Queen Of The Turf Stakes

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes is a 1600 metre weight-for-age race for fillies and mares aged three-years-old and over run by the Australian Turf Club. It was held at Rosehill in early April on Golden Slipper Day until 2014 when it was run a week later and moved to Randwick.

• Race Type: Group 1, 3YO & Up Fillies and Mares WFA
• Distance: 1,600 metres
• Track: Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales
• Date: Saturday 14 April 2018

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes, also called the Coolmore Legacy Stakes, was first held as a principal race over 8 furlongs (about 1600 metres) at Rosehill in 1972 when it was won by Refulgence in 1 minute 30 seconds. It moved to the metric measure of 1500 metres in 1973 and remained at Rosehill until 2013 although in 2008 it was held at Canterbury Racecourse. In 2014 it was moved to Randwick and the distance increased to 1600 metres.

From 2005 the Queen Of The Turf has been a Group 1 race. The major lead-up race has been the Group 1 Coolmore Classic normally held 4 weeks before over 1500 metres at Rosehill. The Coolmore Classic is a handicap so the better quality females are more suited by the weight-for-age conditions. Another 1500 metre lead-up race is the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes for three-year-olds at set weights.

Winners of this race require strength, elegance and speed. Three-year-old fillies have a reasonable record in this race and horses that run well may go on to contest the Doncaster. No Queen Of The Turf winner has won the Doncaster although some have been placed.

Queen Of The Turf Stakes Final Field & Odds 2018

See below for betting markets for this years Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

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Queen Of The Turf Stakes Preview & Tips 2018

Track: Good    Weather: Overcast

There is a field of 17 runners for the $1,000,000 The Coolmore Legacy Stakes – Queen Of The Turf. Seven of them had their last start in the G2 Emancipation Stakes and three in the G1 Coolmore Classic. The betting is fairly open and the early favourite is Dixie Blossoms who chased hard for 3^rd in the Emancipation following 6^th in the Coolmore, and will appreciate the extra 100m – she was 3^rd in this race last year. Second favourite is Silent Sedition who was 3^rd in the Coolmore last start following a good win in the G3 Mannerism Stakes. Third favourite is Daysee Doomwho won the Coolmore Classic then was 0.7 length 5^th in the Emancipation.

Prompt Response won the Emancipation Stakes at her latest start, while Spanish Reef won the G2 Sunline Stakes, for her 3^rd consecutive win. Foxplay won this race last year as a three-year-old and comes off 4^th in the Emancipation. Alizee is the only three-year-old in the race and finished 4^th in the Vinery Stud Stakes which may have been a little long for her. Oregon’s Day was a close 2^nd in the Emancipation. All other runners are currently 14 to 1 or longer.

The following are the top 4 selections from our tipster panel for this years race.

Jo’s Tips
3 Dixie Blossoms
7 Spanish Reef
1 Daysee Doom
17 Alizee

Past winners of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes:

Only two horses have won both the Coolmore Classic and the Queen Of The Turf. These were Favoured in 1974 and Camino Rose in 1999, although Typhoon Tracy won the Coolmore Classic in 2009 and the Queen Of The Turf in 2010.