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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 $200,000 in total prize money as of 2021 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 2021 took place on Saturday August 14, 2021 and was won by the Peter Moody-trained favourite Gimmie Par. 

Quezette Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 14, 2021
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group Three
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Quezette Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Gimmie Par
• 2nd: #2 Heresy
• 3rd: #3 Scorched Earth

Jamie Kah gave the returning Peter Moody-trained filly Gimmie Par ($2.70F) a lovely ride to salute for the punters first-up in the Quezette Stakes 2021 results at Caulfield.

Click here to read more on the eye-catching first-up 2021 Quezette Stakes winner Gimmie Par.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	GIMMIE PAR	Peter G Moody	Ms Jamie Kah		4	56kg		$2.70F
	2	2	HERESY	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	0.5L	12	58kg		$12
	3	3	SCORCHED EARTH	John Moloney	Luke Currie	1L	14	57kg		$15
	4	4	NAJMATY	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	1.75L	7	57kg		$5.50
	5	8	LIBIAMO	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	1.95L	8	56kg		$17
	6	12	DUCHY OF SAVOY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	2.95L	10	56kg		$26
	7	1	ARCADED	James Cummings	Damian Lane	3.45L	5	58kg		$8.50
	8	5	TYCOON HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	3.55L	1	57kg		$41
	9	11	SWEET MARY	Lindsey Smith	Brett Prebble	3.75L	2	56kg		$18
	10	14	CHIMES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Dee	3.95L	6	56kg		$81
	11	6	SEE YOU IN SPRING	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	4.95L	11	57kg		$21
	12	9	HI HI HI	Gary Portelli	Craig Williams	5.45L	9	56kg		$17
	13	13	ASTEROIDEA	Michael Moroney	Ben Melham	5.65L	3	56kg		$21
	14	10	HER EMPIRE	Levi Kavanagh	Craig Newitt	6.15L	13	56kg		$81

*Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Quezette Stakes Odds

Betting markets and Quezette Stakes 2021 odds will open at Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race with links to be made available below for punters.

Gimmie Par ($2.70 in 2021) was the last favourite in Quezette Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Quezette Stakes Field

The official Quezette Stakes 2021 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.

Fourteen fillies make-up the 2021 Quezette Stakes final field led in betting by Peter Moody’s resuming Talindert Stakes runner-up Gimmie Par. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11015x	ARCADED	James Cummings	Damian Lane	5	58kg		84
2	21x	HERESY	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	12	58kg		72
3	4x211x	SCORCHED EARTH	John Moloney	Luke Currie	14	57kg		77
4	118x	NAJMATY	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	7	57kg		75
5	11×8	TYCOON HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	1	57kg		69
6	116x	SEE YOU IN SPRING	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	11	57kg		70
7	2x1x	GIMMIE PAR	Peter G Moody	Ms Jamie Kah	4	56kg		70
8	1	LIBIAMO	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	8	56kg		68
9	168x	HI HI HI	Gary Portelli	Craig Williams	9	56kg		65
10	33×2	HER EMPIRE	Levi Kavanagh	Craig Newitt	13	56kg		64
11	13	SWEET MARY	Lindsey Smith	Brett Prebble	2	56kg		64
12	4×24	DUCHY OF SAVOY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Jye McNeil	10	56kg		62
13	1	ASTEROIDEA	Michael Moroney	Ben Melham	3	56kg		63
14	1×6	CHIMES	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Michael Dee	6	56kg		63

Table Credit: Racing Australia 

2021 Quezette Stakes Nominations

The early Quezette Stakes 2021 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of hopeful fillies to be published in full below once announced.

Group 3 Magic Night Stakes winning filly Arcaded and the all-in favourite Najmaty for Peter & Paul Snowden headline a bumper 21 fillies nominated for this weekend’s Quezette Stakes 2021.

	LAST 10	HORSE	SEX	AGE	TRAINER	BALLOT	WEIGHT	PENALTY	HCP RATING
1	11015x	ARCADED	F	3	James Cummings	1	58kg		84
2	1x1x	DOSH	F	3	Grahame Begg	2	58kg		80
3	21x	HERESY	F	3	James Cummings	3	58kg		72
4	4x211x	SCORCHED EARTH	F	3	John Moloney	4	57kg		77
5	118x	NAJMATY	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	5	57kg		75
6	11×8	TYCOON HUMMA	F	3	John McArdle	6	57kg		69
7	116x	SEE YOU IN SPRING	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	7	57kg		70
8	121	ZAPATEO	F	3	James Cummings	8	56kg		71
9	2x1x	GIMMIE PAR	F	3	Peter G Moody	9	56kg		70
10	221×4155	BLERIOT	F	3	Will Clarken	10	56kg		66
11	1	LIBIAMO	F	3	Grahame Begg	11	56kg		68
12	12x	FLYING EVELYN	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	12	56kg		66
13	168x	HI HI HI	F	3	Gary Portelli	13	56kg		65
14	33×2	HER EMPIRE	F	3	Levi Kavanagh	14	56kg		64
15	286×1	DECENT RAINE	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	15	56kg		62
16	13	SWEET MARY	F	3	Lindsey Smith	16	56kg		64
17	4×24	DUCHY OF SAVOY	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	17	56kg		62
18	1	ASTEROIDEA	F	3	Michael Moroney	18	56kg		63
19	1×6	CHIMES	F	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	19	56kg		63
20	24	MAIORI	F	3	Shea Eden	20	56kg		59
21		NURSERY CHIME	F	3	Lloyd Kennewell	21	56kg		61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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
2021 Quezette Stakes	1st	Gimmie Par	1 minute 4.38 seconds
	2nd	Heresy
	3rd	Scorched Earth
2020 Quezette Stakes	1st	Bella Nipotina	1 minute 4.34 seconds
	2nd	River Night
	3rd	Aquagirl
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