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The Blazer Stakes is a 1400m set weights and penalties race run at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse in early October.

Currently called the Rose Of Kingston Stakes, the Group 2 Blazer Stakes is run during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and is worth $300,000 in prize money. The race takes place on Turnbull Stakes Day, the line-up for which also includes the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m), Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m), Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) and Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m).

Open only to mares aged four-years-old and above, the Blazer Stakes attracts a quality line-up each season with many of the runners heading towards the following month’s Group 1 Empire Rose Classic (1600m) back at the track over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

This year the Blazer Stakes 2020 took place on Saturday October 3, 2020 and was won by emergency runner Sierra Sue.

Blazer Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday October 3, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	4YO+ Mares Set Weights & Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2020 Blazer Stakes Results

• 1st: #17e Sierra Sue
• 2nd: #14 She Shao Fly
• 3rd: #12 Missile Mantra

Jockey Michael Walker gave emergency runner Sierra Sue ($17) a peach of a ride up the inside to salute in a shock Blazer Stakes 2020 result over fellow roughie hopes She Shao Fly ($31) and Missile Mantra ($41).

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	17e	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker		12	55kg		$17
	2	14	SHE SHAO FLY	Kevin Corstens	Jamie Kah	0.4L	2	55kg		$31
	3	12	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	1.15L	7	55kg		$41
	4	5	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	2.15L	8	57kg		$3.80
	5	10	FABRIC (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	2.25L	1	55kg		$15
	6	6	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2.75L	11	57kg		$3.50F
	7	3	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	2.85L	4	58kg		$7.50
	8	7	BONVICINI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	3.35L	9	57kg		$21
	9	11	INTO THE ABYSS	John Thompson	John Allen	3.85L	3	55kg		$81
	10	1	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	3.95L	14	58kg		$9
	11	9	FIDELIA	Robbie Griffiths	Dean Yendall	4.45L	13	55kg		$91
	12	2	RUBISAKI	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	4.55L	10	58kg		$9
	13	4	SPANISH WHISPER	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	7.8L	6	58kg		$51
	14	15	SOUTHBANK	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt	11.8L	5	55kg		$101
		13	PARMIE	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor		0
		16	LADY LOFT	Julius Sandhu	Beau Mertens		0
		8	I AM ELOQUENT	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Blazer Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Blazer Stakes 2020 odds on the mares facing off in this spring’s edition of the Turnbull Stakes Day support act will listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your Blazer Stakes betting tips at the right price as soon as markets are out.

2020 Blazer Stakes Field

The Blazer Stakes field usually attracts some very well experienced mares out of lead-up races including the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) or Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) the month before. In 2017 Now Or Later improved on a lead-up sixth in the How Now Stakes for her win at double-figures in Blazer Stakes betting.

The Blazer Stakes 2020 field and barrier draw will be released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week and will be listed in full below once out.

The 2020 Blazer Stakes final field features a class line-up of potential Group 1-bound mares led in betting by the smart WA-trained Perfect Jewel.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x12766x18	SAVATIANO	James Cummings	Mark Zahra	17	58kg		110
2	2x111111x0	RUBISAKI	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	11	58kg		98
3	151x22x713	PRETTY BRAZEN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	4	58kg		104
4	930x5659x9	SPANISH WHISPER	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	6	58kg		99
5	11x9702x67	MADAM ROUGE	Chris Waller	Ben Melham	8	57kg		106
6	1x0112x182	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	12	57kg		106
7	7104x180x3	BONVICINI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	9	57kg		89
8	17118x30x0	I AM ELOQUENT	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Dee	10	56kg		78
9	8333835×00	FIDELIA	Robbie Griffiths	Dean Yendall	14	55kg		89
10	1x45145x31	FABRIC (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	1	55kg		90
11	518x4260x4	INTO THE ABYSS	John Thompson	John Allen	3	55kg		93
12	52x0540x08	MISSILE MANTRA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	7	55kg		89
13	326420×422	PARMIE	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Daniel Moor	15	55kg		77
14	0x30915334	SHE SHAO FLY	Kevin Corstens	Jamie Kah	2	55kg		87
15	1223x670x5	SOUTHBANK	Anthony & Sam Freedman		5	55kg		82
16	x8398x5326	LADY LOFT	Julius Sandhu	Beau Mertens	16	55kg		71
17e	11210×1	SIERRA SUE (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Michael Walker	13	55kg		76

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Blazer Stakes History

Previously known as the Honda Prelude, Hardy Brothers Prelude, Jayco Stakes, and the Rose Of Kingston Stakes. The race was renamed the Blazer Stakes in 2009.

Since 1989, the Blazer Stakes been won by a number of class mares including Cats Whisker (2009) who came off a lead-up win in the Let’s Elope Stakes and Mosheen (2012) who had won the 2011 VRC Oaks. Blazer Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Blazer Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Blazer Stakes	1st	Sierra Sue	1 minute 23.04 seconds
	2nd	She Shao Fly
	3rd	Missile Mantra
2019 Blazer Stakes	1st	Haut Brion Her	1 minute 22.63 seconds
	2nd	Pohutukawa
	3rd	Angelic Ruler
2018 Blazer Stakes	1st	Invincibella	1 minute 22.52 seconds
	2nd	Savatiano
	3rd	Mamzelle Tess
2017 Blazer Stakes	1st	Now Or Later	1 minute 24.23 seconds
	2nd	Merriest
	3rd	Payroll
2016 Blazer Stakes	1st	French Emotion	1 minute 24.36 seconds
	2nd	Pure Pride
	3rd	Vibrant Rouge
2015 Blazer Stakes	1st	La Passe	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Manageress
	3rd	Lucky Lago & Jessy Belle
2014 Blazer Stakes	1st	Forever Loved	1 minute 24.80 seconds
	2nd	Enquare
	3rd	May’s Dream
2013 Blazer Stakes	1st	Fire Up Fifi	1 minute 23.84 seconds
	2nd	Peron
	3rd	Catkins
2012 Blazer Stakes	1st	Mosheen	1 minute 23.47 seconds
	2nd	Bonaria
	3rd	Miss Stellabelle
2011 Blazer Stakes	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 24.16 seconds
	2nd	Booklet
	3rd	Dysphonia
2010 Blazer Stakes	1st	Palacio De Cristal	1 minute 23.97 seconds
	2nd	No Evidence Needed
	3rd	Strawberry Field
2009 Blazer Stakes	1st	Cats Whisker	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Gold Water
	3rd	Dane Julia
2008 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Bellini Rose	1 minute 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Absolute Glam
	3rd	Viking Turf Belle
2007 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Vormista	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Bellini Rose
	3rd	El Pauji
2006 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Divine Madonna	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Imana
	3rd	Open Cut
2005 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Sky Cuddle	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Dea
	3rd	Astrodame
2004 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Skewiff	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Infinite Grace
	3rd	Light Sweeper
2003 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Vocabulary	1 minute 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Gazania
	3rd	Galipagos Girl
2002 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Hosannah	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Gentle Genius
	3rd	Purple Groove
2001 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Tickle My	1 minute 25.7 seconds
	2nd	Hula Wonder
	3rd	Calm Smytzer
2000 Rose Of Kingston Stakes	1st	Ramano?s Star	1 minute 23.7 seconds
	2nd	Fellowship
	3rd	Bumbelina