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The Quezette Stakes 2026 took place on Saturday, August 15, 2026 on P.B. Lawrence Stakes Day and was won in an absolute speed demolition by the talented Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Natural Fling ($2.40F).  

The Quezette Stakes is one of Melbourne’s most important early-spring races for three-year-old fillies, and Races.com.au is your home for the latest Quezette Stakes odds, expert Quezette Stakes tips, and full Quezette Stakes field analysis. Run over 1100m at Caulfield, this Group 3 sprint regularly unveils future stars heading toward major spring features, attracting sharp first-uppers, elite trial performers and fillies capable of producing explosive sectionals fresh. With barrier draws, tempo, track pattern and proven Caulfield sprint form all shaping the contest, the Quezette Stakes is a key form race that sets the tone for the early carnival. Stay ahead of the market, compare the leading chances and lock in your Quezette Stakes bets with confidence using the trusted insights at Races.com.au — Australia’s authority on Group racing.

2026 Quezette Stakes Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Quezette Stakes results and finishing order on the early spring event at Caulfield on Saturday, August 15, 2026 for 3YO fillies.

• 1st: No. 5 Natural Fling ($2.40F)
• 2nd: No. 8 Scintillation
• 3rd: No. 13 Oh Yes She Did

Winning Margin: 4 lengths

Winning Time: 1:03.91

Natural Fling ($2.40F) lit up Caulfield with a blistering first-up display, smashing the 2026 Quezette Stakes results and announcing herself as one of the most explosive three-year-old fillies in training. Spearing straight into her rhythm for Damian Lane, the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Home Affairs filly powered clear to win by four lengths in fast time, running significantly quicker than the boys’ division earlier on the card. She put a genuine gap on Scintillation and Oh Yes She Did, delivering a performance rated superior to past Quezette winners like Sunlight and Bella Nipotina. McEvoy confirmed the stable will now weigh up elite sprint options, with the Group 1 Moir Stakes (September 5) looming as a live possibility ahead of a longer-range tilt at the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (October 31), as Natural Fling continues to mature into a filly capable of making a serious impact. She has firmed in from $9 to $4 at time of publish to sit on top of the all-in 2026 Moir Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.

2026 Quezette Stakes Odds & Finishing Order

Stay tuned for the latest 2026 Quezette Stakes odds and market moves ahead of the race this August followed by the official finishing order after the race.

2026 Quezette Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Quezette Stakes 2026 Tips on the important early spring lead-up for fillies.

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) 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.

Ferivia (2025) was the last filly to complete the Quezette Stakes – Thousand Guineas Prelude double.

The 2025 Quezette Stakes form was further franked with the runner-up, My Gladiola, going on to run second against the boys in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington that Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Quezette Stakes
Date:	Saturday, August 15, 2026
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group Three
Prize Money:	$200,000

2026 Quezette Stakes Betting

Betting markets and Quezette Stakes 2026 betting odds will open at Ladbrokes the week of the race with links to be made available at Races.com.au for punters.

Gimmie Par ($2.70 in 2021) and Charm Stone ($4 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Quezette Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2026 Quezette Stakes Form

The Quezette Stakes form guide is the key tool punters use to assess the early-spring three-year-old fillies heading to Caulfield, breaking down each runner’s first-up record, trial form, sectional times, pedigree, and stable patterns to identify which fillies are ready to fire fresh. Because the Quezette Stakes is often the first major black-type test of the season for fillies, the form guide focuses heavily on raceday freshness, speed maps, and short-course suitability, helping punters spot those with tactical speed, strong late splits, or proven Caulfield sprint form.

What to Look for in the Quezette Stakes Form Guide:

• First-up performance — Many fillies resume here; strong fresh stats are a major positive.
• Trial form — Look for controlled, professional trials rather than flashy wins.
• Speed map — Caulfield’s 1100m chute rewards fillies who can hold a spot early.
• Sectional times — Late splits from their juvenile season often reveal hidden talent.
• Pedigree suitability — Sprinting pedigrees dominate; avoid fillies bred to get further.
• Stable patterns — Big stables often target this race with their best spring fillies.
• Market movement — Early betting shifts can signal which fillies are forward enough to strike fresh.

FULL 2026 QUEZETTE STAKES FORM GUIDE

2026 Quezette Stakes Field

The official Quezette Stakes 2026 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) (now Empire Rose Stakes) over the older mares that Cup Carnival.

