Quezette Stakes Explained

Surface:	Turf
Class:	Group 3
Horse Race:	Quezette Stakes
Location:	Caulfield Racecourse
Inaugurated:	1992
Race Type:	Thoroughbred
Sponsor:	Neds (2022)
Distance:	1,100 metres
Qualification:	Three year old fillies
Weight:	Set weights with penalties
Purse:	$200,000 (2022)

The Quezette Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held under set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia annually in August.^[1] Total prizemoney for the race is A$200,000.

History

Name

The race first held in 1992 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] In 2016 the event was run as the Winslow Group Stakes.

Distance

• 1992 - 2005 – 1200 metres
• 2006 onwards - 1100 metres

Grade

• 1994 - 2012 - Listed race
• 2013 - Group 3 status

Venue

• 1992 - 1996 - Sandown Park Racecourse
  • 1997 - Caulfield Racecourse 1998 - 2001 - Sandown Park Racecourse
• 2002 onwards - Caulfield Racecourse

Winners

• 2022 - Bound For Home^[3]
• 2021 - Gimmie Par^[4]
• 2020 - Bella Nipotina^[5]
• 2019 - Exhilarates^[6]
• 2018 - Sunlight^[7]
• 2017 - Crown Witness^[8]
• 2016 - I Am A Star^[9]
• 2015 - Petits Filous^[10]
• 2014 - Sabatini^[11]
• 2013 - Kiss A Rose^[12]
• 2012 - Elite Elle^[13]
• 2011 - Satin Shoes^[14]
• 2010 - Panipique^[15]
• 2009 - Corsaire^[16]
• 2008 - Viennese^[17]
• 2007 - Bel Mer^[18]
• 2006 - La Vie Amour^[19]
• 2005 - Pinezero^[20]
• 2004 - Alinghi^[21]
• 2003 - French Bid^[22]
• 2002 - Innovation Girl^[23]
• 2001 - La Lagune^[24]
• 2000 - So Gorgeous^[25]
• 1999 - Stella Artois^[26]
• 1998 - Bright Side
• 1997 - Accept^[27]
• 1996 - Ascorbic^[28]
• 1995 - Bracken Bank^[29]
• 1994 - Love Of Mary^[30]
• 1993 - Tristalove^[31]
• 1992 - Minsky Lass^[32]

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winners and Past Results for the Quezette Stakes . Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2013. 14 August 2013.
2. Web site: Lister Quezette Stakes . Racing Victoria Limited. 2013. 14 August 2013.
3. Web site: 2022 Result  - Neds Quezette Stakes (held 13 August 2022). racingpost.com . 14 August 2022.
4. Web site: 2021 Result  - BECK Probuild Quezette Stakes (held 14 August 2021). racenet.com.au. 14 August 2021.
5. Web site: 2020 Result  - BECK Probuild Quezette Stakes (held 15 August 2020). racenet.com.au. 15 August 2020.
6. Web site: 2019 Result  - BECK Probuild Quezette Stakes (held 17 August 2019). breednet.com. 17 August 2019.
7. Web site: 2018 Result  - Winslow Group Quezette Stakes (held 18 August 2018). breednet.com. 18 August 2018.
8. Web site: 2017 Result  - Winslow Group Quezette Stakes (held 19 August 2017). breednet.com. 19 August 2017.
9. Web site: 2016 Result  - Winslow Group Quezette Stakes (held 13 August 2016). breednet.com. 13 August 2016.
10. Web site: 2015 Result  - Lister Quezette Stakes (held 15 August 2015). breednet.com. 15 August 2015.
11. Web site: 2014 Result  - Lister Quezette Stakes (held 16 August 2014). breednet.com. 10 August 2015.
12. Web site: 2013 Result  - Lister Quezette Stakes (held 17 August 2013). breednet.com. 10 August 2015.
13. Web site: 2012 Result  - Lister Quezette Stakes (held 18 August 2012) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
14. Web site: 2011 Result  - Dunlite Quezette Stakes (held 13 August 2011) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
15. Web site: 2010 Result  - Legacy Badge Appeal Quezette Stakes (held 14 August 2010) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
16. Web site: 2009 Result  - Australian Defence Force Quezette Stakes (held 15 August 2009) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
17. Web site: 2008 Result  - Australian Defence Force Quezette Stakes (held 16 August 2008) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
18. Web site: 2007 Result  - Australian Defence Force Quezette Stakes (held 18 August 2007) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
19. Web site: 2006 Result  - Vietnam Veterans Quezette Stakes (held 19 August 2006) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
20. Web site: 2005 Result  - Vietnam Veterans Quezette Stakes (held 20 August 2005) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
21. Web site: 2004 Result  - Vietnam Veterans Quezette Stakes (held 21 August 2004) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
22. Web site: 2003 Result  - Vietnam Veterans Quezette Stakes (held 23 August 2003) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
23. Web site: 2002 Result  - Melbourne Legacy Quezette Stakes (held 24 August 2002) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
24. Web site: 2001 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 25 August 2001) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
25. Web site: 2000 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 26 August 2000) . Racing Vic. (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
26. Web site: 1999 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 21 August 1999) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 13 August 2015.
27. Web site: 1997 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 23 August 1997) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
28. Web site: 1996 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 24 August 1996) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
29. Web site: 1995 Result  - Quezette Stakes (held 26 August 1995) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
30. Web site: 1994 Result  - Quezette Quality (held 21 August 1994) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
31. Web site: 1993 Result  - Quezette Quality (held 28 August 1993) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.
32. Web site: 1992 Result  - Quezette Quality (held 29 August 1992) . Racing NSW (Aus) . 10 August 2015.