Queen Of The South Stakes

The Queen Of The South Stakes is a Group 2 race run over the Morphettville mile in early May on Robert Sangster Stakes Day in Adelaide.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Results

  • 1st: #17 Caste
  • 2nd: #4 Foxy Frida
  • 3rd: #16 Waltz On By



The Group 2  Queen Of The South Stakes is a 1600m event for all fillies and mares.

Held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse, the mile event is worth just over $200,000 in prize money and has set weight plus penalty conditions. The 2020 edition of the Queen Of The South Stakes was worth a reduced $175,000 in prize money due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Run during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival, the event runs on the same card as the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) also for fillies and mares and the Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m) for the sprinters.

The Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday May 6, 2023 and was won by Ben & JD Hayes’ in-form Sir Prancealot filly Caste ($6.50). 

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes
Date: Saturday May 6, 2023
Track: Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide
Distance: 1600m
Race Type: Fillies & Mares Set Weights & Penalties
Status: Group 2
Prize money: $202,250

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Results

  • 1st: #17 Caste ($6.50)
  • 2nd: #4 Foxy Frida
  • 3rd: #16 Waltz On By

Ben & JD Hayes’ in-form filly Caste ($6.50) made it three wins on the bounce with her quality half-length victory in the 2023 Queen Of The South Stakes results keeping the victories coming for her and hoop Michael Dee.

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 17 CASTE Ben & JD Hayes Michael Dee 2 54kg $6.50
2 4 FOXY FRIDA Andrew Noblet Billy Egan 0.5L 3 56kg $2.90F
3 16 WALTZ ON BY Peter G Moody Ms Linda Meech 4.5L 12 54.5kg $12
4 1 SILENT SOVEREIGN Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Todd Pannell 5L 7 58.5kg $81
5 12 LAST GIRL LOVE Jon O’Connor Zac Spain 5.2L 10 55kg $81
6 5 AGREEABLE Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Kayla Crowther 5.4L 13 56kg $81
7 2 MY WHISPER Peter & Paul Snowden John Allen 6.5L 11 58kg $11
8 3 BELLE PLAISIR (NZ) Tony & Calvin McEvoy Ben Melham 6.8L 1 57kg $10
9 6 DYNASTIES Peter & Paul Snowden Damien Oliver 7.1L 8 56kg $13
10 7 SPARKLE (JPN) Danny O’Brien Craig Williams 7.6L 9 55kg $5.50
11 10 RICH GINA Peter & Belinda Blanch Dom Tourneur 9.5L 5 55kg $26
12 8 MISS YOU ELLA (USA) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Jake Toeroek 9.6L 6 55kg $15
13 15 DELICIOUS TYCOON Matt Laurie Jason Holder 10.7L 4 55kg $101
9 BELLE SAVOIR Nick Ryan Jordan Childs 0
11 CAP DE JOIE (GB) Nick Ryan Dean Yendall 0
13 TAHLEQUAH (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Zac Spain 0
14 ALPINE FLYER Michael Hickmott Ms Jessica Eaton 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Betting

Get the autumn’s top Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 odds online will be available below with betting markets provided by Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

Fabric ($3.20 in 2021) was the last favourite in Queen Of The South Stakes betting to win.

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2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Form

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2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Tips

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  • To Win: #7 Sparkle ($7.50 at time of publish) 

Intriguing edition of the Queen Of The South and the Japanese-bred Sparkle for Danny O’Brien looks a great price to make it three wins on the trot. Craig Williams rides the in-form five-year-old who comes off back-to-back Flemington wins over 2000m carrying big weights. She is down to a mile here and has a great 1600m record (8:2-2-2). Notable rise in class and is up against some in-form mares, but she drops from 59kg last time out to 55kg and will be flying.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Field

The Queen Of The South Stakes field has a capacity of 18 starters plus four emergencies and attracts a mainly locally-trained line-up of fillies and mares. Interstate-trained runners may come off earlier autumn runs in Sydney & Melbourne, while there are a number of lead-up races held at Morphettville in the weeks prior.

