Vinery Stud Stakes

The Vinery Stud Stakes is a Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies run at Rosehill Gardens on Tancred Stakes Day as a key lead-up to the Australian Oaks during the autumn.

2023 Vinery Stud Stakes Results

  • 1st: #1 Prowess
  • 2nd: #3 Pavitra
  • 3rd: #2 Fireburn



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

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