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The 2017 Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday has attracted 20 nominations including unbeaten Team Hawkes-trained colt Ducimus.
Contesting Saturday’s Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday would mark Ducimus’ Sydney debut having won both his career starts to date in the Garden State.
2017 PAGO PAGO STAKES: NOMINATIONS
| Horse | Trainer |
1. | ACE HIGH | David Payne |
2. | ALBUMIN | Gerald Ryan |
3. | ALL DAY | John P Thompson |
4. | ALL TOO HUIYING | Gary Moore |
5. | ASTORIA | John O'Shea |
6. | BIDWEE | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
7. | CHOSEN ASSASSIN | Anthony Cummings |
8. | COLESBERG | David Payne |
9. | CONDOR HEROES | Gerald Ryan |
10. | CORUSCATE | John O'Shea |
11. | DESTINY’S CHOICE | John P Thompson |
12. | DUCIMUS | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
13. | FAEGER | Peter & Paul Snowden |
14. | GO DADDY GO | Anthony Cummings |
15. | PAPER TRADE | Bjorn Baker |
16. | SCHUBERT | John O'Shea |
17. | SINGLE BULLET | Gary Portelli |
18. | THE MISSION | Paul Perry |
19. | THY KINGDOM COME | John P Thompson |
20. | YUE FEI | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig |
2017 PAGO PAGO STAKES: RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Pago Pago Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-old colts and geldings conducted by the Australian Turf Club as one of the final lead-up races to the Golden Slipper Stakes.
The Pago Pago Stakes was first run in 1978 and is traditionally run a week before the $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes, the world’s richest two-year-old race. The Pago Pago Stakes winner is exempt from ballot for the Golden Slipper Stakes.
The 2017 Pago Pago Stakes will be run over 1200 metres at Rosehill on Saturday March 11 for $175,000 prizemoney.
The Pago Pago Stakes is named after the 2YO colt who won the Golden Slipper Stakes in 1963. Pago Pago came from South Australia and was the Golden Slipper’s first interstate trained winner.
Since its inception the Pago Pago Stakes has been run over 1200 metres. From 1978 to 1984 the race was known as the Pago Pago Quality and was run under quality handicap conditions. Since 1985 all colts and geldings have carried 55.5kg in the Pago Pago Stakes.
The Pago Pago became a Listed Race in 1979, a Group 3 race in 1980 and was promoted to Group 2 status in 1987.
The Pago Pago Stakes has been run every year at Rosehill.
The Pago Pago Stakes/Golden Slipper Stakes double has been won three times by Inspired (1984), Rory’s Jester (1985) and Stratum (2005).
The Pago Pago Stakes/ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes double has been won once by Encounter (1997) and the Pago Pago Stakes/Champagne Stakes once, also by Encounter in 1997.
Other notable winners of the Pago Pago Stakes include Dawn Command, Grosvenor, Imperial Baron, Zeditave, Big Dreams, Jetball, Strategic, Shogun Lodge, Planchet, Tickets, Danbird and All Too Hard.
The 2016 Pago Pago Stakes was won by Souchez ridden by James McDonald. He beat Chimbora and Mount Panorama.
