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The Vinery Stud Stakes – registered as the Storm Queen Stakes – is a Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies held as part of the exciting Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. A middle distance event run over 2000m, the Vinery Stud Stakes is run on Tancred Stakes Day at Rosehill Gardens*. This elite race meeting conducted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC) also features the Group 1 HE Tancred Stakes (2400m) as well as a host of Group 2 & 3 support races including the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) and the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m).

*Note: The 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes ran at Newcastle Racecourse over a reduced distance of 1850m the Monday after Rosehill’s abandoned Tancred Stakes Day meeting. 

Offering $600,000 in total prize money the Vinery Stud Stakes is run at set weights and so favours the class fillies in the field. A key lead-up into the Vinery Stud Stakes field is the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) run at the same track but open to both fillies and mares a fortnight before.

Most of the Vinery Stud Stakes runners are looking to back-up at Royal Randwick in two weeks on Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ in the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m).

Recent Vinery Stud Stakes graduates to win the ATC Oaks include Rising Romance (4th in 2014), Streama (2nd in 2012) and Once Were Wild (5th in 2010). In 2019 the Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant won Vinery Stud Stakes – ATC Oaks double, a feat repeated by her stablemate Hungry Heart in 2021.

The 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes form was franked with the winner Fangirl returning returning in the spring to run second in the Group 1 Winx Stakes and second in the $10 million The Golden Eagle. The runner-up Hinged ran fourth next-up in the ATC Oaks results and ran top three in a number of subsequent Group 1 races, while the third placed Gypsy Goddess was runner-up in the ATC Oaks before her win in that winter’s Queensland Oaks in Brisbane and third in the Golden Eagle back in Sydney over the spring.

The 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes ran on Saturday March 25th, 2023 and was won in runaway style by visiting New Zealand-trained filly Prowess ($2.15F). 

Vinery Stud Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday March 25th, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies at Set Weights – 56kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$600,000
Inaugurated:	1979

2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Prowess ($2.15F)
• 2nd: #3 Pavitra
• 3rd: #2 Fireburn

The Roger James & Robert Wellwood-trained Kiwi raider Prowess ($2.15F) was enormous in her down under debut dominating the Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 results with an over three-length victory showing off her potential star status with bigger targets to come.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	PROWESS (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Mark Zahra		3	56kg		$2.15F
	2	3	PAVITRA	Richard & Will Freedman	Chad Schofield	3.32L	8	56kg		$3.40
	3	2	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Tyler Schiller (a)	4.08L	5	56kg		$11
	4	7	PIEROSSA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	4.14L	2	56kg		$21
	5	10	BYRON BELLE	John Sargent	Tom Marquand	4.15L	9	56kg		$101
	6	11	INFINITIVE	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	4.2L	6	56kg		$71
	7	4	POLYGON (NZ)	Lance Noble	Brett Prebble	4.22L	11	56kg		$31
	8	6	SOUL CHOICE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5.45L	12	56kg		$12
	9	8	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	5.8L	7	56kg		$13
	10	9	SO DAZZLING (NZ)	John Sargent	Tom Sherry	6.19L	4	56kg		$31
	11	12	FRANKIE’S ME DAD	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brenton Avdulla	6.6L	10	56kg		$61
	12	14	STORMY WITNESS	Danny Williams	Robbie Dolan	8.61L	13	56kg		$201
	13	13	WHISKY WISDOM	Benjamin Smith	Ms Rachel King	10.38L	1	56kg		$101
		5	PAPILLON CLUB	Greg Eurell	Regan Bayliss		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Betting Odds

The latest autumn Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 odds on the three-year-old staying fillies running in the ATC Oaks lead-up will be available below as soon as available at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Prowess ($2.15 in 2023) was the last favourite in Vinery Stud Stakes betting to win.

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2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 Tips on the key Tancred Stakes Day support act this autumn.

• To Win: #3 Pavitra ($3.40 at time of publish) 

Lovely open edition of the Vinery Stud Stakes with a variety of form lines to consider. Going for the Richard & Will Freedman-trained American Pharoah filly Pavitra with a winning lead-up in the Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) on March 10 by a runaway four-length margin. She should relish getting up to 2000m here off that performance, which has actually been a pretty solid guide to the Vinery Stud over the years. Her other two 2000m runs in the spring produced eye-catching placings that led to her VRC Oaks second over the 2500m at Flemington. In Sydney third-up and fit from gate nine she looks a winning hope again.

