Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Rose Of Kingston Stakes – Empire Rose Stakes is a popular spring betting double.

The Blazer Stakes, currently known as the Rose Of Kingston Stakes, is a Group 2 race run at Flemington Racecourse on Turnbull Stakes Day in early October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Rose Of Kingston Stakes winner Excelida. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Previously Turnbull Stakes Day was held on the first Sunday of October, but in 2017 returned to the following Saturday, and racing on the day is headlined by the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

Three Group 2 races also take place at the meeting with the Gilgai Stakes and Edward Manifold Stakes accompanying the Rose Of Kingston Stakes as the major Turnbull Stakes Day support acts.

Open to mares aged four-years-old and over, the set weights plus penalties Blazer Stakes offers $300,000 in prize money and is a key lead-up into the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

There is also a $1 million bonus for any mare that can win the Rose Of Kingston Stakes and Empire Rose Stakes in the same season.

The latest edition of the Rose Of Kingston Stakes ran on Saturday October 7, 2023 as part of Flemington’s Turnbull Stakes Day card in Melbourne and was won by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Life Lessons ($6.50) who held on up front giving a nice late kick to deny the favourite. 

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Results

The official Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 7, 2023.

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes winner Life Lessons was brave holding off her rivals the closing stages. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #10 Life Lessons
• 2nd: #3 Princess Grace
• 3rd: #4 Wrote To Arataki

After a second to Amelia’s Jewel in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes last time out, the talented Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Tavistock mare Life Lessons ($6.50) dug deep to hold out the odds-on favourite Princess Grace for an impressive win in the 2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes results.

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Odds

The spring’s top Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 odds and links to our Flemington Group 2 betting markets on the mares’ only feature on Turnbull Stakes Day will be provided here so stay tuned to back your tips at the best price.

Rose Of Kingston Stakes Race Info

• Former Race Name: Blazer Stakes
• Date: Saturday October 7, 2023
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – 4YO Mares
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1989

Rose Of Kingston Stakes Betting

The Rose Of Kingston Stakes odds are traditionally led by mares with proven Melbourne form at Caulfield with winning ability over 1400m – 1600m and a good lead-up run in an earlier race for fillies and mares in the Spring.

Upsets are not uncommon and looking for value further down the Blazer Stakes betting markets can prove profitable.

Recent double-figure champions include Now Or Later ($10 in 2017), La Passe ($31 in 2015), Forever Loved ($13 in 2014), Fire Up Fifi ($26 in 2013), Sierra Sue ($17 in 2020), Still A Star ($10 in 2021), and Excelida ($10 in 2022).

The Chris Waller-trained Invincibella ($3.20 in 2018) was the last favourite in Blazer Stakes betting to salute for the punters. Waller enjoyed back-to-back wins in the Blazer Stakes with Haut Brion Her saluting in 2019 as the $5.50 third elect in betting.

Rose Of Kingston Stakes Field

2021 Rose Of Kingston Stakes winner Still A Star. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Rose Of Kingston Stakes race field attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance fillies and mares, many heading towards a run in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes four weeks later at Flemington Racecourse.

A possible lead-up for female gallopers into the field is the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in late September, which last produced a winner with Excelida (5th in 2022).

In between the this event and the Myer Classic (now known as the Empire Rose Stakes) runners may contest the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup Day and the Blazer Stakes – Tristarc Stakes double was last achieved by La Passe (2015).

While the Blazer Stakes – Myer Classic double hasn’t been achieved since Sedately (1994), a number of Group 1 place-getters in the latter came off a run in the Group 2. In 2013 Blazer Stakes winner Fire Up Fifi ran third in the Myer classic behind Red Tracer two starts later. That year’s third place-getter Catkins also finished second in the Group 1 two runs later with a Group 3 Moonee Valley win on Cox Plate Day in between.

More recently, Mystic Journey ran third in the 2021 Rose Of Kingston Stakes before a next-up second in that year’s Empire Rose Stakes results, while the 2022 Rose Of Kingston winner Excelida finished third in the Empire Rose Stakes trifecta that spring.

The Rose Of Kingston Stakes nominations are taken the Monday before the race runs on the Sunday followed by the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Field

The official Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers are out on the Wednesday before race day and will be published in full below so stay tuned to see what mares make the starting line-up in the Empire Rose Stakes lead-up.

The 2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes final field features a quality line-up of Group 1-bound mares dominated by Chris Waller’s multiple Group 1 place-getter Princess Grace coming off some big runs behind Mr Brightside.

2023 Blazer Stakes / Rose Of Kingston Stakes Nominations

The official Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 Nominations close on the Monday of race week.

Rose Of Kingston Stakes Tips

Good Rose Of Kingston Stakes tips include looking for last-start winners who have a good recent strike-rate in the Group 2 and runners further down the markets with the favourites having a poor record over the past decade.

Keeping an eye on the lead-up form of mares in traditional preparatory races like the Let’s Elope Stakes and How Now Stakes is also a good Rose Of Kingston Stakes betting tip.

In 2023 Life Lessons improved on a lead-up second in the Let’s Elope Stakes to win.

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 betting tips and Flemington exotic selections will be detailed below the week of the race so you know what mares to back and sack in the Group 2 this season.

• To Win: #3 Princess Grace ($1.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

She is odds-on and no value but cannot tip against Princess Grace here. Chris Waller’s bonny seven-year-old is looking to return to winning form with her latest turf triumph being the Group 3  Hawkesbury Crown in the autumn. Three very good runs in Group 1 company this campaign against some of the form horses of the spring, so this drop back to a Group 2 against her own kind will be a breeze (hopefully)! Unlucky to run second fresh narrowly beaten by stablemate Fangirl in the Winx Stakes first-up before finishing just a head off Mr Brightside in the Memsie in Melbourne. Up to a mile at Flemington and took on that gun galloper again in the Makybe Diva Stakes for a brave fourth. That form was franked with the runner-up Alligator Blood winning the Group 1 Underwood Stakes next start and now it is this mare’s turn to win. Can’t see her being beaten now rock-hard fit in this field.

Rose Of Kingston Stakes Form Guide

The form guide for the Rose Of Kingston Stakes features all the crucial info punters need to know before placing a bet on the clash including the barriers, jockeys, trainers and lead-up runs of all the horses in the field.

The Rose Of Kingston Stakes form has held-up in tougher races many times in recent years including in 2013 when Fire Up Fifi ran third in the Myer Classic as well as that year’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) in Perth.

In 2020 the Rose Of Kingston Stakes winner Sierra Sue went on to frank the form the following year with a win in the 2021 Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.

2023 Rose Of Kingston Stakes Form Guide

A link to our insider Rose Of Kingston Stakes 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Blazer Stakes / Rose Of Kingston Stakes Results

Rose Of Kingston Stakes race results have been dominated by upsets in recent years with the last single-figure winners to salute being Invincibella ($3.20 in 2018) followed by her stablemate Haut Brion Her ($5.50 in 2019).

Notable recent winners of this Group 2 include Lady Lynette (2011), Divine Madonna (2006), and Sky Cuddle (2005).

Past Blazer Stakes / Rose Of Kingston Stakes Winners

Recent Blazer Stakes / Rose Of Kingston Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.