Wenona Girl Quality

Wenona Girl Quality
Group 3 race
Location Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia
Inaugurated 2006
Race type Thoroughbred
Sponsor Schweppes (2018)
Race information
Distance 1,200 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Mares four years old and older
Weight Quality handicap
Purse $150,000 (2018)

The Wenona Girl Quality is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for mares aged four-years-old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$150,000.

History

The race is named after champion Australian Racing Hall of Fame mare Wenona Girl, who won 27 races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At the time of her retirement she was the highest stakes winning mare to have raced in Australia.[2]

In 2014 the race was named after champion jockey Roy Higgins (1938–2014), who had died early in the week of the scheduled race.

Name

  • 2006–2013 - Wenona Girl Quality Handicap
  • 2014 - Roy Higgins Tribute Quality
  • 2015-16 - Wenona Girl Handicap
  • 2017 - Wenona Girl Quality

Grade

  • 2006–2013 - Listed race
  • 2014 onwards - Group 3

Venue

Winners

  • 2018 - Sugar Bella[3]
  • 2017 - Rocket Commander[4]
  • 2016 - Savoureux[5]
  • 2015 - Griante[6]
  • 2014 - A Time For Julia[7]
  • 2013 - Arinosa[8]
  • 2012 - Rose Of Peace[9]
  • 2011 - Ofcourseican[10]
  • 2010 - Beaded[11]
  • 2009 - Belong To Many[12]
  • 2008 - Litter[13]
  • 2007 - Kakakakatie[14]
  • 2006 - Wonderer[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Wenona Girl Handicap". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wenona Girl". Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2018 Result – Schweppes Wenona Girl Quality (held 10 March 2018)". breednet.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "2017 Result – Schweppes Wenona Girl Qlty (held 4 March 2017)". breednet.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "2016 Result – Chi-X Aust. Wenona Girl Qlty (held 5 March 2016)". breednet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "2015 Result – Wenona Girl Qlty (held 7 March 2015)". breednet.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "2014 Result – Roy Higgins Tribute Qlty (held 15 March 2014)". breednet.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "2013 Result – Wenona Girl Handicap (held 16 March 2013)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "2012 Result – TAB Sportsbet Iphone App Wenona Girl Handicap (held 17 March 2012)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "2011 Result – TAB Sportsbet Iphone App Wenona Girl Handicap (held 12 March 2011)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "2010 Result – Turnpoint Wenona Girl Handicap (held 13 March 2010)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "2009 Result – Turnpoint Wenona Girl Handicap (held 14 March 2009)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "2008 Result – Cargo Bar Wenona Girl Quality (held 29 March 2008)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "2007 Result – Bigpond Sport Wenona Girl Handicap (held 10 March 2007)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "2006 Result – Marriott Hotels Australia Wenona Girl Quality (held 18 March 2006)". Racing NSW (Aus.). Retrieved 2 March 2015.


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