Hawkesbury Crown
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History
The Hawkesbury Crown is a Group 3 race for fillies and mares conducted by the Hawkesbury Race Club at Clarendon racecourse, located 50km west of Sydney between Windsor and Richmond.
The Hawkesbury Crown was introduced in 2006 and is run under set weight and penalty conditions over 1300m as a feature of the Hawkesbury Race Club's stand alone Saturday race meeting in April.
The Hawkesbury Crown became a Listed race in 2011 and was promoted to Group 3 in 2014.
It was sponsored by Sheikh Mohammed as the Darley Crown (2011-15) and Godolphin Crown (2016-18).
It was run at Rosehill in 2020 due to the restrictions after the coronavirus outbreak.
The 2026 Hawkesbury Crown was worth prizemoney of $250,000.
City Of Lights won in 2025 which was critical for her future given she was the half-sister to Winx.
Notable winners of the Hawkesbury Crown include More Strawberries, dual winner Aerobatics, Solicit, Nancy, Pecans, Sweet Deal, US mare Princess Grace and Shillelagh who'd win a G1 in the following Spring.
In 2015 the Hawkesbury stand alone meeting was abandoned after the first race due to track conditions. The Hawkesbury Crown was postponed to the following week at Rosehill when the winner was Solicit.
The 2025 Hawkesbury Crown was won by City Of Lights from Tashi and Lady Laguna.
Previous Hawkesbury Crown Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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CHIDIAC
(AUS)
5M BETTER THAN READY (AUS) - BEWITCHMENT (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
BRAITH NOCK | 56.0 | BRETT & GEORGIE CAVANOUGH | 5 |
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CITY OF LIGHTS
(AUS)
5M DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - VEGAS SHOWGIRL (NZ) AL AKBAR (AUS) |
CHAD SCHOFIELD | 56.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 2 |
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COCO JAMBOO
(IRE)
4F MASSAAT (IRE) - BETA TAURI (USA) OASIS DREAM (GB) |
TOM SHERRY | 56.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 5 |
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PRINCESS GRACE
(USA)
6M KARAKONTIE (JPN) - MASQUERADE (USA) SILENT NAME (JPN) |
N RAWILLER | 59.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 1 |
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EXOTIC RUBY
(AUS)
6M SNITZEL (AUS) - ORIENTAL RUBY (AUS) STREET CRY (IRE) |
RACHEL KING | 56.0 | BJORN BAKER | 8 |
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SWEET DEAL
(AUS)
6M CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - DOROTHY EVELYN (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 58.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 5 |
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SWEET SCANDAL
(AUS)
5M SEPOY (AUS) - BACCHANAL WOMAN (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
G BOSS | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 14 |
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IRITHEA
(AUS)
5M SNITZEL (AUS) - KIROVSKAYA (AUS) FRENCH DEPUTY (USA) |
J PARR | 56.0 | BJORN BAKER | 4 |
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PECANS
(AUS)
4M SKILLED (AUS) - WALNUT (AUS) PROCOL HARUM (NZ) |
J PARR | 58.0 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 8 |
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SHILLELAGH
(NZ)
5M SAVABEEL (AUS) - TROCAIR (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
T ANGLAND | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 7 |
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NANCY
(AUS)
4M BIG BROWN (USA) - SHALIMAR SKY (AUS) HURRICANE SKY (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 56.0 | P & P SNOWDEN | 3 |
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SOLICIT
(AUS)
4M STREET CRY (IRE) - PRINCESA (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
TIM CLARK | 59.0 | GERALD RYAN | 2 |
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AEROBATICS
(AUS)
5M EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - GRILSE (USA) RAHY (USA) |
C REITH | 58.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 6 |
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AEROBATICS
(AUS)
4M EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - GRILSE (USA) RAHY (USA) |
C REITH | 56.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 6 |
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MORE STRAWBERRIES
(AUS)
4M MORE THAN READY (USA) - MILVA (USA) STRAWBERRY ROAD (AUS) |
N RAWILLER | 59.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
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KANZAN
(AUS)
4M COMMANDS (AUS) - CHERRY LODGE (AUS) GRAND LODGE (USA) |
C W BROWN | 56.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 3 |
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SERENISSIMA
(AUS)
4M LONHRO (AUS) - SANTISSIMA (AUS) QUEST FOR FAME (GB) |
J PARR | 55.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 4 |
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