Peter Le Grand Stakes
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History
The Peter Le Grand Stakes is a Group 3 race for three year old fillies conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club.
The Peter Le Grand Stakes was first run in 1984 and was won by Fork Tongue.
The Peter Le Grand Stakes is run over 1100m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions. It was worth $200,000 in 2024.
The race is registered as the Boronia Stakes but was then known as the Kevin Hayes Stakes. It is now the Peter Le Grand Stakes. The race was Listed until 2013, then Group 3 afterwards.
Most runnings have been at Caulfield but it was at Sandown when Caulfield was out of play for reconstruction in 1996 and again in 2023.
Absolut Glam won a G1 Tatts Tiara later in the prep after winning her Kevin Hayes.
Typhoon Tracy won it at her second start before winning a Coolmore Classic three runs later.
Off her Oaks victory, Hollow Bullet managed to win the Kevin Hayes first up.
Notable winners of the Peter Le Grand Stakes include Gilded Lily (1989), Mahaasin (1991), Rubidium (1996), Chalee (1997), Rainbow Bubbles (1999), Fair Embrace (2002), Brief Embrace (2003), French Bid (2004), Hollow Bullet (2005), Absolut Glam (2008), Typhoon Tracy (2009), Set For Fame (2010), Sabatini (2015), Fuhryk (2017), Booker (2018) and Estriella (2024).
The 2024 Peter Le Grand Stakes was won by Estriella from Lazzago and Brazen Style.
Previous Peter Le Grand Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ESTRIELLA
(AUS)
3F I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - MADRIGALS (AUS) LONHRO (AUS) |
B SHINN | 56.0 | CIARON MAHER | 13 |
|
RICH FORTUNE
(AUS)
3F RICH ENUFF (AUS) - NKWAZI'S DAUGHTER (AUS) BEL ESPRIT (AUS) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 57.0 | JEROME HUNTER | 10 |
|
ARGENTIA
(AUS)
3F FRANKEL (GB) - PRINCESS COUP (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 57.0 | A & S FREEDMAN | 11 |
|
LA MEXICANA
(AUS)
3F I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - CAILIN MISS (AUS) DOMESDAY (AUS) |
JAMIE KAH | 57.5 | A & S FREEDMAN | 1 |
|
HOW WOMANTIC
(AUS)
3F THE WOW SIGNAL (IRE) - BANDERILLA (AUS) DELZAO (AUS) |
JYE MCNEIL | 56.0 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 2 |
|
CRACK THE CODE
(AUS)
3F I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - MOST SECRET (AUS) BLETCHLEY PARK (IRE) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | MICK PRICE | 3 |
|
BOOKER
(AUS)
3F WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - NOONDIE (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
D DUNN | 57.0 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 6 |
|
FUHRYK
(AUS)
3F STAR WITNESS (AUS) - FUHRNATIC (AUS) LANGFUHR (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.0 | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 6 |
|
RISQUE
(NZ)
3F DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - SO EXPLICIT (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA) |
DAMIAN LANE | 57.0 | DAVID HAYES & TOM DABERNIG | 2 |
|
SABATINI
(AUS)
3F STREET CRY (IRE) - ROYAL SASH (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 57.5 | LEE & SHANNON HOPE | 1 |
|
SPIRITS DANCE
(AUS)
3F STATUE OF LIBERTY (USA) - JUBILANT SPIRIT (AUS) HURRICANE SKY (AUS) |
V DURIC | 56.5 | PETER G MOODY | 1 |
|
OCTAVIA
(AUS)
3F HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) - FILMING (AUS) BROCCO (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 55.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 3 |
|
SOFT SAND
(AUS)
3F DANSILI (GB) - MIZZLE (USA) RAHY (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | COLIN LITTLE | 10 |
|
MISS GAI FLYER
(AUS)
3F FLYING SPUR (AUS) - POWER OF ONE (AUS) GILDED TIME (USA) |
J MASKIELL | 54.0 | PETER G MOODY | 3 |
|
SET FOR FAME
(AUS)
3F RESET (AUS) - NORTHPOINT (AUS) DEHERE (USA) |
L NOLEN | 54.0 | PETER G MOODY | 3 |
|
TYPHOON TRACY
(AUS)
3F RED RANSOM (USA) - TRACY'S ELEMENT (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
G BOSS | 54.0 | PETER G MOODY | 9 |
|
ABSOLUT GLAM
(AUS)
3F SNOWLAND (AUS) - PINE AWAY (USA) PINE BLUFF (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 54.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 6 |
|
GINA LOLLAWITCHA
(AUS)
3F PERUGINO (USA) - LUCKY WITCH (AUS) VOODOO RHYTHM (USA) |
M RODD | 55.0 | CLINTON MCDONALD | 7 |
|
CHETWYND SOUTH
(AUS)
3F HIGH YIELD (USA) - ROUGH REALITY (AUS) RIVER ROUGH (NZ) |
C NEWITT | 54.0 | J T CONLAN | 3 |
|
HOLLOW BULLET
(AUS)
3F TAYASU TSUYOSHI (JPN) - BEAT THE BULLET (AUS) BITE THE BULLET (USA) |
D TAGGART | 57.5 | JOHN MCARDLE | 7 |
|
FRENCH BID
(AUS)
3F ANABAA (USA) - MY CRYSTAL STAR (AUS) COPPER KINGDOM (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 57.5 | MICK PRICE | 4 |
|
GAZANIA
(AUS)
3F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - VIMINARIA (AUS) EL QAHIRA (NZ) |
B PREBBLE | 56.0 | T J HUGHES | 1 |
|
FAIR EMBRACE
(AUS)
3F STRATEGIC (AUS) - JANELLE AGAIN (NZ) INDIAN ORE (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 60.0 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 10 |
|
QUEEN CAREY
(AUS)
3F PICNICKER (AUS) - LADY DURELLE (AUS) RAVENEAUX (AUS) |
L MILHAM | 51.5 | DEAN LAWSON | 10 |
|
HEAPS OF FUN
(AUS)
3F RORY'S JESTER (AUS) - CALEMOSS (AUS) TWIG MOSS (FR) |
S BASTER | 53.5 | PETER C HAYES | 11 |
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