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Begonia Belle Stakes

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QUEEN OF THE BALL winning the Furphy Sprint in Flemington, Australia.
QUEEN OF THE BALL winning the Furphy Sprint in Flemington, Australia. Picture: Steve Hart

The Begonia Belle Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for four year old and up mares at Flemington conducted by the Victoria Racing Club.

The Begonia Belle Stakes is run over 1100m. It was first run in 2005 and was won by Covet Thee.

The race is named after a Newmarket winner Begonia Belle and was moved to Derby Day in 2016 when the carnival had a shake-up.

It has been always run at 1100m.

The Begonia Belle Stakes was a handicap but became Listed in 2009 and Group 3 from 2013.

2016 winner Sheidel would place in a Winterbottom then, after a spell, win the Oakleigh Plate first up.

Ortensia herself won this race then won the Winterbottom in 2011. She'd win the Alquoz Sprint in Meydan four months later and a Nunthorpe in the August of 2012.

Tofane scored in the All Aged Stakes in the Autumn following her win in this race to end the 2019 Spring.

The Begonia Belle Stakes was worth $200,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the Begonia Belle Stakes include Asfoora (2022), Fiesta (2020), Tofane (2019), Sheidel (2016), Ortensia (2011) and Very Discreet (2009).

The 2023 Begonia Belle Stakes was won by Queen Of The Ball from Hypothetical and Dancing Alone.


Racing and Sports

Previous Begonia Belle Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
QUEEN OF THE BALL (AUS) 4M
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - MISS DEBUTANTE (AUS) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 57.0 MICHAEL FREEDMAN 11
ASFOORA (AUS) 4M
FLYING ARTIE (AUS) - GOLDEN CHILD (AUS) I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS)
J ALLEN 58.0 HENRY DWYER 2
MINHAAJ (AUS) 4M
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - TELAAWA (AUS) LONHRO (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD 57.0 JOHN O'SHEA 2
FIESTA (AUS) 5M
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - NOW NOW (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
HUGH BOWMAN 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 11
TOFANE (NZ) 4M
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - BAGGY GREEN (AUS) GALILEO (IRE)
D DUNN 57.0 MICHAEL MORONEY 9
DIVINE QUALITY (AUS) 5M
SEPOY (AUS) - NUN FASTER (AUS) FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
BEAU MERTENS 55.0 ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 16
LYUBA (AUS) 5M
TURFFONTEIN (AUS) - DANCING WITH AMY (AUS) GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE 55.0 DARREN WEIR 8
SHEIDEL (AUS) 5M
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) - LAVENTOUR (AUS) METAL STORM (FR)
JOAO MOREIRA 57.5 D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 12
PITTSBURGH FLYER (AUS) 4M
STREET CRY (IRE) - WARNING ZONE (SAF) ELLIODOR (FR)
JAMES MCDONALD 55.5 LEE & SHANNON HOPE 13
VAIN QUEEN (AUS) 5M
ARTIE SCHILLER (USA) - OUR TENERIFFE (AUS) KENVAIN (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 55.0 JOHN SADLER 6
DYSTOPIA (AUS) 7M
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - BOURGEOIS (AUS) LUSKIN STAR (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 6
HONEY FLOWER (AUS) 4M
BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - OCRAN (AUS) PICNICKER (AUS)
G BOSS 56.0 R S MCDONALD 6
ORTENSIA (AUS) 6M
TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - AERATE'S PICK (AUS) PICNICKER (AUS)
D BEADMAN 57.0 PAUL MESSARA 11
STATUS SYMBOL (AUS) 5M
HEMINGWAY (IRE) - NEW STATUS (AUS) NEW REGENT (CAN)
C NEWITT 53.0 K M KEYS 15
VERY DISCREET (AUS) 4M
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - SHE'S DISCREET (AUS) EUCLASE (AUS)
D DUNN 54.0 RICHARD JOLLY 8
BEAMING (AUS) 4M
CANADIAN SILVER (CAN) - TOUGH ASSIGNMENT (AUS) COVETOUS (AUS)
N RAWILLER 55.5 TONY NOONAN 3

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