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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 $150,000 in total prize money and is only open to mares aged four-years-old and above.

The Wenona Girl Handicap is one of seven 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 Canterbuty 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 2018 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 10, 2018 and was won by Kris Lees’ Randwick specialist Sugar Bella.

2018 Wenona Girl Handicap
Date:	Saturday March 10, 2018
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2018 Wenona Girl Handicap Results

• 1st: #9 Sugar Bella
• 2nd: #12 Miss Que
• 3rd: 34 Perizada

Check out the official Wenona Girl Handicap 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, the race narrowly won by the Kris Lees-trained favourite Sugar Bella who made it four wins on the trot and retained her undefeated status at Randwick (3:3-0-0) and over the distance (3:3-0-0).

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	9	SUGAR BELLA	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	–	3	53kg	$2.30F
2	12	MISS QUE	Joseph Pride	Corey Brown	0.1L	8	53kg	$10
3	4	PERIZADA	Ron Weston & John Nisbet	Christian Reith	0.6L	10	53.5kg	$12
4	1	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	0.7L	6	59kg	$8
5	8	GIBRALTAR GIRL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Andrew Adkins	1.9L	7	53kg	$26
6	6	MY COUNTRY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Rachel King (a)	2.6L	5	53kg	$26
7	7	SLOW BURN	Les Bridge	Tim Clark	3.2L	11	53kg	$4.20
8	10	SMART AMELIA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Winona Costin	3.9L	1	53kg	$101
9	11	CONCHITA	Paul Perry	Ms Jess Taylor	4L	9	53kg	$101
10	3	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Glyn Schofield	4.9L	4	55kg	$17
11	2	IMPOSING LASS (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Jay Ford	5.2L	2	55kg	$41
–	13	GALA MOSHEA	Brett Conlon	Zac Spain (a)	–	0	–	–
–	5	ALL OVER BOSANOVA	John O’Shea	Brenton Avdulla	–	0	–	–

2018 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting & Odds

The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2018 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race below.

2018 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 2018 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on Wednesday March 7, 2018 and will be published in full below.

The Wenona Girl Handicap 2018 Final Field features 13 mares including the firming favourite Sugar Bella drawn ideally in barrier three and chasing a fourth win on the trot including back-to-back victories at the Randwick track. Perizada has a wide barrier 11 barrier to overcome as she seeks her third straight win this campaign, while the returning Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Ravi shapes-up as a danger first-up despite carrying top weight.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1x493x134x	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	59kg	102
2	21x325394x	IMPOSING LASS (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Jay Ford	2	55kg	94
3	0210x430x7	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Glyn Schofield	4	55kg	94
4	6x24112x11	PERIZADA	Ron Weston & John Nisbet	Christian Reith	11	53.5kg	91
5	1x5021x27x	ALL OVER BOSANOVA	John O’Shea	Brenton Avdulla	6	53kg	87
6	740×913730	MY COUNTRY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Rachel King (a)	5	53kg	86
7	136x1312x	SLOW BURN	Les Bridge	Tim Clark	13	53kg	82
8	x519x306x4	GIBRALTAR GIRL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Andrew Adkins	8	53kg	81
9	117×111	SUGAR BELLA	Kris Lees	Jason Collett	3	53kg	79
10	313338x50x	SMART AMELIA	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Winona Costin	1	53kg	74
11	205x2468x4	CONCHITA	Paul Perry	Ms Jess Taylor	10	53kg	73
12	16×13	MISS QUE	Joseph Pride	Corey Brown	9	53kg	72
13	240x7128x3	GALA MOSHEA	Brett Conlon	Zac Spain (a)	12	53kg	62

2018 Wenona Girl Handicap Nominations

The Wenona Girl Handicap 2018 nominations close on the Monday of race week and will be released below as soon as available.

The official 2018 Wenona Girl Handicap Nominations drew a bumper 17 mares including the in-form Matthew Smith-trained Faraway Town chasing a third win on the trot after a lead-up Group 3 Triscay Stakes win at the track and the also flying Sugar Bella who has won all three starts this time in.

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
2019 Wenona Girl Handicap	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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