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Note: Due to COVID-19 the rescheduled Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival saw the Dane Ripper Stakes take place on the Saturday after the Stradbroke Handicap and offer a reduced $175,000 in prize money. It was also run as a weight-for-age event instead of set weights plus penalties with no edition of the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara taking place in 2020.

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The Group 2 Dane Ripper Quality, now known as the Dane Ripper Stakes, is one of the feature races traditionally held on Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm Racecourse during the annual Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Conducted on a Saturday in early-mid June, the 1400m set weights plus penalties showdown for fillies and mares is worth $200,000 in prize money and is one of a host of Group support acts on the richest race day of the carnival.

The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, Queensland Derby and JJ Atkins. The Dane Ripper Stakes meanwhile is one of three Group 2 races on the program along with the Brisbane Cup for the stayers and Queensland Guineas for the three-year-old milers.

A nice lead-up race to the Dane Ripper Stakes is the Group 3 Glenlogan Park Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm a fortnight earlier, while contenders may also come out of races like the Group 3 Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide.

Fillies & mares that run well in the Dane Ripper Stakes usually back-up at the end of the month in the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) over the same track and distance, which is the last major race of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. The Dane Ripper Stakes – Tattersall’s Tiara has been achieved in recent years by Red Tracer (2013), Cosmic Endeavour (2014) and Invincibella (2019) who also won the 2018 edition of the Dane Ripper Stakes.

The 2020 Dane Ripper Stakes ran on Saturday June 13, 2020 as a weight-for-age event offering $175,000 due to COVID-19 and was won in an upset by 40/1 shot Love You Lucy. 

Dane Ripper Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday June 13, 2020
Track:	Eagle Farm Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares, Set Weights + Penalties (Weight-for-age in 2020 due to COVID-19)
Status:	Group 2
Prize money:	$200,000 ($175,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19)

2020 Dane Ripper Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Love You Lucy
• 2nd: #7 River Racer
• 3rd: #1 Winter Bride

The Barry Squair-trained Silk Stocking winner Love You Lucy ($41) was back in winning form at Eagle Farm getting all the late breaks for a narrow upset at a big price in the 2020 Dane Ripper Stakes results.

Click here to read more on the surprise Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 winner Love You Lucy.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	LOVE YOU LUCY	Barry Squair	Glen Colless		14	57kg		$41
	2	7	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Taylor Marshall	0.3L	4	57kg		$26
	3	1	WINTER BRIDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	0.4L	10	57kg		$5F
	4	16	JEN RULES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dale Smith	0.5L	2	57kg		$15
	5	15	KRONE	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	1.3L	12	57kg		$14
	6	3	OUTBACK BARBIE	Tony Gollan	Mark Du Plessis	1.5L	3	57kg		$7
	7	5	BACCARAT BABY	David Vandyke	Micheal Hellyer	1.6L	9	57kg		$7
	8	2	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Ryan Maloney	1.7L	1	57kg		$7
	9	6	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Michael Cahill	2.1L	5	57kg		$13
	10	4	TELEPLAY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Stephanie Thornton	2.6L	6	57kg		$31
	11	10	SHALWA (NZ)	Tony Gollan	Brad Stewart	2.8L	13	57kg		$15
	12	12	INTO THE ABYSS	John Thompson	James Orman	4L	11	57kg		$10
	13	14	ROMANI GIRL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jake Bayliss	4.1L	8	57kg		$19
	14	9	READY TO PROPHET	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Wiggins	4.3L	7	57kg		$31
		8	PAINT THE TOWN TWO (NZ)	Bevan Laming	Luke Dittman		0
		13	SURE KNEE	Chris Waller	Boris Thornton		0

*Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Dane Ripper Stakes Odds

The winter’s top Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 betting odds on the traditional Tattersall’s Tiara lead-up will be available below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

In 2020 the winner Love You Lucy jumped at huge Dane Ripper Stakes odds of $41.

