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The Group 2  Queen Of The South Stakes is a 1600m event for all fillies and mares.

Held at Adelaide’s Morphettville Racecourse, the mile event is worth just over $200,000 in prize money and has set weight plus penalty conditions. The 2020 edition of the Queen Of The South Stakes was worth a reduced $175,000 in prize money due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Run during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival, the event runs on the same card as the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) also for fillies and mares and the Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m) for the sprinters.

The Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday May 6, 2023 and was won by Ben & JD Hayes’ in-form Sir Prancealot filly Caste ($6.50). 

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes
Date:	Saturday May 6, 2023
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares Set Weights & Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize money:	$202,250

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Results

• 1st: #17 Caste ($6.50)
• 2nd: #4 Foxy Frida
• 3rd: #16 Waltz On By

Ben & JD Hayes’ in-form filly Caste ($6.50) made it three wins on the bounce with her quality half-length victory in the 2023 Queen Of The South Stakes results keeping the victories coming for her and hoop Michael Dee.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	17	CASTE	Ben & JD Hayes	Michael Dee		2	54kg		$6.50
	2	4	FOXY FRIDA	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan	0.5L	3	56kg		$2.90F
	3	16	WALTZ ON BY	Peter G Moody	Ms Linda Meech	4.5L	12	54.5kg		$12
	4	1	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	Todd Pannell	5L	7	58.5kg		$81
	5	12	LAST GIRL LOVE	Jon O’Connor	Zac Spain	5.2L	10	55kg		$81
	6	5	AGREEABLE	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	Ms Kayla Crowther	5.4L	13	56kg		$81
	7	2	MY WHISPER	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	6.5L	11	58kg		$11
	8	3	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Ben Melham	6.8L	1	57kg		$10
	9	6	DYNASTIES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damien Oliver	7.1L	8	56kg		$13
	10	7	SPARKLE (JPN)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	7.6L	9	55kg		$5.50
	11	10	RICH GINA	Peter & Belinda Blanch	Dom Tourneur	9.5L	5	55kg		$26
	12	8	MISS YOU ELLA (USA)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jake Toeroek	9.6L	6	55kg		$15
	13	15	DELICIOUS TYCOON	Matt Laurie	Jason Holder	10.7L	4	55kg		$101
		9	BELLE SAVOIR	Nick Ryan	Jordan Childs		0
		11	CAP DE JOIE (GB)	Nick Ryan	Dean Yendall		0
		13	TAHLEQUAH (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Zac Spain		0
		14	ALPINE FLYER	Michael Hickmott	Ms Jessica Eaton		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Betting

Get the autumn’s top Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 odds online will be available below with betting markets provided by Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race.

Fabric ($3.20 in 2021) was the last favourite in Queen Of The South Stakes betting to win.

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2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Form

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2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 Tips on the Robert Sangster Stakes Day support act this May.

• To Win: #7 Sparkle ($7.50 at time of publish) 

Intriguing edition of the Queen Of The South and the Japanese-bred Sparkle for Danny O’Brien looks a great price to make it three wins on the trot. Craig Williams rides the in-form five-year-old who comes off back-to-back Flemington wins over 2000m carrying big weights. She is down to a mile here and has a great 1600m record (8:2-2-2). Notable rise in class and is up against some in-form mares, but she drops from 59kg last time out to 55kg and will be flying.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Field

The Queen Of The South Stakes field has a capacity of 18 starters plus four emergencies and attracts a mainly locally-trained line-up of fillies and mares. Interstate-trained runners may come off earlier autumn runs in Sydney & Melbourne, while there are a number of lead-up races held at Morphettville in the weeks prior.

The official Queen Of The South Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be announced the Wednesday leading-up to Robert Sangster Stakes Day and published in full below.

The 2023 Queen Of The South Stakes final field features a bumper field of in-form fillies and mares including Andrew Noblet’s last start Gold Coast Bracelet winner Foxy Frida, Sir Prancealot filly Caste coming off a Black-Type win at the track, and the talented Nick Ryan-trained Cap De Joie. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x33146x04x	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	Todd Pannell	8	58.5kg		94
2	13x90101x9	MY WHISPER	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	13	58kg		99
3	17x72476x5	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Ben Melham	1	57kg		95
4	21x44405x1	FOXY FRIDA	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan	4	56kg		99
5	3687519×56	AGREEABLE	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	Ms Kayla Crowther	17	56kg		90
6	7x0549x980	DYNASTIES	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damien Oliver	9	56kg		84
7	4x7x0x9311	SPARKLE (JPN)	Danny O’Brien	Craig Williams	10	55kg		89
8	13x442211x	MISS YOU ELLA (USA)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Jake Toeroek	7	55kg		83
9	1x14225x33	BELLE SAVOIR	Nick Ryan	Jordan Childs	15	55kg		80
10	21134×2232	RICH GINA	Peter & Belinda Blanch	Dom Tourneur	6	55kg		77
11	3x1122x212	CAP DE JOIE (GB)	Nick Ryan	Dean Yendall	11	55kg		76
12	6×01571610	LAST GIRL LOVE	Jon O’Connor	Zac Spain	12	55kg		71
13	217x264x1	TAHLEQUAH (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Zac Spain	2	55kg		67
14	67x1153x52	ALPINE FLYER	Michael Hickmott	Ms Jessica Eaton	16	55kg		66
15	21x23127x7	DELICIOUS TYCOON	Matt Laurie	Jason Holder	5	55kg		65
16	x6118x9514	WALTZ ON BY	Peter G Moody	Ms Linda Meech	14	54.5kg		82
17	127×11	CASTE	Ben & JD Hayes	Michael Dee	3	54kg		80

