Looking for this year’s Sky High Stakes betting odds, field and tips? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

2023 Sky High Stakes winner Protagonist
2023 Sky High Stakes winner Protagonist. Photo: Steve Hart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sky High Stakes is a prestigious Group 3 race held annually in mid-March at Rosehill Gardens as part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

This $350,000 event features horses aged three and above, and is typically run on the same day as the Coolmore Classic.

Originally a quality handicap race, it has been contested under set weights plus penalties conditions since 2016.

Established in 1989, the Sky High Stakes achieved Group 3 status in 2014.

It honours the legendary racehorse Sky High, winner of the 1960 Golden Slipper Stakes and an impressive 16 Group 1 victories throughout his career.

The Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) serves as a potential target for some of the Sky High Stakes’ top performers, with Hartnell (2015) being the last horse to achieve the double.

sky high Stakes 2024 – Quick Information

  • Race Day: Saturday, March 16th, 2024
  • Track Location: Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 2,000 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Set weights plus penalties
  • Qualification: Three year olds and upwards
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $350,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1989
  • 2024 Sky High Stakes Winner: Lindermann

sky high Stakes 2024 RESULTS

The official 2024 Sky High Stakes results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday March 16, 2024. 

  1. #3 Lindermann
  2. #6 Kalapour
  3. #5 Stockman

The previous year’s Rosehill Guineas winner at the track and trip, Lindermann, was far too strong in the 2024 Sky High Stakes results with the Chris Waller-trained $1.90 favourite saluting like a good thing by over four lengths off a lead-up Group 1 third in the Verry Elleegant Stakes.

sky high Stakes Betting 2024

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the Sky High Stakes, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s Sky High Stakes
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s Sky High Stakes.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s Sky High Stakes. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the Sky High Stakes, you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the Sky High Stakes, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the Sky High Stakes to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the Sky High Stakes to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the Sky High Stakes to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the Sky High Stakes, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The Sky High Stakes in 2024

  1. Login at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on Sky High Stakes Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Sky High Stakes 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 Sky High Stakes will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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Which Horse Will Win The Sky High Stakes in 2024

The best way to pick which horse will win the Sky High Stakes in 2024 is to take into account their lead-up Sydney racing form, assess the barriers, consider the weights and look at the track/distance records of all the runners. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the Sky High Stakes winner include: 

  • Avoid Mares: Toffee Tongue (2021) was the first mare to beat home the boys in the Sky High since 2011 making the colts and geldings a better bet historically.
  • Four-Year-Old Factor: Four-year-olds have a great strike-rate in the Sky High with eight winning since 2008 most recently Lindermann (2024).

sky high Stakes Favourites 2024

Early favourites in 2024 Sky High Stakes betting include Group 1 The Metropolitan winner Just Fine and Chris Waller’s former Rosehill Guineas champ Lindermann coming off a Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes third. 

Master Of Wine ($2.20 in 2020) and Lindermann ($1.90 in 2024) are the latest Sky High Stakes favourites to win.

Sky high Stakes 2024 Field

The official 2024 Sky High Stakes field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below once confirmed.

sky high Stakes 2024 Tips

Favourite: #3 Lindermann ($2.10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #3 Lindermann to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #2 Explosive Jack ($126 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our insider 2024 Sky High Stakes tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE 2024 COOLMORE CLASSIC DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

sky high Stakes Race Day 2024

The 2024 Sky High Stakes takes place at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday March 16, 2024 as part of 2024 Coolmore Classic Day.

The meeting’s other key races include the:

sky high Stakes Barrier Draw 2024

The 2024 Sky High Stakes barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and published in our above Sky High Stakes Field section. 

