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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 2020 took place on Saturday August 15, 2020 and saw 20/1 roughie Bella Nipotina break her maiden status with an upset.

Quezette Stakes
Date:	Saturday August 15, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group Three
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Quezette Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Bella Nipotina
• 2nd: #2 River Night
• 3rd: #9 Aquagirl

It was an all-roughie trifecta in the upset Quezette Stakes 2020 results with the always honest Bella Nipotina ($21) finally breaking through for her maiden win at start number eight with an impressive two length romp home over River Night ($10), while the Phillip Stokes-trained outsider Aquagirl ($51) got up for third.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	BELLA NIPOTINA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Michael Rodd		7	56kg		$21
	2	2	RIVER NIGHT	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	2L	1	57kg		$10
	3	9	AQUAGIRL	Phillip Stokes	Dwayne Dunn	2.75L	2	56kg		$51
	4	12	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	3.05L	4	56kg		$5.50
	5	4	SUPREME IDEA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	3.8L	11	57kg		$41
	6	3	PARLOPHONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damien Oliver	4.55L	6	57kg		$3F
	7	1	ARYAAF	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Luke Nolen	4.65L	9	58kg		$16
	8	8	MISS BOSETTI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dean Yendall	5.4L	5	56kg		$51
	9	6	EUPHORIC SUMMER	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ben Melham	5.5L	3	56kg		$13
	10	13	ICANTOO (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	6.25L	12	56kg		$9.50
	11	7	FRESH	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	7.75L	8	56kg		$9.50
	12	10	DRONE STRIKE	John McArdle	Daniel Stackhouse	7.85L	10	56kg		$31
	13	11	SEERESS	George Osborne	Ben Allen	8.6L	13	56kg		$21
	14	14	ZOOMING ZEBRA	Russell Osborne	Jamie Mott	8.9L	14	56kg		$81

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Quezette Stakes Odds

Betting markets and Quezette Stakes 2020 odds will open at Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the race with links to be made available below for punters.

2020 Quezette Stakes Field

The official Quezette Stakes 2020 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.

Group 3 winner and Blue Diamond performed Aryaaf heads the 14-filly Quezette Stakes 2020 field this season. Race favourite is the in-form Parlophone chasing a hat-trick of wins off a three length victory in Morphettville’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) last start.

Click here to read more on the Parlophone-led 2020 Quezette Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x20x	ARYAAF	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Luke Nolen	9	58kg		77
2	3x92152x	RIVER NIGHT	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	1	57kg		71
3	02×11	PARLOPHONE	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Damien Oliver	6	57kg		73
4	1718×7	SUPREME IDEA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	11	57kg		72
5	42x42424x	BELLA NIPOTINA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Michael Rodd	7	56kg		70
6	2130×246	EUPHORIC SUMMER	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ben Melham	3	56kg		67
7	129x	FRESH	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	8	56kg		70
8	6×51533	MISS BOSETTI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dean Yendall	5	56kg		66
9	318×4	AQUAGIRL	Phillip Stokes	Dwayne Dunn	2	56kg		67
10	012x	DRONE STRIKE	John McArdle	Daniel Stackhouse	10	56kg		65
11	9×15	SEERESS	George Osborne	Ben Allen	13	56kg		62
12	1x	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	4	56kg		63
13	1x	ICANTOO (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Craig Williams	12	56kg		64
14	75×1	ZOOMING ZEBRA	Russell Osborne	Jamie Mott	14	56kg		62

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Quezette Stakes Nominations

The early Quezette Stakes 2020 nominations are taken the Monday leading-up to the race, the full list of hopeful fillies to be published in full below once announced.

Nineteen fillies make-up the official Quezette Stakes 2020 nominations this season including the highly-rated Group 3 winner Aryaaf for Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes, along with her well-tried stablemate Bella Nipotina who has run either second or fourth in all seven of her career starts to date.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1x	AGREEABLE	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	63
2	318×4	AQUAGIRL	F	3	Phillip Stokes	67
3	1x20x	ARYAAF	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	77
4	42x42424x	BELLA NIPOTINA	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	70
5	5×24	CLEAN MACHINE	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	63
6	012x	DRONE STRIKE	F	3	John McArdle	65
7	2130×246	EUPHORIC SUMMER	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	67
8	129x	FRESH	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	70
9	1x	ICANTOO (NZ)	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	64
10	6×51533	MISS BOSETTI	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	66
11	02×11	PARLOPHONE	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	73
12	81	RINGSIDE ROSSA	F	3	Robbie Griffiths
13	3x92152x	RIVER NIGHT	F	3	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	71
14	9×15	SEERESS	F	3	George Osborne	62
15	1718×7	SUPREME IDEA	F	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	72
16	33x	UNIVERSAL LADY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	62
17	13379x	UNSTOPPABELLE	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	67
18	5×12	WIDE AWAKE	F	3	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	65
19	75×1	ZOOMING ZEBRA	F	3	Russell Osborne	62

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
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