Hollindale Stakes

The Hollindale Stakes is a Group 2 weight-for-age race held each May at the picturesque Gold Coast racecourse on the sunny Gold Coast in Queensland. The race is run over a distance of 1800 metres and worth $300,000 in prizemoney. The 2013 Hollindale Stakes was won by Lights Of Heaven from Foreteller with Transporter third.

The Gold Coast race track is situated around 70 kilometres south of Brisbane and located about 5 minutes from the centre of Surfers Paradise. The Gold Coast racecourse also hosts the Gr3 Gold Coast Guineas on the same day.

Hollindale Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 4th May 2013
Track:	Gold Coast racecourse, Gold Coast
Distance:	1800 metres
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$300,000
2013 Winner:	Lights Of Heaven

The Hollindale Stakes takes place away from the city centre of Brisbane at the Gold Coast and is one of the bigger middle distance races of the winter carnival, being worth $300,000 and ran at weight-for-age.

The Hollindale Stakes has been won by some talented gallopers over the years including Metal Bender (2010), Scenic Shot (2008), Shogun Lodge (2000-01), Might And Power (1998), Danewin (1995) and Rough Habit in consecutive years in 1991 & 1992.

Horses contesting this event will most likely go on to tackle the upcoming Gr1 Doomben Cup at Doomben which is raced under the same conditions, but steps up from 1800m to 2000m, and Metal Bender (2010) was the last horse to win the Hollindale Stakes & Doomben Cup double.

In recent times Metal Bender (2010), Above Deck (2006), Mr Bureaucrat (2002), Might And Power (1998), Danewin (1995), Durbridge (1994) and Rough Habit (1991-92) have all managed to win the Hollindale Stakes before going on to take out the Doomben Cup. Both Scenic Shot (3rd in 2011) & Mawingo (3rd in 2012) ran third in this race before winning the Doomben Cup at their next outing.

Lights Of Heaven (2013) won the Gr3 Neville Sellwood Stakes over 2000m at Rosehill on Golden Slipper day in Sydney before her fast finishing win in this event and recent Hollindale Stakes winners have been Shez Sinsational (2012) and My Kingdom of Fife (2011).

2013 Hollindale Stakes result
1. $2.80 Lights Of Heaven 57.0 Luke Nolen
2. $5.00 Foreteller 59.0 Jim Cassidy
3. $15.00 Transporter 59.0 Michael Cahill

then followed
4. $9.00 Lamasery 59.0 Brenton Avdulla
5. $12.00 Lightinthenite 59.0 Tim Clark
6. $10.00 Danleigh 59.0 Larry Cassidy
7. $4.20 Solzhenitsyn 59.0 Damian Browne
8. $31.00 Ginga Dude 59.0 Glen Colless
9. $101.00 Hour Of Peril 59.0 Ryan Wiggins
10. $101.00 Saint Encosta 59.0 Jim Byrne
11. $101.00 Lucky Luna 59.0 Ric McMahon

Margins: Long neck, nose
Time: 1:49.55

Gold Coast Racecourse Track Map

Hollindale Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2013	Lights Of Heaven	Foreteller	Transporter	1:49.5
2012	Shez Sinsational	Lights Of Heaven	Mawingo	1:56.0
2011	My Kingdom Of Fife	Glass Harmonium	Scenic Shot	1:52.2
2010	Metal Bender	Road To Rock	Gold Water	1:49.5
2009	Fulmonti	Izonit	Sir Slick	1:48.1
2008	Scenic Shot	Spinney	Stormhill	1:49.9
2007	Coalesce	Dracs Back	Desert War	1:47.4
2006	Above Deck	Vouvray	Roman Arch	1:49.1
2005	Platinum Scissors	Roman Arch	Devastating	1:52.4
2004	This Manshood	St Basil	Pentastic	1:45.9
2003	Bush Padre	Boreale	Cheverny	1:49.9
2002	Mr Bureaucrat	Kaapstad Way	My Special Scorpio	1:50.9
2001	Shogun Lodge	Camarena	Go Flash Go	1:47.3
2000	Shogun Lodge	Integrate	Cheiron	1:47.3
1999	Melora	Marble Halls	Tobruk	1:55.7
1998	Might And Power	Summer Beau	Galactic Valley	1:47.2
1997	Summer Beau	Shame	All Our Mob	1:49.4
1996	Super Slew	Valance	Sober Suit	1:48.5
1995	Danewin	Brave Warrior	Rough Habit	1:50.5
1994	Durbridge	Paris Lane	Silk Ali	1:47.3
1993	Corndale	Rough Habit	Aquidity	1:47.4
1992	Rough Habit	Majestic Boy	Royal Magic	1:58.6
1991	Rough Habit	Post Elect	Triscay	1:49.5
1990	Hunter	Marwong	Castletown	1:48.7
1989	Eye Of The Sky	Rajamah	Supersnack	1:56.0