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The The Vanity is a Group 3 race for Group 1-bound three-year-old fillies run at Flemington Racecourse during February on Black Caviar Lightning Day each autumn carnival.
2023 The Vanity Results
- 1st: #6 Wollombi
- 2nd: #1 See You In Heaven
- 3rd: #3 Papillon Club
The Vanity News
- Black Caviar Lightning Day 2022: Flemington Scratchings & Track Report
- The Vanity Winner Zou Dancer Eyes Australian Guineas 2021
- 2021 Black Caviar Lightning Day: Flemington Scratchings & Track Report
- The Vanity Winner Bonvicini to Take On Boys in Australian Guineas 2020
- 2020 Black Caviar Lightning Day: Flemington Scratchings & Track Report
The Vanity is a Group 3 race run at the famous Flemington Racecourse in February during the annual Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival. The 1400m set weights plus penalties event is open only to three-year-old fillies and offers $200,000 in total prize money.
It is one of the support races on the Black Caviar Lightning Day program that is headlined by the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) for sprinters.
The meeting is also host to the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) for colts & geldings with the Australian Guineas in sight. Fillies in The Vanity Stakes field may be first-up for the autumn and traditionally go on to contest other races for their age and sex such as the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1400m) run a few weeks later on Newmarket Handicap Day.
In 2015 Don’t Doubt Mamma won The Vanity before a second in the Kewney Stakes. Runner-up in the former Egypt also placed third in the Kewney Stakes. Solicit (2014) and Barb Raider (2022) are the latest fillies to complete The Vanity – Kewney Stakes double.
More recently, the 2017 The Vanity winner Kenedna ran third in the Kewney Stakes before a stellar winter bid that included a second in the Group 1 Australasia Oaks (2010m) in Adelaide. That followed the Kewney Stakes second by the 2016 The Vanity champ Don’t Doubt Mamma.
The best fillies out of The Vanity may take on the boys in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) the following month or head to Sydney for elite level races including the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill or Randwick’s Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) during April’s ‘The Championships’.
Recent Australian Guineas winners to come out of The Vanity include Shamrocker (4th in 2011) and Mosheen (2nd in 2012). In 2019 The Vanity winner Amphitrite went on to run third next start in the Australian Guineas.
The 2022 The Vanity form was franked with the winner Barb Raider going on to run second in both the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) and Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) that year.
The Vanity 2023 ran at Flemington on Saturday February 18, 2023 and was won in an upset by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Wollombi ($12).
| 2023 The Vanity Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday February 18, 2023 |
| Track: | Flemington Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1400m |
| Race Type: | 3YO Fillies – SW+P |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
2023 The Vanity Results
- 1st: #6 Wollombi ($12)
- 2nd: #1 See You In Heaven
- 3rd: #3 Papillon Club
Peter & Paul Snowden’s flying Extreme Choice filly Wollombi ($12) made it three wins on the trot handling a rise in grade to Group 3 company to defeat the favourite See You In Heaven ($4F) by three-quarters of a length in The Vanity 2023 results.
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | WOLLOMBI | Peter & Paul Snowden | Damien Oliver | 3 | 56kg | $12 | |||
| 2 | 1 | SEE YOU IN HEAVEN | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Craig Williams | 0.75L | 9 | 58.5kg | $4F | ||
| 3 | 3 | PAPILLON CLUB | Greg Eurell | Damian Lane | 2L | 8 | 57kg | $8.50 | ||
| 4 | 7 | ROYAL MERCHANT | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | James McDonald | 3.25L | 6 | 56kg | $5.50 | ||
| 5 | 9 | NUNTHORPE | Peter G Moody | Ms Jamie Kah | 3.35L | 7 | 56kg | $4.60 | ||
| 6 | 4 | QUEEN AIR | Lindsey Smith | Jarrod Fry | 5.1L | 4 | 56kg | $14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | ZENNZELLA | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | John Allen | 7.1L | 1 | 58.5kg | $31 | ||
| 8 | 5 | CLIMBING STAR (NZ) | Phillip Stokes | Zac Spain | 8.35L | 5 | 56kg | $6 | ||
| 9 | 8 | PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Blake Shinn | 8.65L | 10 | 56kg | $18 | ||
| 10 | 10 | LOVE NEST | Liam Howley | Daniel Moor | 15.65L | 2 | 56kg | $101 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 The Vanity Betting Odds
The latest The Vanity 2023 odds and betting prices on the three-year-old fillies will be listed below as soon as markets are open at Ladbrokes.com.au.
