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Overview
This page was last updated on March 3, 2026
The 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes runs on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday April 11, at Royal Randwick over the mile.
- Race Date: 11/04/2026
- Race Status: Group 1
- Race Conditions: Weight-For-Age; Fillies & Mares; 3YOs & Upwards
- Race Venue: Randwick, NSW
- Prize Money: $1,000,000
- Distance: 1600m
Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2026 Odds
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1. Autumn Glow
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2. Treasurethe Moment
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3. Lady Shenandoah
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4. Sheza Alibi
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5. Lazzura
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6. Stefi Magnetica
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7. Aeliana
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8. Idle Flyer
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9. Pride Of Jenni
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10. Arctic Glamour
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11. Leica Lucy
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12. Ole Dancer
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13. Panova
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14. Pinito
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15. Salty Pearl
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16. Firestorm
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17. Generosity
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18. Joliestar
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19. Modella
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20. Verona Rose
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2026 Queen Of the Turf Stakes Results
Stay tuned for the official 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes results and finishing order at Randwick on Saturday April 11, 2026.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
Winning Margin: TBD
Winning Time: TBD
Queen Of The Turf Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2026 Tips on the $1 million mile showdown this April.
- To Win: TBD
Queen Of The Turf Stakes News
- 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Field & Betting Update: Fangirl Favourite for Waller
- Lady Shenandoah Wins 2025 Coolmore Classic
- Pride Of Jenni Wins Peter Young; 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Ultimate Target
- 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Results: Waller Runs Quinella with Zougotcha and Atishu
- Zougotcha Leads Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024 Field & Betting
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes – recently known as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes – is held on one of Australia’s biggest race days at Royal Randwick as just one of the four Group 1 races held on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’.
The meeting takes place on the second Saturday in April during the annual Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is headlined by the season’s richest race – the Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). Also run on Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day are the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m), Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
Contested over a mile (1600m) the race is worth $1 million in total prize money and is run under weight-for-age conditions. The Queen Of The Turf Stakes field is open only to fillies and mares aged three-years-old and above.
Female gallopers may come into the million-dollar showdown via a number of earlier autumn races including the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) a fortnight before and the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) run towards the start of March.
The Coolmore Classic – Queen Of The Turf Stakes double has recently been achieved by the likes of Zougotcha (2024), Con Te Partiro (2020), Appearance (2013) and Camino Rose (1999).
The 2022 Queen Of The Turf Stakes form was franked with the winner Nimalee returning in the spring to run third in the $2 million The Invitation race while the third placed Icebath won Melbourne’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) during that year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2023 winner Atishu franked the form that spring winning the Group 1 Champions Stakes at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Atishu returned in an attempted Queen Of The Turf Stakes title defence in 2024 but could only manage to run a narrow second to stablemate Zougotcha.
Atishu was brave again in the 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes results running third to stablemate Fangirl.
Queen Of The Turf Stakes Betting
The latest Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2026 betting odds will be provided by Ladbrokes.com.au over the autumn carnival and also made available here at Races.com.au.
There were notable upsets in 2022 with the Matthew Smith-trained Nimlaee at $31, and 2021 with Nettoyer and 2019 with Kenedna both winning the race at Queen Of The Turf Stakes odds of 25/1 ($26).
Azkadellia ($2.80 in 2016), Zougotcha ($3.50 in 2024), and Fangirl ($1.60 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Queen Of The Turf Stakes betting to salute for the punters.
Queen Of The Turf Stakes Field
2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Form Guide
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2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Nominations
The early Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations close eight weeks out from the race on a Monday in early February and often feature over 100 hopefuls.
