The Group 3 Wenona Girl Handicap is held each autumn in Sydney on Randwick Guineas Day.
2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #13 Tintookie
- 2nd: #3 C'est Magique
- 3rd: #6 Wee Nessy
Wenona Girl Handicap News
The Wenona Girl Handicap is a Group 3 sprint race run in early to mid March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Contested over 1200m the quality handicap event offers $250,000 in total prize money as of 2024 and is only open to mares aged four-years-old and above.
The Wenona Girl Handicap is one of a host of Group status races run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Randwick Guineas Day. The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds and the weight-for-age Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m).
Many mares in the Wenona Girl Handicap field may have had a previous Randwick run in February’s Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m). A nice next-up option is Rosehill’s Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) a fortnight after the Wenona Girl Handicap or possibly the previous week’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m).
The 2022 Wenona Girl Handicap form was franked with the winner Belluci Babe going on to run a solid fourth in both the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) and Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) that autumn.
The Wenona Girl Handicap 2024 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 9, 2024 as part of Sydney’s Randwick Guineas Day card and was won by Brad Widdup’s progressive favourite Tintookie ($4.40F).
| 2024 Wenona Girl Handicap | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday March 9, 2024 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #13 Tintookie ($4.40F)
- 2nd: #3 C’est Magique
- 3rd: #6 Wee Nessy
Brad Widdup’s up-and-coming Winning Rupert mare Tintookie ($4.40F) handled a notable rise in grade to continue her strong recent form with a win for the punters to lead the 2024 Wenona Girl Handicap results in the last on Randwick Guineas Day.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | TINTOOKIE | Brad Widdup | Kerrin McEvoy | 6 | 53kg | $4.40F | |||
| 2 | 3 | C’EST MAGIQUE | Grahame Begg | Tim Clark | 0.9L | 2 | 56.5kg | $6.50 | ||
| 3 | 6 | WEE NESSY | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tommy Berry | 1.63L | 4 | 54kg (cd 54.5kg) | $10 | ||
| 4 | 15 | RAINBIEL | Joseph Pride | Tyler Schiller | 2.33L | 5 | 53kg | $8 | ||
| 5 | 14 | POWERFUL PEG | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 2.49L | 15 | 53kg | $31 | ||
| 6 | 11 | MISS HELLFIRE | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tom Sherry | 2.81L | 7 | 53kg | $5.50 | ||
| 7 | 1 | QUEEN OF THE BALL | Michael Freedman | Ms Rachel King | 2.83L | 1 | 58kg | $14 | ||
| 8 | 7 | DIAMOND DEALER | Bjorn Baker | Sam Clipperton | 3.26L | 8 | 54kg (cd 55kg) | $26 | ||
| 9 | 12 | EAGLE NEST | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Jay Ford | 3.81L | 12 | 53kg | $13 | ||
| 10 | 4 | PO KARE KARE (NZ) | Bryce Heys | Zac Lloyd (a) | 4.01L | 13 | 55.5kg | $26 | ||
| 11 | 2 | SHE’S ALL CLASS | Ciaron Maher | Tom Marquand | 4.36L | 14 | 57kg | $101 | ||
| 12 | 8 | RAZETA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 4.59L | 3 | 54kg | $17 | ||
| 13 | 16 | STREET GOSSIP | Joseph Pride | Reece Jones | 5.53L | 9 | 53kg | $101 | ||
| 14 | 5 | CALL DI | Joseph Pride | Regan Bayliss | 8.43L | 11 | 54.5kg | $14 | ||
| 15 | 10 | BYRON BELLE | John Sargent | Ms Molly Bourke (a) | 9.16L | 10 | 54kg | $101 | ||
| 9 | OVERRIDING | Nathan Doyle | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting Odds
The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2024 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race below.
Fasika ($2.30 in 2020), Belluci Babe ($3 in 2022), and Tintookie ($4.40 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Wenona Girl Handicap betting to salute for the punters.
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2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Form Guide
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2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Wenona Girl Handicap 2024 Tips on the Randwick Guineas Day support act this autumn.
- To Win: #5 Call Di ($4.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW
The now Joe Pride-trained four-year-old Frankel mare Call Di appears poised for victory in the Wenona Girl Stakes after Pride opted to withdraw her from a tougher tussle with her stablemates Think About It and Coal Crusher in the Group 1 Canterbury earlier on the card. Drawn wide for the Group 3, she will carry a manageable weight of 54.5kg in her first-up run for her new trainer. The well-bred mare has built an impressive record, consistently placing in numerous races during her previous campaign. While often a bridesmaid, she now seeks a well-deserved Group victory. Her recent runner-up finish in the Group 2 Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill back in November, coupled with her strong first-up record, suggests she is ready to capitalise on this opportunity. With a change of scenery under the guidance of Pride, the talented mare holds the potential to finally break through.
2024 Wenona Girl Handicap Field
The Wenona Girl Handicap field attracts a strong line-up of quality sprinting mares who could be eyeing tougher runs later in the autumn and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2024 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on Wednesday March 6, 2024 and will be published in full below.
