Winx included in 2017 Queen Of The Turf Stakes 1st acceptances

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, above, has been included in the first acceptances for the 2017 Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

Winx, above, has been included in the first acceptances for the 2017 Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

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

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Mark Mazzaglia

Mark is a passionate journalist with a life-time involvement in the racing industry. He spent many years as an analyst and form expert at the Courier Mail and also has hands-on experience working with some of Queensland’s top trainers.