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The 2026 Ming Dynasty Quality ran on Saturday September 12, 2026 at Rosehill on Run To The Rose Day as a lead-up to the spring majors for three-year-olds and was won in an impressive upset by David Payne’s Spring Champion Stakes-bound gelding Persian Wonder ($19).

The Ming Dynasty Quality 2026 is one of Sydney’s most important early spring races for three-year-olds, giving punters a first real look at the new season’s emerging talent as they step out over 1400m at Rosehill Gardens. This Group 3 feature regularly launches future stars, with past winners progressing to major spring targets including the Golden Rose, Caulfield Guineas and even the Spring Champion Stakes. Held each September, the race is a key form reference for assessing which colts and fillies are ready to rise through the grades, and its blend of lightly raced prospects, proven juveniles and untapped staying types makes it a must-watch event for fans and punters alike. With strong betting interest, deep form lines and plenty of future implications, the Ming Dynasty Quality remains a crucial stepping-stone in the Australian racing calendar and a race that consistently shapes the spring standouts from the very start.

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Ming Dynasty Quality results and finishing order including which horses could have a Group 1 target over the spring.

• 1st: No. 7 Persian Wonder ($19)
• 2nd: No. 2 Stormy Marco
• 3rd: No. 5 Tenenbaum

Winning Margin: 0.6 lengths

Winning Time: 1:22.89

Persian Wonder ($19) announced himself as a genuine spring improver at Rosehill on Saturday, storming home to claim an upset victory in the 2026 Ming Dynasty Quality results and surge from $26 into $11 in futures Spring Champion Stakes odds at Ladbrokes. The David Payne-trained gelding unleashed a powerful late burst under Ash Morgan to reel in Stormy Marco and Tenenbaum in 1:22.89, prompting Payne to question how the “big, dumb bugger” had started such a price given his strong sectionals and improving profile. Payne confirmed the Gloaming Stakes and Spring Champion Stakes are now firmly on the agenda, confident the laid-back Kiwi-bred three-year-old will stay the 2000m despite his pedigree. Morgan, who has long earmarked the horse as a spring player, said he was determined to hold a spot early and knew he’d be strong late once the gap came, praising his raw talent and ability to build through his gears. With black-type form already on the board and a booming finish here, Pesian Wonder’s Ming Dynasty breakthrough marks him as one of the most exciting emerging three-year-olds of the Sydney spring.

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2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Odds & Finishing Order

See below for the latest Ming Dynasty Quality odds followed by the official finishing order after the event this spring.

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Ming Dynasty Quality 2026 Tips on the important spring lead-up this September.

Favourite: No. 9 Genesis Runner

Each Way Danger: No. 6 I’m Ya Huckleberry

Best Roughie: No. 10 Hostwin King

Run under quality handicap conditions and offering a total purse of $250,000, the Ming Dynasty Quality now takes place on Run To The Rose Day as one of four Group status features on the Sydney race card.

Horses that target the Ming Dynasty Quality are likely to have come via races such as the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m). Encap (3rd in 2023), Sixties (5th in 2025) and Persian Wonder (5th in 2026) are the latest Ming Dynasty Quality winners to come via a lead-up run in the Up And Coming Stakes.

Those runners which have a fairly decent run in the Ming Dynasty Quality could be targeting a Group 1 Sydney Spring Racing Carnival run in the $1 million Golden Rose Stakes over the same distance at Rosehill Gardens.

The 2019 Ming Dynasty Quality winner Quick Thinker went on to win the following year’s Group 1 ATC Derby (2400m).

The 2021 Ming Dynasty Quality form was franked with the winner Coastwatch running third next-up in the Golden Rose Stakes results.

The 2022 Ming Dynasty Quality winner Golden Mile franked the form with a next-up Golden Rose second before wins in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne and Group 2 Callander-Presnell back in Sydney.

In 2023 Encap won the Ming Dynasty before a next-up second in the Golden Rose results. The Ming Dynasty Quality form that year was further franked with the runner-up, Tom Kitten, returning in the autumn of 2024 to also run second in both the Rosehill Guineas and ATC Derby.

