Victorian horseman Danny O’Brien is eyeing a big pay day with his untapped Pins filly Shopaholic who could be set for a trip to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap 2012 should she run well in Flemington’s Straight Six this Saturday.
The three-year-old has won five…
The Winter Stakes, also now known as the Tattersall’s Tiara, is the final Group 1 race of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and features the best fillies and mares from both locally and interstate. Run by the Tattersall’s Racing Club at Eagle Farm Racecourse in the cooler month of June, the 1400m weight-for-age Winter Stakes is normally won by the stronger competitors of the race.
Offering half a million dollars in prize money, the Group 1 Winter Stakes is preceded by the Group 3 Dane Ripper Quality (1400m) held a fortnight earlier. The last horse to win both the Dane Ripper Quality / Winter Stakes double was Tripping in 1996.
The 2012 Winter Stakes will be run on Saturday June 23rd, 2012.
| Winter Stakes (Tattersall’s Tiara) | |
|---|---|
| Date: | June 23, 2012 |
| Track: | Eagle Farm Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | Fillies & Mares Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $500,000 |
The Winter Stakes is a relatively new race first held in 1989 when La Posette won with a time of 1:29.5. Since then only one horse has managed to win the Winter Stakes twice; Bonanova in 1999 and 2000. In 2011 the race name was changed to the Tattersall’s Tiara.
The fastest winning time recorded was by the great mare Mamzelle Pedrille in 1995 with 1 minute 19.3 seconds. The slowest recorded winning time was by famous sprinter Dane Ripper in 1997 with 1 minute 34.1 seconds.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Winter Stakes |
1st | Yosei | 1 minutes 22.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Beaded | ||
| 3rd | Born To Rock | ||
| 2010 Winter Stakes |
1st | Melito | 1 minute 21.83 seconds |
| 2nd | Wealth Princess | ||
| 3rd | Beaded | ||
| 2009 Winter Stakes |
1st | Russeting | 1 minute 22.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Prima Nova | ||
| 3rd | Subtle Cove | ||
| 2008 Winter Stakes |
1st | Grand Journey | 1 minute 24 seconds |
| 2nd | Fritzs Princess | ||
| 3rd | Alverta | ||
| 2007 Winter Stakes |
1st | Nova Star | 1 minute 22 seconds |
| 2nd | Fashions Afield | ||
| 3rd | J Adane | ||
| 2006 Winter Stakes |
1st | La Sizeranne | 1 minute 31.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Gee I Jane | ||
| 3rd | Villa Bled | ||
| 2005 Winter Stakes |
1st | Charmview | 1 minute 28.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Tui Song | ||
| 3rd | Yvonne | ||
| 2004 Winter Stakes |
1st | Miss Potential | 1 minute 28.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Paraca | ||
| 3rd | Rodrigo Rose | ||
| 2003 Winter Stakes |
1st | Mon Mekki | 1 minute 27.7 seconds |
| 2nd | With My | ||
| 3rd | Recurring | ||
| 2002 Winter Stakes |
1st | Heptonstall | 1 minute 28.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Princess Clang | ||
| 3rd | Omens | ||
| 2001 Winter Stakes |
1st | Porto Roca | 1 minute 28.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Dynamic Love | ||
| 3rd | Heather | ||
| 2000 Winter Stakes |
1st | Bonanova | 1 minute 28.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Crestfallen | ||
| 3rd | Stella Maree | ||
