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The 2018 Aspiration Quality is a Group 3 mile race for fillies and mares run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Randwick Guineas Day during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Contested over 1600m the open quality event for fillies and mares aged three-years-old and above offers $150,000 in prize money and is run on the same day as the Group 1 $1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m).

Other feature races on the Randwick Guineas Day program include the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m), Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m), Group 2 Reisling Stakes (1200m), Group 2 Todman Stakes (1200m) and the Group 3 Wenona Girl Quality (1200m).

Runners in the Aspiration Quality field may come off a lead-up autumn run in an easier race and could be eyeing a run in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) back at Randwick in April during The Championships. Between the Aspiration Quality and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes many mares also run in the Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill.

The Aspiration Quality 2018 runs at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday March 10, 2018 .

2018 Aspiration Quality
Date:	Saturday March 10, 2018
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap / Fillies & Mares 3YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2018 Aspiration Quality Results

• 1st: #3 Karavali
• 2nd: #6 The Pinnacle
• 3rd: #4 Nettoyer

See below for the full Aspiration Quality 2018 Results from the opening race on Randwick Guineas Day where the Kris Lees-trained Karavali narrowly defeated the Team Snowden-trained favourite The Pinnacle for the win. In a blanket trifecta only a quarter length off the winner in third was Nettoyer. The Aspiration Quality winner Karavali now heads towards the Group 3 $150,000 Epona Stakes (1900m) on Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill (March 24).

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	3	KARAVALI (NZ)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	–	1	55.5kg	$5
2	6	THE PINNACLE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Corey Brown	0.2L	7	54.5kg	$3F
3	4	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Ms Rachel King (a)	0.3L	9	55.5kg	$4.40
4	5	PIONEERING	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	0.8L	5	55kg	$10
5	2	PERFECT RHYME	Ron Leemon	Tim Clark	1.3L	3	57.5kg	$16
6	7	LA COURBETTE (FR)	Matthew Smith	Jay Ford	2.8L	6	53kg	$41
7	1	OKLAHOMA GIRL	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3.3L	2	58kg	$12
8	8	DREAMS OF PARIS	Mitchell Beer	Kerrin McEvoy	3.4L	4	53kg	$19
9	9	SHAGRA	David Brideoake	Andrew Adkins	4.3L	8	53kg	$12

2018 Aspiration Quality Betting Odds

The autumn’s best Aspiration Quality 2018 betting odds and market links provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

2018 Aspiration Quality Field

The Aspiration Quality field attracts a quality line-up of fillies and mares each autumn and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before Randwick Guineas Day.

The official 2018 Aspiration Quality field and barriers are due for release on Wednesday March 7, 2018 and will be published below in full.

The Aspiration Quality 2018 Final Field features nine fillies and mares facing off in the Randwick Guineas Day opening act on Saturday. Early Aspiration Quality betting has the in-form Peter & Paul Snowden-trained So You Think four-year-old The Pinnacle and progressive Guy Walter Stakes fourth placegetter Nettoyer battling for favouritism.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1323x37x87	OKLAHOMA GIRL	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2	58kg	86
2	422x6278x8	PERFECT RHYME	Ron Leemon	Tim Clark	3	57.5kg	85
3	2x173314x2	KARAVALI (NZ)	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	1	55.5kg	81
4	631×74	NETTOYER	Wendy Roche	Ms Rachel King (a)	9	55.5kg	81
5	959×802556	PIONEERING	Chris Waller	Brenton Avdulla	5	55kg	80
6	x211329x23	THE PINNACLE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Corey Brown	7	54.5kg	79
7	511x0230x7	LA COURBETTE (FR)	Matthew Smith	Jay Ford	6	53kg	71
8	040×023121	DREAMS OF PARIS	Mitchell Beer	Kerrin McEvoy	4	53kg	70
9	4x2147x46	SHAGRA	David Brideoake	Andrew Adkins	8	53kg	61

2018 Aspiration Quality Nominations

The Aspiration Quality 2018 nominations close on Monday March 5, 2018 and will be released below as soon as available.

