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The latest edition of the Tea Rose Stakes 2026 ran on Saturday, September 19, 2026 as part of Randwick’s The Shorts Day card and saw the David Payne-trained Furious Stakes winning filly Bangkok Hottie ($3.90) enjoy a Group 2 Princess Series double. 

The Tea Rose Stakes 2026 is a cornerstone event of Sydney’s Princess Series, a pivotal Group 2 race run over 1400m at Randwick that consistently showcases the best three-year-old fillies of the spring. As the traditional lead-up to the Flight Stakes, the Tea Rose Stakes delivers reliable form lines, rising stars on the improve, and key betting insights for punters tracking the progress of elite fillies through the carnival. With class, tempo and tactical versatility all playing major roles, this race is essential viewing for anyone comparing the latest 2026 Tea Rose Stakes odds, assessing Tea Rose Stakes betting markets, and following the Princess Series this spring carnival. This page brings you everything you need to analyse the field, study the form and get set for one of Randwick’s most influential spring races for fillies.

2026 Tea Rose Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Tea Rose Stakes results and finishing order including which fillies may be Flight Stakes bound this spring!

Winning Margin: 0.73 lengths

Winning Time: 1:21.34

The 2026 Tea Rose Stakes results at Randwick confirmed Bangkok Hottie ($3.90) as a leading contender for the upcoming Group 1 Flight Stakes, with the David Payne-trained daughter of Too Darn Hot completing the coveted Furious Stakes–Tea Rose Stakes double under Kerrin McEvoy. Racing prominently throughout, Bangkok Hottie proved too strong late, defeating the unlucky favourite Striking Alibi ($2.70F) by three-quarters of a length, with Global Goal ($7.50) a long neck away in third. The victory was her fourth from seven starts and secured her place in the Flight Stakes (1600m) on October 3, with Payne confident the rise to a mile will suit. While Bangkok Hottie sits as a $6 third favourite in Flight Stakes betting at Ladbrokes, the market has tightened around the placegetters, with Global Goal firming from $5.50 into $3 favouritism after jockey Dylan Gibbons described her run as a “really good trial for the mile”, while Striking Alibi has shortened from $8 into $3.60 after a luckless performance that jockey James McDonald labelled “enormous”.

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2026 Tea Rose Stakes Odds & Finishing Order

See below for the latest Tea Rose Stakes 2026 odds followed by the official finishing order after the event this spring.

2026 Tea Rose Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Tea Rose Stakes 2026 Tips on the key Flight Stakes lead-up this September.

Favourite: No. 2 Chilly Girl

Each Way Danger: No. 1 Bangkok Hottie

Best Roughie: No. 8 Sequinned

The Tea Rose Stakes is a Group 2 race held mid-way through the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival in September.

Taking place on The Shorts Day at Royal Randwick, the Tea Rose Stakes is one of four Group races held at the meeting. Also run on the day are the now $1 million Group 2 The Shorts (1100m) for The Everest hopes, Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m), and Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m).

Replacing the George Main Stakes – which now runs as the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on The Everest Day in mid-October – on the card as of 2023 is the Group 2 $1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) which offers an Epsom Handicap ballot exemption.

A middle-distance race run over 1400m, the Tea Rose Stakes is for three-year-old fillies at set weights and is worth $300,000. A good lead-up race to the Tea Rose Stakes is the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1400m) two weeks before at Randwick.

The Furious Stakes has proved a fantastic guide to the Tea Rose Stakes in recent years, with many fine fillies claiming victory in both races including Foxplay (2016), Dame Giselle (2020), Tiz Invincible (2023), Apocalyptic (2025) and most recently Bangkok Hottie (2026).

Quality fillies that run well in the Tea Rose Stakes usually progress on to the premier fillies’ event at the carnival, the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Epsom Handicap Day a fortnight later.

The Tea Rose Stakes is an ideal preparation to this showcase race for females, with many punters placing a bet on the Tea Rose Stakes / Flight Stakes double.

