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The George Moore Stakes is a Group 3 sprint currently held at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane in late November or early December as one of the key summer features in Queensland.

Held under quality handicap conditions, the George Moore Stakes is raced over 1200m and offers $200,000 in total prize money. The race takes place on the same day as Perth’s $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).

The George Moore Stakes is open to contention by horses of all ages and sexes. It shares a race program with tow other black-type events with the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) for three-year-old fillies at set weights and the Listed Tails Stakes (1600m) also held on the same day.

Some runners use the event as a first-up race after a spell in the paddock while others might be racing off the back of a spring carnival down south in NSW and Victoria.

Horses that run well in the George Moore Stakes field may head to Sydney for a shot at the recently updated Group 2  $2 million The Ingham (1600m) – formerly known as the Villiers Stakes – later in the summer at Royal Randwick.

The George Moore Stakes form was recently franked with the 2021 winner Zoustyle returning the following season to place in a host of good races including his 2022 Group 1 Moir Stakes third in Melbourne. The 2021 runner-up Baller meanwhile went on to win the Group 2 Moreton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm in the winter of 2022 and run third in that spring’s Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington.

The 2023 George Moore Stakes runs on Saturday December 2, 2023 at Doomben Racecourse. 

George Moore Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday December 2, 2023
Track:	Doomben Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 George Moore Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2023 George Moore Stakes Betting Odds

The latest 2023 George Moore Stakes odds on the final field of sprinters complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your George Moore Stakes Betting Tips at the hottest summer racing odds will be available below the week of the race.

Zoustyle ($2.15 in 2021) and Garibaldi ($2.90 in 2022) are the last favourites in George Moore Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 George Moore Stakes Form Guide

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2023 George Moore Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider George Moore Stakes 2023 Tips on the Brisbane summer showdown this December.

• To Win: #6 The Big Goodbye ($8.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for a bit of early summer value and have the other Heathcote runner on top at a nice price. The Big Goodbye is an in-form six-year-old racing second-up fitter for his resuming run over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast when fifth with more weight. Drops to 54.5kg here and is drawn a treat in gate three. Will appreciate the 1200m and has a lovely strike rate at the track and trip (6:3-1-1). Listed Ramornie Handicap winner at Grafton in the winter and can return to winning form here.

2023 George Moore Stakes Field

The George Moore Stakes field is released the Wednesday before the race. Each season some very handy Queensland sprinters feature in the final George Moore Stakes field coming off lead-up runs including the Listed Keith Noud Quality Handicap (1200m) in late November.

In 2016 Most Important improved on a lead-up third in the Keith Noud to win the George Moore Stakes when both races ran at Eagle Farm Racecourse. In 2018 the Keith Noud also produced the George Moore Stakes winner with I’m A Rippa improving on a lead-up third with both races run at Doomben. The Keith Noud form held again in the 2019 George Moore Stakes results with the winner Chapter And Verse coming off a lead-up fourth in the race, won by Outback Barbie who ran a narrow second in the George Moore. The form held again in 2020 with the Keith Noud winner Jonker running second as the beaten odds-on favourite to Hard Empire in the Group 3, the latter improving on a lead-up fourth in the Listed event.

Garibaldi (2nd in 2022) was the last Keith Noud graduate to back-up and win the George Moore Stakes.

The official 2023 George Moore Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be announced in full below once released on the Wednesday of race week by Queensland Racing.

The George Moore Stakes 2023 final field features a quality line-up of summer sprinters led in betting by the Rob Heathcote-trained Group 1 winning top-weight Rothfire with 61kg in barrier one fresh.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	5x2132x25x	ROTHFIRE	Robert Heathcote	Ben Thompson	1	61kg			112
2	x133x7079x	BALLER	Tony Gollan	James Orman	13	57.5kg			105
3	x721x0187x	ALPINE EDGE	Toby & Trent Edmonds	Martin Harley	9	56kg			102
4	32x506x464	ZOUSTYLE	Tony Gollan	Ryan Maloney	10	56kg			102
5	60×6858693	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Michael Rodd	12	55.5kg			101
6	12142421×5	THE BIG GOODBYE	Robert Heathcote	Taylor Marshall	3	54.5kg			99
7	1x2440x7x1	NETTUNO	Tony Gollan	Damien Thornton	2	54kg			98
8	9551x0600x	VINCO	Tony Gollan	Robbie Dolan	6	54kg			97
9	54x11x2216	ALL THAT PIZZAZZ	Tony Gollan	Ms Angela Jones	8	54kg			94
10	x32x7326x3	EF TROOP	Tony Gollan		11	54kg			94
11	11x31433x8	DEEPOUR	Adam Campton	Elione Chaves	4	54kg			93
12	640×241029	SNOWZONE	Kris Lees	Jim Byrne	7	54kg			91
13	33445190×9	LEGAL ESPRIT	Donald Baker	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	5	54kg			90

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 George Moore Stakes Nominations