The official 2018 Aspiration Quality Nominations drew just the 10 fillies and mares with the Chris Waller-trained 2017 Queensland Oaks placegetter Oklahoma Girl the highest rated of the early entries. Shagra is the only three-year-old nominated for the race, the David Brideoake-trained filly looking to improve on her credible sixth when only 2.25 lengths beaten by Rimraam in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington on February 17. Rimraam franked that form with a Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) third at Randwick last weekend.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1323x37x87	OKLAHOMA GIRL	M	4	Chris Waller	1	58kg	86
2	422x6278x8	PERFECT RHYME	M	4	Ron Leemon	2	57.5kg	85
3	2x173314x2	KARAVALI (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees	3=	55.5kg	81
4	631×74	NETTOYER	M	4	Wendy Roche	3=	55.5kg	81
5	959×802556	PIONEERING	M	5	Chris Waller	5	55kg	80
6	x211329x23	THE PINNACLE	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	6	54.5kg	79
7	511x0230x7	LA COURBETTE (FR)	M	5	Matthew Smith	7	53kg	71
8	040×023121	DREAMS OF PARIS	M	4	Mitchell Beer	8	53kg	70
9	4x2147x46	SHAGRA	F	3	David Brideoake	9	53kg	61
10	x134170389	ZUMBELINA	M	4	Chris Waller	10	59kg	88

Aspiration Quality History

The Aspiration Quality was inaugurated in 2006 making it one of Sydney’s youngest races. Lord Of The Land (2006) won the first edition and since then quality types including Sacred Choice (2010), Fibrillation (2012) and Heavens Above (2016) have added their names to the Aspiration Quality winners’ list.

Along with Randwick Racecourse the event has also taken place at Sydney’s Warwick Farm Racecourse (2011, 2013). It started as a Listed event but has been run as a Group 3 status race since 2014 and has always been part of the Randwick Guineas Day program.

Recent Aspiration Quality Winners

See below for the full list of Aspiration Quality results & winners going back to the first edition of the race in 2006.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Aspiration Quality	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2018 Aspiration Quality	1st	Karavali	1 minute 35.29 seconds
	2nd	The Pinnacle
	3rd	Nettoyer
2017 Aspiration Quality	1st	Elle Lou	1 minute 42.79 seconds
	2nd	Alegria
	3rd	Vandancer
2016 Aspiration Quality	1st	Heaven’s Above	1 minute 35.2 seconds
	2nd	All Cerise
	3rd	Alegria
2015 Aspiration Quality	1st	Adorabeel	1 minute 34.1 seconds
	2nd	Entertains
	3rd	Intimate Moment
2014 Aspiration Quality	1st	Diamond Drille	1 minute 35.4 seconds
	2nd	Danesiri
	3rd	Mahara
2013 Aspiration Quality	1st	Thy	1 minute 37.5 seconds
	2nd	Crafty Ima
	3rd	Aliyana Tilde
2012 Aspiration Quality	1st	Fibrillation	1 minute 36.1 seconds
	2nd	Cabernet
	3rd	Older Than Time
2011 Aspiration Quality	1st	Warpath	1 minute 35.45 seconds
	2nd	Miss Keepsake
	3rd	Shadow Minister
2010 Aspiration Quality	1st	Sacred Choice	1 minute 35.54 seconds
	2nd	Pagan Princess
	3rd	Jessicabeel
2009 Aspiration Quality	1st	Illuminates	1 minute 35.85 seconds
	2nd	Imananabaa
	3rd	Beaucoup
2008 Aspiration Quality	1st	Pravana	1 minute 36.81 seconds
	2nd	Fancyfree
	3rd	Grey Stream
2007 Aspiration Quality	1st	Banc De Fortune	1 minute 36.63 seconds
	2nd	Gawne
	3rd	Viva Caro
2006 Aspiration Quality	1st	Lord Of The Land	1 minute 35.97 seconds
	2nd	Evasion
	3rd	Daniel’s The Man