The emphatic 2024 Ming Dynasty Quality winner Lady Shenandoah would frank the form with a next-up win in the Group 1 Flight Stakes over the Randwick mile. She then returned in the autumn to win another three straight races including completing the 2025 Group 1 Surround Stakes – Coolmore Classic double.

The 2025 Ming Dynasty form was franked by the runner-up Autumn Boy who went on to complete that year’s Caulfield Guineas / Rosehill Guineas double. He also placed second in that autumn’s Randwick Guineas and Doncaster Mile results.

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality
Date:	Saturday September 12, 2026
Racecourse:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YOs -Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Betting

The spring’s best Ming Dynasty Quality 2026 betting odds will be available at Races.com.au courtesy of Ladbrokes as soon as betting on the Group 3 event opens.

Danawi ($5 in 2018) followed by Coastwatch ($3.80 in 2021) are the latest Ming Dynasty Quality favourites in betting to win.

There was a notable upset in 2026 with Persian Wonder saluting at Ming Dynasty Quality odds of $19.

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Form

The Ming Dynasty Quality form guide is the key resource punters use to assess every runner’s chances in the 1400m Group 3 at Rosehill, and on Races.com.au it provides a clear, detailed snapshot of how the new season’s three-year-olds stack up heading into one of the first major tests of the spring. Because this race often launches future Group 1 performers, the form guide is essential for understanding which lightly raced types are ready to take the next step, which juveniles have progressed, and which runners may still be learning their craft.

What the Ming Dynasty Quality Form Guide Is:

The form guide brings together all the crucial information punters rely on, including:

• Recent form — last-start results, margins, and the strength of the races they’ve come through.
• Distance stats — how each horse profiles at 1400m, a trip that often reveals genuine talent.
• Track form — Rosehill can favour horses with tactical speed and previous success at the circuit.
• Barrier draw — vital for young horses still learning to position themselves early.
• Jockey & trainer insights — strike rates, stable momentum, and key rider changes.
• Trials & jump-outs — especially important for first-up three-year-olds launching their spring campaigns.
• Speed map expectations — identifying likely leaders, on-pace runners and backmarkers.

What Punters Should Look for in the Ming Dynasty Quality Form Guide:

• Second-up improvers — many three-year-olds take a big step forward at their second run of the prep.
• Golden Rose-bound runners — horses targeting the Group 1 often show their class here.
• 1400m suitability — look for horses who finish strongly at 1200m or have already shown promise over longer trips.
• Stable confidence — powerful Sydney stables often unveil their better prospects in this race.
• Race shape — a fast tempo can expose inexperienced horses; a controlled tempo can favour those with tactical speed.
• Weight and penalties — lightly weighted improvers can have a significant advantage under the Quality conditions.

FULL 2026 MING DYNASTY QUALITY FORM GUIDE

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Field

The 2026 Ming Dynasty Quality field and barriers are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week, the full line-up of three-year-old gallopers to be listed below once announced.

The Ming Dynasty Quality 2026 final field features a promising line-up of three-year-olds including the Richard & Will Freedman-trained Group 3 Up & Coming Stakes second placed Genesis Runner and Tenenbaum coming off a big Canterbury win fresh.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	122x	CORMIER	Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich		5	60kg			87
2	183x	STORMY MARCO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2	58.5kg			84
3	1350×5	HIDRIX	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	4	56kg			79
4	23×3	CENTRAL EUROPE	Chris Waller		14	55kg			77
5	6x14x1	TENENBAUM	Brad Widdup	Chad Schofield	6	54kg			70
6	2×1	I’M YA HUCKLEBERRY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Siena Grima (a)	8	53.5kg			74
7	x63420x165	PERSIAN WONDER (NZ)	David Payne	Ashley Morgan	1	53kg			73
8	51820×67	OUTSPAN	Michael Freedman	Ben Thompson	12	53kg			72
9	41×2	GENESIS RUNNER	Richard & Will Freedman	Kerrin McEvoy	3	53kg			70
10	1173	HOSTWIN KING	Tommy Wong	Louis Beuzelin	9	53kg			69
11	14	SAVAGRAM (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	7	53kg			68
12	31	PIEDMONT	Ciaron Maher	Regan Bayliss	11	53kg			66
13	41	CROWN OF FIRE	Ciaron Maher	Dylan Gibbons	13	53kg			65
14	24	CANTERO	Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes	Tyler Schiller	10	53kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Nominations

