Queen Of The Turf Stakes Winners
From the race’s inauguration in 1972 through until 2025, we have a complete list of past Queen Of The Turf Stakes winners. View the names of all the female gallopers to have won the Group 1 mile race at Randwick during ‘The Championships’ recently run as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes.

Additional details of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes winning fillies and mares including their age, jockeys, trainers and barriers from 2000 – the present are also found below.
Trainer Gai Waterhouse has prepared the most Queen Of The Turf Stakes winners throughout history with eight, most recently Con Te Partiro (2020) in partnership with Adrian Bott.
Refulgence (1972) was the first Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner.
The only dual Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner to date is More Joyous (2011-12).
The 2022 Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner Nimalee was impressive off an on-speed run to power away and score an upset at $31 odds for trainer Matthew Smith’s maiden Group 1 success.
The Queen Of The Turf Stakes 2023 winner was the consistent Chris Waller-trained Atishu ($10) who won by two-and-a-half lengths after producing a devastating late turn of foot.
The 2024 Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner was the in-form Chris Waller-trained four-year-old Zougotcha ($3.50F) who came off a lead-up victory in the Coolmore Classic to salute for the punters in a narrow finish over last year’s champion, the fellow Waller-trained Atishu.
The 2025 Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner is TBC and will be known when the Group 1 autumn feature runs at Randwick on Day 2 of The Championships, Saturday the 12th of April 2025.
queen Of the turf Stakes winners 2000 – the present
Year | Horse – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
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TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
ZOUGOTCHA (AUS) 4M | JAMES MCDONALD | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 1 | |
ATISHU (NZ) 5M | NASH RAWILLER | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 1 | |
NIMALEE (AUS) 5M | DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 | MATTHEW SMITH | 2 | |
NETTOYER (AUS) 7M | TOMMY BERRY | 57.0 | WENDY ROCHE | 7 | |
CON TE PARTIRO (USA) 6M | TIM CLARK | 57.0 | G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT | 7 | |
KENEDNA (AUS) 5M | J ALLEN | 57.0 | C MAHER & D EUSTACE | 8 | |
ALIZEE (AUS) 3F | G SCHOFIELD | 54.5 | JAMES CUMMINGS | 8 | |
FOXPLAY (AUS) 3F | K MCEVOY | 54.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 10 | |
AZKADELLIA (NZ) 4M | DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 | CIARON MAHER | 8 | |
AMANPOUR (AUS) 4M | K MCEVOY | 57.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 3 | |
DIAMOND DRILLE (AUS) 4M | TOMMY BERRY | 57.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 2 | |
APPEARANCE (AUS) 4M | K MCEVOY | 57.0 | G H WALTER | 6 | |
MORE JOYOUS (NZ) 5M | N RAWILLER | 57.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 7 | |
MORE JOYOUS (NZ) 4M | N RAWILLER | 57.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 2 | |
TYPHOON TRACY (AUS) 4M | L NOLEN | 57.0 | PETER G MOODY | 8 | |
NEROLI (AUS) 5M | D BEADMAN | 57.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 7 | |
FORENSICS (AUS) 3F | D NIKOLIC | 54.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 8 | |
DIVINE MADONNA (AUS) 4M | G BOSS | 56.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 8 | |
MNEMOSYNE (AUS) 3F | D BEADMAN | 53.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 10 | |
IKE’S DREAM (AUS) 4M | D BEADMAN | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 1 | |
IN A BOUND (AUS) 4M | C MUNCE | 54.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 1 | |
HOSANNAH (AUS) 4M | C W BROWN | 56.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 9 | |
UGACHAKA (NZ) 3F | S SEAMER | 55.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 8 | |
SORRENTO (NZ) 5M | C MUNCE | 52.5 | JOHN SIZE | 11 | |
DANGLISSA (AUS) 3F | C MUNCE | 55.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 15 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST Queen Of The turf STAKES WINNERS
Year | Winner |
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2025 | TBD |
2024 | Zougotcha |
2023 | Atishu |
2022 | Nimalee |
2021 | Nettoyer |
2020 | Con Te Partiro |
2019 | Kenedna |
2018 | Alizee |
2017 | Foxplay |
2016 | Azkadellia |
2015 | Amanpour |
2014 | Diamond Drille |
2013 | Appearance |
2012 | More Joyous |
2011 | More Joyous |
2010 | Typhoon Tracy |
2009 | Neroli |
2008 | Forensics |
2007 | Divine Madonna |
2006 | Mnemosyne |
2005 | Ike’s Dream |
2004 | In A Bound |
2003 | Hosannah |
2002 | Ugachaka |
2001 | Sorrento |
2000 | Danglissa |
1999 | Camino Rose |
1998 | Arletty |
1997 | Kenbelle |
1996 | Shame |
1995 | Light Up The World |
1994 | The Perfume Garden |
1993 | Excited Angel |
1992 | Romanee Conti |
1991 | Ricochet Rosie |
1990 | Memphis Blues |
1989 | Special Finish |
1988 | Chez Paree |
1987 | Shinakima |
1986 | Harbor Flo |
1985 | Casual |
1984 | Tempestuous |
1983 | More Rain |
1982 | C’est Si Bon |
1981 | Ducatoon |
1980 | Scomeld |
1979 | Never Despair |
1978 | Lady Archon |
1977 | Piemelon Bay |
1976 | Visit |
1975 | Just Topic |
1974 | Favoured |
1973 | Millefleurs |
1972 | Refulgence |