Vinery Stud Stakes Winners
From the race’s inauguration in 1979 until 2025, below we have a complete list of past Vinery Stud Stakes winners on the now Group 1 event held at Rosehill Gardens on Tancred Stakes Day.

View additional details on the Vinery Stud Stakes winners from 2000 to the present including the winning jockeys, trainers, times and starting barriers.
Impede was the inaugural Vinery Stud Stakes winner in 1979.
Slight Chance (1993) was the first filly to win the Vinery Stud Stakes with the race holding Group 1 status.
Notable Vinery Stud Stakes winning fillies throughout history include Australian Derby – Australian Oaks double winner Research (1989), the previous year’s Golden Slipper champion Miss Finland (1997), Mosheen (2012), and Verry Elleegant (2019) who made history winning the 2021 Melbourne Cup.
The 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes winner Fangirl was good late lunging right on the line to defeat her stablemate Hinged in an all Chris Waller-trained quinella.
The Vinery Stud Stakes 2023 winner was New Zealand raider Prowess ($2.15F) who saluted for the punters by over three lengths on the back of four straight lead-up wins across the Tasman.
The 2024 Vinery Stud Stakes winner also hailed from across the Tasman with the Roger James & Robert Wellwood-trained NZ Derby champ Orchestral saluting as the odds-on favourite at $1.60.
The 2025 Vinery Stud Stakes winner is TBC and will be known when the Group 1 runs at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday the 29th of March 2025.
vinery stud stakes WINNERS 2000 – the present
Year | Horse – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
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TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
ORCHESTRAL (NZ) 3F | JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 | ROGER JAMES & ROBERT WELLWOOD | 2 | |
PROWESS (NZ) 3F | MARK ZAHRA | 56.0 | ROGER JAMES & ROBERT WELLWOOD | 3 | |
FANGIRL (AUS) 3F | HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 9 | |
HUNGRY HEART (AUS) 3F | K MCEVOY | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 5 | |
SHOUT THE BAR (AUS) 3F | A HYERONIMUS | 56.0 | G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT | 4 | |
VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) 3F | JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 | |
HIYAAM (NZ) 3F | MICHAEL DEE | 56.0 | MICK PRICE | 1 | |
MONTOYA’S SECRET (AUS) 3F | N CALLOW | 56.0 | Leon & Troy Corstens | 4 | |
SINGLE GAZE (AUS) 3F | MS K O’HARA | 56.0 | NICK OLIVE | 9 | |
FENWAY (AUS) 3F | B SHINN | 56.0 | LEE & SHANNON HOPE | 11 | |
LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ) 3F | HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | KRIS LEES | 10 | |
NORZITA (NZ) 3F | HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | BART CUMMINGS | 7 | |
MOSHEEN (AUS) 3F | D NIKOLIC | 56.0 | R W SMERDON | 6 | |
MIRJULISA LASS (AUS) 3F | C W BROWN | 56.0 | GREGORY HICKMAN | 3 | |
FAINT PERFUME (AUS) 3F | M RODD | 56.0 | BART CUMMINGS | 10 | |
PURPLE (AUS) 3F | K MCEVOY | 56.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 11 | |
HEAVENLY GLOW (AUS) 3F | R THOMPSON | 56.0 | ALLAN DENHAM | 11 | |
MISS FINLAND (AUS) 3F | CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.0 | D A HAYES | 2 | |
SERENADE ROSE (AUS) 3F | STEVEN KING | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 | |
HOLLOW BULLET (AUS) 3F | G BOSS | 55.5 | JOHN MCARDLE | 1 | |
SPECIAL HARMONY (AUS) 3F | DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 3 | |
SHOWER OF ROSES (NZ) 3F | C MUNCE | 55.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 | |
SIXTY SECONDS (NZ) 3F | B YORK | 55.5 | R JAMES | 9 | |
TEMPEST MORN (AUS) 3F | D BEASLEY | 55.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 6 | |
HILL OF GRACE (NZ) 3F | B PREBBLE | 55.5 | ROBERT PRISCOTT | 1 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST vinery stud stakes WINNERS
Year | Winner |
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2025 | TBD |
2024 | Orchestral |
2023 | Prowess |
2022* | Fangirl |
2021 | Hungry Heart |
2020 | Shout The Bar |
2019 | Verry Elleegant |
2018 | Hiyaam |
2017 | Montoya’s Secret |
2016 | Single Gaze |
2015 | Fenway |
2014 | Lucia Valentina |
2013 | Norzita |
2012 | Mosheen |
2011 | Mirjulisa Lass |
2010 | Faint Perfume |
2009 | Purple |
2008 | Heavenly Glow |
2007 | Miss Finland |
2006 | Serenade Rose |
2005 | Hollow Bullet |
2004 | Special Harmony |
2003 | Shower Of Roses |
2002 | Sixty Seconds |
2001 | Tempest Morn |
2000 | Hill Of Grace |
1999 | Savannah Success |
1998 | Champagne |
1997 | Danendri |
1996 | Saleous |
1995 | Northwood Plume |
1994 | Alcove |
1993 | Slight Chance |
1992 | Electrique |
1991 | All Mine |
1990 | A Little Kiss |
1989 | Research |
1988 | Tennessee Vain |
1987 | Appreciation |
1986 | English Mint |
1985 | Centaurea |
1984 | Lotka’s Star |
1983 | English Wonder |
1982 | Sheraco |
1981 | Evening Mist |
1980 | Lady Capri |
1979 | Impede |
*Note: The 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes took place over a reduced distance of 1850m at Newcastle.