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The Roses, formerly known as the Doomben Roses, is held annually in either May or June as part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Traditionally run at Doomben Racecourse, The Roses pays a total of $200,000 in prize money and takes place on Doomben Cup Day.

In 2020 the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival was reduced and many races rescheduled due to COVID-19 including The Roses, which was moved to the weekend after Stradbroke Handicap Day and run at Eagle Farm Racecourse over a shorter 1800m distance offering $175,000 in prize money.

Raced over 2000m, the Group 2 The Roses is run under set weights conditions and is open to three-year-old fillies as a key lead-up to the following month’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m).

The Doomben Roses was upgraded to a Group 2 event for the 2014 edition, having previously been run as a Group 3 race since 2003.

Two fillies throughout history have completed The Roses – Queensland Oaks double with Ethereal (2001) and Scarlett Lady (2011). Ethereal also went on to take out that year’s Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington making her the most famous of all The Roses winners.

The Roses 2020 took place on Saturday June 13, 2020 at Eagle Farm over 1800m due to COVID-19 and was won by the short-priced favourite Vanna Girl. 

2020 The Roses
Date:	Saturday June 13, 2020
Track:	Doomben Racecourse (Eagle Farm in 2020 due to COVID-19)
Distance:	2000m (1800m in 2020)
Race Type:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000 ($175,000 in 2020)

2020 The Roses Results

• 1st: #2 Vanna Girl
• 2nd: #5 Cellarmaid
• 3rd: #4 Celestial Falls

The Roses 2020 results went the way of the punters with the well-backed Toby & Trent Edmonds-trained Vanna Girl ($2.10) extending her winning streak to four straight with a brilliant late finish in the Group 2 at Eagle Farm.

Click here to read more on the dominant The Roses 2020 winner Vanna Girl.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart		12	56.5kg		$2.10F
	2	5	CELLARMAID	Kelly Schweida	James Orman	1.25L	10	56.5kg		$31
	3	4	CELESTIAL FALLS	Mark Newnham	Michael Cahill	1.55L	3	56.5kg		$5
	4	1	FLORENT	Tony Noonan	Andrew Mallyon	3.3L	5	56.5kg		$11
	5	10	SHUHOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Robbie Fradd	4.3L	1	56.5kg		$21
	6	14	MISS PENFOLD	Kelly Schweida	Jake Bayliss	4.5L	7	56.5kg		$101
	7	3	MISS CAVALLO	Michael Nolan	Dale Smith	5.75L	13	56.5kg		$201
	8	9	SKY HORSE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ryan Maloney	5.85L	2	56.5kg		$6
	9	7	MONEY MAGIC	Mark Newnham	Ryan Wiggins	5.95L	11	56.5kg		$19
	10	11	AL JOOD	Chris Munce	Ms Stephanie Thornton	6.7L	9	56.5kg		$31
	11	12	SOUL PURPOSE	Mark Newnham	Luke Dittman	7.45L	14	56.5kg		$61
	12	6	DEE DAY DIVA	Robert Heathcote	Tegan Harrison	7.85L	8	56.5kg		$91
	13	13	ADELASE	Barry Baldwin	Mark Du Plessis	8.05L	6	56.5kg		$81
	14	8	CALIFORNIA SALTO	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne		4	56.5kg		$26
		15e	HALLOWED GIRL	Chris Anderson			0

*Table Credit: Racing Australia

2020 The Roses Betting

The Roses 2020 betting odds for the winter will be available below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

Vanna Girl ($2.10 in 2020) was the last favourite in The Roses betting to salute for the punters.

2020 The Roses Field

The Roses field attracts the season’s top three-year-old staying fillies coming off a lead-up run in either an earlier Queensland race like the Gold Coast Bracelet or possibly the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2010m) in Adelaide, and is the last of the traditional Queensland Oaks lead-up races.

The official 2020 The Roses field & barriers will be announced below the Wednesday of race week.

The Roses 2020 final field attracted a capacity line-up of 14 fillies plus a single emergency, Hallowed Girl who drew the inside alley. Race favourite Vanna Girl suffered an early blow out in barrier 13 as the recent dual Black-Type winner chases a fourth win on the trot for last weekend’s Stradbroke winning trainers Toby & Trent Edmonds.

Click here to read more on the key fillies in The Roses 2020 field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2613×85123	FLORENT	Tony Noonan	Andrew Mallyon	6	56.5kg		75
2	214112111	VANNA GIRL	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Brad Stewart	13	56.5kg		90
3	2×68722404	MISS CAVALLO	Michael Nolan	Dale Smith	14	56.5kg		65
4	521x213x22	CELESTIAL FALLS	Mark Newnham	Michael Cahill	4	56.5kg		80
5	511538×662	CELLARMAID	Kelly Schweida	James Orman	11	56.5kg		69
6	4×41132220	DEE DAY DIVA	Robert Heathcote	Tegan Harrison	9	56.5kg		70
7	122×132	MONEY MAGIC	Mark Newnham	Ryan Wiggins	12	56.5kg		71
8	x196x25775	CALIFORNIA SALTO	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jim Byrne	5	56.5kg		70
9	24114	SKY HORSE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ryan Maloney	3	56.5kg		70
10	5×286114	SHUHOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Robbie Fradd	2	56.5kg		71
11	418×516173	AL JOOD	Chris Munce	Ms Stephanie Thornton	10	56.5kg		73
12	642312	SOUL PURPOSE	Mark Newnham	Luke Dittman	15	56.5kg		63
13	7×232331	ADELASE	Barry Baldwin	Mark Du Plessis	7	56.5kg		61
14	1×05399	MISS PENFOLD	Kelly Schweida	Jake Bayliss	8	56.5kg		64
15e	x816465x43	HALLOWED GIRL	Chris Anderson	TBA	1	56.5kg		58

2020 The Roses Nominations

The Roses nominations are usually announced on the Monday before race day with the full list of early entries to be published below once announced.