Nominations for the Ming Dynasty Quality 2026 close the Monday of race week and will be published in full below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	44x89x413	ANTHROPOID	G	3	Brad Widdup	64
2	01412×7	CAMPIONE D’ITALIA	C	3	Chris Waller	100
3	24	CANTERO	G	3	Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes
4	23×3	CENTRAL EUROPE	C	3	Chris Waller	77
5	122x	CORMIER	C	3	Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich	87
6	41	CROWN OF FIRE	F	3	Ciaron Maher	65
7	5x34813x6	DIAMETER	C	3	Chris Waller	87
8	41×2	GENESIS RUNNER	C	3	Richard & Will Freedman	70
9	1350×5	HIDRIX	C	3	Chris Waller	79
10	1173	HOSTWIN KING	C	3	Tommy Wong	69
11	2×1	I’M YA HUCKLEBERRY	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
12	213×4	KATOTO	F	3	Chris Waller	68
13	51820×67	OUTSPAN	C	3	Michael Freedman	72
14	x63420x165	PERSIAN WONDER (NZ)	G	3	David Payne	73
15	31	PIEDMONT	F	3	Ciaron Maher	66
16	3x657x31	PLAGIARISM	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	77
17	14	SAVAGRAM (NZ)	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	68
18	76×11	SEQUINNED	F	3	Chris Waller	70
19	183x	STORMY MARCO	C	3	Chris Waller
20	6x14x1	TENENBAUM	C	3	Brad Widdup	70
21	426×1	THE THORNCASTER	R	3	Ciaron Maher	61
22	3111x	TRON BOLT	C	3	Chris Waller

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ming Dynasty Quality History

The Ming Dynasty Quality was inaugurated in 1986, with Imperial Majesty seizing victory in the first edition. The race is named in honour of champion racehorse Ming Dynasty, who saw phenomenal success, winning the Caulfield Cup in 1977 and 1980, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Metropolitan Handicap in 1978 and the Australian Cup in 1978 and 1980.

Initially known as the D. Drainsfield Quality Handicap and then the Laing & Simmons Quality Handicap, the Ming Dynasty Quality began to go by its current name in 1994. From its inauguration until 2012 the Ming Dynasty Handicap was classified as a listed race. From 2013 onwards, it has held Group 3 status.

The Ming Dynasty Quality has changed location numerous times, usually accompanying the rest of the events on the Chelmsford Stakes Day race card. Since 1986, the Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap has changed location seven times, and is now run at Rosehill Racecourse. At the outset, the Ming Dynasty Quality was raced over 1600m, however from 1995 onwards it has been a 1400m event.

In 2021 the Ming Dynasty Quality and entire San Domenico Stakes Day card was moved from Rosehill to Kembla Grange Racecourse due to COVID-19.

Notable Ming Dynasty Quality winners include Royal Pardon (1988), Lonhro (2001), Mearas (2006), Lion Tamer (2009), Tatra (2012), Quick Thinker (2019), that year’s subsequent Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile (2022), and Lady Shenandoah (2024) who went on to win a host of Group 1 events.

Ming Dynasty Quality results since 2000 are listed below.

