RA Lee Stakes

The 2018 RA Lee Stakes is a Group 3 contest raced at Morphettville Racecourse in the South Australian capital Adelaide. It is held in late April or early May each year and is contested over a trip of 1600m.

The race has a total prize pool of $150,000 and is raced under set weight and penalty conditions.

The RA Lee Stakes is run on The Goodwood Day program, the biggest day of the Adelaide autumn racing carnival and one of the biggest days all year.

The headline act on the card is the Group 1 The Goodwood.

The RA Lee Stakes generally has a field of mainly local horses but the odd handy runner does come across from interstate.

Usually they are Melbourne horses which are fit and in form with owners looking for another race following the conclusion of the Melbourne autumn carnival.

Budriguez was exactly this type of horse and he won the 2011 RA lee Stakes after running second in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.

This event also has a habit of producing back to back winners.

Blast The Glass did it in 1988 and 1989 while More Action repeated it in 1999 and 2000.

It happened again with Sylvaner in 2002 and 2003 while more recent champions include Serious Speed in 2009 and Majestic Music in 2010.

2018 RA Lee Stakes Field

Below is the field for the 2018 RA Lee Stakes.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating
1 46×5025111 LITE’N IN MY VEINS Ciaron Maher Jamie Kah 3 56.5kg 103
2 x135x08x95 CALDERON (IRE) Tony McEvoy Luke Currie 15 56.5kg 102
3 1515149×48 BALF’S CHOICE Ryan Balfour Joe Bowditch 9 56kg 94
4 900821×091 FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE) David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Regan Bayliss 14 55.5kg 102
5 x887324x00 RAW IMPULSE (GB) Darren Weir Ben Allen (a) 1 55.5kg 92
6 x060157x00 EXCITES ZELADY Chris Bieg Jake Toeroek 13 55.5kg 81
7 x0057x7732 SEABURGE David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Cory Parish 5 55kg 100
8 751130×020 RHYTHM TO SPARE (NZ) Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 2 55kg 100
9 38724×5131 LAND OF PLENTY Darren Weir Damian Lane 12 55kg 94
10 16x849x978 ROYAL RUMBLE Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Clare Lindop 8 55kg 89
11 611113×335 HUSSYBAY Mick Huxtable James Winks 11 55kg 83
12 1x121x0431 ARKHAM KNIGHT John Macmillan Paul Gatt 7 55kg 80
13 0x51343x08 MORVADA Peter Jolly Todd Pannell 6 55kg 79
14 138×21142 OVER EXPOSURE Tony McEvoy Chris Parnham 10 53kg 78
15 32514727×0 KIRONA Ryan Balfour Damien Thornton 4 53kg 75

2018 RA Lee Stakes Nominations

RA Lee Stakes Winners & Results

Winners and placers in the RA Lee Stakes since 2000 with winning times.

Year Results Winning Time
2016 1 Tonopah 2 Prince Of Penzance 3 Rocket Commander  1:39.92
2015 1 The Bowler 2 Excites Zelady 3 Metaphorical  1:35.96
2014 1 Rhythm To Spare 2 Starkiato 3 Gig  1:39.08
2013 1 Linton 2 Lucky Penny 3 General Peekay  1:37.37
2012 1 Linton 2 Hawks Bay 3 Verco Road  1:38.4
2011 1 Budriguez 2 Majestic Music 3 Red Colossus  1:36.4
2010 1 Majestic Music 2 Life To The Full 3 Tagus  1:35.2
2009 1 Serious Speed 2 Chasm 3 Pinnacles  1:37.8
2008 1 Autumn Jeuney 2 Goin To Jackson 3 Peacemaker  1:38.2
2007 1 Brockmans Lass 2 Red For Lou 3 Lord Of The Dance  1:36.8
2006 1 Lifes A Bounty 2 Smart And Mighty 3 Tawqeet  1:38.9
2005 1 Sassbee 2 Barabba Road 3 Merlot Now  1:35.3
2004 1 Fly For Me 2 Sylvaner 3 Grundys Crossing  1:37.6
2003 1 Sylvaner 2 None For The Road 3 Circumnavigating  1:38.1
2002 1 Sylvaner 2 Oliver Beer 3 Market Price  1:39.1
2001 1 Typhoon Barney 2 Gold Crystal 3 Roralism  1:38.3
2000 1 More Action 2 Burning Clay 3 Our Guided Missile  1:41.8

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