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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 $300,000 in prize money as of 2023 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.

*Note: The Roses 2022 was moved from Saturday May 21 to Saturday May 28, 2022 due to heavy rainfall in Brisbane and took place at Eagle Farm Racecourse on Queensland Derby Day over 2100m. 

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.

Three fillies throughout history have completed The Roses – Queensland Oaks double with Ethereal (2001), Scarlett Lady (2011) and Youngstar (2018). 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.

In 2022 The Roses form was franked with the winner Barb Raider finishing second next-up in that year’s Queensland Oaks results.

The Roses 2023 took place on Saturday May 20, 2023 as part of Brisbane’s Doomben Cup Day card and was won by Gary Portelli’s former Golden Slipper winning filly Fireburn ($3.50).

2023 The Roses
Date:	Saturday May 20, 2023
Track:	Doomben Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2023 The Roses Results

• 1st: #1 Fireburn ($3.50)
• 2nd: #3 Renaissance Woman
• 3rd: #7 Sakura Girl

Last year’s Golden Slipper winner Fireburn ($3.50) broke the Slipper curse with Gary Portelli’s talented Rebel Dane filly exploding late to return to winning form with an impressive 2023 The Roses victory on way to the Queensland Oaks.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett		10	56.5kg		$3.50
	2	3	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	0.86L	1	56.5kg		$3.10F
	3	7	SAKURA GIRL (NZ)	Ben Foote	Opie Bosson	1.53L	6	56.5kg		$6
	4	10	PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Tim Clark	2.23L	7	56.5kg		$21
	5	16	YANKEE HUSSEL	Kris Lees	Andrew Mallyon	2.5L	9	56.5kg		$81
	6	8	SUPER CHILLED	Chris Waller	James McDonald	3.06L	16	56.5kg		$11
	7	9	MADAME ODETTE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	5.74L	14	56.5kg		$19
	8	5	NOAH ’N’ A DEEL	Les Kelly	Sean Cormack	6.15L	15	56.5kg		$61
	9	12	REO	Richard Laming	Damien Thornton	6.86L	3	56.5kg		$26
	10	11	FALL FOR CINDY (NZ)	John O’Shea	James Orman	7.54L	13	56.5kg		$21
	11	15	ARTS OBJECT	Kurt Goldman	Brodie Loy	9.11L	5	56.5kg		$201
	12	6	PREMISE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	9.37L	4	56.5kg		$14
	13	13	STARLINER	Paul Messara	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	9.84L	8	56.5kg		$31
	14	4	TYRESA	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	10.5L	2	56.5kg		$91
	15	17e	IRISH SALLY	Corey & Kylie Geran	Micheal Hellyer	14.76L	12	56.5kg		$201
	16	18e	VENETIAN BLUE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ben Thompson	17.91L	11	56.5kg		$101
		21e	AMOKURA	Kris Lees			0
		20e	MISSY MOOLA (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark		0
		19e	FIREFLIES	Brett Cavanough	Jake Bayliss		0
		14	LADY LE DA	Paul Jenkins	Mark Du Plessis		0
		2	WOLVERINE (NZ)	Kris Lees	Kyle Wilson-Taylor		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 The Roses Betting

The Roses 2023 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) and Barb Raider ($3.10 in 2022) are the last favourites in The Roses betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 THE ROSES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 The Roses Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 THE ROSES FORM GUIDE

2023 The Roses Tips

Stay tuned for our insider The Roses 2023 Tips on the Queensland Oaks lead-up this winter season in Brisbane.

• To Win: #6 Premise ($11 at time of publish) – BET NOW

A quality edition of The Roses with a host of livewire chances including Premise at an attractive price of 10/1 at time of publish. The John O’Shea-trained Contributer filly was good coming off back-to-back Gosford wins to rise up in grade last month and place third in both the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes and Group 1 ATC Oaks in Sydney. She’s had a little freshen-up since the Group 1 and drops in grade and distance for her Brisbane assignment. Drawn well in barrier four and caught the eye in a lead-up trial. Can surprise a few here.

2023 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 2023 The Roses field & barriers will be announced below the Wednesday of race week.

