Roman Consul Stakes

Roman Consul Stakes

The Roman Consul Stakes is one of Australia’s premier Group 2 thoroughbred races conducted at the esteemed Royal Randwick Racecourse in early October during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

Open to three-year-olds and run under set weight conditions over a 1200m sprint distance, the Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes is worth $150,000 in prizemoney.

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The Roman Consul Stakes is held at one of Sydney’s premier spring meetings and is one of an incredible seven Group status events on the Epsom Handicap Day race-card.

With so many quality races all on the one day, this is a top day of betting for punters as well and the feature Group 1 events that have the most anticipated online betting markets open on are the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m), Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) and the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m).

Roman Consul Stakes Betting

When getting ready to have a bet on the Roman Consul Stakes at a trusted online bookmaker such as SportsBet or IASbet, one of the top tips is to check out the form of the runners in earlier three-year-old races at the Carnival.

Good lead-up races to the Roman Consul Stakes that can serve as an excellent betting and form guide include the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Randwick in early August and the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1400m) in September.

Some of the better performing Roman Consul Stakes runners may continue their spring campaigns by heading interstate for the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and feature three-year-old events such as the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington in October.

Watching the odds available online for Roman Consul Stakes’ winners and placegetters backing up with a run in the Coolmore Stud Stakes can prove profitable.

For example, in 2009 Shellscrape won the Roman Consul and then went on to finish third in the Coolmore Stud Stakes during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Another Roman Consul Stakes betting tip is to bet against the favourite as the past two winners have gone out at generous odds. In 2009 Shellscrape was at $5 and the favourite Rothesay finished fourth, while in 2008 Montana Flyer started at $6.50 and went on to win with the $1.95 favourite Snow Alert coming in fifth.

Roman Consul Stakes Winners

The Roman Consul Stakes has been taken out by a number of turf champions since it was inaugurated in 1984.

Highly rated gallopers that have won the Roman Consul Stakes include Encounter (1997), Fastnet Rock (2004), Reigning to Win (2006) and Shellscrape (2009).

Below is a list of the most recent winners and placegetters of the Roman Consul Stakes.