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Queen Of The Turf Stakes

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History

ATISHU winning the SYDNEY QUEEN OF THE TURF STAKES
ATISHU winning the SYDNEY QUEEN OF THE TURF STAKES Picture: Martin King / Sportpix

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes is a Group 1 race for fillies and mares conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Randwick.

As part of The Championships changes in 2014, it was moved to Randwick from Rosehill.

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes was first run in 1972 and was won by Refulgence.

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes is now run over 1600m under Weight-For-Age conditions. When at Rosehill it was over 1500m and was even run over 1550m at Canterbury once.

Gai Waterhouse holds the record with eight victories (the latest with Adrian Bott) ahead of Bart Cummings and John Hawkes with four.

The leading jockey is Darren Beadman who won it five times.

The breakdown of the fillies and mares in the last 29 years is Fillies (8) & Mares (21). The previous filly winner was Alizee (2018) and the previous mare winner was Atishu (2023).

2016 winner Azkadellia was banned from racing until the issues of her ownership could be sorted out.

Gai Waterhouse has won eight Queen Of The Turfs previously but has taken 5 of the last 13.

Myer Classic-Queen Of The Turf double – Typhoon Tracy (2009-10), Appearance (2012-13).

Coolmore Classic-Queen Of The Turf double – Favoured (1974), Camino Rose (1999), Appearance (2013), Con Te Partiro (2020).

2004 winner In A Bound was out of the champion filly Bounding Away.

Kenedna followed up her win at Randwick in 2019 with a Doomben Cup and O'Shea Stakes wins.

Nettoyer won the Doncaster Mile in 2020 in front of no crowd but came back to win the QOTT in yet another big Randwick mile.

Nimalee's win in 2022 gave champion sire So You Think his third G1 win on Day 2 of The Championships.

The 2023 Queen Of The Turf Stakes was worth $1,000,000.

More Joyous (2011, 2012) is the only multiple winner of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

Other notable winners of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes  include Scomeld (1980), Shinakima (1987), Ricochet Rosie (1991), Romanee Conti (1992), Excited Angel (1993), Shame (1996), Danglissa (2000), Divine Madonna (2007), Forensics (2008), Typhoon Tracy (2010), Appearance (2013), Azkadellia (2016), Alizee (2018), Nettoyer (2021) and Atishu (2023).

The 2023 Queen Of The Turf Stakes was won by Atishu from Hope In Your Heart and More Secrets.


Racing and Sports

Previous Queen Of The Turf Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
ATISHU (NZ) 5M
SAVABEEL (AUS) - POSY (NZ) NO EXCUSE NEEDED (GB)
N RAWILLER 57.0 CHRIS WALLER 1
NIMALEE (AUS) 5M
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - DEZIGN (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ)
DAMIEN OLIVER 57.0 MATTHEW SMITH 2
NETTOYER (AUS) 7M
SEBRING (AUS) - CLEANUP (AUS) DEHERE (USA)
TOMMY BERRY 57.0 WENDY ROCHE 7
CON TE PARTIRO (USA) 6M
SCAT DADDY (USA) - TEMPLE STREET (USA) STREET CRY (IRE)
TIM CLARK 57.0 G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT 7
KENEDNA (AUS) 5M
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - MISS DODWELL (AUS) FALBRAV (IRE)
J ALLEN 57.0 C MAHER & D EUSTACE 8
ALIZEE (AUS) 3F
SEPOY (AUS) - ESSAOUIRA (AUS) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS)
G SCHOFIELD 54.5 JAMES CUMMINGS 8
FOXPLAY (AUS) 3F
FOXWEDGE (AUS) - BUTTERS (USA) EL PRADO (IRE)
K MCEVOY 54.5 CHRIS WALLER 10
AZKADELLIA (NZ) 4M
SHINKO KING (IRE) - RAVING (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
DAMIEN OLIVER 57.0 CIARON MAHER 8
AMANPOUR (AUS) 4M
NORTHERN METEOR (AUS) - NEWSCASTER (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS)
K MCEVOY 57.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 3
DIAMOND DRILLE (AUS) 4M
AL MAHER (AUS) - DAMZELLE PEDRILLE (AUS) ZOFFANY (USA)
TOMMY BERRY 57.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 2
APPEARANCE (AUS) 4M
COMMANDS (AUS) - DISGUISE (AUS) GRAND LODGE (USA)
K MCEVOY 57.0 G H WALTER 6
MORE JOYOUS (NZ) 5M
MORE THAN READY (USA) - SUNDAY JOY (AUS) DAIWA MAJOR (JPN)
N RAWILLER 57.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 7
MORE JOYOUS (NZ) 4M
MORE THAN READY (USA) - SUNDAY JOY (AUS) DAIWA MAJOR (JPN)
N RAWILLER 57.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 2
TYPHOON TRACY (AUS) 4M
RED RANSOM (USA) - TRACY'S ELEMENT (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
L NOLEN 57.0 PETER G MOODY 8
NEROLI (AUS) 5M
VISCOUNT (AUS) - DALQUARREN (AUS) CAN'T FIGHT FATE (AUS)
D BEADMAN 57.0 PETER SNOWDEN 7
FORENSICS (AUS) 3F
FLYING SPUR (AUS) - PROVE IT (AUS) DEHERE (USA)
D NIKOLIC 54.0 PETER SNOWDEN 8
DIVINE MADONNA (AUS) 4M
HURRICANE SKY (AUS) - MY MADONNA (AUS) PREGO (IRE)
G BOSS 56.5 MARK KAVANAGH 8
MNEMOSYNE (AUS) 3F
ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - MY JULIET (AUS) CAN'T FIGHT FATE (AUS)
D BEADMAN 53.0 JOHN HAWKES 10
IKE'S DREAM (AUS) 4M
KING OF KINGS (IRE) - MRS. KAHN (AUS) VAIN (AUS)
D BEADMAN 55.5 JOHN HAWKES 1
IN A BOUND (AUS) 4M
ASHKALANI (IRE) - BOUNDING AWAY (AUS) BISCAY (AUS)
C MUNCE 54.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 1
HOSANNAH (AUS) 4M
OCTAGONAL (NZ) - GENUFLECT (AUS) CROWN JESTER (AUS)
C W BROWN 56.5 JOHN HAWKES 9
UGACHAKA (NZ) 3F
DANASINGA (AUS) - BOLSHOI STAR (NZ) THREE LEGS (GB)
S SEAMER 55.0 D L FREEDMAN 8
SORRENTO (NZ) 5M
JUST A DANCER (NZ) - AMATRICE (NZ) BEAUFORT SEA (USA)
C MUNCE 52.5 JOHN SIZE 11
DANGLISSA (AUS) 3F
DANZERO (AUS) - VREELAND (AUS) LORD SEYMOUR (IRE)
C MUNCE 55.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 15

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