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The 2023 Red Roses Stakes is a 1100m sprint held at Flemington Racecourse during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November each year.

A Group 3 event, the Red Roses Stakes is held under set weights and penalties conditions and is restricted to three year old fillies fighting for $300,000 in total prize money.

The Red Roses Stakes is held on Crown Oaks Day, now Kennedy Oaks Day, which is the third day of the four day Melbourne Cup Carnival. It shares the race program with a number of other black type races including the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m).

Fillies tend to gravitate towards the Red Roses Stakes following a wide variety of preparations. Most will have been racing on the Melbourne circuit in the weeks prior, although some might make the journey from Sydney or elsewhere. The Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) held at Flemington in September has proven to be a mildly accurate lead up race. The Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (1600m) might be targeted by some of the handier types on their way.

Following the Red Roses Stakes, some fillies might head to the paddock for a rest, while others might choose to extend their campaign. The Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Sandown is one potential future target, while some might head over to Western Australia for the WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) at Ascot in mid-November.

The 2023 Red Roses Stakes was held on Thursday November 9, 2023 as part of Flemington’s VRC Oaks Day and won in style by the in-form Michael Freedman-trained Mumbai Muse ($7.50) ridden by Tommy Berry. 

Red Roses Stakes 2023
Date:	Thursday November 9, 2023
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$300,000

2023 Red Roses Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Mumbai Muse ($7.50)
• 2nd: #3 Saltaire
• 3rd: #5 Appin Girl

Michael Freedman’s Group 2 placed Zoustar filly Mumbai Muse ($7.50) made it back-to-back wins after a Listed Randwick win led to her taking out a Group 3 on Oaks Day with a flashing late run right down the outside to defeat beaten favourite Saltaire by three-quarters of length in the 2023 Red Roses Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	MUMBAI MUSE	Michael Freedman	Tommy Berry		16	57kg		$7.50
	2	3	SALTAIRE	John O’Shea	Blake Shinn	0.75L	4	57kg		$6.50EF
	3	5	APPIN GIRL	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Mark Zahra	1.15L	12	57kg		$17
	4	14	AVIATRESS	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Jake Toeroek	2.65L	11	55kg		$11
	5	13	EXCESS	Julius Sandhu	Beau Mertens	3.9L	1	55kg		$13
	6	15	HEARCOMESTHESTAR	John Moloney	Damien Oliver	4.2L	7	55kg		$31
	7	1	BOSSY NIC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Chad Schofield	4.95L	14	58kg		$26
	8	2	SHESALLSHENANIGANS	Simon Zahra	Blaike McDougall	6.2L	10	57kg		$11
	9	12	HONOR GALORE	Cliff Brown	Damian Lane	6.6L	2	55kg		$21
	10	10	ADITI	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6.8L	13	55kg		$20
	11	8	INHIBITIONS	James Cummings	Michael Dee	7L	15	56kg		$15
	12	9	CIGAR FLICK	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7.75L	6	56kg		$6.50EF
	13	7	FIRE LANE	Brad Widdup	Craig Williams	7.85L	8	56kg		$19
	14	6	PRINCESS DUHALLOW	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Ms Jamie Kah	8.05L	5	57kg		$41
	15	16	HEART OF GLASS	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	8.15L	3	55kg		$8
	16	11	RED DATES	Leon & Troy Corstens	Billy Egan	23.15L	9	55kg		$101
		19e	ZARKANA	Wayne Francis & Glen Kent			0
		18e	BRAZEN STYLE	Shane Nichols			0
		17e	QUEEN STARLIGHT	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.