The official Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be announced the Wednesday leading-up to Robert Sangster Stakes Day and published in full below.

The 2023 Queen Of The South Stakes final field features a bumper field of in-form fillies and mares including Andrew Noblet’s last start Gold Coast Bracelet winner Foxy Frida, Sir Prancealot filly Caste coming off a Black-Type win at the track, and the talented Nick Ryan-trained Cap De Joie

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 x33146x04x SILENT SOVEREIGN Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Todd Pannell 8 58.5kg 94
2 13x90101x9 MY WHISPER Peter & Paul Snowden John Allen 13 58kg 99
3 17x72476x5 BELLE PLAISIR (NZ) Tony & Calvin McEvoy Ben Melham 1 57kg 95
4 21x44405x1 FOXY FRIDA Andrew Noblet Billy Egan 4 56kg 99
5 3687519×56 AGREEABLE Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ms Kayla Crowther 17 56kg 90
6 7x0549x980 DYNASTIES Peter & Paul Snowden Damien Oliver 9 56kg 84
7 4x7x0x9311 SPARKLE (JPN) Danny O’Brien Craig Williams 10 55kg 89
8 13x442211x MISS YOU ELLA (USA) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Jake Toeroek 7 55kg 83
9 1x14225x33 BELLE SAVOIR Nick Ryan Jordan Childs 15 55kg 80
10 21134×2232 RICH GINA Peter & Belinda Blanch Dom Tourneur 6 55kg 77
11 3x1122x212 CAP DE JOIE (GB) Nick Ryan Dean Yendall 11 55kg 76
12 6×01571610 LAST GIRL LOVE Jon O’Connor Zac Spain 12 55kg 71
13 217x264x1 TAHLEQUAH (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Zac Spain 2 55kg 67
14 67x1153x52 ALPINE FLYER Michael Hickmott Ms Jessica Eaton 16 55kg 66
15 21x23127x7 DELICIOUS TYCOON Matt Laurie Jason Holder 5 55kg 65
16 x6118x9514 WALTZ ON BY Peter G Moody Ms Linda Meech 14 54.5kg 82
17 127×11 CASTE Ben & JD Hayes Michael Dee 3 54kg 80

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Queen Of The South Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 21134×2232 RICH GINA M 4 Peter & Belinda Blanch 1 55kg 77
2 x33146x04x SILENT SOVEREIGN M 6 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea 2 58.5kg 94
3 13x90101x9 MY WHISPER M 4 Peter & Paul Snowden 3 58kg 99
4 17x72476x5 BELLE PLAISIR (NZ) M 6 Tony & Calvin McEvoy 4 57kg 95
5 x6118x9514 WALTZ ON BY F 3 Peter G Moody 5 54.5kg 82
6 21x44405x1 FOXY FRIDA M 5 Andrew Noblet 6 56kg 99
7 3687519×56 AGREEABLE M 5 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea 7 56kg 90
8 7x0549x980 DYNASTIES M 4 Peter & Paul Snowden 8 56kg 84
9 127×11 CASTE F 3 Ben & JD Hayes 9 54kg 80
10 4x7x0x9311 SPARKLE (JPN) M 5 Danny O’Brien 10 55kg 89
11 13x442211x MISS YOU ELLA (USA) M 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 11 55kg 83
12 1x14225x33 BELLE SAVOIR M 4 Nick Ryan 12 55kg 80
13 3760×22151 UNUSUAL CULTURE (NZ) M 4 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 13 55kg 79
14 133x67x041 MARACANA (NZ) M 4 Danny O’Brien 14 55kg 78
15 3x1122x212 CAP DE JOIE (GB) M 4 Nick Ryan 15 55kg 76
16 6×01571610 LAST GIRL LOVE M 4 Jon O’Connor 16 55kg 71
17 1325×65332 DEFIANT DIVA M 5 Leon & Troy Corstens 17 55kg 71
18 07x8397x65 PERFECT WORLD M 5 Anthony & Sam Freedman 18 55kg 71
19 07021127×8 SKY HORSE (NZ) M 6 Michelle Payne 19 55kg 69
20 217x264x1 TAHLEQUAH (NZ) M 4 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 20 55kg 67
21 67x1153x52 ALPINE FLYER M 4 Michael Hickmott 21 55kg 66
22 21x23127x7 DELICIOUS TYCOON M 4 Matt Laurie 22 55kg 65
23 x43105x586 LADY PROISIR (NZ) M 4 Anthony & Sam Freedman 23 55kg 63
24 398×843638 FIZZY BUBBLY (NZ) F 3 Roslyn Day 24 53kg 50