2020 Dane Ripper Stakes Field

The Dane Ripper Stakes field attracts a strong line-up of the season’s top middle-distance fillies and mares that are traditionally eyeing a Group 1 run in the Tattersall’s Tiara field later in the month.

The official Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 Final Field & Barriers will be available below on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2020 Dane Ripper Stakes field features 16 runners including the rails-drawn Irithea last seen winning the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic. Trainer Chris Waller accepted for three runners as he chases his third straight success in the event and fifth overall, but chose not to pay final acceptances for the pre-field favourite Madam Rouge who ran second in the Stradbroke Handicap last weekend.

Click here to read more on the key runners in this year’s Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 field.

Update: #13 Sure Knee (14) from the Waller stable has been scratched.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x07x25x468	WINTER BRIDE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Robbie Fradd	11	57kg		105
2	0x62742841	IRITHEA	Bjorn Baker	Ryan Maloney	1	57kg		104
3	0x1281x346	OUTBACK BARBIE	Tony Gollan	Mark Du Plessis	3	57kg		104
4	x6011x3007	TELEPLAY	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Stephanie Thornton	7	57kg		103
5	01x165x223	BACCARAT BABY	David Vandyke	Micheal Hellyer	10	57kg		102
6	504x080x20	FIESTA	Chris Waller	Michael Cahill	5	57kg		99
7	06724×5800	RIVER RACER	Les Ross	Taylor Marshall	4	57kg		96
8	24x11218x0	PAINT THE TOWN TWO (NZ)	Bevan Laming	Luke Dittman	6	57kg		95
9	1x8380x030	READY TO PROPHET	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ryan Wiggins	8	57kg		95
10	3628171131	SHALWA (NZ)	Tony Gollan	Brad Stewart	15	57kg		95
11	5111×26219	LOVE YOU LUCY	Barry Squair	Glen Colless	16	57kg		94
12	813518×426	INTO THE ABYSS	John Thompson	James Orman	12	57kg		93
13	4813561×02	SURE KNEE	Chris Waller	Boris Thornton	14	57kg		92
14	1210431×68	ROMANI GIRL (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jake Bayliss	9	57kg		91
15	x4183x9x02	KRONE	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	13	57kg		89.5
16	x46116x233	JEN RULES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dale Smith	2	57kg		88

2020 Dane Ripper Stakes Nominations

The Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 Nominations close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released by Racing Queensland.

The 2020 Dane Ripper Stakes nominations feature a bumper 23 mares including four for trainer Chris Waller who has won the race four times including the past two years with Invincibella. Waller’s contingent is led by last Saturday’s eye-catching Stradbroke Handicap runner-up Madam Rogue, while Outback Barbie (6th) and Winter Bride (8th) are the other mares nominated to back-up on the quick turnaround out of the Group 1.

Click here to read more on the Dane Ripper Stakes 2020 nominations.

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	01x165x223	BACCARAT BABY	M	4	David Vandyke	102
2	527×520640	DELECTATION GIRL (GB)	M	6	Kris Lees	99
3	504x080x20	FIESTA	M	4	Chris Waller	99
4	813518×426	INTO THE ABYSS	M	4	John Thompson	93
5	46×2252802	INTRINSIC	M	5	Kris Lees	77.5
6	0x62742841	IRITHEA	M	6	Bjorn Baker	104
7	x46116x233	JEN RULES	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	88
8	x4183x9x02	KRONE	M	4	Tony Gollan	89.5
9	5111×26219	LOVE YOU LUCY	M	4	Barry Squair	94
10	41011×9702	MADAM ROUGE	M	4	Chris Waller	106
11	0x51350x99	MEWSTONE ROCK (NZ)	M	8	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	77
12	00059×1417	OAKFIELD MISSILE	M	5	Damien Lane	85
13	0x1281x346	OUTBACK BARBIE	M	4	Tony Gollan	104
14	24x11218x0	PAINT THE TOWN TWO (NZ)	M	5	Bevan Laming	95
15	1x8380x030	READY TO PROPHET	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	95
16	06724×5800	RIVER RACER	M	6	Les Ross	96
17	1210431×68	ROMANI GIRL (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	91
18	3628171131	SHALWA (NZ)	M	5	Tony Gollan	95
19	157x83811x	SOFIE’S GOLD CLASS	M	6	Debbie Newham	83
20	2x68387x01	STAR REFLECTION	M	7	Kris Lees	89
21	4813561×02	SURE KNEE	M	4	Chris Waller	92
22	x6011x3007	TELEPLAY	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	103
23	x07x25x468	WINTER BRIDE	M	5	Toby & Trent Edmonds	105

