Tibbie Stakes
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History
The Tibbie Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for fillies and mares at Newcastle conducted by the Newcastle Jockey Club.
The Tibbie Stakes is run over 1400m. It is registered as the Tibbie Plate but became known as the Tibbie Stakes.
The Tibbie Stakes was just a race in the Newcastle carnival but became a Listed race in 2005 and a Group 3 from 2013.
The Broadmeadow racecourse at Newcastle is the biggest of the provincial courses in NSW and the only one in Australia to host multiple group races.
It is a race history dominated early by Gai Waterhouse and Chris Waller.
In March of 2005 Guy Walter produced an amazing training performance when he trifectad the G1 Doncaster Handicap with Patezza, Court's In Session and Danni Martene. Well later that year he went one better. Walter had first, second, third and fourth in the Tibbie as Shalimar Sky brought home Fantasia, Johan's Toy and Hennessy Waltz.
The Tibbie is a good lead up for races like the Angst Stakes at Randwick and then onto the Melbourne mares features.
The 2007 race was not held due to the Equine Influenza break out.
In 2018 Princess Posh beat Savatiano and in 2019 they'd return and run 1&2 in the Newcastle Newmarket.
The Tibbie Stakes was worth $250,000 in 2023.
Notable winners of the Tibbie Stakes include Hope In Your Heart (2022), Princess Posh (2018), Zanbagh (2017), She's Clean (2015), Nocturnelle (2012), More Strawberries (2011), Vintedge (2010), Miss Pageantry (2008) and Shalimar Sky (2005).
The 2023 Tibbie Stakes was won by Banana Queen from Sanstoc and Mirra View.
Previous Tibbie Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BANANA QUEEN
(AUS)
5M SO YOU THINK (NZ) - TROPICANA LADY (AUS) FASTNET ROCK (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 55.0 | G RYAN & S ALEXIOU | 6 |
|
HOPE IN YOUR HEART
(AUS)
4M DUNDEEL (NZ) - HAYAAT (AUS) MONTJEU (IRE) |
TIM CLARK | 55.0 | KERRY PARKER | 8 |
|
MADAM LEGEND
(AUS)
5M I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - MITHILA (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
J PENZA | 55.0 | L J BRIDGE | 13 |
|
ALL SAINTS' EVE
(NZ)
4M SACRED FALLS (NZ) - HALLOWEEN (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 2 |
|
SWEET DEAL
(AUS)
5M CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - DOROTHY EVELYN (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 56.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 7 |
|
PRINCESS POSH
(AUS)
5M CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) - THE BARONESS (AUS) VISCOUNT (AUS) |
G SCHOFIELD | 55.0 | KRIS LEES | 4 |
|
ZANBAGH
(AUS)
7M BERNARDINI (USA) - WILD IRIS (AUS) SPECTRUM (IRE) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 58.5 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 15 |
|
SPIRIT BIRD
(NZ)
4M SAVABEEL (AUS) - PRESS LEAK (USA) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) |
G SCHOFIELD | 55.0 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 13 |
|
SHE'S CLEAN
(AUS)
7M REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - FEATHER DUSTER (AUS) END SWEEP (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 15 |
|
FINE BUBBLES
(AUS)
5M CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - PEKALAN (AUS) SRI PEKAN (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.0 | KRIS LEES | 12 |
|
VAQUERA
(NZ)
4M HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - THE MIGHTY LIONS (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
TOMMY BERRY | 55.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 5 |
|
NOCTURNELLE
(AUS)
4M ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - DAMA DE NOCHE (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
G SCHOFIELD | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 1 |
|
MORE STRAWBERRIES
(AUS)
4M MORE THAN READY (USA) - MILVA (USA) STRAWBERRY ROAD (AUS) |
N RAWILLER | 57.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 7 |
|
VINTEDGE
(AUS)
5M FLYING SPUR (AUS) - ALTERNATIVE EDGE (AUS) RORY'S JESTER (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 55.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 6 |
|
MOTI
(NZ)
5M DON EDUARDO (NZ) - IT'S SPRING AGAIN (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
N RAWILLER | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 2 |
|
MISS PAGEANTRY
(AUS)
5M VISCOUNT (AUS) - RICH PAGEANTRY (AUS) RUBITON (AUS) |
L V CASSIDY | 55.0 | GWENDA MARKWELL | 6 |
|
YOLO
(NZ)
4M STRAVINSKY (USA) - HONEY BE OURS (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
Z PURTON | 54.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 7 |
|
SHALIMAR SKY
(AUS)
5M HURRICANE SKY (AUS) - CHANCY DANCER (AUS) KALA DANCER (GB) |
D BEADMAN | 54.0 | G H WALTER | 7 |
|
ST JESSIE
(AUS)
5M JETBALL (AUS) - BE BOP A LULA (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
J CASSIDY | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 5 |
|
IMPERATRIX
(AUS)
5M STRATEGIC (AUS) - CURATOR (CAN) ASSERT (IRE) |
C W BROWN | 55.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 6 |
|
MISS ZOE
(AUS)
6M ZOFFANY (USA) - IVORY ROSE (AUS) GAIN CONTROL (AUS) |
J SHEEHAN | 57.0 | L J BRIDGE | 9 |
|
EXPRESSO ROSE
(NZ)
4M VOLKSRAAD (GB) - MISS CAPUCINO (NZ) KHOZAAM (USA) |
G BOSS | 53.0 | GERALD RYAN | 6 |