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The Queen Of The Turf Stakes – briefly 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 $4 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.

*In 2021 the Queen Of The Turf Stakes will run on the third Saturday of April with all race meetings of the autumn in Sydney from Slipper Day onwards postponed a week due to the weather.

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 Emanciapation 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 Con Te Partiro (2020), Appearance (2013) and Camino Rose (1999).

The 2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes runs on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday April 17, 2021 having returned to its registered name. 

Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday April 17, 2021
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares / Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million

2021 Queen Of the Turf Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Odds

The latest Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2021 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au over the autumn carnival is now updated and available below.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2021 QUEEN OF THE TURF STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2021 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 2021 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 2021 final field features 13 classy fillies and mares led in betting by Jamie Richards’ multiple Group 1 winning Kiwi mare Probabeel in gate six with three-time winning hoop Kerrin McEvoy aboard.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	8x2117x110	PROBABEEL (NZ)	Jamie Richards	Kerrin McEvoy	6	57kg			115
2	x0561x1245	COLETTE	James Cummings	James McDonald	12	57kg			114
3	280115×002	GREYSFUL GLAMOUR	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	11	57kg			106
4	11x2235x11	NIMALEE	Matthew Smith	Ms Rachel King	9	57kg			104
5	002900×879	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Tommy Berry	7	57kg			103
6	22×5331213	QUANTUM MECHANIC	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Glen Boss	3	57kg			102
7	11x90399x1	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Damien Oliver	1	57kg			102
8	273181×196	RICH HIPS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Hugh Bowman	10	57kg			101
9	3x1174x365	ALL SAINTS’ EVE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Tom Marquand	13	57kg			100
10	0408369517	MISSYBEEL (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Jay Ford	5	57kg			97
11	15112×42	ODEUM	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker	4	54.5kg			104
12	2x4330x824	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	2	54.5kg			94
13	x55286x315	STARELLE	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	8	54.5kg			86

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 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 2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes first acceptances closed at midday on March 9, 2021 leaving 67 hopefuls led in betting by Arcadia Queen who has had an interrupted campaign with lameness issues and recent Futurity Stakes winner Probabeel.

2021 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 2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations have now closed with 108 early entries including Godolphin’s Golden Eagle winner Colette and star WA-trained mare Arcadia Queen.

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
2021 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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