The Robert Sangster Stakes is a Group 1fillies & mares race held each year in April at Morphettville racecourse in Adelaide, South Australia during the Adelaide autumn racing carnival. The race is a weight-for-age event for females only and run over a distance of 1200 metres with $350,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Robert Sangster Stakes was won by Response from Beaded with Miss Octopussy third.
The Robert Sangster Stakes is the premier sprint event for females during the Adelaide autumn racing carnival and being a Group 1 race for fillies & mares, it typically attracts good class interstate gallopers searching for group one glory. The race tends to assemble a field of mostly local gallopers and some above average types from other states.
Quite often a top class horse will make the trip to Adelaide for this race, such as Miss Andretti did in 2008, and it has been won over the years by some more than handy types. Good mares Alinghi (2005), Our Egyptian Raine (2003), Apple Danish (1997) and With Me (1991) were all successful in this race.
Response (2011) ran fourth in the Gr1 Newmarket Handicap down the 1200m straight course at Flemington prior to winning this event and recent Robert Sangster Stakes winners include Rostova (2010) and Bel Mer (2009).
2011 Robert Sangster Stakes result
1. $8.00 Response 56.5 D Dunn
2. $2.50 Beaded 56.5 M Zahra
3. $17.00 Miss Octopussy 56.5 B Rawiller
then followed
4. $21.00 Valentine Miss 56.5 S Arnold
5. $6.50 Dubleanny 56.5 C Newitt
6. $4.40 Avenue 56.5 L Nolen
7. $10.00 Panipique 54 B Melham
8. $31.00 Impressive Eagle 56.5 C Lever
9. $12.00 Varenna Miss 56.5 S King
10. $61.00 Happy Angel 56.5 D Schmitt
11. $151.00 Dance Of The Ocean 54 P Gatt
12. $51.00 I'm A Hussy 56.5 M Guthrie
Margins: Long neck, neck Time: 1:09.08
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