The 2020 The Roses nominations are now out with 17 three-year-old fillies entered for the event including Toby & Trent Edmonds’ flying Vanna Girl chasing her fourth win on the trot and third in Black-Type company following her recent victories in the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes and Pam O’Neill Stakes at Doomben.

Click here to read more on the key 2020 The Roses nominated fillies this winter.

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	7×232331	ADELASE	F	3	Barry Baldwin	61
2	418×516173	AL JOOD	F	3	Chris Munce	73
3	x196x25775	CALIFORNIA SALTO	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	70
4	521x213x22	CELESTIAL FALLS	F	3	Mark Newnham	80
5	511538×662	CELLARMAID	F	3	Kelly Schweida	69
6	4×41132220	DEE DAY DIVA	F	3	Robert Heathcote	70
7	2613×85123	FLORENT	F	3	Tony Noonan
8	x816465x43	HALLOWED GIRL	F	3	Chris Anderson	58
9	2×68722404	MISS CAVALLO	F	3	Michael Nolan	65
10	1×05399	MISS PENFOLD	F	3	Kelly Schweida	64
11	122×132	MONEY MAGIC	F	3	Mark Newnham
12	8×75110245	SEGRILL	F	3	Clarry Conners
13	5×286114	SHUHOOD	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	71
14	24114	SKY HORSE (NZ)	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	70
15	642312	SOUL PURPOSE	F	3	Mark Newnham
16	214112111	VANNA GIRL	F	3	Toby & Trent Edmonds
17	x1132521x5	VIOLET	F	3	Michael Nolan	72

The Roses History

Established in 1996, The Roses has grown rapidly in prominence, achieving Group 3 status within 9 years (1996) and Group 2 status in 18 years (2014).

Inaugurated as the Doomben Roses, from 2010 onwards the race has been known simply as The Roses.

The Doomben Roses was initially raced over 1625m, dropping back to 1615m in 1997, and then remaining at a steady 2020m from 1998 until 2011. Since 2012 the race has been 2000m.

The 2020 The Roses ran at Eagle Farm over 1800m due to COVID-19.

Many horses who race in the Doomben Roses go on to compete in the Queensland Oaks (2400m), the premier staying event for fillies in Queensland. Only two fillies have won the Doomben Roses-Queensland Oaks double; Ethereal (2001) and Scarlett Lady (2011).

Doomben Roses results since 2000 are listed below.

Doomben Roses Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Doomben Roses	1st	Vanna Girl	1 minute 48.20 seconds (over 1800m)
	2nd	Cellarmaid
	3rd	Celestial Falls
2019 Doomben Roses	1st	Etana	2 minutes 3.39 seconds
	2nd	Aliferous
	3rd	Welsh Legend
2018 Doomben Roses	1st	Youngstar	2 minutes 36.86 seconds
	2nd	Another Dollar
	3rd	Highway
2017 Doomben Roses	1st	Kenedna	2 minutes 08.0 seconds
	2nd	Oklahoma Girl
	3rd	Perilous Love
2016 Doomben Roses	1st	Kebede	2 minutes 2.5 seconds
	2nd	Sebring Sally
	3rd	Imposing Lass
2015 Doomben Roses	1st	Bohemian Lily	2 minutes 04.08 seconds
	2nd	Col ‘N’ Lil
	3rd	Whatalovelyday
2014 Doomben Roses	1st	Arabian Gold	2 minutes 3.08 seconds
	2nd	Tinto
	3rd	Tornado Miss
2013 Doomben Roses	1st	Dear Demi	2 minutes 5.36 seconds
	2nd	Gondokoro
	3rd	Vaquera
2012 Doomben Roses	1st	Invest	2 minutes 4.17 seconds
	2nd	Miss Artistic
	3rd	Scorpio Queen
2011 Doomben Roses	1st	Scarlett Lady	2 minutes 4.0 seconds
	2nd	Savannah’s Choice
	3rd	Divorces
2010 Doomben Roses	1st	Marheta	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Femina Fashion
	3rd	Dariana
2009 Doomben Roses	1st	Awesome Planet	2 minutes 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Ekstreme
	3rd	Purple
2008 Doomben Roses	1st	Heavenly Glow	2 minutes 5.5 seconds
	2nd	Pentacity
	3rd	Miss Maren
2007 Doomben Roses	1st	Lasoron	2 minutes 3.0 seconds
	2nd	My Lady’s Chamber
	3rd	Eskimo Queen
2006 Doomben Roses	1st	Gaze	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Upstaged
	3rd	Zenarta
2005 Doomben Roses	1st	Cinque Cento	2 minutes 4.0 seconds
	2nd	Ponte Piccolo
	3rd	Fiery Sunset
2004 Doomben Roses	1st	Natural Woman	2 minutes 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Charmview
	3rd	Imana
2003 Doomben Roses	1st	The Jewel	2 minutes 4.9 seconds
	2nd	Crianca
	3rd	Domielle
2002 Doomben Roses	1st	Palidamah	2 minutes 1.9 seconds
	2nd	Faiza
	3rd	Quays
2001 Doomben Roses	1st	Ethereal	2 minutes 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Life Is Beautiful
	3rd	Dandify
2000 Doomben Roses	1st	Avilde	2 minutes 5.4 seconds
	2nd	Miss Zoe
	3rd	Citirecruit