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Wenona Girl Quality

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History

TINTOOKIE winning the Toyota Forklifts Wenona Girl Quality at Randwick in Australia.
TINTOOKIE winning the Toyota Forklifts Wenona Girl Quality at Randwick in Australia. Picture: Martin King / Sportpix

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.


Racing and Sports

Previous Wenona Girl Quality Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
TINTOOKIE (AUS) 4M
WINNING RUPERT (AUS) - LADY MARIONETTE (AUS) DYLAN THOMAS (IRE)
K MCEVOY 53.0 BRAD WIDDUP 6
JAL LEI (AUS) 4M
SEBRING (AUS) - LESLEY'S CHOICE (AUS) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS)
R JONES 53.0 JOHN O'SHEA 2
BELLUCI BABE (NZ) 5M
PER INCANTO (USA) - SAVAMOUR (NZ) SAVABEEL (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD 55.0 BJORN BAKER 5
VULPINE (AUS) 4M
SNITZEL (AUS) - ELUSIVE LEONE (AUS) ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA)
ROBBIE DOLAN 53.0 BRAD WIDDUP 9
FASIKA (AUS) 4M
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - JARADA (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
B AVDULLA 56.5 JOSEPH PRIDE 6
WINTER BRIDE (AUS) 4M
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - AMBERINO (AUS) PERUGINO (USA)
TOMMY BERRY 58.0 TOBY EDMONDS 5
SUGAR BELLA (AUS) 4M
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - HULA WONDER (AUS) HULA CHIEF (NZ)
JASON COLLETT 53.0 KRIS LEES 3
ROCKET COMMANDER (AUS) 5M
COURT COMMAND (AUS) - PINOT ROYALE (AUS) RED RANSOM (USA)
TOMMY BERRY 54.5 MATTHEW DALE 2
SAVOUREUX (AUS) 4M
NADEEM (AUS) - RIPE PLUM (AUS) SPECTRUM (IRE)
TOMMY BERRY 54.0 KRIS LEES 7
GRIANTE (AUS) 4M
GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - GRAND STRATEGY (AUS) STRATEGIC (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN 57.5 DAVID BRIDEOAKE 11
A TIME FOR JULIA (AUS) 4M
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - PROCRASTINATE (AUS) JADE HUNTER (USA)
B SHINN 55.0 PETER G MOODY 11
CHOICE WORDS (AUS) 4M
CHOISIR (AUS) - VERBOSE (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS)
P ROBL 54.0 DAVID VANDYKE 4
ROSE OF PEACE (AUS) 4M
HUSSONET (USA) - ROSE O' WAR (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
B AVDULLA 54.0 GARY PORTELLI 14
OFCOURSEICAN (AUS) 4M
MOSSMAN (AUS) - YES SHE CAN CANCAN (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS)
C REITH 53.0 R J QUINTON 3
BEADED (AUS) 4M
LONHRO (AUS) - SUBTLE (AUS) NIGHT SHIFT (USA)
HUGH BOWMAN 56.5 PETER SNOWDEN 1
BELONG TO MANY (AUS) 5M
BELONG TO ME (USA) - FOIL (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS)
GRANT BUCKLEY 59.0 BARBARA JOSEPH 4
LITTER (AUS) 5M
CATBIRD (AUS) - ALKIMIYA (USA) CHROMITE (USA)
C W BROWN 53.5 KRIS LEES 5
KAKAKAKATIE (AUS) 4M
ZEDITAVE (AUS) - ST. KATE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
J FORD 53.0 PATRICK WEBSTER 8
WONDERER (AUS) 4M
END SWEEP (USA) - ENDLESS WONDER (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
JAMES P INNES 54.0 MS G WATERHOUSE 4

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