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The $1 million Empire Rose Stakes is a Group 1 mile feature for fillies & mares held on VRC Derby Day.
The Empire Rose Stakes, previously known as the Myer Classic, is a Group 1 race run over a mile (1600m) for the season’s best fillies and mares held on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival in late October / early November annually.
The weight-for-age race is one of only two Group 1 events for fillies and mares offered during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Held on the same day as the prestigious Victoria Derby, the Empire Rose Stakes now offers $1 million in prize money.
Raced at Flemington Racecourse the Empire Rose Stakes is also featured on the same day as the Coolmore Stud Stakes, totalling three Group 1 races on the one day of elite spring racing.
The 2023 Empire Rose Stakes ran on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington – Saturday November 4, 2023 – and was won in an upset by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Pride Of Jenni ($16).
Empire Rose Stakes 2023 | |
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Date: | Saturday November 4, 2023 |
Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
Distance: | 1600m |
Race Type: | 3YO+ Fillies and Mares Weight-For-Age |
Status: | Group 1 |
Prize Money: | $1 million |
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained six-year-old Pride Of Jenni ($16) returned to winning form on Derby Day with an upset Group 1 victory in the Empire Rose Stakes 2023 results. With Michael Dee aboard the winner was so brave leading all-the-way to defeat the beaten favourite Atishu by a length on the line.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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1 | 10 | PRIDE OF JENNI | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Declan Bates | 16 | 57kg | $16 | |||
2 | 4 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 1L | 8 | 57kg | $4.20F | ||
3 | 12 | LIFE LESSONS (NZ) | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Daniel Stackhouse | 3.75L | 14 | 57kg | $21 | ||
4 | 11 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | Michael Kent | Ms Jamie Kah | 3.95L | 7 | 57kg | $31 | ||
5 | 1 | ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Opie Bosson | 4.05L | 5 | 57kg | $5 | ||
6 | 14 | WISHLOR LASS | Symon Wilde | John Allen | 4.35L | 10 | 57kg | $14 | ||
7 | 2 | PRINCESS GRACE (USA) | Chris Waller | Jye McNeil | 4.55L | 11 | 57kg | $8.50 | ||
8 | 5 | HINGED | Chris Waller | Blake Shinn | 4.75L | 12 | 57kg | $26 | ||
9 | 3 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | Tim Clark | 4.95L | 1 | 57kg | $7.50 | ||
10 | 16 | MORE SECRETS | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Damien Oliver | 5.15L | 4 | 57kg | $16 | ||
11 | 7 | RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Harry Coffey | 5.45L | 13 | 57kg | $26 | ||
12 | 6 | FOXY FRIDA | Andrew Noblet | Billy Egan | 5.55L | 6 | 57kg | $26 | ||
13 | 17e | JENNILALA | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jamie Spencer | 6.8L | 3 | 57kg | $81 | ||
14 | 13 | SHUFFLE DANCER | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Luke Nolen | 11.8L | 2 | 57kg | $31 | ||
15 | 15 | AUSBRED FLIRT | Brad Widdup | Ms Rachel King | 12.55L | 9 | 57kg | $31 | ||
16 | 8 | BARBIE’S FOX | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 99L | 15 | 57kg | $31 | ||
9 | WROTE TO ARATAKI (NZ) | Matthew Williams | Dean Yendall | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The latest Empire Rose Stakes 2023 odds will be listed below with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au to back your 2023 Empire Rose Stakes betting tips at the best spring racing odds.
There was a notable upset in 2023 with Pride Of Jenni saluting at Empire Rose Stakes odds of $16.
Stay tuned for our exclusive Empire Rose Stakes 2023 Tips on the mares’ feature on Derby Day this spring.
Going to give the Chris Waller-trained Princess Grace one last chance after a frustrating run of close minor placings and hoping she’s not just one of those horses that doesn’t like to win! Her early spring form was excellent when runner-up to stablemate Fangirl in the Group 1 Winx Stakes in Sydney before her second only a quarter-length off a very good galloper in Mr Brightside in Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes. Fourth to the same star miler at this track and distance in the Makybe Diva Stakes before being rolled as the odds-on favourite in the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) here on October 7. A month between runs so she has had a little freshen-up, handles the track, has been knocking on the door all prep and could just put it all together now.
The Empire Rose Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of fillies and mares each spring coming off a variety of different lead-up races including the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield, with Red Tracer (2013) and Colette (2021) the latest mares to do the double.
Fillies in the Empire Rose Stakes field may come off a run the Saturday before in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m), a Cox Plate Day race that I Am A Star ran third in before her 2016 Empire Rose Stakes victory over the older mares.
The official Empire Rose Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to Derby Day in Melbourne and will be published in full below.
The 2023 Empire Rose Stakes final field features a quality line-up of female gallopers including three for Chris Waller led by early favourite Atishu and Princess Grace.
