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The Toy Show Quality is a 1100m sprint, having been reduced in distance from 1300m for the 2019 edition, held towards the beginning of the Spring Racing Carnival every August at Royal Randwick Racecourse.

The Toy Show Quality is open only to fillies and mares and is run under quality handicap conditions. Raced across a distance of 1100m, the Toy Show Quality provides female gallopers with a nice spring kick-off looking ahead to the longer sprint races over the carnival.

Because the Toy Show Quality is held relatively early in the Spring Racing Carnival, many trainers target it as an early performance for their horse. There is usually a mixture of horses racing first-up, those who have already had black-type experience in their current campaign, and those who are only just kicking things off and may have had an unlisted run or two prior.

The Toy Show Quality shares the Group 1 Winx Stakes Day with two other Group 3 events, the Show County Quality (1200m) and the Up And Coming Stakes. Also on the day are the Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) and the feature event, the recently upgraded Group 1 Winx Stakes – formerly the Warwick Stakes (1400m) – named in honour of four-time Cox Plate champion Winx.

Fillies and mares who run in the Toy Show Quality might go on to races such as the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes or the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes. The form has held up in better races over the years including the 2018 winner Egyptian Symbol winning the following year’s $1 million Magic Millions Sprint on the Gold Coast.

The Toy Show Quality also serves as a good lead-up into the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill the following month, a double most recently completed by Mizzy (2019). Mizzy also won that year’s Group 2 $400,000 Golden Pendant (1400m) before third placings in the $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) and $7.5 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) for four-year-old horses.

The 2020 Toy Show Quality ran on Saturday August 22, 2020 and was won in a photo by the John Thompson-trained topweight Sweet Deal.

Toy Show Quality
Date:	Saturday August 22, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	3YO&UP F&M Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Toy Show Quality Results

• 1st: #1 Sweet Deal
• 2nd: #11 Zaniah
• 3rd: #7 Seasons

The official Toy Show Quality 2020 results will be available here once the Winx Stakes Day support act is run and won on Saturday August 22, 2020.

The 2020 Toy Show Quality results saw class rise to the top with John Thompson’s returning topweight Sweet Deal ($6.50) just holding on to defeat Zaniah (2nd) in a thrilling photo finish.

Click here to read more on the brave 2020 Toy Show Quality win by the topweight Sweet Deal.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	SWEET DEAL	John Thompson	James McDonald		4	59kg		$6.50
	2	11	ZANIAH	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	0.1L	3	53kg		$26
	3	7	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	0.3L	2	53kg		$9
	4	5	YAMAZAKI	David Pfieffer	Tommy Berry	1.7L	6	54kg		$15
	5	9	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King	1.9L	1	53kg		$9.50
	6	6	ADELONG	Brad Widdup	Tim Clark	2L	7	53.5kg		$2.15F
	7	2	EVALINA	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	2.4L	9	55kg		$21
	8	10	MUSICAL GENIUS (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Robbie Dolan	2.5L	5	53kg		$16
	9	4	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Glen Boss	5.8L	8	54kg		$17
	10	3	IN GOOD TIME	Tracey Bartley	Ms Kathy O’Hara	5.9L	10	54kg		$26
		8	WITHERSPOON	Kris Lees	Ms Louise Day (a)		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Toy Show Quality Odds

The latest Toy Show Quality 2020 odds will be available below courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as betting on the Group 3 feature opens.

Mizzy ($3.30 in 2019) was the last favourite in Toy Show Quality betting to win.

2020 Toy Show Quality Field

The full 2020 Toy Show Quality field, barriers, jockeys, weights and current Fixed Win odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be published for punters below following final acceptances on the Wednesday of race week.

John Thompson’s returning Casino Prince mare Sweet Deal leads an 11-horse field in the Toy Show Quality for 2020, the multiple Group winner carrying the 59kg topweight from barrier five.

Adelong dominates Toy Show Quality betting at a near odds-on price having won six of her eight starts to date including the last three on the trot in easier company.

Update: Witherspoon has been scratched from the event and instead takes on Group 1-bound Brooklyn Hustle at The Valley later on Saturday afternoon in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m).

Click here to read more on the Adelong-led Toy Show Quality 2020 field and betting markets.

Read more: Full 2020 Winx Stakes Day Scratchings & Track Report.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1131x1255x	SWEET DEAL	John Thompson	James McDonald	5	59kg			105
2	639x71376x	EVALINA	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	10	55kg			97
3	6397×04150	IN GOOD TIME	Tracey Bartley	Ms Kathy O’Hara	11	54kg			95
4	114x39727x	RIVER BIRD	Jason Coyle	Glen Boss	9	54kg			89
5	43x217690x	YAMAZAKI	David Pfieffer	Tommy Berry	7	54kg			82
6	1112x2111x	ADELONG	Brad Widdup	Tim Clark	8	53.5kg			92
7	12x81x764x	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	2	53kg			90
8	2×16203113	WITHERSPOON	Kris Lees	Ms Louise Day (a)	4	53kg			88
9	x62122340x	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Ms Rachel King	1	53kg			87
10	05x5561x22	MUSICAL GENIUS (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Robbie Dolan	6	53kg			78
11	11x133x287	ZANIAH	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	3	53kg			71

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 Toy Show Quality Nominations

Nominations for the Toy Show Quality 2020 are taken on the Monday of race week and will be available in full below.

