The Roses
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History
The Roses is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club.
The Roses was introduced in 1996 and is run under set weights conditions over a distance of 2000m at Doomben as the major Brisbane lead-up race to the Queensland Oaks. It used to be known as the Doomben Roses.
However only three fillies have won the Doomben Roses-Queensland Oaks double – Ethereal (2001), Scarlett Lady (2011) and Youngstar (2018). Ethereal went on to win the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double the following spring.
The Roses was run over 1625m in 1996 and 1615m in 1997. From 1998-2011 the distance was 2020m, 2000m from 2012-2014, 2020m in 2015 and back to 2000m in 2016.
It was at 1800m in 2020 and at Eagle Farm due to the restricted carnival. Was back to 2000m at Doomben in 2021.
Race had to be pushed back one week in 2022, changed to 2100m and moved to Eagle Farm due to a massive amount of rain.
The Roses was a Listed race from 1996 to 2002 and Group 3 from 2003 to 2016. It was run as a Group 2 for the first time in 2017.
New Zealanders Roger James and Graeme Rogerson have each trained two Doomben Roses winners as well as Clarry Conners and Chris Waller. Greg Childs, Darren Beadman and John Allen are jockeys to win the race twice.
The 2023 Roses was run for prizemoney of $300,000.
Notable winners of The Roses include Melora, Episode, Ethereal, The Jewel, Cinque Cento, Gaze, Heavenly Glow, Scarlett Lady, Invest, Dear Demi, Arabian Gold, Bohemian Lily, Youngstar and Fireburn.
The 2023 Roses was won by Fireburn from Renaissance Woman and Sakura Girl.
Previous The Roses Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FIREBURN
(AUS)
3F REBEL DANE (AUS) - MULL OVER (AUS) SO YOU THINK (NZ) |
JASON COLLETT | 56.5 | GARY PORTELLI | 10 |
|
BARB RAIDER
(AUS)
3F REBEL RAIDER (AUS) - GRAEBARB (AUS) HOST (CHI) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.5 | JEROME HUNTER | 3 |
|
ONLY WORDS
(NZ)
3F SWEYNESSE (AUS) - JUNGLE PAGO (NZ) DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 6 |
|
VANNA GIRL
(AUS)
3F HUSSON (ARG) - LOGAN'S CHOICE (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) |
B STEWART | 56.5 | TOBY & TRENT EDMONDS | 12 |
|
ETANA
(AUS)
3F SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - PINK SIRIS (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
J ALLEN | 56.5 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 2 |
|
YOUNGSTAR
(AUS)
3F HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - STARSPANGLED (IRE) DANEHILL (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 56.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 |
|
KENEDNA
(AUS)
3F NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - MISS DODWELL (AUS) FALBRAV (IRE) |
J ALLEN | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 3 |
|
KEBEDE
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - DESERT FIGHT (CHI) HUSSONET (USA) |
J BYRNE | 56.5 | MATTHEW DUNN | 7 |
|
BOHEMIAN LILY
(NZ)
3F O'REILLY (NZ) - BOHEMIAN BLUES (NZ) BLUES TRAVELLER (IRE) |
B SHINN | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
|
ARABIAN GOLD
(AUS)
3F DUBAWI (IRE) - COABLO (AUS) VETTORI (IRE) |
B SHINN | 56.5 | DAVID VANDYKE | 1 |
|
DEAR DEMI
(AUS)
3F DEHERE (USA) - SHIRLEY (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ) |
L NOLEN | 56.5 | CLARRY CONNERS | 16 |
|
INVEST
(AUS)
3F DEHERE (USA) - UNEARTHLY (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
P MERTENS | 56.5 | CLARRY CONNERS | 4 |
|
SCARLETT LADY
(NZ)
3F SAVABEEL (AUS) - ON CALL (NZ) MR. IRONCLAD (NZ) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.5 | GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON | 2 |
|
MARHETA
(AUS)
3F AL MAHER (AUS) - GEETA (NZ) GENEROUS (IRE) |
M J ZAHRA | 55.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 1 |
|
AWESOME PLANET
(AUS)
3F GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA) - DANCE ON THE MOON (IRE) FASLIYEV (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 55.5 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 7 |
|
HEAVENLY GLOW
(AUS)
3F SPINNING WORLD (USA) - STARSPHERE (AUS) CELSIUS (AUS) |
R THOMPSON | 55.5 | ALLAN DENHAM | 8 |
|
LASORON
(AUS)
3F OARSMAN (AUS) - SHOW JUSTICE (AUS) SEA ROAD (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 55.5 | BRYAN GUY | 10 |
|
GAZE
(NZ)
3F CAPE CROSS (IRE) - EYE FULL (NZ) PALATABLE (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 55.5 | R JAMES | 2 |
|
CINQUE CENTO
(AUS)
3F NOTHIN' LEICA DANE (AUS) - LAYDOWN MISERE (AUS) VARICK (USA) |
J SHEEHAN | 55.5 | TONY WILDMAN | 5 |
|
NATURAL WOMAN
(NZ)
3F GENEROUS (IRE) - PAN FOR GLITTER (USA) CRAFTY PROSPECTOR (USA) |
G CHILDS | 55.5 | BRUCE MCLACHLAN | 3 |
|
THE JEWEL
(NZ)
3F O'REILLY (NZ) - THE GRIN (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
G CHILDS | 55.5 | H ANDERTON | 2 |
|
PALIDAMAH
(AUS)
3F MUKADDAMAH (USA) - PALIXANDRE (AUS) PINE CIRCLE (USA) |
JASON TAYLOR | 55.5 | NOEL DOYLE | 6 |
|
ETHEREAL
(NZ)
3F RHYTHM (USA) - ROMANEE CONTI (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
S SEAMER | 55.5 | SHEILA LAXON | 11 |
|
KAZAKH BELLE
(AUS)
4M SEMIPALATINSK (USA) - RATTENBERG (AUS) KEEN (GB) |
J BYRNE | 52.5 | SHAUN DWYER | 1 |
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