Fillies to win both races include Zougotcha (2022), Funstar (2019), Alizee (2017), First Seal (2014), Guelph (2013), Streama (2011), More Joyous (2009), Samantha Miss (2008), Cheeky Choice (2006), Ha Ha (2001), and Unworldy (2000).

The 2023 Tea Rose Stakes also produced that year’s Flight Stakes winner with Tropical Squall improving on her lead-up third to win the Group 1, while Kimochi ran second in both events.

The 2024 Tea Rose Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Snow In May running a next-up third in that year’s Flight Stakes trifecta.

Apocalyptic (2nd in 2025) was the last Tea Rose Stakes graduate to continue on and win the Flight Stakes. She further franked the form running second in Melbourne’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas after her Flight Stakes victory in Sydney.

2026 Tea Rose Stakes
Date:	Saturday, September 19, 2026
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1400m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Weights:	55.5kg
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1980

2026 Tea Rose Stakes Betting Odds

The Tea Rose Stakes betting odds for 2026 will be available at Races.com.au with market links to Ladbrokes for punters to back their favourite spring fillies at the right price the week of the race.

Zougotcha ($1.95 in 2022), Tiz Invincible ($3.20 in 2023), and Autumn Glow ($2.05 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Tea Rose Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2026 Tea Rose Stakes Form

The Tea Rose Stakes form guide is the essential tool punters use to assess every filly lining up in Randwick’s key Group 2 leg of the Princess Series. As a pivotal 1400m spring race leading directly into the Flight Stakes, the form guide brings together each runner’s recent performances, sectional strength, racing pattern, pedigree, and suitability to the Randwick mile-style progression. For punters following the Princess Series, the Tea Rose Stakes form guide is one of the most reliable indicators of which fillies are peaking at the right time.

What Punters Should Look for on the Tea Rose Stakes Form Guide:

• Princess Series progression — how each filly performed in the Silver Shadow and Furious Stakes.
• Randwick 1400m suitability — the step up in trip often reveals which fillies can sustain pressure.
• Sectional strength — late splits from earlier legs of the series are strong predictors of Flight Stakes potential.
• Racing pattern — on-pace fillies can control the race, but strong closers often excel at Randwick.
• Track conditions — many fillies show clear preferences for firm or soft ground.
• Stable intent — leading stables often target this race as the key spring launchpad.

FULL 2026 TEA ROSE STAKES FORM GUIDE

2026 Tea Rose Stakes Field

The official Tea Rose Stakes 2026 Final Field of Flight Stakes hopefuls will be published in full below once released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2026 Tea Rose Stakes field features a quality line-up of Flight Stakes-bound fillies including the Furious Stakes winner Bangkok Hotti and the Matthew Smith-trained Queen’s Gamble chasing a hat-trick.

Tea Rose Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Tea Rose Stakes 2026 close the Monday leading-up to The Shorts Day and will be published for punters below as soon as released.

Tea Rose Stakes History

First run in 1980, the inaugural winner of the Tea Rose Stakes was Dark Eclipse. It began as a Listed race run over 1400m but soon gained Group 3 status in 1983. The race distance was increased in 1985 to 1500m when the Tea Rose Stakes became a Group 2 event. From 1990 – 1991 the race was run over the increased distance of 1550m before reverting back to 1500m in 1992. In 2007 the race was not held due to equine influenza. From 2013 onwards, the Tea Rose Stakes has been raced over 1400m as opposed to the previous 1500m.

In 2020 Dame Giselle won the first three legs of the Princess Series taking out the Silver Shadow Stakes – Furious Stakes – Tea Rose Stakes hat-trick.

