{"id":80896,"date":"2022-04-02T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T06:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/betting-info\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:22:56","slug":"tj-smith-stakes","status":"publish","type":"betting-info","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/betting-info\/tj-smith-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Smith Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Looking for this year’s TJ Smith Stakes betting odds, tips and race field<\/strong>? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know on the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TJ Smith Stakes 2026 Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The official 2026<\/strong> TJ Smith Stakes results<\/strong> will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday, April 4, 2026.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. #6 Joliestar<\/td>\n
  2. #3 Giga Kick<\/td>\n
  3. #9 Skybird<\/td>\n <\/ol>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n\n

    Chris Waller\u2019s classy Royal Ascot-bound Zoustar mare Joliestar ($3.90F)<\/strong> continued her outstanding autumn prep posting her third win on the trot and claiming her fifth Group 1 victory for the punters in the 2026 TJ Smith Stakes results<\/strong> in Sydney on Saturday. Given a peach of a ride by master hoop James McDonald, Joliestar hit the front at the top of the straight and fought all the way to the line eventually crossing 0.6 lengths in front of a brave Giga Kick with 40\/1 pop Skybird in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2026 TJ Smith Stakes Odds<\/h3>\n\n\n
    Randwick R7 – Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    6. Joliestar (5)<\/span>
    J: James McDonald<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    53×11<\/span>T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.20<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.65<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    2nd<\/span><\/div>
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    3. Giga Kick (6)<\/span>
    J: Zac Purton<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    11×54<\/span>T: Clayton Douglas<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.80<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.75<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    3rd<\/span><\/div>
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    9. Skybird (4)<\/span>
    J: John Allen<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x69x5<\/span>T: Mitchell Freedman<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    34.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    6.00<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    4th<\/span><\/div>
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    4. Overpass (7)<\/span>
    J: Josh Parr<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x423x<\/span>T: Bjorn Baker<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    15.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    3.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    5th<\/span><\/div>
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    1. Jimmysstar (2)<\/span>
    J: Ethan Brown<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    311×7<\/span>T: Ciaron Maher<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    5.50<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.90<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    6th<\/span><\/div>
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    5. Mazu (9)<\/span>
    J: Rachel King<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    93×33<\/span>T: Joseph Pride<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    20.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    4.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    7th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    8. Magic Time (3)<\/span>
    J: Michael Dee<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    302×9<\/span>T: Grahame Begg<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    20.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    4.20<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    8th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    2. Briasa (8)<\/span>
    J: Tyler Schiller<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    189×4<\/span>T: M, W & J Hawkes<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    9.50<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    2.60<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr>
    9th<\/span><\/div>
    <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    7. Tentyris (1)<\/span>
    J: Mark Zahra<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    11×15<\/span>T: Anthony & Sam Freedman<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.50<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.70<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 19\/06\/2026 04:00:27 PM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div>
    View Results<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    TJ Smith Stakes 2026 Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Our insider 2026<\/strong> TJ Smith Stakes tips<\/strong> will be detailed here the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    No. 7 Tentyris<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Randwick R7 – Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    9th<\/span><\/div>
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    7. Tentyris (1)<\/span>
    J: Mark Zahra<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    11×15<\/span>T: Anthony & Sam Freedman<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.50<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.70<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 19\/06\/2026 04:00:27 PM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Randwick Race 7<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    Best Each Way Bet<\/div>\n
    No. 6 Joliestar<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Each Way<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Randwick R7 – Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    6. Joliestar (5)<\/span>
    J: James McDonald<\/span> 56.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    53×11<\/span>T: Chris Waller<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    4.20<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    1.65<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 19\/06\/2026 04:00:27 PM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Randwick Race 7<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    Best Roughie<\/div>\n
    No. 4 Overpass<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n
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    Randwick R7 – Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes (G1)<\/span> <\/div>
    Final<\/span> Race time: <\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    4th<\/span><\/div>
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    4. Overpass (7)<\/span>
    J: Josh Parr<\/span> 58.5kg<\/span><\/div>
    x423x<\/span>T: Bjorn Baker<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td>
    15.00<\/span>WIN<\/span><\/div> <\/div>
    3.50<\/span>PLACE<\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div>
    For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.neds.com.au\/racing<\/span><\/a>. Data retrieved: 19\/06\/2026 04:00:27 PM (Australia\/Brisbane) <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>
    \n View Results: Randwick Race 7<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> \n <\/div> \n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    The TJ Smith Stakes is one of the premier sprint races of the autumn held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’. Run alongside the likes of the Doncaster Mile and Australian Derby, the 1200m event offers $3 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A weight-for-age clash run and won since 1997, it is one of the younger features of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival but attracts a class line-up of short distance horses each season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Holding its Group 1 status since 2005, the TJ Smith Stakes has been won by the likes of Takeover Target (2009); the undefeated champion mare Black Caviar (2011, 2013); the ‘Grey Flash’ Chautauqua (2015, 2016, 2017) who made history with his trio of victories; and Nature Strip (2020, 2021, 2022) who repeated the three-peat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The winner of the previous year’s Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes<\/a> (1200m) and Group 2 Premiere Stakes<\/a> (1200m) in the spring are exempt from TJ Smith Stakes ballot. The other races offer a TJ Smith Stakes ballot exemption held earlier in the same year are the: Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) and the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2021 Nature Strip successfully defended his TJ Smith Stakes title, the 2019\/20 Australian Racehorse of the Year going on to take out that spring’s now $20 million The Everest race<\/a>. Nature Strip returned to post his record-equalling third TJ Smith Stakes victory in 2022 with a runaway success for the Waller stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nature Strip went on to frank the 2022 TJ Smith Stakes form with a barnstorming win by over four lengths in England’s Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot next start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nature Strip attempted to make history with a fourth TJ Smith Stakes win in 2023 but could only manage to run fourth behind the Peter Moody-trained winner I Wish I Win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I Wish I Win would return in the spring of 2023 to run second in that year’s The Everest results, while he placed third to stablemate Chain Of Lightning in the 2024 TJ Smith Stakes results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The TJ Smith Stakes 2023 form was further franked by the runner-up Giga Kick who won the Group 1 All Aged Stakes and Doomben 10,000 at his next two starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The 2024 TJ Smith Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Bella Nipotina going on to win a host of subsequent Group 1 races including most famously that year\u2019s $20 million The Everest in the spring in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2026 Joliestar won the TJ Smith on the back of a lead-up victory in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes<\/a> (1300m). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    TJ Smith Stakes 2026 – Quick Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n