Theo Marks Stakes

Wandering Eyes · August 9, 2023

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Theo Marks Stakes

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Date:	Saturday, September 9, 2023
Location:	Rosehill Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales
Prize Money:	$300,000
Distance:	1300m

The Theo Marks Stakes is a Group 2 race that is run under Quality Handicap conditions for open class horses and is held at Rosehill racecourse, boasting a prize pool of $300,000.

Since the inaugural edition of the Theo Marks Stakes in 1946, the race has been run at Rosehill Gardens, except for 1991 when the race was run at Canterbury and 2021 when it was run at Kembla Grange.

The Theo Marks Stakes was classified as a principal Race from 1946 until 1978, before it was upgraded to a Group 2 from 1979 onwards.

Winners of the Theo Marks Stakes are exempt from ballot for the Epsom Handicap, with the superstar mare Winx and Racing To Win being the only runners to win both the Theo Marks Stakes and Epsom Handicap in the same season.

Notable winners of the Theo Marks Stakes include Winx (2015), More Joyous (2010), Racing To Win (2006, 2009), Paratroopers (2005), Inspired (1984) and Time And Tide (1963, 1965, 1966).

2023 Theo Marks Stakes Betting Odds

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Latest Theo Marks Stakes News

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2023 Theo Marks Stakes Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2023 Theo Marks Stakes field is released.

Previous Theo Marks Stakes Field

2022 Theo Marks Stakes field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Kementari	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	6	59kg
2	Kolding	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2	58.5kg
3	Ellsberg	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Chad Schofield	5	57.5kg
4	Mr Mozart	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	3	54.5kg
5	Kiku	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	14	54kg
6	Bigboyroy	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	8	54kg
7	Rustic Steel	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	11	54kg
8	~~Brutality~~	~~Joseph Pride~~	~~Regan Bayliss~~	7	~~54kg~~
9	Atishu	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	10	53kg
10	Jamaea	Robert & Luke Price	Tommy Berry	4	53kg
11	Tycoonist	Chris Waller	Kathy O’Hara	12	53kg
12	Prime Candidate	Bjorn Baker	Dylan Gibbons	1	53kg
13	~~Chat~~	~~John Thompson~~	~~Andrew Adkins~~	13	~~53kg~~
14	~~Fourhometwo~~	~~Annabel Neasham~~	~~Rachel King~~	9	~~53kg~~

2022 Theo Marks Stakes result

1st – Kiku ($18.00)
2nd – Mr Mozart ($1.70)
3rd – Prime Candidate ($3.20)

Recent Theo Marks Stakes results

2022: Kiku books her epsom ticket
The Chris Waller-trained Kiku flew home down the outside to nab Mr Mozart ($3.60) and Prime Candidate ($11) in the 2022 Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. The five-year-old mare by Zoustar was sent out as an $18 hope with online bookmakers, but when the race favourites Mr Mozart and Ellsberg didn’t get ideal runs in transit, it set it up for the fast-finishing Kiku and Jason Collett to thunder home out wide. The win gave Chris Waller his fifth Theo Marks Stakes in the last 10 editions.
2021: Chat overhauls Embracer late in Theo Marks Stakes
The John Thompson-trained Chat has caused a boil over in the Theo Marks Stakes, as the $31 outsider with most online bookmakers, finished over the top of Embracer ($15) in the final strides of the race. The odds-on race favourite Big Parade ($1.95) led the field up to the home turn, but as he reached the 300m mark, Embracer was looming large and went straight on by. Just when the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained gelding appeared to have the race within his keeping, Chat let down with an explosive turn of foot and reeled in the leader with 50m to go.
2020: Wild Planet overcomes trouble to win Theo Marks Stakes
The Hawkes team and Tommy Berry combined with the heavily supported Wild Planet ($5.50) to take out the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. After settling in sixth on the back of the race favourite Funstar ($3.90), the son of Animal Kingdom found a bit of trouble, but with the help of Berry, he found a needle eye gap to burst through. When Wild Planet got through the gap, he cut down the margin on Funstar and recorded a half-length victory, while Ranier ($12) flashed home and nabbed third place.
2019: Arcadia Queen destroys her rivals in Theo Marks Stakes
At her first start on the Eastern seaboard for Chris Waller, Arcadia Queen ($1.95) took out the Theo Marks Stakes as the raging favourite. McDonald settled the Western Australian star mare in third behind the leaders, and as the field rounded the home turn, he got her off the fence to chase down the runaway leader, Deploy ($21). The daughter of Pierro defeated the fast-finishing second favourite Trope ($5.50) and Gem Song ($15).