Zou Dancer ($3.60 in 2021) followed by Barb Raider ($2.90 in 2022) are the last favourites in The Vanity betting to salute for the punters.
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2023 The Vanity Form Guide
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2023 The Vanity Tips
Stay tuned for our insider The Vanity 2023 Tips on the fillies’ showdown at Flemington this Black Caviar Day.
- To Win: #2 Zennzella ($21 at time of publish)
Tipping a blowout in this year’s The Vanity with Zennzella on top as the forgotten filly at a big 20/1 price at time of publish. The daughter of Snitzel returns to racing for the Maher/Eustace stable having last been seen running fourth in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) here in the spring. She won back-to-back races prior to that including the Group 2 Wakeful at headquarters so is proven at the track. Trialled well at Canterbury ahead of her return. No doubt she’ll benefit from whatever she does fresh and will appreciate further, but at the price in an open race happy to give her a go!
2023 The Vanity Field
The Vanity field features a smart line-up of fillies looking to head towards tougher autumn runs in the coming weeks in both Melbourne and or Sydney, and is released by Racing Victoria the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2023 The Vanity Stakes field and barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published below.
The Vanity 2023 final field features a smart line-up of fillies led in betting the spring’s Sandown Guineas winner See You In Heaven to be ridden second-up by Craig Williams from gate one as she looks to go one better than her second fresh in Adelaide.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112x9731x2 | SEE YOU IN HEAVEN | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | Craig Williams | 9 | 58.5kg | 92 | |
| 2 | 92x3114x | ZENNZELLA | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | John Allen | 1 | 58.5kg | 84 | |
| 3 | 2×11 | PAPILLON CLUB | Greg Eurell | Damian Lane | 8 | 57kg | 69 | |
| 4 | 8443×1 | QUEEN AIR | Lindsey Smith | Jarrod Fry | 4 | 56kg | 80 | |
| 5 | 122×6 | CLIMBING STAR (NZ) | Phillip Stokes | Zac Spain | 5 | 56kg | 81 | |
| 6 | 33x123x311 | WOLLOMBI | Peter & Paul Snowden | Damien Oliver | 3 | 56kg | 74 | |
| 7 | 5×11254 | ROYAL MERCHANT | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | James McDonald | 6 | 56kg | 74 | |
| 8 | 1337x | PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Blake Shinn | 10 | 56kg | 67 | |
| 9 | 11 | NUNTHORPE | Peter G Moody | Ms Jamie Kah | 7 | 56kg | 67 | |
| 10 | x675200x23 | LOVE NEST | Liam Howley | Daniel Moor | 2 | 56kg | 59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2023 The Vanity Nominations
The Vanity 2023 nominations close on Monday February 13, 2023 and will be released in full below as soon as available.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112x9731x2 | SEE YOU IN HEAVEN | F | 3 | Richard & Chantelle Jolly | 1 | 58.5kg | 92 | |
| 2 | 5111614x | BOOGIE DANCER | F | 3 | Peter G Moody | 2 | 58.5kg | 90 | |
| 3 | 92x3114x | ZENNZELLA | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 3 | 58.5kg | 84 | |
| 4 | 11×3 | RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 4 | 58.5kg | 82 | |
| 5 | 2×11 | PAPILLON CLUB | F | 3 | Greg Eurell | 5 | 57kg | 69 | |
| 6 | 8443×1 | QUEEN AIR | F | 3 | Lindsey Smith | 6 | 56kg | 80 | |
| 7 | 122×6 | CLIMBING STAR (NZ) | F | 3 | Phillip Stokes | 7 | 56kg | 81 | |
| 8 | 33x123x311 | WOLLOMBI | F | 3 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 8 | 56kg | 74 | |
| 9 | 5×11254 | ROYAL MERCHANT | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 9 | 56kg | 74 | |
| 10 | 1337x | PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ) | F | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 10 | 56kg | 67 | |
| 11 | 21 | ETERNAL FLAME (NZ) | F | 3 | Michael Kent | 11 | 56kg | 64 | |
| 12 | 11 | NUNTHORPE | F | 3 | Peter G Moody | 12 | 56kg | 67 | |
| 13 | 4×242137 | QUEEN OF TUSCANY | F | 3 | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | 13 | 56kg | 60 | |
| 14 | 73×1 | CALL DI | F | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 14 | 56kg | 65 | |
| 15 | x675200x23 | LOVE NEST | F | 3 | Liam Howley | 15 | 56kg | 59 | |
| 16 | 4 | SHEZATEMPEST | F | 3 | Greg Eurell | 16 | 56kg | 59 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The Vanity History
The Vanity has been run and won since 1987 and won by some classy fillies over the years including subsequent Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed (2011) and Solicit (2014). Originally run as a Listed race it was upgraded to its current Group 3 status in 2000.
