Quezette Stakes
Quezette Stakes | |
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Group 2 race | |
Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
Inaugurated | 1994 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Lister (2013) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,100 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | $150,000 (2014) |
The Quezette Stakes is a Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held under set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse annually in August.[1] Total prizemoney for the race is A$150,000.
Race history
Race name
The race was first held in 1994 is in honour of the 1967 Merson Cooper Stakes (Listed Race) winner Quezette, who won seven races in her two-year-old season and was placed in the Group 1 Crown Oaks as a three-year-old. Quezette established the Australian record for five furlongs in 56.4 seconds.[2]
Race distance
- 1994–2005 - 1200 metres
- 2006 onwards - 1100 metres
Race grade
- 1994–2012 - Listed race
- 2013 - Group 3 status
Race venue
- 1994–1996 - held at Sandown Park Racecourse
- 1997 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 1998–2001 - held at Sandown Park Racecourse
- 2002 onwards - Caulfield Racecourse
The winners
- 2014 - Sabatini[3]
- 2013 - Kiss A Rose[4]
- 2012 - Elite Elle[5]
- 2011 - Satin Shoes[6]
- 2010 - Panipique[7]
- 2009 - Corsaire[8]
- 2008 - Viennese[9]
- 2007 - Bel Mer[10]
- 2006 - La Vie Amour[11]
- 2005 - Pinezero[12]
- 2004 - Alinghi[13]
- 2003 - French Bid[14]
- 2002 - Innovation Girl[15]
- 2001 - La Lagune[16]
- 2000 - So Gorgeous[17]
- 1999 - Stella Artois[18]
- 1998 - Bright Side[19]
- 1997 - Accept[20]
- 1996 - Ascorbic[21]
- 1995 - Bracken Bank[22]
- 1994 - Love Of Mary[23]
See also
References
- ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Quezette Stakes". Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lister Quezette Stakes". Racing Victoria Limited. 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ↑ 2014 result
- ↑ 2013 result
- ↑ 2012 result
- ↑ 2011 result
- ↑ 2010 result
- ↑ 2009 result
- ↑ 2008 result
- ↑ 2007 result
- ↑ 2006 result
- ↑ 2005 result
- ↑ 2004 result
- ↑ 2003 result
- ↑ 2002 result
- ↑ 2001 result
- ↑ 2000 result
- ↑ 1999 result
- ↑ 1998 result
- ↑ 1997 result
- ↑ 1996 result
- ↑ 1995 result
- ↑ 1994 result