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2024 Pago Pago Stakes Results: McEvoy’s Dublin Down on Golden Slipper Bid

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The Pago Pago Stakes is a Group 2 event held at Rosehill Racecourse during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Worth $250,000 in prize money as of 2024, the 1200m sprint event is held in March on Coolmore Classic Day. The meeting is host to the Group 1 $1,000,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) as well as a number of Group 2 and 3 status support acts.

The Pago Pago Stakes is a set weights race for two year old colts and geldings and each horse is required to carry 55.5kg for the race. The event is also the final lead up race to the lucrative Group 1 $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) held in one week’s time.

The Pago Pago Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the Golden Slipper, which is the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. The Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) for two-year-old fillies is the other Coolmore Classic Day race offering a Golden Slipper ballot exemption to the winner.

Stratum (2005) followed by Shinzo (2023) are the latest horses to complete the Pago Pago Stakes – Golden Slipper double. A good lead-up to the first leg is the Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) run a week earlier at Randwick and many of the runners in the Pago Pago Stakes field will come via that or the Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) on Chipping Norton Stakes Day.

The Pago Pago Stakes 2024 ran on Saturday March 16, 2024 as a late Golden Slipper lead-up and was won in an impressive upset by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Dublin Down ($20). 

2024 Pago Pago Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Dublin Down ($20)
• 2nd: #4 Anode
• 3rd: #1 Coleman

Dublin Down ($20) relished a trip up to Sydney second-up after an unplaced Blue Diamond run fresh further south and was excellent on speed leading nearly all-the-way to salute in an upset 2024 Pago Pago Stakes result ahead of a potential seven-day back-up into the Golden Slipper field.

Click here to read more on the brave Pago Pago Stakes 2024 win by 20/1 outsider Dublin Down.

2024 Pago Pago Stakes Results & Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Pago Pago Stakes Betting Odds

The updated Pago Pago Stakes 2024 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au on the Golden Slipper Stakes hopefuls racing in the Group 3 the week prior to the Group 1 will be available below as soon as released.

There was a notable upset in 2024 with Dublin Down winning at Pago Pago Stakes odds of $20.

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2024 Pago Pago Stakes Form

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2024 Pago Pago Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Pago Pago Stakes 2024 Tips on the Golden Slipper lead-up event this autumn.

• To Win: #2 Parkour ($16 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Pago Pago Stakes promises to be a wide-open contest for the two-year-olds, with several contenders holding legitimate winning chances. However, for a value play, Parkour is worth a look at a big price. He appears to be nearing peak form in his fourth career start and is coming off a respectable fourth-place finish behind the talented Storm Boy in the Group 2 Skyline Stakes. While there was a gap between him and the winner, this nicely-bred son of Extreme Choice impressed with a victory before his break at Randwick while carrying a significant weight of 58kg. He finds himself well-weighted here and has drawn a good barrier. With Kerrin McEvoy in the saddle, Parkour has the potential to spring an upset.

2024 Pago Pago Stakes Field

The Pago Pago Stakes field attracts a line-up of smart young colts and geldings looking to make their way into the following Saturday’s Golden Slipper field back at Rosehill Racecourse.

The official 2024 Pago Pago Stakes field and barriers will be released on Wednesday March 13, 2024 and published in full below.

The Pago Pago Stakes 2024 final field features a bumper crop of Golden Slipper hopefuls led in betting by Chris Waller’s son of Snitzel Gatsby’s.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Pago Pago Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Pago Pago Stakes in 2024 close the Monday ahead of the event and will be updated below once released.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Pago Pago Stakes History

First won by Cheval De Volee in 1978, the Pago Pago Stakes has also been known as the Darley Stakes. Since its inauguration, Stratum has been the only horse to win the Pago Pago/Golden Slipper double in 2005 and he also holds the record for the fastest win with 1 minute 9.23 seconds. The slowest winning time was recorded in 1990 by Pagan Jest with 1 minute 15.01 seconds.

Notable recent Pago Pago Stakes winners include subsequent Golden Slipper winner Shinzo (2023), Blue Diamond champion Written By (2018), All Too Hard (2012), Stratum (2005), and Danbird (2003).

See below for the full Pago Pago Stakes results dating back to 2000.

Pago Pago Stakes Winners

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