2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Field

Each autumn the Vinery Stud Stakes attracts a class line-up of three-year-old fillies displaying the potential to stay longer distances with many eyeing an ATC Oaks run over the mile and a half during ‘The Championships’ in April.

The official 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes field and barrier draw will be released by Racing NSW as of Wednesday March 22, 2023 and listed in full below.

The Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of fillies including four-length Kembla Grange Classic winner Pavitra and the well-backed favourite Prowess from across the Tasman coming off four straight wins.

• Scratchings Update: #5 Papillon Club (3) has been withdrawn from the Vinery Stud field in favour of a run in Melbourne’s Group 3 Alexandra Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Click here to read more on the key fillies in the 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1×1331111	PROWESS (NZ)	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	Mark Zahra	4	56kg			108
2	12x554x694	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Tyler Schiller (a)	6	56kg			103
3	5115322×51	PAVITRA	Richard & Will Freedman	Chad Schofield	9	56kg			92
4	5x124511x6	POLYGON (NZ)	Lance Noble	Brett Prebble	12	56kg			88
5	2×1132	PAPILLON CLUB	Greg Eurell	Regan Bayliss	3	56kg			80
6	212211	SOUL CHOICE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	13	56kg			78
7	29x4211x03	PIEROSSA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	2	56kg			76
8	73×134	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Nash Rawiller	8	56kg			72
9	5130×82	SO DAZZLING (NZ)	John Sargent	Tom Sherry	5	56kg			72
10	2479×102	BYRON BELLE	John Sargent	Tom Marquand	10	56kg			65
11	4413615	INFINITIVE	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	7	56kg			65
12	8311	FRANKIE’S ME DAD	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Brenton Avdulla	11	56kg			64
13	34148	WHISKY WISDOM	Benjamin Smith	Ms Rachel King	1	56kg			62
14	52×13	STORMY WITNESS	Danny Williams	Robbie Dolan	14	56kg			55

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Nominations

The Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 nominations are due to close on Monday March 20, 2023 and will be published below as soon as available.

The 2023 Vinery Stud Stakes nominations attracted 19 potential ATC Oaks-bound fillies led in all-in betting by the flying Group 1 winning New Zealand visitor Prowess chasing a fifth win on the trot and the Richard & Will Freedman-trained Pavitra coming off a four-length Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic win.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	10	ARTS	F	3	Edward Cummings	59
2	2479×102	BYRON BELLE	F	3	John Sargent	65
3	73×134	CALL DI	F	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	72
4	12x554x694	FIREBURN	F	3	Gary Portelli	103
5	8311	FRANKIE’S ME DAD	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	64
6	4413615	INFINITIVE	F	3	Chris Waller	65
7	4x312x26	OFFSPRING	F	3	Keith Dryden	59
8	2×1132	PAPILLON CLUB	F	3	Greg Eurell	80
9	5115322×51	PAVITRA	F	3	Richard & Will Freedman	92
10	29x4211x03	PIEROSSA	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	76
11	5x124511x6	POLYGON (NZ)	F	3	Lance Noble	88
12	1×1331111	PROWESS (NZ)	F	3	Roger James & Robert Wellwood	108
13	5130×82	SO DAZZLING (NZ)	F	3	John Sargent	72
14	212211	SOUL CHOICE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	78
15	52×13	STORMY WITNESS	F	3	Danny Williams	55
16	24×77362	WE DON’T ROAM	F	3	Bjorn Baker
17	34148	WHISKY WISDOM	F	3	Benjamin Smith	62
18	92x3114x7	ZENNZELLA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	84
19	125x111x41	ZOUGOTCHA	F	3	Chris Waller	105

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Vinery Stud Stakes History

The Vinery Stud Stakes is a relatively young Australian thoroughbred race, first run in 1979 when Impede took out the race in impressive fashion. It began as a principal race run over 1900m but was given Group 2 status and run over 2000m the following year in 1980. In 1992 the Storm Queen Stakes gained its current Group 1 status.

