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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.

The 2020 event’s prizemoney was reduced to $500,000 to help cope with the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to $1 million in 2021.

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.

The 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes ran on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday April 13, 2024, and was narrowly won by the Chris Waller-trained favourite Zougotcha ($3.50F) who made it three-from-three this prep. 

Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024
Date:	Saturday April 13, 2024
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares / Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million

2024 Queen Of the Turf Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Zougotcha ($3.50F)
• 2nd: #1 Atishu
• 3rd: #5 Semana

The Chris Waller-trained Coolmore Classic winner Zougotcha ($3.50F) continued her unbeaten run this autumn with a third straight win, narrowly denying her stablemate Atishu victory in a thrilling 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes result at Randwick.

Click here to read more on the narrow victory by Zougotcha over her stablemate in the Queen Of The Turf 2024. 

2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	ZOUGOTCHA	Chris Waller	James McDonald		1	57kg		$3.50F
	2	1	ATISHU (NZ)	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	0.04L	2	57kg		$3.70
	3	5	SEMANA	Ciaron Maher	Dylan Gibbons (a)	1.28L	4	57kg		$14
	4	16	MAKARENA	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tyler Schiller	1.3L	8	54.5kg		$16
	5	4	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Ms Jamie Kah	1.48L	15	57kg		$16
	6	14	TROPICAL SQUALL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	2.44L	3	54.5kg		$6.50
	7	6	OLENTIA	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	2.58L	10	57kg		$12
	8	7	ETERNAL FLAME (NZ)	Michael Kent	Damian Lane	2.6L	6	57kg		$19
	9	3	CAMPIONESSA (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	2.66L	13	57kg		$26
	10	12	BARBIE’S FOX	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	4.01L	9	57kg		$91
	11	13	MORE SECRETS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ben Melham	4.03L	5	57kg		$81
	12	9	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	4.14L	7	57kg		$31
	13	11	OSMOSE (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4.54L	11	57kg		$41
	14	15	ARCTIC GLAMOUR	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Michael Dee	6.1L	14	54.5kg		$51
	15	10	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	6.67L	12	57kg		$51
		17	TIZ INVINCIBLE	Ciaron Maher	Zac Lloyd (a)		0
		8	FOXY FRIDA	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queen Of The Turf Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au over the autumn carnival is now updated and available below.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 QUEEN OF THE TURF STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

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) and Zougotcha ($3.50 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Queen Of The Turf Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 QUEEN OF THE TURF STAKES FORM GUIDE

2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024 Tips on the $1 million mile showdown this April.

• To Win: #2 Zougotcha ($3.20 at time of publish) – BET NOW

The Queen of the Turf is shaping up to be a thrilling race with multiple contenders, but I’m confident with the Chris Waller favourite, Zougotcha. Her current form is simply too good to overlook. Fresh off a Group 1 victory in the Coolmore Classic and a win in the Millie Fox before that, she’s on a roll. Now heading to Randwick for a potential autumn sweep, her impressive record at the track (three wins from seven starts) bodes well. With a prime rails draw and James McDonald retaining the ride, all signs point to Zougotcha continuing her winning streak.

2024 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 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field & barriers are announced on the Tuesday of race week and will listed in full below.

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024 final field features a quality line-up of fillies and mares including the Chris Waller-trained Coolmore Classic winner Zougotcha who was scratched from the Doncaster last weekend due to a Heavy-rated track.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x52021x813	ATISHU (NZ)	Chris Waller		2	57kg			114
2	419x646x11	ZOUGOTCHA	Chris Waller	James McDonald	1	57kg			112
3	x501119213	CAMPIONESSA (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	13	57kg			109
4	50x7527x83	RUTHLESS DAME (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Ms Jamie Kah	16	57kg			109
5	21215×2112	SEMANA	Ciaron Maher	Dylan Gibbons (a)	4	57kg			107
6	x15800x241	OLENTIA	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	10	57kg			105
7	x15x515411	ETERNAL FLAME (NZ)	Michael Kent	Damian Lane	6	57kg			104
8	16x0301x48	FOXY FRIDA	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan	15	57kg			103
9	4x5120x873	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	7	57kg			103
10	7x28047x30	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller		12	57kg			102
11	344x032x21	OSMOSE (FR)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	11	57kg			101
12	17420×0507	BARBIE’S FOX	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Mark Zahra	9	57kg			99
13	353x530x30	MORE SECRETS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ben Melham	5	57kg			95
14	1x13120x14	TROPICAL SQUALL	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	3	54.5kg			104
15	x1165x7052	ARCTIC GLAMOUR	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jason Collett	14	54.5kg			93
16	211×2524	MAKARENA	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tyler Schiller	8	54.5kg			92
17	x11169x688	TIZ INVINCIBLE	Ciaron Maher	Zac Lloyd (a)	17	54.5kg			92