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queen Of The South Stakes History

The Group Two event has had several double winners including Memphis Blues in 1989-90, Shavano Miss 1991-92 and Sylvaner in 2002-03. Since 1988, the fastest winning time was recorded by Shavano Miss in 1991 with 1 minute 34.5 seconds and the slowest winning time was recorded in 1993 by San Pauli Girl with 1 minute 39.0 seconds.

Queen Of The South Stakes Winners Since 2000

Year Place Horse Time
2023
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Caste 1 minute 37.62 seconds
2nd Foxy Frida
3rd Waltz On By
2022
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Silent Sovereign 1 minute 38.14 seconds
2nd Foxy Frida
3rd Comica
2021
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Fabric 1 minute 36.65 seconds
2nd Shop Til I Drop
3rd Maximak
2020
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Shrouded In Mist 1 minute 38.59 seconds
2nd Seabrook
3rd Fidelia
2019
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Music Bay 1 minute 36.56 seconds
2nd Snogging
3rd Clearly
2018
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st French Emotion 1 minute 36.04 seconds
2nd Tahanee
3rd Shenandoah
2017
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Amelie’s Star 1 minute 36.13 seconds
2nd Have Another Glass
3rd Miles Of Krishan
2016
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Into The Mist 1 minute 36.32 seconds
2nd Atlantis Dream
3rd Rocket Commander
2015
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Atlantis Dream 1 minute 36.73 seconds
2nd Let’s Make Adeal
3rd Marianne
2014
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Tango’s Daughter 1 minute 39.01 seconds
2nd Floria
3rd Vivi Veloce
2013
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Star Of Giselle 1 minute 39.51 seconds
2nd Danish Spy
3rd Lake Sententia
2012
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st So Pristine 1 minute 39.14 seconds
2nd Little House
3rd Blue Ribbon
2011
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Goon Serpant 1 minute 36.4 seconds
2nd Lady Lynette
3rd Ocean Challenger
2010
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Returntosender 1 minute 36.8 seconds
2nd Marchelle Belle
3rd Amberino
2009
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Bird Of Fire 1 minute 37.3 seconds
2nd Amberino
3rd Autumn Jeuney
2008
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Trick Of Light 1 minute 36 seconds
2nd Bellini Rose
3rd Cuban Girl
2007
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Cinque Cento 1 minute 35.7 seconds
2nd Isanami
3rd Subsequential
2006
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Open Cut 1 minute 36.8 seconds
2nd Holy Bounty
3rd Lotto Rock
2005
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Hidden Strings 1 minute 35.1 seconds
2nd Llanga
3rd Fairessa
2004
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Jameela 1 minute 35.8 seconds
2nd Infinite Grace
3rd Ruling Eyes
2003
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Sylvaner 1 minute 38.3 seconds
2nd Devonshire
3rd Tickle My
2002
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Sylvaner 1 minute 37.7 seconds
2nd Tyrolean
3rd Its Platonic
2001
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st Lady Marion 1 minute 36.5 seconds
2nd Calm Smytzer
3rd Bumbelina
2000
Queen Of The South Stakes
1st La Zoffany 1 minute 38.3 seconds
2nd Porto Roca
3rd Lady Marion

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