Glamour mare More Joyous will be out to defend her title against an 11-horse field of fillies and mares in the 2012 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday.

Despite not being at her best, the five-year-old recorded a solid victory in the Canterbury Stakes two weeks ago in what was her first race following a spell.

A winner of 16 from 23 starts, the Gai Waterhouse-trained mare is a five-time Group 1 winner and is a good chance of adding to her impressive resume when ridden by Nash Rawiller from barrier seven.

More Joyous dominated the event last year, taking victory by three lengths in front of Melito and Happy Hippy.

Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker will be out to avenge a disappointing last-start effort in the Chipping Norton where she finished sixth in an eight-horse field.

The Greg Eurell-trained horse will have to produce a special effort to win the $400,000 event after today receiving an unfavourable barrier nine draw.

One horse with a favourable draw is Ofcourseican (4), who is coming into the 1500 metre race in blistering form.

She started the year promisingly with a third-place finish in the Triscay Stakes before dominating the Liverpool City Cup by three lengths and topping it off with a Group 1 win in the Coolmore Classic.

King’s Rose is another quality mare that has been included in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes final field but to win he will have to do so from the outside barrier.

The Peter Moody-trained horse has produced some good results in Group 1 races but is still chasing an elusive victory at the top level.

She finished runner-up in the Toorak Handicap and Emirates Stakes last year and is coming off a third-place finish in the Coolmore Classic on March 24.

One horse coming off victory is New Zealand mare Miss Keepsake who faces a step up in class this Saturday after winning a Handicap race at Kembla Grange on March 25.

2012 Queen Of The Turf Stakes – Final Field and Barrier Draw

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	1110X317X1	MORE JOYOUS (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	7	57kg	121
2	3X51221X26	PINKER PINKER	Greg Eurell	Craig Williams	9	57kg	116
3	7X11272X83	KING’S ROSE (NZ)	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	11	57kg	113
4	1518X251X9	HURTLE MYRTLE	Matthew Smith	Damien Oliver	6	57kg	110
5	55X333X311	OFCOURSEICAN	Ron Quinton	Ms Kathy O’Hara	4	57kg	109
6	1X1230X319	RED TRACER	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	8	57kg	108
7	1X0079X054	YOSEI	Stuart Webb	Ms Michelle Payne	1	57kg	108
8	111X25930X	LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (NZ)	Peter G Moody	TBA	10	57kg	106
9	33X23143X0	SKYERUSH	Guy Walter	Blake Shinn	3	57kg	100
10	34325045X1	MISS KEEPSAKE (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Christian Reith	5	57kg	96
11	0X45321542	CABERNET	Grahame Begg	Michael Rodd	2	57kg	94