Chairman's Quality
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History
The Chairman's Quality is a Group 2 race conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Royal Randwick.
The Chairman's Quality was first run in 1979 and was introduced to provide a key final lead-up race for horses entered for the Sydney Cup.
The Chairman's Quality has been run over 2600m since its inception except for the years 2000-2003 when the distance was 2400m.
The Chairman's Quality has been a Group 2 race since 2002 when it also succeeded the recently reborn AJC St Leger. From 1979-2001 it was Group 3.
The 2024 Chairman's Quality was run over 2600m at Randwick on the first day of The Championships for prizemoney of $300,000.
The Chairman's Quality is run under quality handicap conditions.
The winner of the Chairman's Quality is exempt from ballot and penalty for the Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick.
Since 1979 the Chairman's Quality/Sydney Cup double has been won by eight horses in the same year – Marooned (1986), Major Drive (1987), King Aussie (1990), Linesman (1997), Henderson Bay (2002), No Wine No Song (2008), Jessicabeel (2010) and The Offer (2014).
Quick Thinker won his first race since taking the 2020 Australian Derby in taking the 2021 Chairman's.
Steel Phoenix (1999/2001), No Wine No Song (2007/2008) and Tremec (2013/2015) are the only dual winners of the Chairman's Quality.
Other notable winners of the Chairman's Quality include Bianco Lady, What A Nuisance, Round The World, Te Akau Nick, Pravda, Grey Song, Mummify, Once Were Wild, Big Duke, Quick Thinker and Circle Of Fire.
The 2024 Chairman's Quality was won by Circle Of Fire from Hopeful and Double Cherry.
Previous Chairman's Quality Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CIRCLE OF FIRE
(GB)
4H ALMANZOR (FR) - FIERY SUNSET (GB) GALILEO (IRE) |
DYLAN GIBBONS | 53.0 | CIARON MAHER | 8 |
|
SUREFIRE
(GB)
5G FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - MODESTA (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
JOAO MOREIRA | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 2 |
|
NERVE NOT VERVE
(NZ)
6M SHOCKING (AUS) - BILANCIA (NZ) MONTJEU (IRE) |
REGAN BAYLISS | 54.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 7 |
|
QUICK THINKER
(AUS)
4H SO YOU THINK (NZ) - ACOUPLAMAS (AUS) AL MAHER (AUS) |
DAMIAN LANE | 55.0 | MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN | 8 |
|
RAHEEN HOUSE
(IRE)
6G SEA THE STARS (IRE) - JUMOOH (GB) MONSUN (GER) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | KRIS LEES | 6 |
|
GALLIC CHIEFTAIN
(FR)
6H TAMAYUZ (GB) - KATERINI (FR) CACIQUE (IRE) |
DAMIAN LANE | 54.0 | ARCHIE ALEXANDER | 1 |
|
SIR CHARLES ROAD
(AUS)
4G MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) - GIANT MYSTIQUE (AUS) GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA) |
B SHINN | 56.0 | LANCE O'SULLIVAN & ANDREW SCOTT | 10 |
|
BIG DUKE
(IRE)
5G RAVEN'S PASS (USA) - HAZARAYNA (GB) POLISH PRECEDENT (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 58.0 | DARREN WEIR | 1 |
|
LIBRAN
(IRE)
5G LAWMAN (FR) - TRUE CRYSTAL (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
B AVDULLA | 58.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 |
|
TREMEC
(NZ)
6G ZABEEL (NZ) - TIPPLE (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
B AVDULLA | 53.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 8 |
|
THE OFFER
(IRE)
5G MONTJEU (IRE) - VALDARA (GB) DARSHAAN (GB) |
TOMMY BERRY | 57.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 1 |
|
TREMEC
(NZ)
4G ZABEEL (NZ) - TIPPLE (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
C NEWITT | 53.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 3 |
|
PERMIT
(GB)
5G DANSILI (GB) - COCHIN (GB) SWAIN (IRE) |
C W BROWN | 53.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 12 |
|
ONCE WERE WILD
(AUS)
4M JOHANNESBURG (USA) - WILDESONG (AUS) UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 56.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 3 |
|
JESSICABEEL
(NZ)
4M ZABEEL (NZ) - MORE DIAMONDS (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 52.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 8 |
|
DIVINE REBEL
(NZ)
4M DON EDUARDO (NZ) - IT'S MY SIN (AUS) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 52.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 3 |
|
NO WINE NO SONG
(AUS)
6G SONG OF TARA (IRE) - DEEP TIME (NZ) KINJITE (NZ) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 | KEVIN MOSES | 5 |
|
NO WINE NO SONG
(AUS)
5G SONG OF TARA (IRE) - DEEP TIME (NZ) KINJITE (NZ) |
M RODD | 53.5 | KEVIN MOSES | 6 |
|
FOORAM
(NZ)
5G MAROOF (USA) - SINJANI (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
D BEADMAN | 53.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 12 |
|
PHILOSOPHE
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - SOUND LOVER (NZ) SOUND REASON (CAN) |
D DUNN | 52.0 | J T CONLAN | 9 |
|
MUMMIFY
(AUS)
4G JEUNE (GB) - CLEOPATRA'S GIRL (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA) |
D NIKOLIC | 60.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 5 |
|
GREY SONG
(AUS)
4G UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA) - TONZAZIP (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
STEVEN KING | 54.5 | T J HUGHES | 2 |
|
HENDERSON BAY
(NZ)
6G GUNS OF NAVARONE (IRE) - MISTY LORE (AUS) ROLLE (GB) |
D MCLELLAN | 52.5 | NEVILLE MCBURNEY | 5 |
|
STEEL PHOENIX
(NZ)
6G NASSIPOUR (USA) - PRINCESS PHOENIX (NZ) THREE LEGS (GB) |
D BEADMAN | 52.5 | JOHN SIZE | 5 |
|
PRAVDA
(NZ)
4M ZABEEL (NZ) - FOREIGN COPY (NZ) BOLD VENTURE (NZ) |
C MUNCE | 54.5 | P O'SULLIVAN | 2 |