The 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations close on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2026 nominations attracted 97 class mares with futures markets led by a Chris Waller’s unbeaten queen Autumn Glow who won her 10th start on the trot in the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 662x33219x | ABOUNDING | M | 5 | Robert Heathcote | |
| 2 | 3421x2256x | AELIANA (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 112 |
| 3 | 4111x1x | ALPHA SOFIE | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 4 | 2x1112x | APOCALYPTIC | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 105 |
| 5 | x6x00x120x | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | M | 5 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 103 |
| 6 | 113x | ARRIVING HOME | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | |
| 7 | 11x1x1111x | AUTUMN GLOW | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 116 |
| 8 | 1x | BARNAVARA (IRE) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | |
| 9 | 12869x050x | BELLAZAINE | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 10 | 12103x370x | BENAGIL | M | 4 | Glen Thompson | |
| 11 | 336x78865x | BRIGIDINE GAL | M | 4 | Joseph Pride | 76 |
| 12 | 1125123x9x | CHASE YOUR DREAMS (NZ) | M | 4 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 13 | x3532x331x | CHICA MOJITO (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 98 |
| 14 | 11x1610x7x | CILACAP | M | 4 | Grahame Begg | |
| 15 | 11x5760x2x | DAMASK ROSE (NZ) | M | 4 | Mark Walker | |
| 16 | 9x5255706x | DARK GLITTER | M | 5 | Mike Van Gestel | 90 |
| 17 | 0125x6x00x | DARNATION (IRE) | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 102 |
| 18 | 16313x061x | ELECTRIC IMPULSE | M | 6 | Henry Dwyer | |
| 19 | 371x | ERIN JO (NZ) | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 64 |
| 20 | 0x060x0x8x | ETERNAL FLAME (NZ) | M | 6 | Michael Kent | |
| 21 | x37x39667x | FIRESTORM (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 100 |
| 22 | x113x2313x | GANGSTA GRANNY | M | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 107 |
| 23 | 21335x937x | GENEROSITY | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 24 | 223x44292x | GERRINGONG | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 106 |
| 25 | 15x88x | GIRIJAALA | M | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 63 |
| 26 | 3428x1115x | GRID GIRL (NZ) | M | 5 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 27 | x1240x681x | HEAT MISSILE | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 72 |
| 28 | 3x12x | HORSESHOE HILL | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | |
| 29 | 2313x8112x | HYPERBOLIC (NZ) | M | 4 | Brad Widdup | 85 |
| 30 | 100x11210x | IDLE FLYER | M | 4 | Matthew Smith | 97 |
| 31 | 80x1324x0x | IT’S A KNOCKOUT | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 87 |
| 32 | 575434012x | JENNI THE FOX | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 33 | 31921x153x | JOLIESTAR | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 117 |
| 34 | 1211x8100x | JUST FEELIN’ LUCKY | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 95 |
| 35 | 178x56530x | KARINSKA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 86 |
| 36 | 363x32411x | KIND WORDS | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 89 |
| 37 | 290425728x | KINGSTON CHARM | M | 6 | John Thompson | 68 |
| 38 | x111x2472x | LADY SHENANDOAH | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 116 |
| 39 | 3124x1155x | LAZZURA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 109 |
| 40 | 11114x432x | LEICA LUCY (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 107 |
| 41 | 1x53431x8x | LILAC | M | 4 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | 90 |
| 42 | x6x41x736x | MAISY | M | 5 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 43 | x955x8114x | MANAAL | M | 4 | Michael Freedman | 109 |
| 44 | 1359x8012x | MARE OF MT BULLER | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 98 |
| 45 | 0x11x8438x | MELODY AGAIN | M | 6 | Scott Singleton | 100 |
| 46 | 215x | MISS REVEALING | F | 3 | Greg Eurell | |
| 47 | 1235x1412x | MISS SPACEGIRL | M | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 76 |
| 48 | x255x3718x | MODELLA | M | 4 | Lee & Cherie Curtis | 80 |
| 49 | 65x121436x | MOONLIGHT CIRCUS | M | 4 | Michael Kent | |
| 50 | 534x09706x | MOVIN OUT (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 87 |
| 51 | 192111094x | OH DIAMOND LIL | M | 5 | David Pfieffer | 97 |
| 52 | 1x1521x | OLE DANCER | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 53 | 5241x1033x | ON DISPLAY | M | 4 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | |
| 54 | 39x539065x | OUR GOLD HOPE | M | 5 | Robert & Luke Price | 91 |
| 55 | 1x13x16x | OUR QUEEN (IRE) | M | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 73 |
| 56 | 2x4211x | PANOVA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 57 | 3x | PEACE AT LAST | F | 3 | Edward Cummings | |
| 58 | 25x604120x | PERFUMIST (NZ) | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 94 |
| 59 | 22x11118x | PHILIA | M | 4 | David Vandyke | |
| 60 | 3434118x5x | PIGGYBACK | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | 96 |
| 61 | 21x323212x | PINITO | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 62 | 21230x353x | POLYMNIA | M | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 86 |
| 63 | 6x0546764x | PONDALOWIE | M | 5 | Emma-Lee & David Browne | |