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Queen Of The South Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Queen Of The South Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	21134×2232	RICH GINA	M	4	Peter & Belinda Blanch	1	55kg		77
2	x33146x04x	SILENT SOVEREIGN	M	6	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	2	58.5kg		94
3	13x90101x9	MY WHISPER	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	58kg		99
4	17x72476x5	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	M	6	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	4	57kg		95
5	x6118x9514	WALTZ ON BY	F	3	Peter G Moody	5	54.5kg		82
6	21x44405x1	FOXY FRIDA	M	5	Andrew Noblet	6	56kg		99
7	3687519×56	AGREEABLE	M	5	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	7	56kg		90
8	7x0549x980	DYNASTIES	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	8	56kg		84
9	127×11	CASTE	F	3	Ben & JD Hayes	9	54kg		80
10	4x7x0x9311	SPARKLE (JPN)	M	5	Danny O’Brien	10	55kg		89
11	13x442211x	MISS YOU ELLA (USA)	M	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	11	55kg		83
12	1x14225x33	BELLE SAVOIR	M	4	Nick Ryan	12	55kg		80
13	3760×22151	UNUSUAL CULTURE (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	13	55kg		79
14	133x67x041	MARACANA (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	14	55kg		78
15	3x1122x212	CAP DE JOIE (GB)	M	4	Nick Ryan	15	55kg		76
16	6×01571610	LAST GIRL LOVE	M	4	Jon O’Connor	16	55kg		71
17	1325×65332	DEFIANT DIVA	M	5	Leon & Troy Corstens	17	55kg		71
18	07x8397x65	PERFECT WORLD	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	18	55kg		71
19	07021127×8	SKY HORSE (NZ)	M	6	Michelle Payne	19	55kg		69
20	217x264x1	TAHLEQUAH (NZ)	M	4	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	20	55kg		67
21	67x1153x52	ALPINE FLYER	M	4	Michael Hickmott	21	55kg		66
22	21x23127x7	DELICIOUS TYCOON	M	4	Matt Laurie	22	55kg		65
23	x43105x586	LADY PROISIR (NZ)	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	23	55kg		63
24	398×843638	FIZZY BUBBLY (NZ)	F	3	Roslyn Day	24	53kg		50

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Queen Of The South Stakes History

The Group Two event has had several double winners including Memphis Blues in 1989-90, Shavano Miss 1991-92 and Sylvaner in 2002-03. Since 1988, the fastest winning time was recorded by Shavano Miss in 1991 with 1 minute 34.5 seconds and the slowest winning time was recorded in 1993 by San Pauli Girl with 1 minute 39.0 seconds.

Queen Of The South Stakes Winners Since 2000

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Caste	1 minute 37.62 seconds
	2nd	Foxy Frida
	3rd	Waltz On By
2022 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Silent Sovereign	1 minute 38.14 seconds
	2nd	Foxy Frida
	3rd	Comica
2021 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Fabric	1 minute 36.65 seconds
	2nd	Shop Til I Drop
	3rd	Maximak
2020 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Shrouded In Mist	1 minute 38.59 seconds
	2nd	Seabrook
	3rd	Fidelia
2019 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Music Bay	1 minute 36.56 seconds
	2nd	Snogging
	3rd	Clearly
2018 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	French Emotion	1 minute 36.04 seconds
	2nd	Tahanee
	3rd	Shenandoah
2017 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Amelie’s Star	1 minute 36.13 seconds
	2nd	Have Another Glass
	3rd	Miles Of Krishan
2016 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Into The Mist	1 minute 36.32 seconds
	2nd	Atlantis Dream
	3rd	Rocket Commander
2015 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Atlantis Dream	1 minute 36.73 seconds
	2nd	Let’s Make Adeal
	3rd	Marianne
2014 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Tango’s Daughter	1 minute 39.01 seconds
	2nd	Floria
	3rd	Vivi Veloce
2013 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Star Of Giselle	1 minute 39.51 seconds
	2nd	Danish Spy
	3rd	Lake Sententia
2012 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	So Pristine	1 minute 39.14 seconds
	2nd	Little House
	3rd	Blue Ribbon
2011 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Goon Serpant	1 minute 36.4 seconds
	2nd	Lady Lynette
	3rd	Ocean Challenger
2010 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Returntosender	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Marchelle Belle
	3rd	Amberino
2009 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Bird Of Fire	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Amberino
	3rd	Autumn Jeuney
2008 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Trick Of Light	1 minute 36 seconds
	2nd	Bellini Rose
	3rd	Cuban Girl
2007 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Cinque Cento	1 minute 35.7 seconds
	2nd	Isanami
	3rd	Subsequential
2006 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Open Cut	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Holy Bounty
	3rd	Lotto Rock
2005 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Hidden Strings	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Llanga
	3rd	Fairessa
2004 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Jameela	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Infinite Grace
	3rd	Ruling Eyes
2003 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Sylvaner	1 minute 38.3 seconds
	2nd	Devonshire
	3rd	Tickle My
2002 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Sylvaner	1 minute 37.7 seconds
	2nd	Tyrolean
	3rd	Its Platonic
2001 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	Lady Marion	1 minute 36.5 seconds
	2nd	Calm Smytzer
	3rd	Bumbelina
2000 Queen Of The South Stakes	1st	La Zoffany	1 minute 38.3 seconds
	2nd	Porto Roca
	3rd	Lady Marion