George Moore Stakes 2023

The George Moore Stakes is a Group 3 sprint for summer gallopers run and won at Brisbane’s Doomben Racecourse in early December.

A key feature of the Brisbane Summer Racing Carnival the 1200m showdown is a quality handicap race offering $200,000 in total prize money.

The George Moore in Queensland runs on the same date as Ascot’s Group 1 $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in Perth.

The race is currently named in honour of former champion international jockey and trainer, five-time Doomben 10,000 winner George Moore (1923–2008) who began his career on the Brisbane racing scene.

First held in 1979 the George Moore Stakes gained Group 3 status in 2001.

It has been won by plenty of nice sprinters over the years including international star Takeover Target (2005) who set the new Doomben track record winning the event in a sharp 1 minute 7.88 seconds.

The latest edition of the George Moore Stakes ran on Saturday December 2nd, 2023 at Doomben Racecourse and was won by Tony Gollan’s evergreen eight-year-old Zoustyle ($3.80) in a tight finish.

2023 George Moore Stakes Results

The full George Moore Stakes 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday December 2nd, 2023.

• 1st: #4 Zoustyle
• 2nd: #1 Rothfire
• 3rd: #13 Legal Esprit

Tony Gollan’s veteran eight-year-old Zoustyle ($3.80) was brave in a front-running performance fending off the challenge by Group 1 winner Rothfire to narrowly take head the 2023 George Moore Stakes results in Brisbane becoming a two-time champion having also won the event back in 2021.

2023 George Moore Stakes Odds

The season’s top George Moore Stakes 2023 odds and betting market links will be available below the week of the race.

George Moore Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday December 2nd, 2023
• Track: Doomben Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1979

George Moore Stakes Betting

George Moore Stakes betting is open at the start of race week and markets are led by proven sprinters mares winning form over the 1200m distance and previous Brisbane winners.

Any last start winners, returning runners that finished well in the event the year before, Group 3 or higher performers and in-form locals are traditionally installed at shorter George Moore Stakes odds.

Zoustyle ($2.15 in 2021) and Garibaldi ($2.90 in 2022) were the latest favourites in George Moore Stakes betting to win.

Zoustyle also won the 2023 race as a $3.80 shot as an eight-year-old.

George Moore Stakes Tips

Good George Moore Stakes tips include backing in-form sprinters, last start winners and those drawn well in the field.

Any Group 1 graduates in the field down in grade off a potential interstate spring lead-up campaign also make a strong George Moore Stakes betting tip.

Backing the male gallopers is a key George Moore Stakes betting tip with Basic French (1985) the last mare to win.

2023 George Moore Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive George Moore Stakes 2023 betting tips and exotic Brisbane racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the runners to back and sack in the $200,000 feature.

• To Win: #6 The Big Goodbye ($8.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for a bit of early summer value and have the other Heathcote runner on top at a nice price. The Big Goodbye is an in-form six-year-old racing second-up fitter for his resuming run over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast when fifth with more weight. Drops to 54.5kg here and is drawn a treat in gate three. Will appreciate the 1200m and has a lovely strike rate at the track and trip (6:3-1-1). Listed Ramornie Handicap winner at Grafton in the winter and can return to winning form here.

George Moore Stakes Field

The George Moore Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of end-of-spring sprinters that may be coming off a tougher lead-up runs interstate.

Horses that perform strongly in the George Moore Stakes field may head south to Sydney for a run in the lucrative Group 2  $2 million The Ingham (1600m) – formerly known as the Villiers Stakes – the following Saturday at Randwick.

George Moore Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday with final acceptances and the barrier draw released on the Wednesday.

2023 George Moore Stakes Field

The official George Moore Stakes 2023 Field & Barriers will be published in full below once announced on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see what gallopers make the starting line-up.

The George Moore Stakes 2023 final field features a quality line-up of summer sprinters led in betting by the Rob Heathcote-trained Group 1 winning top-weight Rothfire with 61kg in barrier one fresh.

2023 George Moore Stakes Nominations

The official George Moore Stakes 2023 Nominations close the Monday leading-up to early summer showdown in Brisbane, and the full list of early entries will be available below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

George Moore Stakes Form Guide

The George Moore Stakes form guide details all the need-to-know facts and stats including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

The 2021 George Moore Stakes form franked with the winner Zoustyle coming back the next season to finish in the money in a number of tougher races including a third in the 2022 Group 1 Moir Stakes in Melbourne.

Zoustyle won the 2023 edition as well having finished sixth in that year’s Moir Stakes in the lead-up.

The 2021 George Moore runner-up Baller meanwhile went on to win the 2022 Group 2 Moreton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm in the winter and place third in that spring’s Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington.

2023 George Moore Stakes Form Guide

A link to the comprehensive George Moore Stakes 2023 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

George Moore Stakes Results

Notable recent George Moore Stakes winners include three-time hero Mirraben (1987-89), Chief De Beers (1994, 1997), Takeover Target (2005), Lucky Hussler (2013), and recent dual champion Zoustyle (2021, 2023).

Note there was no race run in 1997 due to equine influenza or 2010 due to the Doomben meeting that year being abandoned (weather).

Past George Moore Stakes Winners

See below for a list of George Moore Stakes winners and place-getters going back to 1992.