Silver Shadow Stakes Preview

The Silver Shadow Stakes is a Group 3 event for 3yo Fillies held at Warwick Farm racecourse in Sydney each August. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Silver Shadow Stakes was won by Pane In The Glass from Florentina with Streama third.

The race takes place on Gr2 Warwick Stakes day alongside the male version of this race, the Gr3 Up And Coming Stakes.

Silver Shadow Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 25th August 2012
Track:	Warwick Farm racecourse, Sydney
Distance:	1200 metres
Race Type:	3yo Fillies - Set Weights + Penalty
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000
2011 Winner:	Pane In The Glass

The Silver Shadow Stakes is raced over 1200 metres at set weights and is the perfect lead up race for fillies who are looking ahead to the bigger three-year-old filly races in coming weeks, such as the Gr2 Furious Stakes over 1400m and Gr2 Tea Rose Stakes over 1500m.

In recent years the race has generally been won by a more than handy filly rather than an out and out top liner, although the brilliant sprinter Gold Edition (2006) managed to win this before going on to bigger and better things. Samantha Miss (2008) was a high quality filly who won all spring 3yo features as a three-year-old before injury curtailed her career.

The race is a good guide to the upcoming Furious Stakes at Randwick and Samantha Miss (2008), Mnemosyne (2005) and Victory Vein (2002) all won the Silver Shadow Stakes before winning the Furious Stakes.

A number of more than handy fillies have either won or placed in both the Silver Shadow Stakes and Furious stakes or vice versa and most recently Streama (3rd in 2011) and Melito (2nd in 2009) went on to win the Furious Stakes after placing in this race, while Pane In The Glass (2011) and Florentina (2nd in 2011) finished second and third in the Furious Stakes.

Samantha Miss (2008) and Angst (1993) are the only two fillies to win the Princess Series of races, the Silver Shadow, Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes and Flight Stakes.

Pane In The Glass (2011) won this race first-up off an autumn spell and recent Silver Shadow Stakes winners have been Parables (2010) and Deer Valley (2009).

2011 Silver Shadow Stakes result
1. $3.20 Pane in The Glass 55.0 C Williams
2. $7.00 Florentina 54.0 C Brown
3. $5.50 Streama 55.5 J Bowman

Then followed:
4. $17.00 Al's Magic Miss 54.0 N Berry
5. $3.90 Elite Falls 56.5 J Mc Donald
6. $21.00 Invest 54.0 C Reith
7. $71.00 Helping Hand 54.0 B Avdulla
8. $9.00 Aerobatics 54.0 K Mc Evoy
9. $41.00 Shadow West 54.0 G Schofield

Margins: Head, long head
Time: 1:13.42

Silver Shadow Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Pane In The Glass	Florentina	Streama	1:13.4
2010	Parables	Solar Charged	Chance Bye	1:09.9
2009	Deer Valley	Melito	Hurtle Myrtle	1:10.3
2008	Samantha Miss	Glowlamp	Love and Kisses	1:12.4
2007	Race not run
2006	Gold Edition	Montmelo	Heat Of The Fire	1:10.6
2005	Mnemosyne	Fashions Afield	Paulini	1:09.6
2004	Our Sweet Moss	Wager	Trezevant	1:10.7
2003	Regimental Gal	Legally Bay	Dorky	1:12.0
2002	Victory Vein	Chantelaine	Calaway Gal	1:09.9
2001	Ha Ha	Hosannah	Oomph	1:11.3
2000	Ateates	Dynamic Love	Unworldly	1:09.9
1999	Katima	High Grove	Forest Express	1:10.2
1998	Crimson Flight	Rubicall	Confer	1:15.0
1997	Adeewin	Snapshots	My Halo Broke	1:10.1
1996	Cashier	Crying	Apple Danish	1:09.9
1995	Seika	Milrich	Fair Diana	1:11.1
1994	Aragen	Danarani	Romantica	1:10.6
1993	Angst	Centrefold Spread	Bint Marscay	1:10.3
1992	Skating	Burst	Klokka	1:09.9
1991	Pipiwar	Enshrine	Bold Promise	1:11.5
1990	Triscay	With Me	Whisked	1:11.6
1989	Spirited Way	Kanaloa	A Little Kiss	1:10.5
1988	Startling Lass	Atalantas Way	Grey Fille	1:10.2