Empire Rose Stakes
Horse race in Melbourne, Australia
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The Empire Rose Stakes, is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under Weight for Age conditions, for fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards, over a distance of 1600 metres, held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia during the VRC Spring Carnival on Victoria Derby day.[1] Total prize money for the race is A$1,000,000.
| Class | Group 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1988 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | TAB (2025) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Fillies and mares three years old and older |
| Weight | Weight for Age |
| Purse | $1,000,000 (2025) |
History
The registered race is named after Empire Rose, the champion mare who won the 1988 LKS MacKinnon Stakes – Melbourne Cup double.[2]
Name
- 1988–1992 - The Honda Legend
- 1993 - Hong Kong Bank Stakes
- 1994–2001 - Hardy Brothers Classic
- 2002–2004 - Nestle Peters Classic
- 2005–2017 - Myer Classic
- 2018 onwards - Empire Rose Stakes
Distance
- 1988 onwards - 1,600 metres
Grade
- 1988–1994 - Listed Race
- 1995–1996 - Group 3
- 1997–2003 - Group 2
- 2004 onwards - Group 1
Winners
- 2025 - Pride Of Jenni[3]
- 2024 - Atishu[4]
- 2023 - Pride Of Jenni[5]
- 2022 - Icebath[6]
- 2021 - Colette[7]
- 2020 - Shout The Bar[8]
- 2019 - Melody Belle[9]
- 2018 - Shillelagh[10]
- 2017 - Shoals[11]
- 2016 - I Am A Star[12]
- 2015 - Politeness[13]
- 2014 - Bonaria[14]
- 2013 - Red Tracer[15]
- 2012 - Appearance[16]
- 2011 - Hurtle Myrtle[17]
- 2010 - Sacred Choice[18]
- 2009 - Typhoon Tracy[19]
- 2008 - Forensics[20]
- 2007 - Divine Madonna[21]
- 2006 - Lyrical Bid[22]
- 2005 - Lotteria[23]
- 2004 - Miss Potential[24]
- 2003 - Zanna[25]
- 2002 - Miss Zoe[26]
- 2001 - Market Price[27]
- 2000 - Super Sequel[28]
- 1999 - Noircir[29]
- 1998 - Bonanova[30]
- 1997 - Prairie[31]
- 1996 - Rose of Portland[32]
- 1995 - Aunty Mary[33]
- 1994 - Sedately
- 1993 - Mingling Glances
- 1992 - Excited Angel
- 1991 - Western Chorus
- 1990 - Natural Wonder
- 1989 - Echo Lass
- 1988 - Concordance