Vinery Stud Stakes Winners

The Vinery Stud Stakes has been won by a number of talented fillies, but in 1989 was taken out by a genuine equine superstar in Research. Research won the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) during the 1988 Spring Racing Carnival and started her autumn campaign with a win in the Vinery Stud Stakes before capturing both the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) and the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) in the space of four days – a feat that has never been repeated.

Other talented fillies whose names feature on the Vinery Stud Stakes honour roll include Serenade Rose (2006), Miss Finland (2007), Mosheen (2012), Norzita (2013), Lucia Valentina (2014), and the next-up ATC Oaks winners Verry Elleegant (2019) and Hungry Heart (2021).

In 2022 the Vinery Stud Stakes was moved from Rosehill on Saturday the 26th of March to Newcastle on Monday the 28th of March due to unsafe Heavy track conditions and rainfall.

Recent Vinery Stud Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Prowess	2 minutes 4.06 seconds
	2nd	Pavitra
	3rd	Fireburn
2022 Vinery Stud Stakes (Run over 1850m at Newcastle)	1st	Fangirl	1 minute 57.04 seconds
	2nd	Hinged
	3rd	Gypsy Goddess
2021 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Hungry Heart	2 minutes 2.06 seconds
	2nd	Harmony Rose
	3rd	Impecunious
2020 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Shout The Bar	2 minutes 8.28 seconds
	2nd	Probabeel
	3rd	Nudge
2019 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Verry Ellegant	2 minutes 8.99 seconds
	2nd	Frankely Awesome
	3rd	Aristia
2018 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Hiyaam	2 minutes 3.52 seconds
	2nd	Unforgotten
	3rd	Aloisia
2017 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Montoya’s Secret	2 minutes 9.73 seconds
	2nd	Nurse Kitchen
	3rd	Harlow Gold
2016 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Single Gaze	2 minute 3.0 seconds
	2nd	Valley Girl
	3rd	Happy Hannah
2015 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Fenway	2 minutes 03.27 seconds
	2nd	First Seal
	3rd	Thunder Lady
2014 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Lucia Valentina	2 minutes 07.07 seconds
	2nd	Solicit
	3rd	Forever Loved
2013 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Norzita	2 minutes 06.12 seconds
	2nd	Longport
	3rd	Habibi
2012 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Mosheen	2 minutes 02.3 seconds
	2nd	Streama
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2011 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Mirjulisa Lass	2 minutes 03.4 seconds
	2nd	Fibrillation
	3rd	Brazilian Pulse
2010 Vinery Stud Stakes	1st	Faint Perfume	2 minutes 2.53 seconds
	2nd	Valdemoro
	3rd	Absolute Faith
2009 Vinery Stud Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Purple	2 minutes 7 seconds
	2nd	Gold Water
	3rd	Gallica
2008 Arrowfield Stud Stakes	1st	Heavenly Glow	2 minutes 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Galileo’s Daughter
	3rd	Pentura
2007 Arrowfield Stud Stakes	1st	Miss Finland	2 minutes 3.8 seconds
	2nd	Banc De Fortune
	3rd	Just Dancing
2006 Arrowfield Stud Stakes	1st	Serenade Rose	2 minutes 1.3 seconds
	2nd	Beauty Watch
	3rd	Flora Danica
2005 Arrowfield Stud Stakes	1st	Hollow Bullet	2 minutes 0.5 seconds
	2nd	Lotteria
	3rd	She’s Justa Tad
2004 Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Special Harmony	2 minutes 1.8 seconds
	2nd	Shamekha
	3rd	Ike’s Dream
2003 Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Shower Of Roses	2 minutes 4.4 seconds
	2nd	Bramble Rose
	3rd	Rasberry Ripple
2002 Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Sixty Seconds	2 minutes 0.1 second
	2nd	Hosannah
	3rd	Quays
2001 Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Tempest Mom	2 minutes 2.9 seconds
	2nd	Rose Archway
	3rd	Calm Smytzer
2000 Storm Queen Stakes	1st	Hill Of Grace	2 minutes 2.4 seconds
	2nd	Kirkstall Lane
	3rd	Miss Zoe