Ming Dynasty Quality Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2026 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Persian Wonder	1 minute 22.89 seconds
	2nd	Stormy Marco
	3rd	Tenenbaum
2025 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Sixties	1 minute 23.26 seconds
	2nd	Autumn Boy
	3rd	Without Peer
2024 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Lady Shenandoah	1 minute 23.37 seconds
	2nd	Mayfair
	3rd	Snack Bar
2023 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Encap	1 minute 21.84 seconds
	2nd	Ceolwulf
	3rd	Tom Kitten
2022 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Golden Mile	1 minute 23.09 seconds
	2nd	Matcha Latte
	3rd	Basquiat
2021 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap(Held at Kembla Grange)	1st	Coastwatch	1 minute 24.03 seconds
	2nd	Military Expert
	3rd	Subterranean
2020 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Holyfield	1 minute 22.55 seconds
	2nd	Bazooka
	3rd	Overlord
2019 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Quick Thinker	1 minute 27.06 seconds
	2nd	Aspect Ratio
	3rd	Reformist
2018 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Danawi	1 minute 25.05 seconds
	2nd	Mizzy
	3rd	Dealmaker
2017 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Addictive Nature	1 minute 22.5 seconds
	2nd	Assimilate
	3rd	Astoria
2016 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Swear	1 minute 26.97 seconds
	2nd	High Mist
	3rd	Skylight Glow
2015 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Metallic Crown	1 minute 24.67 seconds
	2nd	Tatoosh
	3rd	Kimberley Star
2014 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Panzer Division	1 minute 25.7 seconds
	2nd	Shooting To Win
	3rd	Lady Sharapova
2013 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Aussies Love Sport	1 minute 21.7 seconds
	2nd	Open Book
	3rd	Champagne Cath
2012 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Tatra	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Proverb
	3rd	Honorius
2011 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Ambidexter	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Sangster
	3rd	Darci Be Good
2010 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Lion Tamer	1 minute 27.98 seconds
	2nd	Praecido
	3rd	Levi’s Choice
2009 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	More Than Great	1 minute 21.03 seconds
	2nd	So You Think
	3rd	Exceed With Me
2008 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Predatory Pricer	1 minute 23.68 seconds
	2nd	Caymans
	3rd	Dreamscape
2007 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Mearas	1 minute 25.86 seconds
	2nd	Just Mambo
	3rd	Sermon
2005 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Primus	1 minute 23.85 seconds
	2nd	Replicator
	3rd	Manton
2004 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Dane Shadow	1 minute 23.19 seconds
	2nd	Avise
	3rd	Public Opinion
2003 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Play Around	1 minute 22.78 seconds
	2nd	Terracotta Bay
	3rd	Allgunadoit
2002 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Half Hennessy	1 minute 23.93 seconds
	2nd	Rohatyn
	3rd	Magic Marvo
2001 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Lonhro	1 minute 23.87 seconds
	2nd	Prince Of Play
	3rd	Viking Ruler
2000 Ming Dynasty Quality Handicap	1st	Continuum	1 minute 22.26 seconds
	2nd	National Saint
	3rd	Canny Fly

Ming Dynasty Quality FAQs

What is the Ming Dynasty Quality?
The Ming Dynasty Quality is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds run over 1400m at Rosehill Gardens during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.

When is the Ming Dynasty Quality held?
The race takes place in early September each year as one of the first major spring tests for new-season three-year-olds. The 2026 edition is scheduled for Saturday the 12th of September.

What distance is the Ming Dynasty Quality run over?
The Ming Dynasty Quality is contested over 1400 metres.

What age and class of horses can run in the Ming Dynasty Quality?
The race is restricted to three-year-olds under Quality handicap conditions, attracting lightly raced colts and fillies rising through the grades.

Where is the Ming Dynasty Quality run?
The race is held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney.

Why is the Ming Dynasty Quality important?
It’s a key early spring form race, often revealing future Group 1 contenders heading towards the Golden Rose, Caulfield Guineas and other major features.

What type of horses usually win the Ming Dynasty Quality?
Winners are typically progressive three-year-olds with strong 1200m form, tactical speed, and the ability to stretch out to 1400m early in their campaigns.

How can I bet on the Ming Dynasty Quality?
Australia’s leading bookmaker Ladbrokes offers fixed odds markets, futures betting and race day markets on the Ming Dynasty Quality.

Is there early Ming Dynasty Quality betting available?
Yes. Futures markets typically open well before final fields are declared, giving punters the chance to secure early value.