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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 offers half a million dollars in prize money.

Raced at Flemington Racecourse the Empire Rose Stakes is also featured on the same day as the Kennedy Mile and the Coolmore Stud Stakes, totalling four Group 1 races on the one day of elite spring racing.

The 2020 Empire Rose Stakes ran on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington – Saturday October 31, 2020 and was won by Shout The Bar. 

Empire Rose Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday October 31, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Fillies and Mares Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million

2020 Empire Rose Stakes Results

• 1st: #6 Shout The Bar
• 2nd: #12 Odeum
• 3rd: #14 Forbidden Love

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Shout The Bar ($31) was back to her brilliant best on Derby Day scoring a narrow upset at 30/1 in the 2020 Empire Rose Stakes results over the Thousand Guineas winner Odeum ($4).

Click here to read more on the upset 2020 Empire Rose Stakes winner Shout The Bar.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Damien Oliver		11	56.5kg		$31
	2	12	ODEUM	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	0.1L	7	49kg		$4
	3	14	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Dean Yendall	0.6L	13	49kg		$11
	4	11	CHAILLOT	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	0.8L	4	56.5kg		$13
	5	7	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	1L	2	56.5kg		$91
	6	8	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	1.2L	9	56.5kg		$26
	7	1	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Kerrin McEvoy	1.4L	5	57kg		$2.70F
	8	4	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	1.9L	6	56.5kg		$14
	9	5	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Hugh Bowman	2L	1	56.5kg		$14
	10	9	FELICIA	Dean Binaisse	Craig Williams	2.1L	10	56.5kg		$26
	11	2	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Glen Boss	3.6L	8	57kg		$41
	12	10	SHE SHAO FLY	Kevin Corstens	Jamie Kah	5.85L	3	56.5kg		$31
	13	13	CHICA FUERTE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Dean Holland	9.35L	12	49kg		$26
		3	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	James McDonald		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Empire Rose Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Empire Rose Stakes 2020 odds will be listed below with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au to back your 2020 Empire Rose Stakes betting tips at the best spring racing odds.

2020 Empire Rose Stakes Field

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, which last produced a winner in 2013 when Red Tracer did 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 2020 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 2020 Empire Rose Stakes field features 14 runners including three fillies led by the Thousand Guineas winner Odeum taking on the older mares on Derby Day.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Empire Rose Stakes Field & Betting Markets. 

• Scratched: #3 Madam Rouge (12) – Chris Waller’s last start Group 2 Tristarc Stakes winner has been withdrawn. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1255x5x801	MYSTIC JOURNEY	Adam Trinder	Kerrin McEvoy	5	57kg		111
2	x1410x0029	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Glen Boss	8	57kg		108
3	x9702x6741	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	12	57kg		106
4	1x22x71375	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	6	56.5kg		104
5	121111×903	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Hugh Bowman	1	56.5kg		99
6	11216×060	SHOUT THE BAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Damien Oliver	11	56.5kg		103
7	x31679x179	ASIAGO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	2	56.5kg		93
8	x0540x0834	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	9	56.5kg		90
9	35321×2123	FELICIA	Dean Binaisse	Craig Williams	10	56.5kg		100
10	3091533422	SHE SHAO FLY	Kevin Corstens	Jamie Kah	3	56.5kg		96
11	11×13	CHAILLOT	Archie Alexander	Declan Bates	4	56.5kg		81
12	1511	ODEUM	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jye McNeil	7	49kg		103
13	32×1231	CHICA FUERTE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Dean Holland	13	49kg		81
14	163×1331	FORBIDDEN LOVE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Dean Yendall	14	49kg		83

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Empire Rose Stakes Nominations

The Empire Rose Stakes 2020 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 2020 Empire Rose Stakes nominations feature 23 hopefuls led in betting by Mystic Journey and the Thousand Guineas winning filly Odeum.

Empire Rose Stakes History

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.

Empire Rose Stakes Results

Read through the list of Empire Rose Stakes winners and place getters from 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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