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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 $200,000 in total prize money as of 2023 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 2022 Wenona Girl Handicap form was franked with the winner Belluci Babe going on to run a solid fourth in both the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) and Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) that autumn.

The Wenona Girl Handicap 2023 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 4, 2023 and was ultimately won by the John O’Shea-trained Jal Lei ($13) who crossed third but won a protest over first past the post Jump The Broom. 

2023 Wenona Girl Handicap
Date:	Saturday March 4, 2023
Track:	Royal Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Wenona Girl Handicap Results

• 1st: #13 Jal Lei ($13) 
• 2nd: #5 Tycoon Evie
• 3rd: #10 Jump The Broom

A successful protest by apprentice jockey Reece Jones saw the John O’Shea-trained Sebring four-year-old Jal Lei ($13) come away with a valuable black-type win in the 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap results to close the Randwick Guineas Day card in Sydney. Original first past the post Jump The Broom was subsequently relegated to third.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	13	JAL LEI	John O’Shea	Reece Jones (a)		2	53kg		$13
	2	5	TYCOON EVIE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Zac Purton	0.13L	3	54kg		$9.50
	3	10	JUMP THE BROOM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	0.76L	9	53kg		$8
	4	8	WRITTEN BEAUTY	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	1.89L	8	53kg		$9.50
	5	7	BRING THE RANSOM	Bjorn Baker	Dylan Gibbons (a)	2.06L	6	53kg		$21
	6	9	PO KARE KARE (NZ)	Bryce Heys	Tyler Schiller (a)	2.49L	7	53kg		$6.50
	7	2	SKY COMMAND	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Regan Bayliss	2.68L	4	56.5kg		$3F
	8	4	BAROSSA ROSA	Tracey Bartley	Brenton Avdulla	2.83L	5	54kg		$6
	9	1	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	4.78L	1	59.5kg		$14
		12	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Ms Rachel King		0
		6	BLESS HER	Clayton Douglas			0
		3	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	James McDonald		0
		11	KATALIN	James Cummings	Brock Ryan		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting Odds

The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2023 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race below.

Fasika ($2.30 in 2020) and Belluci Babe ($3 in 2022) are the last favourites in Wenona Girl Handicap betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 WENONA GIRL HANDICAP ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Wenona Girl Handicap Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 WENONA GIRL HANDICAP FORM GUIDE

2023 Wenona Girl Handicap Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Wenona Girl Handicap 2023 Tips on the Randwick Guineas Day support act this autumn.

• To Win: #9 Po Kare Kare ($6.50 at time of publish) 

Going for a value bet in the Wenona and have the airborne Po Kare Kare on top in an open race. The Bryce Heys-trained Savabeel four-year-old has won two of her last three. She rose in grade last time out and won the Group 3 Triscay Stakes at this track and distance at a big price. Gets the chance at back-to-back Group 3s at Randwick getting in on 53kg again. Wider draw but was impressive last start. Can surprise a few again.

2023 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 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on Wednesday March 1, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The Wenona Girl Quality Handicap 2023 final field features a strong line-up of mares led in betting by resuming Razor Sharp Handicap winning four-year-old Sky Command.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2415x7109x	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	1	59.5kg			108
2	40x381321x	SKY COMMAND	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Regan Bayliss	7	56.5kg			102
3	227x2910x5	ARGENTIA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	James McDonald	2	55.5kg			100
4	7x1020x114	BAROSSA ROSA	Tracey Bartley	Brenton Avdulla	8	54kg			93
5	0x641x048x	TYCOON EVIE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Zac Purton	6	54kg	55kg		91
6	3x4585206x	BLESS HER	Clayton Douglas		12	54kg			90
7	31450x100x	BRING THE RANSOM	Bjorn Baker	Dylan Gibbons (a)	9	53kg			95
8	1559x720x7	WRITTEN BEAUTY	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	11	53kg			95
9	1x3174x161	PO KARE KARE (NZ)	Bryce Heys	Tyler Schiller (a)	10	53kg			94
10	140x0692x2	JUMP THE BROOM	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	13	53kg			92
11	3x323640x7	KATALIN	James Cummings	Brock Ryan	5	53kg			87
12	03470×9631	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Ms Rachel King	4	53kg			80
13	08x623255x	JAL LEI	John O’Shea	Reece Jones (a)	3	53kg			77

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Wenona Girl Nominations

Early nominations on the Wenona Girl Handicap in 2023 will be provided below once announced by Racing NSW on the Monday ahead of the race.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2415x7109x	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	M	7	John O’Shea	1	59.5kg	59.5kg		108
2	40x381321x	SKY COMMAND	M	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	2	56.5kg	56.5kg		102
3	227x2910x5	ARGENTIA	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	3=	55.5kg	55.5kg		100
4	x332631x02	LARKSPUR RUN	M	4	James Cummings	3=	55.5kg	55.5kg		100
5	31450x100x	BRING THE RANSOM	M	6	Bjorn Baker	5=	54kg	53kg		95
6	1559x720x7	WRITTEN BEAUTY	M	5	Chris Waller	5=	54kg	53kg		95
7	1x3174x161	PO KARE KARE (NZ)	M	4	Bryce Heys	7	54kg	53kg		94
8	7x1020x114	BAROSSA ROSA	M	5	Tracey Bartley	8	54kg	53kg		93
9	140x0692x2	JUMP THE BROOM	M	5	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	9	54kg	53kg		92
10	0x641x048x	TYCOON EVIE	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	10	54kg	53kg		91
11	3x4585206x	BLESS HER	M	6	Clayton Douglas	11=	54kg	53kg		90
12	1111x4x	PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE	M	4	Grahame Begg	11=	54kg	53kg		90
13	3x323640x7	KATALIN	M	6	James Cummings	13	54kg	53kg		87
14	03470×9631	BELSIELLE	M	5	David & Coral Feek	14	54kg	53kg		80
15	211x131x4	HYPOTHETICAL	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	15	54kg	53kg		79
16	08x623255x	JAL LEI	M	4	John O’Shea	16	54kg	53kg		77
17	117x9x135	SNAPPED	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	17	54kg	53kg		76
18	45379×1532	BITCOIN BABY	M	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	18	54kg	53kg		71
19	76529x19x7	FUMIKO	M	4	Kristen Buchanan	19	54kg	53kg		70

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.

There was a protest upheld (3rd vs 1st) in the 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap results that saw Jal Lei elevated to the winner’s stall while Jump The Broom was relegated to third.

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
2023 Wenona Girl Handicap	1st	Jal Lei (on protest)	1 minute 09.83 seconds
	2nd	Tycoon Evie
	3rd	Jump The Broom (relegated)
2022 Wenona Girl Handicap	1st	Belluci Babe	1 minute 12.97 seconds
	2nd	Tricky Gal
	3rd	Never Talk
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