Tea Rose Stakes Records
Race Record (at current 1400m distance):	Guelph 1:22.1 (2013)

Recent Tea Rose Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2026 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Bangkok Hottie	1 minute 21.34 seconds
	2nd	Striking Alibi
	3rd	Global Goal
2025 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Apocalyptic	1 minute 23.26 seconds
	2nd	Artistic Venture
	3rd	Tupakara
2024 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Autumn Glow	1 minute 22.94 seconds
	2nd	Snow In May
	3rd	Manaal
2023 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Tiz Invincible	1 minute 22.82 seconds
	2nd	Kimochi
	3rd	Tropical Squall
2022 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Zougotcha	1 minute 25.83 seconds
	2nd	Madame Pommery
	3rd	Wolverine
2021 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Four Moves Ahead	1 minute 24.24 seconds
	2nd	Mallory*
	3rd	Swift Witness
*on protest
2020 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Dame Giselle	1 minute 22.26 seconds
	2nd	Hungry Heart
	3rd	Vangelic
2019 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Funstar	1 minute 23.04 seconds
	2nd	Probabeel
	3rd	Libertini
2018 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Miss Fabulass	1 minute 22.93 seconds
	2nd	Fiesta
	3rd	Pretty In Pink
2017 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Alizee	1 minute 22.58 seconds
	2nd	Champagne Cuddles
	3rd	Cellargirl
2016 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Foxplay	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Skylight Glow
	3rd	Quick Feet
2015 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Pearls	1 minute 24.44 seconds
	2nd	Honesta
	3rd	Kimberley Star
2014 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	First Seal	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Winx
	3rd	Earthquake
2013 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Guelph	1 minute 22.1 seconds
	2nd	Arabian Gold
	3rd	Bound For Earth
2012 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Longport	1 minute 29.33 seconds
	2nd	Norzita
	3rd	Jade Marauder
2011 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Streama	1 minute 30.31 seconds
	2nd	Pane In The Glass
	3rd	Florentina
2010 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	More Strawberries	1 minute 29.72 seconds
	2nd	Parables
	3rd	Ambers Waltz
2009 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	More Joyous	1 minute 28.7 seconds
	2nd	Melito
	3rd	Deer Valley
2008 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Samantha Miss	1 minute 30.61 seconds
	2nd	Kimillsy
	3rd	Glowlamp
2007 Tea Rose Stakes	Race Not Held
2006 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Cheeky Choice	1 minute 30.01 seconds
	2nd	Gallant Tess
	3rd	My Lady’s Chamber
2005 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Mnemosyne	1 minute 32.19 seconds
	2nd	Fashions Afield
	3rd	Sydney Owner
2004 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Prisoner Of Love	1 minute 29.48 seconds
	2nd	Wager
	3rd	Covertly
2003 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Shamekha	1 minute 30.01 seconds
	2nd	Unearthly
	3rd	Miss Ivy
2002 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Victory Vein	1 minute 28.95 seconds
	2nd	Ms Bowie
	3rd	Quiet As
2001 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Ha Ha	1 minute 29.78 seconds
	2nd	Lady Cay
	3rd	Hosannah
2000 Tea Rose Stakes	1st	Unwordly	1 minute 30.17 seconds
	2nd	Dynamic Love
	3rd	Lady Mulan

Tea Rose Stakes FAQs

What is the Tea Rose Stakes?
A Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies run over 1400m at Randwick as part of Sydney’s Princess Series.

When is the Tea Rose Stakes held?
The race is held in September during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The 2026 edition is scheduled for Saturday the 19th of September.

What distance is the Tea Rose Stakes run over?
The Tea Rose Stakes is run over 1400 metres, a key stepping-stone between the Furious Stakes and the Flight Stakes.

Who can run in the Tea Rose Stakes?
The race is restricted to three-year-old fillies, typically those progressing through the Princess Series.

Where is the Tea Rose Stakes run?
The race takes place at Randwick Racecourse, known for its testing rise to the line and fair conditions for both on-pace and swooping runners.

Is the Tea Rose Stakes an important Flight Stakes lead-up?
Yes — it is the primary lead-up race, with Tea Rose form consistently stacking up in the Group 1 Flight Stakes.

Does the Tea Rose Stakes produce future Group 1 winners?
Regularly. Many fillies who peak here go on to claim major spring features.

Where can I find Tea Rose Stakes odds and market movers?
Updated prices, trends, betting insights are Tea Rose Stakes odds are available the week of the race through Ladbrokes.