Seventeen mares are nominated for the 2020 Toy Show Quality including the top-rated Sweet Deal for John Thompson and the ultra-consistent Adelong resuming after winning three straight last time in.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1112x2111x	ADELONG	M	5	Brad Widdup	92
2	639x71376x	EVALINA	M	5	Kris Lees	97
3	9x2x11623x	ICEBATH (NZ)	M	4	Brad Widdup	74
4	6397×04150	IN GOOD TIME	M	6	Tracey Bartley	95
5	x62122340x	INVICTUS SALUTE	M	5	Mark Newnham	87
6	05x5561x22	MUSICAL GENIUS (NZ)	M	6	Joseph Pride	78
7	231x50340x	NUDGE	M	4	Chris Waller	84
8	114x39727x	RIVER BIRD	M	5	Jason Coyle	89
9	011x1816x6	SANGRIA	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	79
10	12x81x764x	SEASONS	M	6	Les Bridge	90
11	2316×68637	SOPHIELLA	M	7	Bjorn Baker	70
12	1131x1255x	SWEET DEAL	M	6	John Thompson	105
13	x42541314x	TO YOUR HEALTH	M	6	Anthony Cummings	72
14	36241×1121	WANDABAA	M	4	Kris Lees	90
15	2×16203113	WITHERSPOON	M	5	Kris Lees	88
16	43x217690x	YAMAZAKI	M	5	David Pfieffer	82
17	11x133x287	ZANIAH	M	5	Kris Lees	71

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Toy Show Quality History

The Toy Show Quality was inaugurated in 1995 and originally ran as a listed race. The first edition of the Toy Show Quality was won by Joie Denise. While not a very old race, the Toy Show Quality has developed a decent reputation for providing an entertaining, competitive race with plenty of opportunity to gauge form.

The race is named after champion runner Toy Show, whose trophies include the 1975 Golden Slipper Stakes and the 1976 Thousand Guineas and Newmarket Handicap.

The Toy Show Quality was originally raced over a distance of 1400m. However, a move to Canterbury Park in 2000 saw the race reduced to 1300m for two years. In 2002, it again returned to 1400m, a distance it maintained until 2011. The race distance underwent another change for the 2019 edition being cut to just 1100m.

Upgraded to a Group 3 event in 2013, the Toy Show Quality has been hosted by three major Sydney racecourse; Royal Randwick Racecourse, Warwick Farm Racecourse and Canterbury Park.

Notable Toy Show Quality winners include Captivating (1997), Chiming Lass (2000), Illuminates (2010), Red Tracer (2011) and Mizzy (2019).

Toy Show Quality results and winning times since the year 2000 are below.

Toy Show Quality Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Toy Show Quality	1st	Sweet Deal	1 minute 2.23 seconds
	2nd	Zaniah
	3rd	Seasons
2019 Toy Show Quality	1st	Mizzy	1 minute 4.44 seconds
	2nd	Soothing
	3rd	My Xpression
2019 Toy Show Quality	1st	Mizzy	1 minute 2.23 seconds
	2nd	Soothing
	3rd	My Xpression
2018 Toy Show Quality	1st	Egyptian Symbol	1 minute 17.4 seconds
	2nd	Zestful
	3rd	Nettoyer
2017 Toy Show Quality	1st	Sweet Redemption	1 minute 14.9 seconds
	2nd	Euro Angel
	3rd	Imposing Lass
2016 Toy Show Quality	1st	Pearls	1 minute 17.3 seconds
	2nd	Dixie Blossoms
	3rd	Elle Lou
2015 Toy Show Quality	1st	Amicus	1 minute 15.6 seconds
	2nd	Echo Gal
	3rd	Wine Tales
2014 Toy Show Quality	1st	My Sabeel	1 minute 19.2 seconds
	2nd	Bennetta
	3rd	Angel Bee
2013 Toy Show Quality	1st	Hidden Kisses	1 minute 16.6 seconds
	2nd	Royal Descent
	3rd	Queen’s Elect
2012 Toy Show Quality	1st	Dystopia	1 minute 16.2 seconds
	2nd	Crafty Irna
	3rd	Irish Dream
2011 Toy Show Quality	1st	Red Tracer	1 minute 19.5 seconds
	2nd	Secret Admirer
	3rd	Jerezana
2010 Toy Show Quality	1st	Illuminates	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Vintedge
	3rd	Spirited One
2009 Toy Show Quality	1st	Moti	1 minute 21.9 seconds
	2nd	Miss Marielle
	3rd	Nediyms Dream
2008 Toy Show Quality	1st	Kishkat	1 minute 25.8 seconds
	2nd	Vecchia Roma
	3rd	Fantastic Angel
2007 Toy Show Quality	1st	Race Not Held	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Toy Show Quality	1st	Walk Alone	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Shirl Pegasus
	3rd	Melody
2005 Toy Show Quality	1st	Nevis	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Loftily
	3rd	Battle Maiden
2004 Toy Show Quality	1st	Catreign	1 minute 23.6 seconds
	2nd	Zagalia
	3rd	Freeroller
2003 Toy Show Quality	1st	Arrabeea	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Spurcent
	3rd	Mon Mekki
2002 Toy Show Quality	1st	Youhadyourwarning	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Size Her Up
	3rd	Winona
2001 Toy Show Quality	1st	Winona	1 minute 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Aloha Charm
	3rd	Interbank
2000 Toy Show Quality	1st	Chiming Lass	1 minute 16.9 seconds
	2nd	Storm Princess
	3rd	Planiceps