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Queen Of The Turf Stakes

The $1 million Queen Of The Turf Stakes is one of four Group 1 races held on Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick.

2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Results

  • 1st: #1 Fangirl
  • 2nd: #2 Stefi Magnetica
  • 3rd: #3 Atishu




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’.

2025 Queen Of the Turf Stakes Results

  • 1st: #1 Fangirl ($1.60F) 
  • 2nd: #2 Stefi Magnetica
  • 3rd: #3 Atishu

Fangirl ($1.60F) continued Waller’s autumn domination returning to winning form over the Randwick mile to salute for the punters in the 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes off a perfectly timed ride up the inside late by James McDonald.

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Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2025 Odds & Results

Randwick R9
Tab Queen Of The Turf Stakes (G1)
Final Race time:  1744439789
Runner DetailsWinPlace
1st
1. Fangirl (6) J: James McDonald 57kg
T: Chris Waller
2nd
2. Stefi Magnetica (4) J: Jason Collett 57kg
T: Bjorn Baker
3rd
3. Atishu (2) J: Nash Rawiller 57kg
T: Chris Waller
4th
12. Lazzura (12) J: Tommy Berry 54.5kg
T: Chris Waller
5th
4. Amelia's Jewel (9) J: Josh Parr 57kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald
6th
5. Lekvarte (11) J: Jay Ford 57kg
T: Joseph Pride
7th
6. Grinzinger Belle (7) J: Declan Bates 57kg
T: Danny O'Brien
8th
7. Coeur Volante (8) J: Blake Shinn 57kg
T: Glen Thompson
9th
9. Our Gold Hope (10) J: Tyler Schiller 57kg
T: Robert & Luke Price
10th
13. Another Prophet (5) J: Ethan Brown 54.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher
11th
10. Sounds Of Heaven (3) J: Jamie Melham 57kg
T: Joseph Pride
12th
11. Quickster (1) J: Craig Williams 57kg
T: Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman
Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live racing markets, please visit www.ladbrokes.com.au/racing.
Data retrieved: 01/05/2025 04:07:15 PM (Australia/Brisbane)

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.

The 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes ran on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday April 12, 2025, and saw the Chris Waller trained favourite Fangirl ($1.60F) salute for the punters by three-quarters of a length. 

Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2025
Date: Saturday April 12, 2025
Track: Royal Randwick
Distance: 1600m
Race Type: Fillies & Mares / Weight-For-Age
Status: Group 1
Prize Money: $1 million

2025 Queen Of the Turf Stakes Finishing Order

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 1 FANGIRL Chris Waller James McDonald 6 57kg $1.60F
2 2 STEFI MAGNETICA Bjorn Baker Jason Collett 0.84L 4 57kg $6.50
3 3 ATISHU (NZ) Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 0.87L 2 57kg $9.50
4 12 LAZZURA Chris Waller Tommy Berry 3.63L 12 54.5kg $10
5 4 AMELIA’S JEWEL Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Joshua Parr 4.42L 9 57kg $14
6 5 LEKVARTE (NZ) Joseph Pride Jay Ford 4.96L 11 57kg $61
7 6 GRINZINGER BELLE (NZ) Danny O’Brien Declan Bates 5.25L 7 57kg $19
8 7 COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) Glen Thompson Blake Shinn 5.42L 8 57kg $51
9 9 OUR GOLD HOPE Robert & Luke Price Tyler Schiller 5.99L 10 57kg $61
10 13 ANOTHER PROPHET Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 7.21L 5 54.5kg (cd 55kg) $71
11 10 SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) Joseph Pride Ms Jamie Melham 7.78L 3 57kg $81
12 11 QUICKSTER Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Craig Williams 9.2L 1 57kg $101
8 JENNILALA Gavin Bedggood Craig Newitt 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queen Of The Turf Stakes Betting

The latest Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2025 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.

2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Form Guide

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2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Tips

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  • To Win: #1 Fangirl ($2 at time of publish) – BET NOW

She was a dual acceptor, but Waller has gone the right way scratching her from the Queen Elizabeth where she would have struggled over 2000m against stablemate Via Sistina in favour of this easier assignment over a mile against her own kind. She’s nearly odds-on favouritism but is the standout in this field at the weights. A seven-time winner from 20 starts at Royal Randwick, this $9.3 million earning daughter of Sebring presents in peak fitness now fourth-up and ready to win. Fresh she beat Lindermann and Via Sistina in the Group 2 Apollo before back-to-back Group 1 seconds in the Verry Elleegant and George Ryder. She made up ground from midfield to be narrowly beaten by Gringotts last time out. Don’t think she’ll be beaten this time.

2025 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 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field & barriers are announced on the Tuesday of race week and will be listed in full below.

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2025 final field features a star-studded line-up of the season’s best fillies and mares including the Chris Waller trained Fangirl and last weekend’s Doncaster Mile champion Stefi Magnetica on the quick back-up.

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No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 2x3163x122 FANGIRL Chris Waller James McDonald 6 57kg 118
2 1x2954x861 STEFI MAGNETICA Bjorn Baker Jason Collett 4 57kg 116
3 966312×754 ATISHU (NZ) Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 2 57kg 114
4 0x22525x16 AMELIA’S JEWEL Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Joshua Parr 9 57kg 112
5 8x41679x01 LEKVARTE (NZ) Joseph Pride Jay Ford 11 57kg 107
6 25x1318x41 GRINZINGER BELLE (NZ) Danny O’Brien Declan Bates 7 57kg 106
7 14x46x7104 COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) Glen Thompson Blake Shinn 8 57kg 104
8 x162x478x1 JENNILALA Gavin Bedggood Craig Newitt 12 57kg 101
9 5342×86583 OUR GOLD HOPE Robert & Luke Price Tyler Schiller 10 57kg 98
10 x0x601x602 SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) Joseph Pride Ms Jamie Melham 3 57kg 95
11 1126x325x6 QUICKSTER Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Craig Williams 1 57kg 86
12 1x345x4312 LAZZURA Chris Waller Tommy Berry 13 54.5kg 104
13 76521×4643 ANOTHER PROPHET Ciaron Maher Ethan Brown 5 54.5kg 101

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2025 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 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. 

2025 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 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations close on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. 

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2025 nominations attracted 104 class mares with futures markets led by a strong Chris Waller contingent including Fangirl, Autumn Glow, his 2023 champ Atishu, Lady Shenandoah, and Aeliana.

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
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
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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