Along with Flemington it has taken place at Sandown Racecourse (1997) and Moonee Valley (2007).
The race distance has changed several times, which has affected the winning times.
Recent The Vanity Winners
See below for a full list of The Vanity results and winners going back to 2000.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 The Vanity | 1st | Wollombi | 1 minute 21.94 seconds |
| 2nd | See You In Heaven | ||
| 3rd | Papillon Club | ||
| 2022 The Vanity | 1st | Barb Raider | 1 minute 22.66 seconds |
| 2nd | Cardigan Queen | ||
| 3rd | Ancient Queen | ||
| 2021 The Vanity | 1st | Zou Dancer | 1 minute 22.32 seconds |
| 2nd | Personal | ||
| 3rd | Starelle | ||
| 2020 The Vanity | 1st | Bonvicini | 1 minute 22.51 seconds |
| 2nd | Pretty Brazen | ||
| 3rd | Meuse | ||
| 2019 The Vanity | 1st | Amphitrite | 1 minute 22.14 seconds |
| 2nd | Verry Elleegant | ||
| 3rd | Fundamentalist | ||
| 2018 The Vanity | 1st | Rimraam | 1 minute 22.04 seconds |
| 2nd | Bring Me Roses | ||
| 3rd | Shokora | ||
| 2017 The Vanity | 1st | Kenedna | 1 minute 23.38 seconds |
| 2nd | Extra Olives | ||
| 3rd | Harlow Gold | ||
| 2016 The Vanity | 1st | Don’t Doubt Mamma | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Egypt | ||
| 3rd | Perfect Reflection | ||
| 2015 The Vanity | 1st | Sweet And Speedy | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Set Square | ||
| 3rd | Wawail | ||
| 2014 The Vanity | 1st | Solicit | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Critical Angel | ||
| 3rd | Girl In Flight | ||
| 2013 The Vanity | 1st | Alzora | 1 minute 22.5 seconds |
| 2nd | You’re So Good | ||
| 3rd | Petite Diablesse | ||
| 2012 The Vanity | 1st | Shopaholic | 1 minute 22.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Angel Of Mercy | ||
| 3rd | Great Dame | ||
| 2011 The Vanity | 1st | Southern Speed | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Do Ra Mi | ||
| 3rd | Count Your Fingers | ||
| 2010 The Vanity | 1st | Tallow | 1 minute 23.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Misty Blue | ||
| 3rd | Absolute Faith | ||
| 2009 The Vanity | 1st | Romneya | 1 minute 22.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Rapid Sensation | ||
| 3rd | Sparks Fly | ||
| 2008 The Vanity | 1st | Misidora | 1 minute 22.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Pleasantsundaygirl | ||
| 3rd | Zarita | ||
| 2007 The Vanity | 1st | Universal Queen | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Catechuchu | ||
| 3rd | My Only Hope | ||
| 2006 The Vanity | 1st | Pure Joy | 1 minute 21.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Be Delicious | ||
| 3rd | Expensively | ||
| 2005 The Vanity | 1st | Ballet Society | 1 minute 24.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Hollow Bullet | ||
| 3rd | Twisted Heart | ||
| 2004 The Vanity | 1st | Country Lodge | 1 minute 22.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Dane Tryst | ||
| 3rd | Deep In The Woods | ||
| 2003 The Vanity | 1st | Dextrous | 1 minute 22.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Lashed | ||
| 3rd | Ribe | ||
| 2002 The Vanity | 1st | Gold Lottey | 1 minute 23.2 seconds |
| 2nd | Gradual | ||
| 3rd | Born Priceless | ||
| 2001 The Vanity | 1st | Lan Kwai Fong | 1 minute 22.0 seconds |
| 2nd | Dandify | ||
| 3rd | Ponton Flyer | ||
| 2000 The Vanity | 1st | Forest Express | 1 minute 21.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Shizu | ||
| 3rd | The Golden Dane | ||
