2012 Winter Stakes

The Winter Stakes is a 1400 metre weight-for-age event for fillies and mares held at Eagle Farm. It is run by the Brisbane Racing Club in June and is the final Group 1 race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Race Type: Group 1, 3YO & Up Fillies and Mares WFA
Distance: 1400 metres
Track: Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Queensland
Date: Saturday 25 June 2011

Winter Stakes Odds
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The Winter Stakes is a fairly new race as it was first held in 1989 when La Posette won over 1500 metres. It became a Listed Race in 1992, a Group 3 in 1996 then a Group 2 in 2006. The following year, 2007, it was given Group 1 status and the distance was reduced to 1400 metres.

Lead-up races are the Group 2 Dane Ripper Quality which is a fillies and mares event over 1400 metres, and the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap over 1400 metres. The only horse to take out the Dane Ripper – Winter Stakes double was Tripping who won as a three-year-old in 1996. The three-year-old Dane Ripper won both the Stradbroke and Winter Stakes in 1997 and then went on to win the 1997 Cox Plate.

The Winter Stakes is the final Group 1 event of the racing season in Australia and attracts a quality field of fillies and mares from both locally and interstate. Only one horse has won it more than once and that was Bonanova who won in 1999 and 2000 as a four-year-old and five-year-old.

Winter Stakes Final Field & Odds 2012

Winter Stakes Preview & Tips 2012

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

Previous winners of the Winter Stakes:

Only a few trainers have won the race more than once. Grahame Begg won with Bonanova in 1999 and 2000, Danny O’Brien won with Porto Roca in 2001 and Absolut Glam in 2008, and Bart Cummings won with Dane Ripper (1997) and Russeting in 2009. Russeting was the 253^rd Group 1 winner for master trainer Bart Cummings.