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 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 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday the 12th of March, 2024. 

A bumper 76 fillies and mares make up the Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2024 first acceptances with updated pre-field markets led by a number of Waller-trained runners including recent Group 2 Blamey Stakes winner Atishu.

2024 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 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations close on Tuesday February 13, 2024. 

One hundred and twenty one leading ladies of the turf have charged into the fray for the 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes following early nominations. Firstly is the undisputed queen herself, Fangirl, Chris Waller’s champion mare who continues to reign supreme. Joining her from Waller’s barn is the electrifying Atishu, still basking in the glow of her Champions Stakes victory from the spring. But they’ll face a fierce challenge from Pride Of Jenni, Ciaron Maher’s spring sensation who doubled down on her dominance in the Empire Rose Stakes and Champions Mile before a dazzling second in the CF Orr fresh.

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.

See below for the full list of Queen Of The Turf / Coolmore Legacy Stakes winners & results going back to the year 2000.

Recent Queen Of The Turf  Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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
2019 Coolmore Legacy Stakes	1st	Kenedna	1 minute 35.31 seconds
	2nd	Dixie Blossoms
	3rd	Unforgotten
2018 Coolmore Legacy Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 34.94 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Heavens Above
2017 Coolmore Legacy Stakes	1st	Foxplay	1 minute 39.6 seconds
	2nd	Zanbagh
	3rd	Dixie Blossoms
2016 Coolmore Legacy Stakes	1st	Azkadellia	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Heavens Above
	3rd	Noble Protector
2015 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Amanpour	1 minute 37.77 seconds
	2nd	Catkins
	3rd	Noble Protector
2014 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Diamond Drille	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Gypsy Diamond
	3rd	Red Tracer
2013 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Appearance	1 minute 30.7 seconds
	2nd	Red Tracer
	3rd	Streama
2012 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 28.5 seconds
	2nd	Miss Keepsake
	3rd	King’s Rose
2011 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 29.2 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Happy Hippy
2010 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Typhoon Tracy	1 minute 29.95 seconds
	2nd	Illuminates
	3rd	Montana Flyer
2009 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Neroli	1 minute 31.2 seconds
	2nd	Hot Danish
	3rd	Imananabaa
2008 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Forsensics	1 minute 31.5 seconds
	2nd	Perfect Drop
	3rd	Occurrence
2007 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Divine Madonna	1 minute 30.65 seconds
	2nd	Cheeky Choice
	3rd	Beauty Watch
2006 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Mnemosyne	1 minute 28.21 seconds
	2nd	Regal Cheer
	3rd	Shania Dane
2005 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Ike’s Dream	1 minute 28.77 seconds
	2nd	Tui Song
	3rd	Danni Martine
2004 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	In A Bound	1 minute 28.01 seconds
	2nd	Hec Of A Party
	3rd	Ain’t Seen Nothin’
2003 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Hosannah	1 minute 27.91 seconds
	2nd	Arrabeea
	3rd	Faith Hill
2002 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Ugachaka	1 minute 28.41 seconds
	2nd	Miss Zoe
	3rd	Snow Hero
2001 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Sorrento	1 minute 27.7 seconds
	2nd	Poppett
	3rd	Belle Du Jour
2000 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Danglissa	1 minute 28.27 seconds
	2nd	Gilded Angel
	3rd	Zatella

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