sky high Stakes Nominations 2024

2024 Sky High Stakes nominations close at 11 AM on Monday the 11th of March, 2024. 

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight True Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 77114x0x75 ARAPAHO (FR) G 7 Bjorn Baker 1 58kg 109
2 00x77201x0 EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ) G 6 Ciaron Maher 2 58kg 108
3 10x0488x63 LINDERMANN G 4 Chris Waller 3= 58kg 107
4 x143x275x5 BUCKAROO (GB) H 5 Chris Waller 3= 55kg 107
5 061x1110x8 JUST FINE (IRE) G 6 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 5 58kg 106
6 9840194×07 STOCKMAN (NZ) G 7 Joseph Pride 6 55.5kg 104
7 x3L73310x0 KALAPOUR (IRE) G 7 Kris Lees 7= 55.5kg 103
8 900x1116x8 MURAMASA G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 7= 55.5kg 103
9 811179×053 BOLD MAC (NZ) G 6 Chris Waller 7= 55kg 103
10 x9911872x6 ATHABASCAN (FR) G 5 John O’Shea 10= 55.5kg 99
11 x03340x242 MANKAYAN (IRE) G 8 Ciaron Maher 10= 55kg 99
12 14x78x3135 ZENNZELLA M 4 Ciaron Maher 12 54.5kg 97
13 0x854150x9 SUIZURO G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 13 55kg 94
14 31x2343x4 CIRCLE OF FIRE (GB) H 4 Ciaron Maher 14 55kg 79
15 x0020x006x HOPEFUL (FR) G 7 Annabel Neasham 15 55kg 94

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

sky high Stakes Weights 2024

Set weights plus penalties apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on Tuesday the 12th of March, 2024 with the official 2024 Sky High Stakes weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above Sky High Stakes Field section. 

sky high Stakes Acceptances 2024

2024 Sky High Stakes final acceptances must be declared before 9 AM on Wednesday the 13th of March, 2024 and will be published in our above Sky High Stakes Field section. 

sky high Stakes Jockeys 2024

The final riders announcement is at 12 PM on Wednesday the 13th of March, 2024 and the official 2024 Sky High Stakes jockeys will be published in our above Sky High Stakes Field section. 

sky high Stakes Scratchings 2024

2024 Sky High Stakes scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday, 16th of March, 2024.

  • #1 Arapaho (6)
  • #7 Muramasa (1)

sky high Stakes Prize Money 2024

The 2024 Sky High Stakes prize purse is worth $350,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $198,500
2nd $65,000
3rd $32,000
4th $15,625
5th $8,250
6th $4,375
7th $4,375
8th $4,375
9th $4,375
10th $4,375

sky high Stakes Race Number 2024

The 2024 Sky High Stakes race number is scheduled as Rosehill Race 5 at 2:50pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 16th of March, 2024. There are ten races in total that day at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.

sky high Stakes Form Guide 2024

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2024 Sky High Stakes Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 SKY HIGH STAKES FORM GUIDE

sky high Stakes Live 2024

You can watch or listen to the 2024 Sky High Stakes live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Streaming: Racing NSW

sky high Stakes Winners

Winners of the Sky High Stakes going back to the year 2000 are displayed in the table below.

Year Winner Second Third
2024 Lindermann Kalapour Stockman
2023 Protagonist Zeyrek Sunshine Rising
2022 Stockman Mount Popa Great House
2021 Toffee Tongue Spirit Ridge Mirage Dancer
2020 Master Of Wine Mustajeer Carif
2019 Red Cardinal Rodrico Goathland
2018 Auvray Libran Mackintosh
2017 Tavago Antonio Giuseppe Allergic
2016 Sir John Hawkwood Messene Who Shot Thebarman
2015 Hartnell Opinion Hawkspur
2014 Entirely Platinum Midsummer Sun Desert Jeuney
2013 Julienas Lunayir Le Roi
2012 Single Southern Skye Flumicino
2011 Older Than Time Luen Yat Forever Syreon
2010 Bellagio Wynn Hadaaf Cousin Wal
2009 Kettledrum Brave Lancer Twin Wing
2008 Nuclear Sky Musket Bundoran Breeze
2007 Coalesce Grand Zulu Prince Of Midnight
2006 County Tyrone No Wine No Song October Son
2005 Seul Amour Sunday Service Havana Wind
2004 Daniel’s The Man County Tyrone Striking Victory
2003 National Treasure Natural Blitz County Tyrone
2002 Restless Grampians Spirit Of Westbury
2001 Bello Signor The Druidess Cheverny
2000 Spysept Bombast Yippyio

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