Quezette Stakes
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| Class | Group 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1992 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Neds (2022) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,100 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Three year old fillies |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $200,000 (2022) |
The Quezette Stakes is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held under set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres, held at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia annually in August.[1] Total prizemoney for the race is A$200,000.
Name
The race first held in 1992 is in honour of the 1967 Merson Cooper Stakes (Listed Race) winner Quezette, who won seven races in her two-year-old season and was placed in the Group 1 Crown Oaks as a three-year-old. Quezette established the Australian record for five furlongs in 56.4 seconds.[2] In 2016 the event was run as the Winslow Group Stakes.[3]
Distance
- 1992–2005 – 1200 metres
- 2006 onwards - 1100 metres
Grade
- 1994–2012 - Listed race
- 2013 - Group 3 status
Venue
- 1992–1996 - Sandown Park Racecourse
- 1997 - Caulfield Racecourse
- 1998–2001 - Sandown Park Racecourse
- 2002 onwards - Caulfield Racecourse