The Shorts is a Group 2 set weights race for 3yo and upward horses held annually at Randwick racecourse in September during the Sydney spring racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $200,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 The Shorts was won by Love Conquers All from Albert The Fat with Winter King third.
The Shorts now takes place on the same day as the Gr1 George Main Stakes after previously being held on the final day of the spring carnival at Randwick alongside the Gr1 Epsom Handicap. This race was held at Rosehill for the 2011/2012 racing season.
The Shorts is a good sprint event over Group 2 metres that typically attracts more than handy sprinters and tends to be won by an above average galloper rather than an exceptional one.
Fit, in-form gallopers who have been racing well in similar type sprint events around 1100m or 1200m are suited here and a race like the Gr3 Concorde Stakes is a possible lead-up race to this event.
Love Conquers All (2011) won this race first-up from a winter spell and and recent The Shorts winners include Hot Danish (2010) and Gold Trail (2009).
2011 The Shorts result
1. $3.70 Love Conquers All 56.0 J Cassidy
2. $12.00 Albert The Fat 57.5 N Rawiller
3. $6.50 Winter King 55.5 T Berry
then followed
4. $31.00 Ego’S Dare 55.5 N Berry
5. $2.50 Decision Time 56.5 C Brown
6. $20.00 Danleigh 58.0 H Bowman
7. $17.00 Soul 56.5 K McEvoy
8. $31.00 Skytrain 55.5 C Reith
9. $19.00 Monton 56.5 G Schofield
10. $31.00 Zaratone 55.5 T Lovelock-Wiggins
Margins: Long neck, 3/4 len Time: 1:08.71
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