The returning Call Di now with Joe Pride heads betting on the 2024 Wenona Girl Quality final field to round out Randwick Guineas Day in Sydney on Saturday.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28x27415x0 | QUEEN OF THE BALL | Michael Freedman | Ms Rachel King | 1 | 58kg | 98 | ||
| 2 | x15840x0x8 | SHE’S ALL CLASS | Ciaron Maher | Tom Marquand | 15 | 57kg | 96 | ||
| 3 | 62x43957x3 | C’EST MAGIQUE | Grahame Begg | Tim Clark | 2 | 56.5kg | 95 | ||
| 4 | x1616x999x | PO KARE KARE (NZ) | Bryce Heys | Zac Lloyd (a) | 14 | 55.5kg | 93 | ||
| 5 | 349x22532x | CALL DI | Joseph Pride | Regan Bayliss (late alt) | 12 | 54.5kg | 91 | ||
| 6 | 1x82224x0x | WEE NESSY | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tommy Berry | 4 | 54kg | 54.5kg | 89 | |
| 7 | 831440×156 | DIAMOND DEALER | Bjorn Baker | Sam Clipperton (late alt) | 9 | 54kg | 55kg | 87 | |
| 8 | 9139x4080x | RAZETA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 3 | 54kg | 83 | ||
| 9 | 7x1113x34x | OVERRIDING | Nathan Doyle | 5 | 54kg | 76 | |||
| 10 | 250x5030x1 | BYRON BELLE | John Sargent | Ms Molly Bourke (a) | 11 | 54kg | 73 | ||
| 11 | 37122×3312 | MISS HELLFIRE | Peter & Paul Snowden | Tom Sherry | 8 | 53kg | 85 | ||
| 12 | 1526x1114x | EAGLE NEST | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Jay Ford | 13 | 53kg | 84 | ||
| 13 | 36514×1225 | TINTOOKIE | Brad Widdup | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 53kg | 82 | ||
| 14 | x65116x246 | POWERFUL PEG | Kris Lees | Dylan Gibbons (a) | 16 | 53kg | 81 | ||
| 15 | x5x8264x63 | RAINBIEL | Joseph Pride | Tyler Schiller | 6 | 53kg | 81 | ||
| 16 | 51136x450x | STREET GOSSIP | Joseph Pride | Reece Jones | 10 | 53kg | 77 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2024 Wenona Girl Nominations
Early nominations on the Wenona Girl Handicap in 2024 will be provided below once announced by Racing NSW on the Monday ahead of the race.
Wenona Girl Handicap History
The Wenona Girl Handicap was first contested in 2006 and won by a mare called Wonderer. Over its short history the event has run at both Randwick Racecourse and Warwick Farm Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Wenona Girl who is in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and won a host of majors during the 1960s including the Rosehill Guineas (1960) and CF Orr Stakes (1962).
Starting out as a Listed race it gained Group 3 status in 2014 and in 2014 was run as the Roy Higgins Tribute Quality honouring champion jockey Roy Higgins (1938-2014) who died the week of the race.
Quality mares including Beaded (2010), Griante (2015), and Savoureux (2016) have won the Wenona Girl Handicap over the past decade.
There was a protest upheld (3rd vs 1st) in the 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap results that saw Jal Lei elevated to the winner’s stall while Jump The Broom was relegated to third.
Recent Wenona Girl Handicap Winners
See below for the full list of Wenona Girl Handicap results and winners going back to its inauguration in 2006.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Tintookie | 1 minute 08.81 seconds |
| 2nd | C’est Magique | ||
| 3rd | Wee Nessy | ||
| 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Jal Lei (on protest) | 1 minute 09.83 seconds |
| 2nd | Tycoon Evie | ||
| 3rd | Jump The Broom (relegated) | ||
| 2022 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Belluci Babe | 1 minute 12.97 seconds |
| 2nd | Tricky Gal | ||
| 3rd | Never Talk | ||
| 2021 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Vulpine | 1 minute 08.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Seasons | ||
| 3rd | Emanate | ||
| 2020 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Fasika | 1 minute 09.94 seconds |
| 2nd | I Am Excited | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2019 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Winter Bride | 1 minute 07.73 seconds |
| 2nd | Spright | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2018 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Sugar Bella | 1 minute 08.85 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Que | ||
| 3rd | Perizada | ||
| 2017 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rocket Commander | 1 minute 13.87 seconds |
| 2nd | Hieroglyphics | ||
| 3rd | Zestful | ||
| 2016 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Savoureux | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Private Secretary | ||
| 3rd | Flashing Speed | ||
| 2015 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Griante | 1 minute 08.6 seconds |
| 2nd | I Love It | ||
| 3rd | Slots | ||
| 2014 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | A Time For Julia | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Lilliburlero | ||
| 3rd | Recoinage | ||
| 2013 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Choice Words (note: Arinosa disqualified) | 1 minute 09.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Ladys Angel | ||
| 3rd | Cathay Lady | ||
| 2012 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rose Of Peace | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Quidnunc | ||
| 3rd | Alberton Park | ||
| 2011 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Ofcourseican | 1 minute 8.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Flying Success | ||
| 3rd | Trim | ||
| 2010 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Beaded | 1 minute 9.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Alverta | ||
| 3rd | Illuminates | ||
| 2009 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Belong To Many | 1 minute 10.53 seconds |
| 2nd | Espurante | ||
| 3rd | Ugly Betty | ||
| 2008 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Litter | 1 minute 11.05 seconds |
| 2nd | Danasierra | ||
| 3rd | A Country Girl | ||
| 2007 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Kakakakatie | 1 minute 9.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Aunty Betty | ||
| 3rd | Storm Alert | ||
| 2006 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Wonderer | 1 minute 10.91 seconds |
| 2nd | Radio Song | ||
| 3rd | One In A Million | ||
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