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The Quezette Stakes is a Group 3 race for three-year-old fillies run at Caulfield Racecourse in mid-August.

The Quezette Stakes field is restricted to three year old fillies, the majority of which are kicking off their Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival campaigns. Run under set weights with penalties, the Quezette Stakes gives punters a nice early guide to tougher upcoming race for the young fillies including Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) in October or for young sprinters the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Sunlight (2018) was the last filly to complete the Quezette Stakes – Coolmore Stud Stakes double. Sunlight would also go onto win the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap – William Reid Stakes sprint double in 2019 over the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival.

The Quezette Stakes draws many nice young fillies, some with Group 1 form from their two-year-old seasons in races like the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held at Caulfield each February or even Rosehill’s iconic Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) in March. In 2018 the Quezette Stakes winner Sunlight had run third in that season’s Golden Slipper Stakes.

Offering $160,000 in total prize money the race is a good early kick-off for fillies chasing Black-Type as three-year-olds.

The Quezette Stakes is run on P.B. Lawrence Stakes Day alongside the weight-for-age Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) and the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m). The Vain Stakes is essentially the colts and geldings counterpart to the Quezette Stakes, run under the same conditions across the same distance for the same prize money.

Following success in the Quezette Stakes, some fillies might go on to race in the HDF McNeil Stakes or the Thousand Guineas Prelude.

The Quezette Stakes 2019 took place on Saturday August 17, 2019 and saw Godolphin’s Magic Millions Classic winning filly Exhilarates return to winning form.

Quezette Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 17, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group Three
Prize Money:	$160,000

2019 Quezette Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Exhilarates
• 2nd: #5 Absolute Flirt
• 3rd: #2 Pin Sec

The official Quezette Stakes 2019 Results saw Godolphin prepare three of the first four over the line with the stable’s charge led by the impressive winner, Magic Millions Classic champ Exhilarates. Also in the first four for the stable were third-placed Pin Sec and the beaten favourite, Ladbrokes Blue Diamond winner Lyre, who ran fourth.

Read more on the 2019 Quezette Stakes winner Exhilarates now.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	4	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	–	8	56kg	$7
2	5	ABSOLUTE FLIRT	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	1.5L	11	56kg	$8
3	2	PIN SEC	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	2.75L	6	57kg	$26
4	1	LYRE	Anthony Freedman	Luke Currie	2.95L	4	58kg	$3.80F
5	13	EXCUSED	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	3.15L	3	55kg	$26
6	9	SIZZLEFLY	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	3.45L	9	55kg	$6
7	7	LANKAN STAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	3.55L	5	55kg	$9.50
8	11	LA FALAISE	Henry Dwyer	Damien Thornton	4.8L	2	55kg	$31
9	12	RUMBLE DOLL	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	5.55L	7	55kg	$11
10	3	BELLA ROSA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	8.05L	1	57kg	$41
11	6	CHEER LEADER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	17.05L	10	56kg	$8
–	8	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren	Ben Melham	–	0	–	–
–	10	SEATONIC	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	–	0	–	–

2019 Quezette Stakes Odds

Betting markets and Quezette Stakes 2019 odds will open at Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race with links to be made available below for punters.

2019 Quezette Stakes Field

The official Quezette Stakes 2019 final field and barriers are announced on the Wednesday leading-up to PB Lawrence Stakes Day and will be published in full below.

The Quezette Stakes field draws a class line-up of fillies and has been won by some very nice types over the years. The 2016 Quezette Stakes winner I Am A Star went on to win the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) over the older mares that Cup Carnival.

The 2019 Quezette Stakes Final Field features an outstanding line-up of 13 gun young fillies led by the Godolphin-raced Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes winner and Golden Slipper third placed Lyre who drew to perfection in gate four.

Update: Jason Warren’s Blue Diamond Stakes fifth placegetter Brooklyn Hustle (5) has come out of the 2019 Quezette Stakes field along with the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Seatonic (11) leaving 11 hopefuls.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	51113x	LYRE	Anthony Freedman	Luke Currie	4	58kg	101
2	1x105x	PIN SEC	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	7	57kg	75
3	1x20x	BELLA ROSA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	1	57kg	74
4	5221120x	EXHILARATES	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	9	56kg	89
5	42x112x3	ABSOLUTE FLIRT	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	13	56kg	75
6	2316x	CHEER LEADER	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	12	56kg	73
7	2x14209x	LANKAN STAR	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	6	55kg	78
8	1x55x	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren	Ben Melham	5	55kg	72
9	1×12	SIZZLEFLY	Phillip Stokes	John Allen	10	55kg	69
10	9×22114	SEATONIC	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	11	55kg	68
11	21x	LA FALAISE	Henry Dwyer	Damien Thornton	2	55kg	65
12	312	RUMBLE DOLL	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	8	55kg	68
13	1	EXCUSED	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	3	55kg	66

2019 Quezette Stakes Nominations

The early Quezette Stakes 2019 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of hopeful fillies to be published in full below once announced.

