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The Queen Of The Turf Stakes – now 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.

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 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 Appearance (2013) and Camino Rose (1999).

The 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes ran on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday April 14, 2018 as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes and was won by the filly Alizee.

Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018
Date:	Saturday April 14, 2018
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares / Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million

2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Results

• 1st: #17 Alizee
• 2nd: #4 Prompt Response
• 3rd: #6 Heavens Above

See below for the full Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the explosive late win by the sole filly in the race Alizee who relished coming back to the Randwick mile that she won the Flight Stakes over in the spring.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	17	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	–	8	54.5kg	$8.50
2	4	PROMPT RESPONSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Blake Shinn	2L	7	57kg	$12
3	6	HEAVENS ABOVE	Tim Martin	Tye Angland	2.5L	4	57kg	$15
4	9	OREGON’S DAY	Mick Price	Michael Dee	2.6L	12	57kg	$26
5	11	ABBEY MARIE	Michael Kent	Damian Lane	2.9L	3	57kg	$14
6	3	DIXIE BLOSSOMS	Ron Quinton	Corey Brown	3.1L	16	57kg	$7.50
7	13	ECKSTEIN	Kurt Goldman	Brenton Avdulla	3.3L	2	57kg	$21
8	2	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3.4L	9	57kg	$15
9	16	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Dean Yendall	3.8L	11	57kg	$71
10	5	SILENT SEDITION	Andrew Noblet	Craig Williams	3.9L	10	57kg	$7EF
11	1	DAYSEE DOOM	Ron Quinton	Andrew Adkins	5.2L	17	57kg	$13
12	8	ZANBAGH	John P Thompson	Hugh Bowman	6.7L	5	57kg	$81
13	10	PAYROLL	Richard Laming	Damien Oliver	6.8L	1	57kg	$18
14	7	SPANISH REEF	Ken Keys	Mark Zahra	7.4L	15	57kg	$7EF
15	14	SAMOVARE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	7.5L	6	57kg	$21
16	12	AIDE MEMOIRE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	8.4L	13	57kg	$41
17	15	PERFECT RHYME	Ron Leemon	Luke Currie	9L	14	57kg	$201

2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Tips

• 1st: #3 Dixie Blossoms
• 2nd: #14 Samovare
• 3rd: #17 Alizee

Read our exclusive Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018 Tips & Betting Preview now.

2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Odds

The latest Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018 betting odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au over the autumn carnival is now updated and available below.

2018 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 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes field & barriers are announced on the Tuesday of race week and will listed in full below and will be known as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes Field.

The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018 Final Field drew 17 hopefuls including the Ron Quinton-trained stablemates Daysee Doom (17) and Dixie Blossoms (16) drawn the two widest barriers.

Read more on the bumper 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Field of 17 now.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	x31250x115	DAYSEE DOOM	Ron Quinton	Andrew Adkins	17	57kg	108
2	x23475x384	FOXPLAY	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	9	57kg	111
3	x42143x163	DIXIE BLOSSOMS	Ron Quinton	Corey Brown	16	57kg	108
4	50344×1451	PROMPT RESPONSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Blake Shinn	7	57kg	107
5	14x550x513	SILENT SEDITION	Andrew Noblet	Craig Williams	10	57kg	109
6	0x56685x69	HEAVENS ABOVE	Tim Martin	Tye Angland	4	57kg	107
7	112249×111	SPANISH REEF	Ken Keys	Mark Zahra	15	57kg	104
8	x70100x807	ZANBAGH	John P Thompson	Hugh Bowman	5	57kg	107
9	810583×222	OREGON’S DAY	Mick Price	Michael Dee	12	57kg	103
10	12x73211x2	PAYROLL	Richard Laming	Damien Oliver	1	57kg	103
11	0x72586x65	ABBEY MARIE	Michael Kent	Damian Lane	3	57kg	102
12	x22027x078	AIDE MEMOIRE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	13	57kg	102
13	9762026546	ECKSTEIN	Kurt Goldman	Brenton Avdulla	2	57kg	102
14	212720×222	SAMOVARE	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Joao Moreira	6	57kg	96
15	2x6278x855	PERFECT RHYME	Ron Leemon	Luke Currie	14	57kg	85
16	631×7433	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Dean Yendall	11	57kg	67
17	24113×1604	ALIZEE	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	8	54.5kg	105

2018 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 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes first acceptances are set to close on Tuesday March 13, 2018.

The official Queen Of The Turf Stakes or Coolmore Legacy Stakes 2018 First Acceptances attracted 60 mares including super star mare Winx who is unlikely to run, instead defending her Queen Elizabeth Stakes title at the meeting or heading straight to Royal Ascot in England. Outside of Winx the other standout Queen Of The Turf Stakes First Acceptances include last start Guy Walter Stakes winner Dixie Blossoms for Ron Quinton and the Godolphin-raced Sepoy filly Alizee won won the Flight Stakes at the track / distance in the spring.

2018 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 Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2018 nominations will be taken on Monday February 12, 2018 and detailed below as soon as available.

The official 2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes Nominations attracted 115 fillies & mares including the world’s best, Winx, who is more likely to defend her title in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on the same day to see out here autumn. Other standout Queen Of The Turf Stakes nominations include Godolphin’s smart Sepoy filly Alizee and the always-honest Ron Quinton-trained Dixie Blossoms. The reigning champion Foxplay, a stablemate of Winx, is also in the mix and could chase back-to-back wins for the first time since More Joyous (2011-12).

View the official Queen Of The Turf 2018 Nominations including unlikely acceptor Winx by following the link.

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.

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

Recent Queen Of The Turf Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 34.94 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Heavens Above
2017 Queen Of The Turf Stakes	1st	Foxplay	1 minute 39.6 seconds
	2nd	Zanbagh
	3rd	Dixie Blossoms
2016 Queen Of The Turf 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