Click here to read more on the key runners in the Empire Rose Stakes 2023 field and betting markets.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 4913x0x404 | ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Opie Bosson | 5 | 57kg | 113 | ||
2 | 23x31x2242 | PRINCESS GRACE (USA) | Chris Waller | Jamie Spencer | 12 | 57kg | 111 | ||
3 | 2x1442x368 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | Kerry Parker | Tim Clark | 1 | 57kg | 108 | ||
4 | 3x216Px520 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 8 | 57kg | 110 | ||
5 | x26844x407 | HINGED | Chris Waller | Blake Shinn | 13 | 57kg | 106 | ||
6 | 5x12116x03 | FOXY FRIDA | Andrew Noblet | Billy Egan | 6 | 57kg | 103 | ||
7 | 9x6124x512 | RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ) | Bjorn Baker | Harry Coffey | 14 | 57kg | 103 | ||
8 | 3102341742 | BARBIE’S FOX | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | Mark Zahra | 16 | 57kg | 101 | ||
9 | 33112×3031 | WROTE TO ARATAKI (NZ) | Matthew Williams | Dean Yendall | 10 | 57kg | 102 | ||
10 | 7x4298x626 | PRIDE OF JENNI | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Declan Bates | 17 | 57kg | 101 | ||
11 | 15931×1736 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | Michael Kent | Ms Jamie Kah | 7 | 57kg | 97 | ||
12 | 112x74x421 | LIFE LESSONS (NZ) | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Daniel Stackhouse | 15 | 57kg | 99 | ||
13 | 121146×852 | SHUFFLE DANCER | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | Luke Nolen | 2 | 57kg | 92 | ||
14 | 1115×4111 | WISHLOR LASS | Symon Wilde | John Allen | 11 | 57kg | 103 | ||
15 | 12x614x125 | AUSBRED FLIRT | Brad Widdup | Ms Rachel King | 9 | 57kg | 92 | ||
16 | 413x353x53 | MORE SECRETS | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Damien Oliver | 4 | 57kg | 97 | ||
17e | 15x27213x1 | JENNILALA | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jamie Spencer | 3 | 57kg | 86 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Empire Rose Stakes 2023 nominations close the Monday of race week and the full list of early entries for the mile Group 1 on Victoria Derby Day will be published below once announced.
The 2023 Empire Rose Stakes nominations attracted 22 fillies and mares led in all-in betting by the autumn’s Doncaster Mile fourth place-getter Hope In Your Heart, Chris Waller’s multiple Group 1 place-getter Princess Grace coming off a Group 2 Blazer Stakes second, and her stablemate Atishu with form around the team’s The Invitation winner Espiona.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 4913x0x404 | ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) | M | 6 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 113 |
2 | 3x216Px520 | ATISHU (NZ) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 110 |
3 | 12x614x125 | AUSBRED FLIRT | M | 5 | Brad Widdup | 92 |
4 | 3102341742 | BARBIE’S FOX | M | 7 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | 101 |
5 | 15931×1736 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | M | 6 | Michael Kent | 97 |
6 | 5x12116x03 | FOXY FRIDA | M | 6 | Andrew Noblet | 103 |
7 | x26844x407 | HINGED | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 106 |
8 | 2x1442x368 | HOPE IN YOUR HEART | M | 5 | Kerry Parker | 108 |
9 | 15x27213x1 | JENNILALA | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 86 |
10 | 112x74x421 | LIFE LESSONS (NZ) | M | 5 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 99 |
11 | 1x407x2804 | MADAME POMMERY | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 102 |
12 | 413x353x53 | MORE SECRETS | M | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 97 |
13 | 3950×61146 | MUSTANG VALLEY (NZ) | M | 5 | Andrew Forsman | 108 |
14 | 7x4298x626 | PRIDE OF JENNI | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 101 |
15 | 23x31x2242 | PRINCESS GRACE (USA) | M | 7 | Chris Waller | 111 |
16 | 9x6124x512 | RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ) | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 103 |
17 | 3410x52x50 | ROOTS | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 105 |
18 | 121146×852 | SHUFFLE DANCER | M | 4 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 92 |
19 | 111 | SKYBIRD | F | 3 | Mitchell Freedman | 84 |
20 | x95143x645 | WALTZ ON BY | M | 4 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 86 |
21 | 1115×4111 | WISHLOR LASS | M | 5 | Symon Wilde | 103 |
22 | 33112×3031 | WROTE TO ARATAKI (NZ) | M | 5 | Matthew Williams | 102 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Since 1988 when Concordance won, the Myer Classic has gone through several sponsor names starting with Honda. First named “The Honda Legend”, the race went on to be named the Hong Kong Bank Stakes, Hardy Brothers Classic and Nestle Peters Classic. In 2005 it was named the Myer Classic. It’s registered name is the Empire Rose Stakes.