The 2026 Quezette Stakes field features a capacity line-up of three-year-olds including the undefeated Mark Walker-trained Group 1 winning Kiwi expat Lara Antipova and the progressive Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Natural Fling.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1111x	LARA ANTIPOVA	Mark Walker	Michael Dee	8	59kg			98
2	1x41750x	SHIKI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Mark Zahra	19	58kg			75
3	32x114x0	REBEL TUESDAY	Phillip & Tommy Stokes	Lachlan Neindorf	13	57kg			71
4	2425×4	GHANA’S AKAN	Ciaron Maher	Ethan Brown	18	56kg			75
5	12x	NATURAL FLING	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Damian Lane	5	56kg			71
6	15x115x	DIVINE DOT	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	17	56kg			73
7	221	STARS OF DOM	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Craig Williams	9	56kg			70
8	13×1	SCINTILLATION	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	Ben Melham	6	56kg			72
9	15×3	SATIN SUMMER	Michael Freedman	Ms Jamie Melham	1	56kg			68
10	1	RIVERINA LULU	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	12	56kg			69
11	10x503x	ALMOST AN ANGEL	Robbie Griffiths	Luke Currie	7	56kg			66
12	1536x	LADY CATALINA	Ciaron Maher	Thomas Stockdale	11	56kg			66
13	4x80x1	OH YES SHE DID	Peter Snowden	Chad Schofield	16	56kg			65
14	9×82	PORTINARI	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Blake Shinn	14	56kg			63
15	2	SANTA BARBARA	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	15	56kg			65
16	8×17	HEARTS AFFAIR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jett Stanley	10	56kg			63
17e	15	RELINQUISHING	Shane Nichols & Hayden Black	Luke Cartwright (a)	2	56kg			63
18e	53	SUPERBEC	Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin	Ben Allen	3	56kg			63
19e	9×1	FLYING FURY	Tom Dabernig	John Allen	4	56kg			62

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 Quezette Stakes Nominations

The early Quezette Stakes 2026 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of hopeful fillies to be published in full below once announced.

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).

In 2022 Bound For Home set a new Quezette Stakes race record winning in 1 minute 02.44 seconds.

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

Quezette Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2026 Quezette Stakes	1st	Natural Fling	1 minute 3.91 seconds
	2nd	Scintillation
	3rd	Oh Yes She Did
2025 Quezette Stakes	1st	Ferivia	1 minute 5.23 seconds
	2nd	My Gladiola
	3rd	Thanks Gorgeous
2024 Quezette Stakes	1st	Drifting	1 minute 3.03 seconds
	2nd	Geegees Mistruth
	3rd	Kirribilli
2023 Quezette Stakes	1st	Charm Stone	1 minute 2.82 seconds
	2nd	Skirt The Law
	3rd	Sicilian
2022 Quezette Stakes	1st	Bound For Home	1 minute 2.44 seconds
	2nd	Ojai
	3rd	I’mlovin’ya
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

FAQs

What is the Quezette Stakes?
The Quezette Stakes is a Group 3 sprint for three-year-old fillies run early in the Melbourne spring, acting as a key launching pad for emerging talent heading toward bigger black-type targets.

When is the Quezette Stakes 2026?
The 2026 Quezette Stakes takes place on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at Caulfield as part of Melbourne’s early-spring feature racing program.

What distance is the Quezette Stakes run over?
The race is run over 1100 metres, a sharp Caulfield sprint trip that rewards early speed, raceday freshness and strong short-course form.

Who is eligible to run in the Quezette Stakes?
The Quezette Stakes is restricted to three-year-old fillies, typically attracting resuming spring hopefuls, standout trial performers and stables unveiling their spring prospects.

How many horses run in the Quezette Stakes?
Field sizes generally sit around 10-14 runners, depending on how many stables choose to kick off their fillies’ campaigns at Caulfield.

Where is the Quezette Stakes held?
The race is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, a track known for rewarding tactical speed and strong sectionals down the chute.

What type of race is the Quezette Stakes?
It is a Group 3 event offering early black-type opportunities for fillies aiming toward higher-grade spring features.

Where can I find Quezette Stakes odds and tips?
Races.com.au provides the latest Quezette Stakes odds, expert Quezette Stakes tips, and full Quezette Stakes field analysis to help punters bet with confidence with the top markets open at Ladbrokes.