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.
History
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. In 2016 the event was run as the Winslow Group Stakes.
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
Winners The following are past winners of the race.
2026 - Natural Fling 2025 - Feriva 2024 - Drifting 2023 - Charm Stone 2022 - Bound For Home 2021 - Gimmie Par 2020 - Bella Nipotina 2019 - Exhilarates 2018 - Sunlight 2017 - Crown Witness 2016 - I Am A Star 2015 - Petits Filous 2014 - Sabatini 2013 - Kiss A Rose 2012 - Elite Elle 2011 - Satin Shoes 2010 - Panipique 2009 - Corsaire 2008 - Viennese 2007 - Bel Mer 2006 - La Vie Amour 2005 - Pinezero 2004 - Alinghi 2003 - French Bid 2002 - Innovation Girl 2001 - La Lagune 2000 - So Gorgeous 1999 - Stella Artois 1998 - Bright Side 1997 - Accept 1996 - Ascorbic 1995 - Bracken Bank 1994 - Love Of Mary 1993 - Tristalove 1992 - Minsky Lass
Recent multiple winners
Jockeys
Damien Oliver: 2002, 2005, 2013 and 2016
Trainers
Peter Moody: 2007, 2011, 2014 and 2022 Mick Price: 2004 and 2008 and with Michael Kent in 2024
See also P B Lawrence Stakes Vain Stakes List of Australian Group races Group races
References