltzer
	3rd	Mamaragan
2019 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Exceedance	1 minute 6.23 seconds
	2nd	Bivouac
	3rd	Anaheed
2018 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Graff	1 minute 5.24 seconds
	2nd	Neutrality
	3rd	Performer
2017 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Pariah	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Chauffeur
	3rd	Jorda
2016 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Star Turn	1 minute 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Tango Rain
	3rd	Kentucky Miss
2015 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Japonisme	1 minute 02.7 seconds
	2nd	King’s Troop
	3rd	Haptic
2014 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Nostradamus	1 minute 03.6 seconds
	2nd	Washington Heights
	3rd	Law
2013 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Va Pensiero	1 minute 02.8 seconds
	2nd	Cluster
	3rd	Windjammer
2012 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Snitzerland	1 minute 04.7 seconds
	2nd	Driefontein
	3rd	All Too Hard
2011 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Foxwedge	1 minute 04.3 seconds
	2nd	Anise
	3rd	Karuta Queen
2010 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Obsequious	0 minutes 59.3 seconds
	2nd	Solar Charged
	3rd	Decision Time
2009 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Shellscrape	0 minutes 58.1 seconds
	2nd	Sniplaz
	3rd	Kiss Me Katy
2008 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Duporth	1 minute 04.2 seconds
	2nd	Whitefriars
	3rd	Atomic Force
2007 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Sliding Cube	0 minutes 58.3 seconds
	2nd	Mimi Lebrock
	3rd	Moonboat
2006 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Gold Edition	0 minutes 59.4 seconds
	2nd	My Middi
	3rd	Astounded
2005 Sn Domenico Stakes	1st	Media	0 minutes 57.4 seconds
	2nd	Written Tycoon
	3rd	Snitzel
2004 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Charge Forward	0 minutes 57.2 seconds
	2nd	Fastnet Rock
	3rd	Dance Hero
2003 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Regimental Gal	0 minutes 56.9 seconds
	2nd	Spark Of Life
	3rd	Dorky
2002 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Star Of Florida	0 minutes 57.7 seconds
	2nd	Chocolate Starfish
	3rd	Athelnoth
2001 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Mistegic	0 minutes 59.1 seconds
	2nd	Fair Embrace
	3rd	Palais
2000 San Domenico Stakes	1st	Zariz	0 minutes 57.0 seconds
	2nd	Dynamic Love
	3rd	Kootoomootoo