Quezette Stakes
Quezette Stakes
Group Three Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
| Location: | Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
| Distance: | 1100m |
The Group 3 Quezette Stakes is a race for three-year-old fillies held over 1100m at Caulfield Racecourse, with it next due to be run on August 19. 2023.
First run in 1992, the Quezette Stakes is run for $200,000 in 2024.
The Quezette Stakes equivalent race for the colts and geldings, the Vain Stakes is run on the same card.
Often used as a kick-off point for new season three-year-olds, the event has often produced many runners heading towards the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m).
There has been many a star filly who has saluted in the Quezette Stakes, including Alinghi who won the race first-up and would go on to win the Thousand Guineas in the same preparation in 2004.
Grand filly Sunlight would end up winning the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) later in the spring, Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and William Reid Stakes (1200m) at the top level in the autumn following her win in the Quezette Stakes.
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2025 Quezette Stakes Final Field
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Previous Quezette Stakes Field
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Drifting Peter Snowden Blake Shinn 3 58kg 2 Bellatrix Star Mark Walker Michael Dee 10 58kg 3 Geegees Mistruth Stuart Gandy Ben Melham 8 56kg 4 Arabian SummerTony & Calvin McEvoyHarry Coffey556kg5 Kuroyanagi Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Jamie Kah 6 56kg 6 Madrina Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 4 56kg 7 Manolo BlingAnthony & Sam FreedmanEthan Brown1156kg8 All WokePhillip StokesDaniel Stackhouse956kg9 Berezka Ciaron Maher Craig Williams 1 56kg 10 Kirribilli Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 7 56kg 11 Just Like Gaby Ciaron Maher Damian Lane 2 56kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Ulanova Anthony & Sam Freedman Michael Dee 3 59kg 2 LazzagoChris WallerTBC958kg3 Charm Stone Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 11 58kg 4 De Sonic Boom Anthony & Sam Freedman Daniel Moor 12 58kg 5 Skirt The Law Tony Gollan Ryan Maloney 1 57kg 6 Princess Duhallow Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Ferraris 8 57kg 7 Show Royale Lloyd Kennewell & Lucy Yeomans Mark Zahra 5 57kg 8 She’sallshenanigans Simon Zahra Blaike McDougall 7 56kg 9 KimochiGary PortelliBen Melham1056kg10 Tiz Enuf Anthony & Sam Freedman Jordan Childs 4 56kg 11 AxzelinaCiaron Maher & David EustaceEthan Brown1456kg12 Hell QueenBen BrisbourneCraig Williams1556kg13 Zousuko John McArdle Jamie Mott 2 56kg 14 Sicilian Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Blake Shinn 13 56kg 15 IphimediaRobbie Griffiths & Mathew de KockCraig Newitt656kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Miss Roseiano Peter Gelagotis Mark Zahra 13 58kg 2 Bistro Anthony & Sam Freedman Daniel Moor 1 57kg 3 Ebhaar Peter & Paul Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 6 57kg 4 I’mlovin’ya Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 5 57kg 5 Ojai James Cummings Craig Williams 14 56kg 6 She’sgottheboom Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted Boris Thornton 4 56kg 7 Lady Laguna Annabel Neasham Ben Melham 8 56kg 8 Winnertakesitall Peter & Paul Snowden Michael Dee 11 56kg 9 Berry Bubbly Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Ethan Brown 12 56kg 10 Bound For Home Archie Alexander Declan Bates 3 56kg 11 No DiggityAnthony & Sam FreedmanCraig Newitt1556kg12 Waltz On By Peter Moody Jamie Kah 2 56kg 13 Typhoon Titmus Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock Patrick Moloney 10 56kg 14 She’s Pretty RichMatthew BrownBilly Egan956kg15 Lomandra Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jye McNeil 7 56kg
2024 Quezette Stakes result
1st – Drifting (+200)
2nd – Geegees Mistruth (+160)
3rd – Kirribilli (+290)
Recent Quezette Stakes results
- A front-running masterclass by Blake Shinn has paid dividends for Drifting ($3.10) to claim the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The daughter of Zousain was already a Group 3 winner as a two-year-old, with a victory in the Group 3 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill last preparation. She was forced to lug the top-weight to victory, but it didn’t seem to hinder the lightly raced three-year-old, with Shinn taking complete control from the jump. He managed to tick off some manageable sectionals in the middle stages aboard the first-up filly before giving a strong kick in the final furlong, clinging on from the fast-finishing Tasmanian invader Geegees Mistruth ($9.00) The well-supported favourite Kuroyanagi ($2.50) seemingly got every chance under Jamie Kah, with the Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea-trained filly stalking every step of the way from the one-one but didn’t let down with her customary turn-of-foot settling for a fourth-place finish.
