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The Group 3 Wenona Girl Handicap is held each autumn in Sydney on Randwick Guineas Day.
2021 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #10 Vulpine
- 2nd: #4 Seasons
- 3rd: #6 Emanate
Wenona Girl Handicap News
The Wenona Girl Handicap is a Group 3 sprint race run in early to mid March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Contested over 1200m the quality handicap event offers $160,000 in total prize money and is only open to mares aged four-years-old and above.
The Wenona Girl Handicap is one of a host of Group status races run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Randwick Guineas Day. The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds and the weight-for-age Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m).
Many mares in the Wenona Girl Handicap field may have had a previous Randwick run in February’s Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m). A nice next-up option is Rosehill’s Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) a fortnight after the Wenona Girl Handicap or possibly the previous week’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m).
The Wenona Girl Handicap 2021 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 6, 2021 and was won in an upset by Vulpine.
| 2021 Wenona Girl Handicap | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday March 6, 2021 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $160,000 |
2021 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #10 Vulpine
- 2nd: #4 Seasons
- 3rd: #6 Emanate
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | VULPINE | Brad Widdup | Robbie Dolan | 9 | 53kg | $14 | |||
| 2 | 4 | SEASONS | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 0.8L | 3 | 54kg | $18 | ||
| 3 | 6 | EMANATE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 1L | 4 | 53kg | $1.90F | ||
| 4 | 5 | JEN RULES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 2.6L | 6 | 53kg | $9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | FIESTA | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 2.9L | 8 | 57.5kg | $5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | EVALINA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 4L | 5 | 54.5kg | $16 | ||
| 7 | 1 | POSITIVE PEACE | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 5.7L | 2 | 58kg | $15 | ||
| 8 | 7 | STOLEN JADE | Clarry Conners | Jay Ford | 5.8L | 7 | 53kg | $20 | ||
| 9 | 8 | ZANIAH | Kris Lees | Ms Alysha Collett | 5.9L | 1 | 53kg | $61 | ||
| 9 | FANCIFUL DREAM | Paul Perry | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2021 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting & Odds
The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2021 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race below.
Fasika ($2.30 in 2020) was the last favourite in Wenona Girl Handicap betting to salute for the punters.
2021 Wenona Girl Handicap Field
The Wenona Girl Handicap field attracts a strong line-up of quality sprinting mares who could be eyeing tougher runs later in the autumn and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2021 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on Wednesday March 3, 2021 and will be published in full below.
The Wenona Girl Quality 2021 final field features 10 mares led in betting by the odds-on fancy Emanate for Godolphin.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7x040130x5 | POSITIVE PEACE | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 2 | 58kg | 104 | ||
| 2 | 2092x3117x | FIESTA | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 8 | 57.5kg | 103 | ||
| 3 | 76x745753x | EVALINA | Kris Lees | Jason Collett | 5 | 54.5kg | 97 | ||
| 4 | x764x3300x | SEASONS | Les Bridge | Kerrin McEvoy | 3 | 54kg | 90 | ||
| 5 | 2334x2396x | JEN RULES | Peter & Paul Snowden | Andrew Adkins | 6 | 53kg | 93 | ||
| 6 | 3x72111x31 | EMANATE | James Cummings | Ms Rachel King | 4 | 53kg | 87 | ||
| 7 | 2214×11110 | STOLEN JADE | Clarry Conners | Jay Ford | 7 | 53kg | 83 | ||
| 8 | 3x287203x6 | ZANIAH | Kris Lees | Ms Alysha Collett | 1 | 53kg | 83 | ||
| 9 | 012219×754 | FANCIFUL DREAM | Paul Perry | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 10 | 53kg | 75 | ||
| 10 | 3×86483112 | VULPINE | Brad Widdup | Robbie Dolan | 9 | 53kg | 73 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Wenona Girl Handicap History
The Wenona Girl Handicap was first contested in 2006 and won by a mare called Wonderer. Over its short history the event has run at both Randwick Racecourse and Warwick Farm Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Wenona Girl who is in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and won a host of majors during the 1960s including the Rosehill Guineas (1960) and CF Orr Stakes (1962).
Starting out as a Listed race it gained Group 3 status in 2014 and in 2014 was run as the Roy Higgins Tribute Quality honouring champion jockey Roy Higgins (1938-2014) who died the week of the race.
Quality mares including Beaded (2010), Griante (2015) and Savoureux (2016) have won the Wenona Girl Handicap over the past decade.
Recent Wenona Girl Handicap Winners
See below for the full list of Wenona Girl Handicap results and winners going back to its inauguration in 2006.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Vulpine | 1 minute 08.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Seasons | ||
| 3rd | Emanate | ||
| 2020 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Fasika | 1 minute 09.94 seconds |
| 2nd | I Am Excited | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2019 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Winter Bride | 1 minute 07.73 seconds |
| 2nd | Spright | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2018 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Sugar Bella | 1 minute 08.85 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Que | ||
| 3rd | Perizada | ||
| 2017 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rocket Commander | 1 minute 13.87 seconds |
| 2nd | Hieroglyphics | ||
| 3rd | Zestful | ||
| 2016 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Savoureux | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Private Secretary | ||
| 3rd | Flashing Speed | ||
| 2015 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Griante | 1 minute 08.6 seconds |
| 2nd | I Love It | ||
| 3rd | Slots | ||
| 2014 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | A Time For Julia | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Lilliburlero | ||
| 3rd | Recoinage | ||
| 2013 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Choice Words (note: Arinosa disqualified) | 1 minute 09.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Ladys Angel | ||
| 3rd | Cathay Lady | ||
| 2012 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rose Of Peace | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Quidnunc | ||
| 3rd | Alberton Park | ||
| 2011 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Ofcourseican | 1 minute 8.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Flying Success | ||
| 3rd | Trim | ||
| 2010 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Beaded | 1 minute 9.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Alverta | ||
| 3rd | Illuminates | ||
| 2009 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Belong To Many | 1 minute 10.53 seconds |
| 2nd | Espurante | ||
| 3rd | Ugly Betty | ||
| 2008 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Litter | 1 minute 11.05 seconds |
| 2nd | Danasierra | ||
| 3rd | A Country Girl | ||
| 2007 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Kakakakatie | 1 minute 9.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Aunty Betty | ||
| 3rd | Storm Alert | ||
| 2006 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Wonderer | 1 minute 10.91 seconds |
| 2nd | Radio Song | ||
| 3rd | One In A Million | ||