Dane Ripper Stakes History

Inaugurated in 2003, the Dane Ripper Stakes was originally a Listed race.

The high class of mainly locally-trained fillies and mares attracted to the winter feature however saw it gain Group 3 status in 2006.

Three years later in 2009 the event, named in honour of champion 1997 Cox Plate winner Dane Ripper who was prepared by Bart Cummings, became a Group 2 feature and since then has continued to draw quality fields. In 2017 the race took place over 1350m at Doomben with Eagle Farm not declared fit for racing.

Red Tracer (2012-13) became the first two-time Dane Ripper Stakes winner, a feat repeated later by the also Chris Waller-trained Invincibella (2018-19).

In 2020 the race was contested at weight-for-age earlier in the carnival due to COVID-19 and was won in an upset by 40/1 shot Love You Lucy.

Dane Ripper Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Love You Lucy	1 minute 21.74 seconds
	2nd	River Racer
	3rd	Winter Bride
2019 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Invincibella	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Angel
	3rd	Prompt Response
2018 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Invincibella	1 minute 21.50 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Moss Trip
2017 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Prompt Response	1 minute 19.29 seconds
	2nd	My True Love
	3rd	Bonny O’Reilly
2016 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Cradle Me	1 minute 24.10 seconds
	2nd	Artistry
	3rd	Jessy Belle
2015 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Hazard	1 minute 19.31 seconds
	2nd	Catkins
	3rd	Bound For Earth
2014 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Cosmic Endeavour	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Driefontein
	3rd	Belle De Coeur
2013 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Red Tracer	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Floria
	3rd	Arctic Flight
2012 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Red Tracer	1 minute 26.0 seconds
	2nd	Forfeiture
	3rd	Alltherightmoves
2011 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Hurtle Myrtle	1 minute 24.0 seconds
	2nd	Zero Rock
	3rd	Pontiana
2010 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Set For Fame	1 minute 22.5 seconds
	2nd	Acquired
	3rd	Wealth Princess
2009 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Chinchilla Rose	1 minute 25.4 seconds
	2nd	Bird Of Fire
	3rd	Jacqueline Rouge
2008 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Vietnam	1 minute 25.2 seconds
	2nd	Seconde
	3rd	Quizzical Lady
2007 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Rosa’s Spur	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	J Adane
	3rd	Storm Signal
2006 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Countess Bathory	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Freeroller
	3rd	Love And Money
2005 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Our Sweet Moss	1 minute 16.0 seconds
	2nd	Mardi Gras
	3rd	Wasimah
2004 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Ta Ta Tatiana	1 minute 15.8 seconds
	2nd	With My
	3rd	Secret Gift
2003 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Recurring	1 minute 16.4 seconds
	2nd	Mon Mekki
	3rd	Golden Snitch
2002 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Princess Clang	1 minute 15.7 seconds
	2nd	Her For Glory
	3rd	Juanmo
2001 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	China Amber	1 minute 15.7 seconds
	2nd	Dynamic Love
	3rd	Past Blast
2000 Dane Ripper Quality	1st	Annunciation	1 minute 17.3 seconds
	2nd	Strange Aura
	3rd	Vida Celeste