The official 2019 Quezette Stakes Nominations attracted a class line-up of 19 potential runners with the Godolphin-raced Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyer the headline entry.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	51113x	LYRE	F	3	Anthony Freedman	1	58kg	101
2	1x105x	PIN SEC	F	3	James Cummings	2	57kg	75
3	1x20x	BELLA ROSA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	3	57kg	74
4	11x	KOOWEERUP	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	4	57kg	75
5	5221120x	EXHILARATES	F	3	James Cummings	5	56kg	89
6	42x112x3	ABSOLUTE FLIRT	F	3	Danny O’Brien	6	56kg	75
7	2316x	CHEER LEADER	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	7	56kg	73
8	2x14209x	LANKAN STAR	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	8	55kg	78
9	183x	VILLAMI	F	3	Gerald Ryan	9	55kg	73
10	21×1	TARAAYEF	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	10	55kg	73
11	1x55x	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	F	3	Jason Warren	11	55kg	72
12	1×12	SIZZLEFLY	F	3	Phillip Stokes	12	55kg	69
13	9×22114	SEATONIC	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	13	55kg	68
14	21x	LA FALAISE	F	3	Henry Dwyer	14	55kg	65
15	312	RUMBLE DOLL	F	3	Henry Dwyer	15	55kg	68
16	28×31	PARIS	F	3	Anthony Freedman	16	55kg	63
17	1	EXCUSED	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	17	55kg	66
18	5x167x	FACT OR FABLE S	F	3	Robbie Griffiths	18	55kg	62
19	0x4063	ANIKERY	F	3	Daniel Williams	19	55kg	55

Quezette Stakes History

The Quezette Stakes was inaugurated in 1994 and initially held Listed status. In 2013, the race was upgraded to Group 3. First held over 1200m, the Quezette Stakes was shortened to 1100m for the 2006 edition and has remained at that distance soon.

Sandown Park hosted the Quezette Stakes for its first three years, then it was held at Caulfield for a year. Between 1998 and 2001 the race returned to Sandown Park. Since 2002, Caulfield Racecourse has hosted the Quezette Stakes.

Notable Quezette Stakes winners include Ascorbic (1996), La Lagune (2001), Alinghi (2004), I Am A Star (2016) and Sunlight (2018).

Quezette Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Quezette Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Quezette Stakes	1st	Exhilarates	1 minute 4.47 seconds
	2nd	Absolute Flirt
	3rd	Pin Sec
2018 Quezette Stakes	1st	Sunlight	1 minute 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Humma Humma
	3rd	Thrillster
2017 Quezette Stakes	1st	Crown Witness	1 minute 5.6 seconds
	2nd	Catchy
	3rd	Ploverset
2016 Quezette Stakes	1st	I Am A Star	1 minute 5 seconds
	2nd	Leotie
	3rd	Athena Lass
2015 Quezette Stakes	1st	Petits Filous	1 minute 03.1 seconds
	2nd	Jalan Jalan
	3rd	Miss Gunpowder
2014 Quezette Stakes	1st	Sabatini	1 minute 04.3 seconds
	2nd	Royal Snitzel
	3rd	Novel Dancer
2013 Quezette Stakes	1st	Kiss A Rose	1 minute 02.7 seconds
	2nd	Metastasio
	3rd	Chloe In Paris
2012 Quezette Stakes	1st	Elite Elle	1 minute 05.0 seconds
	2nd	Agueda
	3rd	Ephemera
2011 Quezette Stakes	1st	Satin Shoes	1 minute 04.2 seconds
	2nd	Metonymy
	3rd	Mosheen
2010 Quezette Stakes	1st	Panipique	1 minute 06.5 seconds
	2nd	Crystal Lily
	3rd	Enzed Girl
2009 Quezette Stakes	1st	Corsaire	1 minute 05.3 seconds
	2nd	Headway
	3rd	Come Hither
2008 Quezette Stakes	1st	Viennese	1 minute 05.3 seconds
	2nd	Woppitt
	3rd	Hips Don’t Lie
2007 Quezette Stakes	1st	Bel Mer	1 minute 03.4 seconds
	2nd	Sleek Chassis
	3rd	Chinchilla Rose
2006 Quezette Stakes	1st	La Vie Amour	1 minute 04.3 seconds
	2nd	Nediym’s Glow
	3rd	Satin Robes
2005 Quezette Stakes	1st	Pinezero	1 minute 14.2 seconds
	2nd	Chetwynd South
	3rd	Doubting
2004 Quezette Stakes	1st	Alinghi	1 minute 13.4 seconds
	2nd	Granma Gertey
	3rd	Tahni Girl
2003 Quezette Stakes	1st	French Bid	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Beautiful Gem
	3rd	Roedean
2002 Quezette Stakes	1st	Innovation Girl	1 minute 09.9 seconds
	2nd	Raven Protector
	3rd	Brief Embrace
2001 Quezette Stakes	1st	La Lagune	1 minute 13.8 seconds
	2nd	Visage
	3rd	Firm
2000 Quezette Stakes	1st	So Gorgeous	1 minute 12.7 seconds
	2nd	Amen Ruby
	3rd	All Time High