The Roses 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of Oaks-bound fillies including the rails-draw Bjorn Baker-trained Gold Coast Bracelet winner Renaissance Woman, last year’s Golden Slipper winning filly Fireburn looking to return to her best, and the Kris Lees-trained progressive daughter of Tivaci Wolverine drawn the far outside.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x554x69434	FIREBURN	Gary Portelli	Jason Collett	10	56.5kg			102
2	38×0723234	WOLVERINE (NZ)	Kris Lees		21	56.5kg			90
3	4x67169x61	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	1	56.5kg			86
4	x60538x980	TYRESA	Kelly Schweida	Larry Cassidy	2	56.5kg			73
5	4613122×08	NOAH ’N’ A DEEL	Les Kelly	Sean Cormack	17	56.5kg			69
6	8×21133	PREMISE (NZ)	John O’Shea	Sam Clipperton	4	56.5kg			82
7	1652162	SAKURA GIRL (NZ)	Ben Foote		6	56.5kg			87
8	60211×7442	SUPER CHILLED	Chris Waller	James McDonald	18	56.5kg			77
9	1418×725	MADAME ODETTE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	15	56.5kg			72
10	1337×9855	PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young		7	56.5kg			67
11	4×51414	FALL FOR CINDY (NZ)	John O’Shea	James Orman	14	56.5kg			70
12	611×1	REO	Richard Laming	Damien Thornton	3	56.5kg			72
13	317×11	STARLINER	Paul Messara		8	56.5kg			70
14	3193×10	LADY LE DA	Paul Jenkins		16	56.5kg			64
15	9×0211963	ARTS OBJECT	Kurt Goldman		5	56.5kg			63
16	x7140x4376	YANKEE HUSSEL	Kris Lees		9	56.5kg			62
17e	2×42612179	IRISH SALLY	Corey & Kylie Geran		13	56.5kg			61
18e	252×217	VENETIAN BLUE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ben Thompson	11	56.5kg			62
19e	6×31136	FIREFLIES	Brett Cavanough	Jake Bayliss	20	56.5kg			64
20e	88x6113x6	MISSY MOOLA (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	19	56.5kg			78
21e	6271	AMOKURA	Kris Lees		12	56.5kg			63

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 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 2023 The Roses nominations attracted a bumper 31 young fillies led in all-in betting by Bjorn Baker’s last start Gold Coast Bracelet winner Renaissance Woman, Kiwi raider Sakura Girl, and the flying Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Group 1 Australasian Oaks winner Affaire A Suivre chasing a fourth win on the trot.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	57×3111	AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ)	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	100
2	6271	AMOKURA	F	3	Kris Lees	63
3	76555	ARTFUL GIRL	F	3	Kevin Kemp
4	9×0211963	ARTS OBJECT	F	3	Kurt Goldman	63
5	2631	CANDY CLOUDS	F	3	Mark Currie	60
6	53×7410478	CARING LASS	F	3	Matthew Smith	55
7	4×51414	FALL FOR CINDY (NZ)	F	3	John O’Shea	70
8	x554x69434	FIREBURN	F	3	Gary Portelli	102
9	6×31136	FIREFLIES	F	3	Brett Cavanough	64
10	7475×5752	GRANDE BAIE (NZ)	F	3	Marcus Wilson
11	2×42612179	IRISH SALLY	F	3	Corey & Kylie Geran	61
12	6x717x5924	KALEA	F	3	Renita Beaton	57
13	3193×10	LADY LE DA	F	3	Paul Jenkins	64
14	1418×725	MADAME ODETTE	F	3	Tony Gollan	72
15	88x6113x6	MISSY MOOLA (NZ)	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	78
16	853768	NGOZI (NZ)	F	3	Chris Waller
17	4613122×08	NOAH ’N’ A DEEL	F	3	Les Kelly	69
18	x312x26132	OFFSPRING	F	3	Keith Dryden	64
19	8×21133	PREMISE (NZ)	F	3	John O’Shea	82
20	1337×9855	PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ)	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	67
21	4x67169x61	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	F	3	Bjorn Baker	86
22	611×1	REO	F	3	Richard Laming	72
23	1652162	SAKURA GIRL (NZ)	F	3	Ben Foote	88
24	2x245x3124	STARIANNE	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	65
25	317×11	STARLINER	F	3	Paul Messara	70
26	60211×7442	SUPER CHILLED	F	3	Chris Waller	77
27	x60538x980	TYRESA	F	3	Kelly Schweida	73
28	252×217	VENETIAN BLUE	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	62
29	212	VETOED	F	3	Daiki Chujo	60
30	38×0723234	WOLVERINE (NZ)	F	3	Kris Lees	90
31	x7140x4376	YANKEE HUSSEL	F	3	Kris Lees	62

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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.

In 2022 The Roses was moved to Eagle Farm Racecourse on Queensland Derby Day and took place over 2100m due to heavy rainfall.

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).

The 2023 The Roses was won by the previous year’s Golden Slipper winning filly Fireburn.

Doomben Roses results since 2000 are listed below.

Doomben Roses Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2022 Doomben Roses	1st	Fireburn	2 minutes 3.33 seconds
	2nd	Renaissance Woman
	3rd	Sakura Girl
2022 Doomben Roses (Held at Eagle Farm over 2100m)	1st	Barb Raider	2 minutes 11.40 seconds
	2nd	Belle Savoir
	3rd	Smirk
2021 Doomben Roses	1st	Only Words	2 minutes 3.43 seconds
	2nd	Bargain
	3rd	Charms Star
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