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The Empire Rose Stakes - formerly the Myer Classic - 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 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 | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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.
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.
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.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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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.
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.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | x31679x179 | ASIAGO | M | 4 | James Cummings | 93 |
2 | 04x180x384 | BONVICINI | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 89 |
3 | 11×13 | CHAILLOT | M | 4 | Archie Alexander | 81 |
4 | 32×1231 | CHICA FUERTE | F | 3 | Anthony & Sam Freedman | 81 |
5 | 221111×056 | COLETTE | M | 4 | James Cummings | 106 |
6 | 6x57x41521 | EMERALDS | M | 4 | John Sargent | 97 |
7 | 1x438P0x78 | FASCINO (NZ) | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 84 |
8 | 35321×2123 | FELICIA | M | 4 | Dean Binaisse | 100 |
9 | x1602x2901 | FLIT | M | 4 | James Cummings | 108 |
10 | 163×1331 | FORBIDDEN LOVE | F | 3 | Richard & Michael Freedman | 83 |
11 | 1x2142x622 | FUNSTAR | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 109 |
12 | x9702x6741 | MADAM ROUGE | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 106 |
13 | x0540x0834 | MISSILE MANTRA | M | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 90 |
14 | 1255x5x801 | MYSTIC JOURNEY | M | 5 | Adam Trinder | 111 |
15 | x1410x0029 | NETTOYER | M | 7 | Wendy Roche | |
16 | 141211×223 | NIMALEE | M | 4 | Matthew Smith | 84 |
17 | 1511 | ODEUM | F | 3 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 103 |
18 | 1x22x71375 | PRETTY BRAZEN | M | 4 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 104 |
19 | 3091533422 | SHE SHAO FLY | M | 4 | Kevin Corstens | 96 |
20 | 11216×060 | SHOUT THE BAR | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 103 |
21 | 11210×11 | SIERRA SUE (NZ) | M | 4 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 96 |
22 | 59243×4616 | SUBPOENAED (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 100 |
23 | 121111×903 | VANNA GIRL | M | 4 | Toby & Trent Edmonds | 99 |
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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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 |