Kewney Stakes

Winners and Past Results

The Kewney Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Australian horse race for three year old fillies run at set weights. FREE $200 Bet from Sportingbet

The Kewney Stakes is a 1400 meter race held at Flemington Racecourse during the Autumn Racing Carnival.

The race  attracts some of the best fillies from around the country. $500,000 are at stake in the Kewney Stakes held on Super Saturday, a day packed with Group 1 events including the Australian Guineas, Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap.

In 2010, the distance was reduced from 1600 M to 1400 M to attract the cream of fillies.

The Kewney Stakes held in 1952 was run over 2100 M with Great Field going down in history as the first to win the trophy.

The distance was shortened to once again in 1973 to 2000 M and then once more in 1985 to 1600 M.

Since 2010, the Kewney Stakes is a 1400 M race held in the first half of March at the Flemington Racecourse.

The prize money is among the highest for a Group 2 race, which attracts a number of entries on a day when over three million dollars at are stake. All eyes are on the Melbourne race track with bookmakers registering some of the highest wagers of the season.

The Kewney Stakes follows a number of Group 2 and Group 3 events with the best performing fillies making their way from the The Vanity, Angus Armanasco Stakes, and Moonee Valley Oaks.

Among the top fillies to win the coveted prize in recent years are Do Ra Mi in 2011, Faint Perfume in 2010, and Anamato in 2007. Faint Perfume went on to win the Storm Queen Stakes at the Sydney autumn racing carnival.

Other Group 1 events that attract runners from the Kewney Stakes include the AJC Oaks. Many quality fillies head for the Adelaide racing carnival. A notable filly to achieve great success after lifting the Kewney Stakes is Gallica. The 2009 winner pleased her connections with an astounding victory in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks.

Other champion fillies to move on to greater heights include Mannerism, Sunline, Special Harmony, and most recently, Faint Perfume in 2010.

Sunline went on to win the Cox Plate, Moonee Valley Oaks, and then toppled the toughest competition in the Doncaster Handicap in Sydney. The Kewney Stakes continues to produce quality Group 1 talent, which punters need to pay attention to for the following seasons. 

2012 Kewney Stakes

Angel Of Mercy and Assertive Eagle were the early leaders but eventual winner Empress Rock was not far behind them as they settled down. Empress Rock gave jockey Steven Arnold a nice ride in the middle stages of the 1400 metre event and he urged the filly forward in the front straight, where she eventually took the lead and from then on it was pretty much race over. Empress Rock strode to the line in good style to win by more than a length over a determined Assertive Eagle, who did well to hold on for second, while Bliss Street looked threatening at times but had to settle for third.

2012 Kewney Stakes result

1. Empress Rock
2. Assertive Eagle
3. Bliss Street

Then came:

4. Total Attraction
5. Soft Sand
6. Sweet Ella
7. Angel Of Mercy
8. Nocturnelle
9. Emmalene
10. Twilighting
11. Shopaholic
12. Miss Stellabelle
13. Two Sugars
14. Torah
15. Gliding