Sweet Embrace Stakes

Sweet Embrace Stakes

The Sweet Embrace Stakes is an exciting Group 3 race held as part of New South Wales’ most famous racing event; the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Conducted on the lucrative Randwick Guineas Day in mid-March, the Sweet Embrace Stakes shares the thrill of the day with races such as the headlining Group1 Randwick Guineas (1600m), Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m), Group 3 Skyline Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Randwick City Stakes (2000m). This is an elite day of racing, and the thousands of spectators and punters involved in the action are never disappointed!

The 2012 Sweet Embrace Stakes will be held on Saturday March 12 with the race day moved to the Warwick Farm Racecourse.

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The Sweet Embrace Stakes is a 1,200 metre sprint worth $125,000 run at the world-renowned Royal Randwick racecourse, one of Sydney’s most esteemed tracks. Contested by two-year-old fillies at set weights, the race is a good follow up to the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) held the week before. The strong females in the Kindergarten Stakes are often a good bet for the Sweet Embrace Stakes, and punters who keep an eye on this can make some nice profits! Runners in the Sweet Embrace Stakes often continue their autumn campaign with a run in the more fruitful Group 2 Reisling Slipper Trial (1200m) held a fortnight later. Worth $300,000 and raced over the same distance, the winners and placegetters in the Sweet Embrace Stakes are well worth a look at for the Reisling Slipper.

The richest and most esteemed race for two-year-olds in the carnival is the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) held a month after the Sweet Embrace Stakes. Worth an impressive $3.5 million, the Golden Slipper is the aim of many of the season’s top performing young horses, and the winning filly of the Sweet Embrace Stakes is exempt from ballot for the Slipper. This means that the betting action on the Sweet Embrace Stakes is intense and exciting as the fillies give it everything they have got and punters take a chance to win the lot! As the Sweet Embrace Stakes is the first group race for two-year-olds longer than 1100m, it has a way of separating the true gallopers that have a real shot at the Golden Slipper from the weaker fillies that will find the distance too challenging. Ha Ha in 2001 was the last filly to win the Sweet Embrace Stakes/Golden Slipper double, which is another excellent wager for punters wanting a chance at some really generous winnings!

So this Sydney Autumn Carnival get involved in one of the most exciting races for young fillies and see if you can select the winner! All good bookmakers, such as the Tabcorp owned Luxbet, will offer a complete range of excellent betting markets on the race, so watch the lead-up events and keep an eye on the odds to secure the best value wager possible.

Sweet Embrace Stakes Details

• When: March
• Where: Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
• Race Distance: 1200m
• Race Conditions: 2YO Fillies – Set Weights 55.5kg
• Race Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $125 000
• First Run: 1979