Wenona Girl Quality
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History
The Wenona Girl Quality is a Group 3 race for mares at Randwick conducted by the Australian Turf Club.
The Wenona Girl Quality was introduced in 2006. It is run under quality handicap conditions for mares 4YO and upwards with a maximum topweight of 61kg.
The Wenona Girl Quality has been run at Randwick each year since its inception with the exception of two runnings at Warwick Farm in 2011 and 2013.
The race is named after champion mare and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Wenona Girl, who won 27 races in the late 1950s and early 1960s and retired as the highest stakes winning mare to have raced in Australia to that time.
In 2014 the race was named the Roy Higgins Tribute in memory of champion jockey Roy Higgins (1938–2014) who died in the same week.
The Wenona Girl Quality was run as a Listed race until 2013 and was upgraded to Group 3 in 2014.
The 2024 Wenona Girl Quality was worth $250,000 in prizemoney.
Ofcourseican won the Wenona Girl Quality in 2011 and the G1 Coolmore Classic in 2012. Griante won the Wenona Girl Quality in 2015 and G1 ATC Galaxy in 2016.
Previous winners include Kakakakatie, Belong To Many, Beaded, Ofcourseican, Rose Of Peace, Arinosa, A Time For Julia, Griante and Fasika.
The 2024 Wenona Girl Quality was won by Tintookie from C'Est Magique and Wee Nessy.
Previous Wenona Girl Quality Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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TINTOOKIE
(AUS)
4M WINNING RUPERT (AUS) - LADY MARIONETTE (AUS) DYLAN THOMAS (IRE) |
K MCEVOY | 53.0 | BRAD WIDDUP | 6 |
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JAL LEI
(AUS)
4M SEBRING (AUS) - LESLEY'S CHOICE (AUS) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) |
R JONES | 53.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 2 |
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BELLUCI BABE
(NZ)
5M PER INCANTO (USA) - SAVAMOUR (NZ) SAVABEEL (AUS) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 55.0 | BJORN BAKER | 5 |
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VULPINE
(AUS)
4M SNITZEL (AUS) - ELUSIVE LEONE (AUS) ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) |
ROBBIE DOLAN | 53.0 | BRAD WIDDUP | 9 |
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FASIKA
(AUS)
4M SO YOU THINK (NZ) - JARADA (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) |
B AVDULLA | 56.5 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 6 |
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WINTER BRIDE
(AUS)
4M NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - AMBERINO (AUS) PERUGINO (USA) |
TOMMY BERRY | 58.0 | TOBY EDMONDS | 5 |
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SUGAR BELLA
(AUS)
4M NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - HULA WONDER (AUS) HULA CHIEF (NZ) |
JASON COLLETT | 53.0 | KRIS LEES | 3 |
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ROCKET COMMANDER
(AUS)
5M COURT COMMAND (AUS) - PINOT ROYALE (AUS) RED RANSOM (USA) |
TOMMY BERRY | 54.5 | MATTHEW DALE | 2 |
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SAVOUREUX
(AUS)
4M NADEEM (AUS) - RIPE PLUM (AUS) SPECTRUM (IRE) |
TOMMY BERRY | 54.0 | KRIS LEES | 7 |
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GRIANTE
(AUS)
4M GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - GRAND STRATEGY (AUS) STRATEGIC (AUS) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.5 | DAVID BRIDEOAKE | 11 |
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A TIME FOR JULIA
(AUS)
4M REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - PROCRASTINATE (AUS) JADE HUNTER (USA) |
B SHINN | 55.0 | PETER G MOODY | 11 |
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CHOICE WORDS
(AUS)
4M CHOISIR (AUS) - VERBOSE (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS) |
P ROBL | 54.0 | DAVID VANDYKE | 4 |
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ROSE OF PEACE
(AUS)
4M HUSSONET (USA) - ROSE O' WAR (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
B AVDULLA | 54.0 | GARY PORTELLI | 14 |
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OFCOURSEICAN
(AUS)
4M MOSSMAN (AUS) - YES SHE CAN CANCAN (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS) |
C REITH | 53.0 | R J QUINTON | 3 |
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BEADED
(AUS)
4M LONHRO (AUS) - SUBTLE (AUS) NIGHT SHIFT (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 1 |
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BELONG TO MANY
(AUS)
5M BELONG TO ME (USA) - FOIL (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
GRANT BUCKLEY | 59.0 | BARBARA JOSEPH | 4 |
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LITTER
(AUS)
5M CATBIRD (AUS) - ALKIMIYA (USA) CHROMITE (USA) |
C W BROWN | 53.5 | KRIS LEES | 5 |
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KAKAKAKATIE
(AUS)
4M ZEDITAVE (AUS) - ST. KATE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
J FORD | 53.0 | PATRICK WEBSTER | 8 |
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WONDERER
(AUS)
4M END SWEEP (USA) - ENDLESS WONDER (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
JAMES P INNES | 54.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 4 |
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