The George Moore Stakes nominations are finalised and publicly announced on the Monday prior to the race, the full list of early entries to be published below once released.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	54x11x2216	ALL THAT PIZZAZZ	G	4	Tony Gollan	94
2	x721x0187x	ALPINE EDGE	H	5	Toby & Trent Edmonds	102
3	x133x7079x	BALLER	G	8	Tony Gollan	105
4	11x31433x8	DEEPOUR	G	6	Adam Campton	93
5	x32x7326x3	EF TROOP	G	8	Tony Gollan	94
6	127x1622x3	FAR TOO EASY	G	5	David McColm
7	33445190×9	LEGAL ESPRIT	G	5	Donald Baker	90
8	1x2440x7x1	NETTUNO	H	4	Tony Gollan
9	306x00D0x0	OPEN MINDED (NZ)	G	7	Lee Freedman	90
10	60×6858693	ROCKETING BY	G	6	David Pfieffer
11	5x2132x25x	ROTHFIRE	G	6	Robert Heathcote	112
12	640×241029	SNOWZONE	G	7	Kris Lees	91
13	12142421×5	THE BIG GOODBYE	G	6	Robert Heathcote	99
14	9551x0600x	VINCO	G	7	Tony Gollan	97
15	32x506x464	ZOUSTYLE	G	8	Tony Gollan	102

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

George Moore Stakes History

The George Moore Stakes was previously known as the Summer Stakes. The George Moore Stakes has traditionally been a part of a trio of group races that form the Queensland summer racing series. The other two are the Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m) and the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m).

It was inaugurated in 1979 as a Group 3 race, but was demoted to listed status in 1983. In 2000, the George Moore Stakes was reinstated as a Group 3 race.

Throughout the years, the George Moore Stakes has gone by a variety of names. From its inception to 1986 the race was called the XXXX Stakes. It has also been named the Thornhill Park Stakes, LJ Williams Quality Handicap and AWA Stakes. Between 2000 and 2006, as well as several years previously, it was called the Summer Stakes.

Notable George Moore Stakes winners include Princess Reichen (1979), Mirraben (1987, 88, 89), Chief De Beers (1994, 97), Takeover Target (2005), and Lucky Hussler (2013).

George Moore Stakes results, placegetters and winning times since 2000 are provided below.

George Moore Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 George Moore Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2022 George Moore Stakes	1st	Garibaldi	1 minute 10.70 seconds
	2nd	Contemptuous
	3rd	Axe
2021 George Moore Stakes	1st	Zoustyle	1 minute 9.60 seconds
	2nd	Baller
	3rd	Stampe
2020 George Moore Stakes	1st	Hard Empire	1 minute 8.11 seconds
	2nd	Jonker
	3rd	Outback Barbie
2019 George Moore Stakes	1st	Chapter And Verse	1 minute 9.00 seconds
	2nd	Outback Barbie
	3rd	Boomsara
2018 George Moore Stakes	1st	I’m A Rippa	1 minute 8.43 seconds
	2nd	Most Important
	3rd	Victorem
2017 George Moore Stakes	1st	Monsieur Gustave	1 minute 9.28 seconds
	2nd	Calanda
	3rd	Snoopy
2016 George Moore Stakes	1st	Most Important	1 minute 9.86 seconds
	2nd	Coolring
	3rd	Trubia
2015 George Moore Stakes	1st	Didntcostalot	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Gundy Spirit
	3rd	Fontelina
2014 George Moore Stakes	1st	Big Money	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Someday
	3rd	Cape Kidnappers
2013 George Moore Stakes	1st	Lucky Hussler	1 minute 08.4 seconds
	2nd	Morning Captain
	3rd	Startsmeup
2012 George Moore Stakes	1st	Startsmeup	1 minute 09.5 seconds
	2nd	Phelan Ready
	3rd	Morning Captain
2011 George Moore Stakes	1st	Adebisi	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Latin News
	3rd	Spirit Of Boom
2010 George Moore Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2009 George Moore Stakes	1st	Burdekin Blues	1 minute 08.0 seconds
	2nd	Zero Rock
	3rd	Forestreno
2008 George Moore Stakes	1st	Friendly Embrace	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Daunting Lad
	3rd	Tour Guide
2007 George Moore Stakes	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 George Moore Stakes	1st	Natural Destiny	1 minute 09.2 seconds
	2nd	Hard To Catch
	3rd	Tornado Alley
2005 George Moore Stakes	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 07.8 seconds
	2nd	Picardi Run
	3rd	Proudly Agro
2004 George Moore Stakes	1st	Show Biz Kid	1 minute 08.5 seconds
	2nd	Sir Breakfast
	3rd	Karamazou
2003 George Moore Stakes	1st	Make Mine Magic	1 minute 09.0 seconds
	2nd	Consular
	3rd	Forever Amen
2002 George Moore Stakes	1st	Baal Yabba	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Smart Chariot
	3rd	Diamond Dane
2001 George Moore Stakes	1st	Alpine Express	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Amaizcay
	3rd	Federal Agent
2000 George Moore Stakes	1st	Fine Action	1 minute 08.3 seconds
	2nd	King Lotto
	3rd	Kanconcarne