- Charm Stone and Skirt The Law fought out the finish in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes at Caulfield, with the Mick Price & Micheal Kent Jnr-trained filly getting the better of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner. From when markets opened on Wednesday until the jump on Saturday, both the winner and runner-up fought for favouritism, but the smart punters loaded Charm Stone late and landed the spoils. The daughter of I Am Invincible had to make her run from the 600m mark – but to her credit – she sustained her run and held off the challenge of the Tony Gollan-trained filly. After suffering with injuries after her two-year-old season, Charm Stone has returned in fine style and appears to have a big spring preparation ahead of her, with possible targets including the Golden Rose and Coolmore Stud Stakes to come.
- The Archie Alexander-trained Bound For Home managed to cause a massive boilover in the 2022 Quezette Stakes, following an expert piece of riding from Declan Bates. Fresh from a six-week Irish holiday, Bates’ first ride back was a memorable one for many reasons. The original plan was for Bound For Home to have the field strung out when leading, but having jumped slowly from the gates, the pair had to settle three back the fence. Having settled on the heels of race favourite Waltz On By, Bound For Home was able to capitalise on some poor luck for the aforementioned Waltz On By and would quickly put her rivals away. Bound For Home would hold out the fast-finishing Ojai ($13) by a half-length, with I’mlovin’ya ($5.50) a further two-lengths behind the pair in third.
- Despite being forced to travel three-wide with no cover, Peter Moody’s Gimmie Par proved a class above in the Quezette first-up from a four-month spell. A close relation to the unbeaten champion sprinter Black Caviar and a half-sister to Caulfield Guineas winner Ole Kirk, Gimmie Par landed her first stakes win in smart fashion. Sent off the $2.70 favourite under Jamie Kah, Gimmie Par held-off the fast-finishing Heresy ($12) by a half-length with on-pace runner Scorched Earth ($15) the same margin back in third.
- In an unexpected turn of events, Bella Nipotina, the maiden filly, shed her luckless reputation by displaying remarkable swiftness and securing a surprising victory in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). This triumph also marked a significant milestone for jockey Michael Rodd, who celebrated his first stakes win since his return to Melbourne racing after his stint in Singapore. Starting as a $20 chance, Bella Nipotina managed to put two-lengths on runner-up River Night ($10) and rank outsider Aquagirl ($51) in third. Rodd had Bella Nipotina settled outside the leader throughout the 1100m event and when asked to quicken, put the race away with relative ease.
- First-up from a spell, Godolphin’s Exhilarates signalled her sprint intent with a dominant 1.5 length victory under Kerrin McEvoy. Sent around as a $7 chance, McEvoy had his filly settled midfield with cover and when asked for an effort with 300m to go, there was not another a horse punters wanted to be on. With 100m to go, Exhilarates gave Absolute Flirt ($8) windburn as she scorched on by the eventual runner-up, with Pin Sec ($26) a further 1.25 lengths behind Absolute Flirt in third.
Quezette Stakes winners
| Quezette Stakes Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Drifting | Peter Snowden | Blake Shinn |
| 2023 | Charm Stone | Damian Lane | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
| 2022 | Bound For Home | Declan Bates | Archie Alexander |
| 2021 | Gimmie Par | Jamie Kah | Peter Moody |
| 2020 | Bella Nipotina | Michael Rodd | Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes |
| 2019 | Exhilarates | Kerrin McEvoy | James Cummings |
| 2018 | Sunlight | Luke Currie | Tony McEvoy |
| 2017 | Crown Witness | Ben Melham | Stuart Webb |
| 2016 | I Am A Star | Steven King | Shane Nichols |
| 2015 | Petits Filous | Damien Oliver | Ciaron Maher |
| 2014 | Sabatini | Nicholas Hall | Lee & Shannon Hope |
| 2013 | Kiss A Rose | Vlad Duric | Peter Moody |
| 2012 | Elite Elle | Damien Oliver | Tony Vasil |
| 2011 | Satin Shoes | Michael Rodd | Clarry Conners |
| 2010 | Panipique | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2009 | Corsaire | Craig Newitt | Mick Price |
| 2008 | Viennese | Steven Arnold | Lee Freedman |
| 2007 | Bel Mer | Craig Newitt | Mick Price |
| 2006 | La Vie Amour | Luke Nolen | Peter Moody |
| 2005 | Pinezero | Noel Callow | John Moloney |
| 2004 | Alinghi | Damien Oliver | Lee Freedman |
| 2003 | French Bid | Noel Callow | Mick Price |
| 2002 | Innovation Girl | Nash Rawiller | Brian Mayfield-Smith |
| 2001 | La Lagune | Damien Oliver | Tony McEvoy |
| 2000 | So Gorgeous | Darren Gauci | Dan O’Sullivan |
Quezette Stakes winners pre-2000
| Quezette Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Stella Artois | ||
| 1998 | Bright Side | ||
| 1997 | Accept | ||
| 1996 | Ascorbic | ||
| 1995 | Bracken Bank | ||
| 1994 | Love Of Mary | ||
| 1993 | Tristalove | ||
| 1992 | Minsky Lass | ||
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