Regarded as the best sprint race for fillies and mares, the Myer Classic is often raced by horses which have competed in the Rose Of Kingston Stakes and the Tristarc Stakes. Although no Myer Classic winner has gone on to win the WS Cox Plate or Melbourne Cup, the Emirates Stakes has been won by Divine Madonna in 2006 and Bonanova in 1997.
In 2003 the event became a Group 2 race and was changed from a set weight race with penalties to a weight-for-age race. In 2004 it was upgraded to Group 1 status. In 2016 I Am A Star became the first three-year-old filly to beat the mares in the Myer Classic results in over 20 years, then the following year Shoals (2017) made it back-to-back wins for the youngsters with her narrow victory for the punters.
The 2019 Empire Rose Stakes saw New Zealand-trained mare Melody Belle continue her outstanding string of Group 1 wins with her 10th elite level victory and first on Aussie turf.
Read through the list of Empire Rose Stakes winners and place getters from 2000.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Pride Of Jenni | 1 minute 34.86 seconds |
2nd | Atishu | ||
3rd | Life Lessons | ||
2022 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Icebath | 1 minute 37.8 seconds |
2nd | Mirra Vision | ||
3rd | Excelida | ||
2021 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Colette | 1 minute 34.84 seconds |
2nd | Mystic Journey | ||
3rd | Hungry Heart | ||
2020 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Shout The Bar | 1 minute 35.37 seconds |
2nd | Odeum | ||
3rd | Forbidden Love | ||
2019 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Melody Belle | 1 minute 37.78 seconds |
2nd | Aristia | ||
3rd | Spanish Reef | ||
2018 Empire Rose Stakes |
1st | Shillelagh | 1 minute 34.86 seconds |
2nd | Bring Me Roses | ||
3rd | Fundamentalist | ||
2017 Myer Classic |
1st | Shoals | 1 minute 35.26 seconds |
2nd | Eckstein | ||
3rd | Dixie Blossoms | ||
2016 Myer Classic |
1st | I Am A Star | 1 minute 35.56 seconds |
2nd | French Emotion | ||
3rd | Denmagic | ||
2015 Myer Classic |
1st | Politeness | 1 minute 37.75 seconds |
2nd | Fenway | ||
3rd | Azkadellia | ||
2014 Myer Classic |
1st | Bonaria | 1 minute 36.55 seconds |
2nd | Sweet Idea | ||
3rd | Catkins | ||
2013 Myer Classic |
1st | Red Tracer | 1 minute 36.45 seconds |
2nd | Catkins | ||
3rd | Fire Up Fifi | ||
2012 Myer Classic |
1st | Appearance | 1 minute 34:97 seconds |
2nd | Soft Sand | ||
3rd | Secret Admirer | ||
2011 Myer Classic |
1st | Hurtle Myrtle | 1 minute 37:50 seconds |
2nd | Sacred Choice | ||
3rd | Dysphonia | ||
2010 Myer Classic |
1st | Sacred Choice | 1 minute 38:91 seconds |
2nd | Typhoon Tracy | ||
3rd | Hot Danish | ||
2009 Myer Classic |
1st | Typhoon Tracy | 1 minute 35:3 seconds |
2nd | Lady Lynette | ||
3rd | Zarita | ||
2008 Myer Classic |
1st | Forensics | 1 minute 35.9 seconds |
2nd | Absolutely Fabulous | ||
3rd | Mimi Lebrock | ||
2007 Myer Classic |
1st | Divine Madonna | 1 minute 36.1 seconds |
2nd | Translate | ||
3rd | Red For Lou | ||
2006 Myer Classic |
1st | Lyrical Bid | 1 minute 37.6 seconds |
2nd | Sea Change | ||
3rd | Kosi Bay | ||
2005 Myer Classic |
1st | Lotteria | 1 minute 35.4 seconds |
2nd | Miss Potential | ||
3rd | Shania Dane | ||
2004 Myer Classic |
1st | Miss Potential | 1 minute 37.5 seconds |
2nd | Alinghi | ||
3rd | Infinite Grace | ||
2003 Myer Classic |
1st | Zanna | 1 minute 38.4 seconds |
2nd | Infinite Grace | ||
3rd | Mrs Tendulkar | ||
2002 Myer Classic |
1st | Miss Zoe | 1 minute 35.8 seconds |
2nd | Purple Groove | ||
3rd | Ramanos Star | ||
2001 Myer Classic |
1st | Market Price | 1 minute 34.2 seconds |
2nd | Pernod | ||
3rd | Calm Smytzer | ||
2000 Myer Classic |
1st | Super Sequel | 1 minute 37.8 seconds |
2nd | Its Platonic | ||
3rd | Nova Claus |