Robert Sangster Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2024 Robert Sangster Stakes Preview

Scheduled to take place in May of each year at the Morphettville racecourse is the Robert Sangster Stakes, this Group 1 race was inaugurated in 1983 and originally known as the Swettenham Stud Stakes and has undergone several name changes due to sponsorship changes but is registered as the Robert Sangster Stakes.

The race named in honour of Robert Sangster, an owner and breeder who sadly passed away in 2004, is restricted to only fillies and mares and is contested over a distance of 1,200m with the race taking place during the Autumn Carnival.

Robert Sangster Stakes Information:

• Robert Sangster Stakes Past Winners
• Robert Sangster Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Robert Sangster Stakes Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Morphettville tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet?

How competitive is the Robert Sangster Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2020 when the race had an over-round of 116%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Robert Sangster Stakes, the over-round has been 123%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £123 which is bet.

Robert Sangster Stakes Trends:

• 2024 Robert Sangster Stakes Trends
• Robert Sangster Stakes Trend Analysis
• Robert Sangster Stakes Trend Shortlist

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Robert Sangster Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 9 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.00. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Robert Sangster Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 10 renewals, it was Secret Agenda, trained by Mick Price and ridden by Damien Oliver who set the fastest winning time in the Robert Sangster Stakes, the runner won the race in a time of 1:09.15 when winning the race in 2017. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Will Clarken and jockey Todd Pannell with Bella Vella who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:11.07 in the 2020 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Robert Sangster Stakes over the last 10 renewals:

1. Secret Agenda (1:09.15) in 2017
2. Shoals (1:09.19) in 2018
3. Driefontein (1:09.23) in 2014

Robert Sangster Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Robert Sangster Stakes' past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Robert Sangster Stakes as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Robert Sangster Stakes have been based:

• AUS: 10 winners with an additional 19 placings from 157 runners
• HK: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner

Robert Sangster Stakes Trainer Statistics

Here are the Robert Sangster Stakes trainer statistics over the last 10 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Robert Sangster Stakes Jockey Statistics

Here are the Robert Sangster Stakes jockey statistics over the last 10 renewals for jockeys who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Robert Sangster Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +42.50 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 3yo+ last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career win, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-30.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

• 2023: Winner in 12 (13,11) [14 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 15 (1,5) [15 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 6 (5,4) [16 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 11 (10,5) [16 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 13 (4,1) [13 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Robert Sangster Stakes is Randwick, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Randwick last time out.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Robert Sangster Stakes:

• Not A Single Doubt (3 Wins)
• Fastnet Rock (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Robert Sangster Stakes despite multiple attempts:

• I Am Invincible (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Written Tycoon (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Street Boss (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Testa Rossa (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Bella Vella in 2020, winning for Will Clarken at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Todd Pannell. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there have been 0 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2024 Robert Sangster Stakes. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post. If you are interested in other races at the Morphettville racecourse, then why not read our blog for the Australasian Oaks?

Robert Sangster Stakes Trend Shortlist

Morphettville will host the 2024 renewal of the Robert Sangster Stakes which will be run at 7:42 am on Saturday 27th April 2024 and these are the runners who perform best based on the trends along with the trainer and jockey and their record in the race (Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP):

• 15/15 Estriella (2/1)
  • Ciaron Maher (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)
  • Mark Zahra (6-0-0 -6.00 / -6.00)
• 15/15 Stretan Angel (10/1)
  • Phillip Stokes (5-1-1 +4.00 / +0.00)
  • Damian Lane (4-0-1 -4.00 / -3.50)

Others: Learning To Fly (14/15), Snapped (14/15), Climbing Star (13/15), Roots (13/15), I Am Me (13/15), Passive Aggressive (13/15), Benedetta (13/15), Zapateo (12/15), Skew Wiff (11/15), Waltz On By (11/15), Lempicka (9/15) and Wonderful Tonight (4/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (4:36 pm Wednesday 24th April 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

Robert Sangster Stakes Scoring Trends

If you want a more in-depth way of using the Robert Sangster Stakes trends from previous renewals then the scoring trends may be the ones for you, these are calculated by looking at over 100 factors including aspects of breeding, horse factors, things like runs, wins and places during their career, under certain circumstances like over the trip or on the ground and many more.

Using all of this information we can assign each horse a score based on how past runners in the Robert Sangster Stakes performed when running under the same factors, we assign 80% of the score for the win statistics and 20% of the score for place statistics. Here are the top two scoring runners in the 2024 Robert Sangster Stakes based on the information above, why not compare those to what the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping?

Here are the top 3 scorers at the time of posting (4:36 pm Wednesday 24th April 2024):

• 🥇 Passive Aggressive (9/1)
  • Grahame Begg (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)
  • Jordan Childs (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)
• 🥈 Zapateo (7/1)
  • James Cummings (6-0-1 -6.00 / -5.20)
  • Jamie Kah (3-0-0 -3.00 / -3.00)
• 🥉 Benedetta (15/2)
  • Jason Warren (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
  • Daniel Stackhouse (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)

Others: Roots, Stretan Angel, Snapped, I Am Me, Skew Wiff, Learning To Fly, Waltz On By, Estriella, Lempicka, Climbing Star and Wonderful Tonight.