From the race’s inauguration in 1973 to 2024 below we have a list of past Black Opal Stakes winners of the Group 3 Canberra race that serves as a lead-up into Sydney’s $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes.

2022 Black Opal Stakes Winner Queen Of The Ball
2022 Black Opal Stakes winner Queen Of The Ball (pictured at Moonee Valley). Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

View additional details of the Black Opal Stakes winners from 2000 – the present including the winning jockeys, trainers and times while a complete list of past Black Opal winning two-year-olds can be found further down the page.

Catbird (1999) is the only Black Opal Stakes winner to date to go on and win the famous Golden Slipper race.

The 2022 Black Opal Stakes winner Queen Of The Ball saluted as the $2.80 favourite to win her way into the Golden Slipper field for Richard & Michael Freedman.

The Black Opal Stakes 2023 winner Autumn Ballet ($4.40) from the Waterhouse/Bott stable became the latest filly to take out the Canberra Group 3 and made history as the race’s first ever debutant winner.

The 2024 Black Opal Stakes winner is was the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Holmes A Court ($7) who improved on a Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude third placing to dominate the Canberra event with a 1.45 length victory.

black opeal STAKES WINNERS 2000 – the present

COMPLETE LIST OF PAST black opal STAKES WINNERS

Year Winner
2024 Holmes A Court
2023 Autumn Ballet
2022 Queen Of The Ball
2021 Kalashnikov
2020 Barbaric
2019 Pin Sec
2018 Encryption
2017 Trapeze Artist
2016 Defcon
2015 Takedown
2014 Lucky Raquie
2013 Criterion
2012 Epaulette
2011 You’re Canny
2010 Decision Time
2009 Delago Bolt
2008 Sarthemare
2007 (Race Not Held)
2006 Down The Wicket
2005 Al Samer
2004 Uber
2003 Handsome Ransom
2002 Planchet
2001 Coral Salute
2000 Pembleton
1999 Catbird
1998 Speed Week
1997 Fraud
1996 Paint
1995 Zadok
1994 St. Covet
1993 Danger
1992 Clan O’Sullivan
1991 Sormani
1990 Unspoken Word
1989 Marks Gain
1988 Comely Girl
1987 Maizcay
1986 Just Blooming
1985 New Atlantis
1984 Spirit Of Kingston
1983 Brummel Who
1982 Beans
1981 Chinese Treasure
1980 Nasau
1979 Star Grace
1978 Gold Mosaic
1977 Blazing Saddles
1976 Bianca
1975 Silver Shadow
1974 Royal Brittania
1973 Rich Reward

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