| 64 | 1910x1718x | PRIDE OF JENNI | M | 8 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 65 | 9115x | PROBABILITY THEORY | F | 3 | Nacim Dilmi | 65 |
| 66 | 11x11x | PROVENCE (NZ) | M | 6 | Stephen Marsh | |
| 67 | 7x51x3486x | QUEEN OF CLUBS | F | 3 | Gary Portelli | 82 |
| 68 | 0x322x342x | QUIETNESS (GB) | M | 6 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | |
| 69 | 7690x0657x | REAL CLASS (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 83 |
| 70 | 8x38515x | REFLECT | F | 3 | Joseph Pride | 70 |
| 71 | 31x3341x3x | SALTY PEARL | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 86 |
| 72 | 122x5x | SAMARELLE (NZ) | F | 3 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 70 |
| 73 | 522x113x4x | SAVVY HALLIE | F | 3 | Brad Widdup | 95 |
| 74 | 1112x1121x | SHE’S A HUSTLER (NZ) | M | 5 | Grahame Begg | |
| 75 | 2112x311x | SHEZA ALIBI | F | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | |
| 76 | 5x01x4177x | SHOHISHA | M | 4 | David Payne | 87 |
| 77 | 8x2551221x | SNEAKY SUNRISE | M | 4 | Ben, Will & JD Hayes | |
| 78 | 0x0x92941x | SNITZANOVA | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 79 | 5158x3473x | SNOW IN MAY | M | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 94 |
| 80 | 313421x52x | STARPHISTOCATED | M | 4 | John Thompson | 70 |
| 81 | 12x9x | STATICE | M | 4 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 62 |
| 82 | x8612x413x | STEFI MAGNETICA | M | 5 | Bjorn Baker | 116 |
| 83 | 4x4124531x | SUNSET PARK (GB) | M | 5 | Brad Widdup | 97 |
| 84 | 220x04621x | SWELTERING | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 78 |
| 85 | 1021x3x4x | TERILEE | M | 4 | Michael Kent | |
| 86 | 229298460x | TERRESTAR | M | 6 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 87 | 13414x508x | THE PLAYWRIGHT | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 88 | 2x112x | TRANSCEND | F | 3 | Michael Freedman | 73 |
| 89 | 111x12234x | TREASURETHE MOMENT | M | 4 | Matt Laurie | 115 |
| 90 | 4323x2300x | TUPAKARA | F | 3 | Annabel & Rob Archibald | |
| 91 | x226x3311x | UNLEESHING | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 76 |
| 92 | 3x331x | VENETIAN CHOICE | F | 3 | Greg Eurell | |
| 93 | 468x02841x | VERONA ROSE | M | 4 | Gary Portelli | 97 |
| 94 | 522x21218x | VIVY AIR | M | 5 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 95 | 32x256297x | WITHIN THE LAW | F | 3 | Bjorn Baker | |
| 96 | 3051x0082x | YOU WAHNG | M | 4 | Kris Lees | |
| 97 | 7x31169x | YUM | F | 3 | John McArdle |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes First Acceptances
After early nominations are taken in February the Queen Of The Turf Stakes first declarations or acceptances are taken in early March giving punters a better guide on what fillies and mares will face off in the $1 million mile showdown during ‘The Championships’ that April.
The 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Field
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of female milers with the fillies and mares coming out of a variety of different lead-up races and is released by Racing NSW on the Tuesday before the race.
The official 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field & barriers are announced on the Tuesday of race week and will be listed in full below.
Queen Of The Turf Stakes History
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes has slowly made its way up in status from being just a principle race in 1972 to becoming a Listed race in 1979. In 1985 it was elevated to Group 3 status and shortly afterwards became a Group 2 race in 1991. Eventually in 2005 the Queen Of The Turf Stakes was granted Group 1 status.
Although the Queen Of The Turf Stakes was held at Canterbury Racecourse in 2008, it had remained at Rosehill for its entire duration since 1972 when Refulgence won in 1 minute 30 seconds. As of 2014, the Queen of the Turf Stakes is held at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
The race changed its name to The Coolmore Legacy Stakes in 2016 before reverting back to its registered title in 2021.
Queen Of The Turf Stakes Previous Race Winners
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| 2026 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
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| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | Fangirl | 1 minute 34.58 seconds |
| 2nd | Stefi Magnetica | ||
| 3rd | Atishu | ||
| 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | Zougotcha | 1 minute 35.71 seconds |
| 2nd | Atishu | ||
| 3rd | Semana | ||
| 2023 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | Atishu | 1 minute 38.22 seconds |
| 2nd | Hope In Your Heart | ||
| 3rd | More Secrets | ||
| 2022 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | Nimalee | 1 minute 40.24 seconds |
| 2nd | Annavisto | ||
| 3rd | Icebath | ||
| 2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes |
1st | Nettoyer | 1 minute 35.86 seconds |
| 2nd | Probabeel | ||
| 3rd | Quantum Mechanic | ||
| 2020 Coolmore Legacy Stakes |
1st | Con Te Partiro | 1 minute 39.18 seconds |
| 2nd | Funstar | ||
| 3rd | Danzdanzdance | ||
| Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2026 | |
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| Date: | Saturday April 11, 2026 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Race Type: | Fillies & Mares / Weight-For-Age |
| Status: | Group 1 |
| Prize Money: | $1 million |
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