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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 $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 2020 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 7, 2020 and was won by the resuming favourite Fasika. 

2020 Wenona Girl Handicap
Date:	Saturday March 7, 2020
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2020 Wenona Girl Handicap Results

• 1st: #3 Fasika
• 2nd: #2 I Am Excited
• 3rd: #4 Resin

The returning Joe Pride-trained So You Think mare Fasika added to her strong first-up record saluting for the punters in the 2020 Wenona Girl Handicap results with a one length win fresh over I Am Excited ($10).

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	3	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	–	6	56.5kg	$2.30F
2	2	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Hugh Bowman	1L	4	58.5kg	$10
3	4	RESIN	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	1.2L	5	53.5kg	$8
4	6	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Tim Clark	2.5L	2	53kg	$6.50
5	5	BANGKOK	Allan Denham	Robbie Dolan (a)	2.8L	3	53kg	$26
6	7	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	3.1L	8	53kg	$6.50
7	8	SPIRITUAL PURSUIT	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	5.9L	1	53kg	$16
8	1	BOOKER	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	8.8L	7	59kg	$11

2020 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting & Odds

The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2020 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race below.

2020 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 2020 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on Wednesday March 4, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The card opener on Randwick Guineas Day, the Wenona Girl Handicap 2020 field features just eight mares led in betting by the returning Joe Pride-trained Silver Eagle runner-up Fasika.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x19x0x807x	BOOKER	Gerald Ryan	Joshua Parr	7	59kg	107
2	68105x77x5	I AM EXCITED	David Pfieffer	Hugh Bowman	4	58.5kg	106
3	111x229x	FASIKA	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	6	56.5kg	102
4	3268x749x8	RESIN	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	5	53.5kg	96
5	720211267x	BANGKOK	Allan Denham	Robbie Dolan (a)	3	53kg	89
6	321×621223	INVICTUS SALUTE	Mark Newnham	Tim Clark	2	53kg	88
7	11x12x81x7	SEASONS	Les Bridge	Kerrin McEvoy	8	53kg	86
8	2x218x7492	SPIRITUAL PURSUIT	Jason Coyle	Ms Kathy O’Hara	1	53kg	84

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
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