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There are 22 nominations for the 2017 Alexandra Stakes (Group 3) at Moonee Valley on Friday night featuring some promising fillies such as Ellicazoom.
Ellicazoom missed by a nose last start and will be hard to beat in the 2017 Alexandra Stakes (Group 3) at Moonee Valley on Friday.
2017 ALEXANDRA STAKES - NOMINATIONS
Horse | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
1 | A MIST OPPORTUNITY | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 65 |
2 | ANA ROYALE | Stuart Webb | 61 |
3 | CLASSIC DIVA | Robbie Griffiths | 64 |
4 | ELLICAZOOM | Neville Parnham | 82 |
5 | EXFLYTATIONS | Mick Price | 62 |
6 | FLORIDA KEYS | Pat Carey | 67 |
7 | FRAGONARD | John O'Shea | 71 |
8 | INSPIRED ESTELLE | Mick Price | 67 |
9 | JUST VICTORIA | Cheryl Roberts | 58 |
10 | KAMILI | Pat Carey | 54 |
11 | LET’S CELEBRATE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 59 |
12 | MONTOYA’S SECRET | Leon & Troy Corstens | 67 |
13 | MRS GARDENIA | Darren Weir | 67 |
14 | OREGON’S DAY | Mick Price | 74 |
15 | PENINSULA LINKS | Daniel Clarken | |
16 | RED IS THE ROSE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 67 |
17 | ROCK GISELLE | Lee & Anthony Freedman | 62 |
18 | SEBRING DREAM | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 77 |
19 | SO BELLE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 62 |
20 | STAR PATRIOT | Todd Balfour | 62 |
21 | THINK LIKE A BIRD | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 62 |
22 | TOFFEE NOSE | Danny O'Brien | 65 |
2017 ALEXANDRA STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Alexandra Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies conducted by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moonee Valley.
The race was first run in 1983 and has carried a variety of names and titles. The race was held originally held in October on W.S. Cox Plate day, but was moved to the autumn in 2013 and has since been known as the Alexandra Stakes.
The Alexandra Stakes is run under set weights with penalties for 3YO fillies over a distance of 1600 metres. It was run as a Listed race from 1983 until 2015 and became a Group 3 race in 2016.
The 2017 Alexandra Stakes will be run over 1600 metres at Moonee Valley on the night of Friday March 24 for prizemoney of $150,000.
Notable winners of the Alexandra Stakes and its predecessors include Sentimental Lady, Delightful Belle, Sandy’s Pleasure, Memphis Blues, Flitter, Rose O’War, Miss Pennymoney, Ike’s Dream, Miss Marielle, Sublimity, Marianne and Fontein Ruby.
The 2016 Alexandra Stakes was won by Thames Court from Labdien and Sweet Redemption.
