Champion mare Winx has been included in the sixty first acceptances for the 2017 Group 1 $1m Coolmore Legacy (1600m), formally known as the Queen Of The Turf Stakes, at Randwick on April 8.
Winx is one of eight fillies and mares trainer Chris Waller has paid the first acceptance fee for the $1m weight for age race for the females on day two of ‘The Championships’.
Waller’s other first acceptances are the well performed fillies Omei Sword and Foxplay along with Chandana, Elle Lou, French Emotion, Shillelagh and Zumbelina.
While the Group 1 $4m Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) is Winx’s main target of ‘The Championships’, Waller has kept the glamour mare in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes on the same day as insurance in case she suffers a setback during her Autumn Carnival campaign.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott might only have two horses in the first acceptances for the Queen Of The Turf Stakes, but they are full of quality with dual Group 1 winning filly Global Glamour and Group 1 All Aged Stakes winner English who resumed for the Autumn with a first up win in the Group 2 $500,000 Hyland Race Colours Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick last Saturday.
Other notable first acceptors for the Queen Of The Turf Stakes are the Lindsay Park trained Harlow Gold and Rising Romance, Ron Quinton’s Dixie Blossoms, Dansih Twist from the Kris Lees stable, John Thompson’s Group 1 winner First Seal, Myer Classic winner I Am A Star and Melbourne mare Silent Sedition.
Early market order for the Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Ladbrokes.com.au: $6 Omei Sword, Winx, $8 Dixie Blossoms, $9 Global Glamour, $13 English, $15 Danish Twist, Foxplay, Heavens Above, Silent Sedition, $17 Denmagic, First Seal, I Am A Star, $21 Abbey Marie, Euro Angel, French Emotion, $26 ore better the rest.
2017 Queen Of The Turf Stakes First Acceptances
# | Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating |
1 | 111×84 | ABBEY MARIE | M | 4 | Michael Kent | 97 |
2 | 7x15355x79 | ALASKAN ROSE (NZ) | M | 4 | Michael Moroney | 84 |
3 | 353x11292x | ANISHA | M | 5 | Mark Newnham | 70 |
4 | 31x5629x33 | CHANDANA | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 72 |
5 | 7x33311x56 | CIRCULAR | M | 4 | John O’Shea | 92 |
6 | 63105×6 | CLASSIC DIVA | F | 3 | Robbie Griffiths | |
7 | 6x47110x42 | CLOCKWORK ORANGE | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | |
8 | 118x359x47 | DANISH TWIST | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 102 |
9 | 2x44434x24 | DENMAGIC | M | 4 | David Pfieffer | 97 |
10 | 10x000560x | DIAMOND MADE | M | 4 | Bruce Cross | 71 |
11 | 2x20214x31 | DIXIE BLOSSOMS | M | 4 | Ron Quinton | 105 |
12 | 15137×8911 | ELLE LOU | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 98 |
13 | 631x5470x1 | ENGLISH | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 110 |
14 | 3x12x210x2 | EURO ANGEL (NZ) | M | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 99 |
15 | 811849x | EXOCET | F | 3 | Lee & Anthony Freedman | |
16 | x23121435x | EXTENSIBLE | M | 5 | Peter & Paul Snowden | |
17 | 534×394852 | FARAWAY TOWN | F | 3 | Matthew Smith | 76 |
18 | 3x13523x8 | FIFE | M | 4 | Robert Smerdon | |
19 | x1240x518x | FIRST SEAL | M | 5 | John P Thompson | 110 |
20 | 1x0060471x | FLYING JESS | F | 3 | John Moloney | |
21 | 212x114x24 | FOXPLAY | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 92 |
22 | x672162x88 | FRENCH EMOTION | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 100 |
23 | 3110×60 | FRENCH FERN | F | 3 | David Payne | 82 |
24 | x3611x9213 | GLOBAL GLAMOUR | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 107 |
25 | 130x6333x6 | HAPPY HANNAH | M | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 93 |
26 | x611562x34 | HARLOW GOLD (NZ) | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 94 |
27 | 22x41670x9 | HEAVENS ABOVE | M | 5 | Tim Martin | 103 |
28 | 7x212x | HURRY (NZ) | F | 3 | Michael Moroney | |
29 | x154231x27 | I AM A STAR (NZ) | F | 3 | Shane Nichols | 107 |
30 | 22×1541112 | INVINCIBLE GEM | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 94 |
31 | 35x046741x | JESSY BELLE | M | 6 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 98 |
32 | 3511x2286x | LA LUNA ROSSA (NZ) | F | 3 | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | |
33 | 02×3 | LILYMORN (NZ) | F | 3 | Michael Moroney | |
34 | 114x82876x | MIME (NZ) | M | 4 | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | 95 |
35 | 19x1030x03 | MISS ROSE DE LAGO | M | 6 | Danny O’Brien | 104 |
36 | x1x66735x1 | MISSROCK | F | 3 | Robbie Laing | 81 |
37 | 5435149×70 | MOQUEEN | F | 3 | Anthony & Edward Cummings | 71 |
38 | 129x12x2 | OMEI SWORD | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 92 |
39 | 21x9x23 | OREGON’S DAY | F | 3 | Mick Price | |
40 | 390×304648 | PRESS REPORT | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 85 |
41 | 150x7225x3 | PURE PRIDE (NZ) | M | 4 | Murray Johnson | |
42 | x27156x555 | REAL LOVE | M | 6 | Darren Weir | 105 |
43 | 0x274088x2 | RISING ROMANCE (NZ) | M | 6 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 104 |
44 | 316220×651 | ROCKET COMMANDER | M | 5 | Matthew Dale | 96 |
45 | 26x12640x2 | ROSA CAROLINA (NZ) | F | 3 | Kris Lees | 67 |
46 | 1x556520x1 | SEBRING DREAM | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | 77 |
47 | 1x51024x94 | SHILLELAGH (NZ) | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 88 |
48 | 212x231x21 | SILENT SEDITION | M | 4 | Andrew Noblet | 102 |
49 | x402211Fx7 | SINGLE GAZE | M | 4 | Nick Olive | 103 |
50 | x121x090x7 | SOFIA ROSA (NZ) | M | 4 | Stephen Marsh | 104 |
51 | 3x10x1 | SOGNANI | F | 3 | Michael Moroney | |
52 | 10x2248x42 | THAMES COURT | M | 4 | David Brideoake | 99 |
53 | 142×218 | TOP OF MY LIST | M | 4 | Anthony & Edward Cummings | 74 |
54 | 318×193123 | VANDANCER (NZ) | M | 4 | Michael Moroney | 77 |
55 | 321307x | WATERLOO SUNSET | F | 3 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | |
56 | 11x1111x11 | WINX | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 132 |
57 | 515x0560x2 | ZANBAGH | M | 6 | John P Thompson | 99 |
58 | 0x4311x97 | ZENALICIOUS | F | 3 | Les Bridge | 75 |
59 | 21438×1013 | ZESTFUL | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 97 |
60 | 2x1111x | ZUMBELINA | F | 3 | Chris Waller | 80 |