Ladbrokes Tip: The Aspiration Quality serves as a potential autumn lead-up into the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes
The latest edition of the Aspiration Quality ran on Saturday, March 7, 2026 as part of the Randwick Guineas Day card and saw last year’s Queensland Oaks runner-up Pinito ($3.40F) salute for the punters second-up for the Waller stable.
2026 Aspiration Quality Results
The full Aspiration Quality 2026 results & finishing order revealing the winner of the Randwick Guineas Day event will be available below after the race takes place on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
- #2 Pinito
- #10 Starphistocated
- #7 Polymnia
In another peach of a ride by James McDonald, talented Trapeze Artist mare Pinito ($3.40F) showed her class second-up for trainer Chris Waller coming from well back in the field to flash home down the outside and salute for the punters by a half-length in the 2026 Aspiration Quality results.
2026 Aspiration Quality Odds
The updated Aspiration Quality 2026 betting odds will be made available below once markets open following final acceptances followed by the official Aspiration Quality results after the event.
| 2. Pinito (5) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 212×4T: Chris Waller | ||
| 10. Starphistocated (6) J: Alysha Collett 53kg 1×521T: John P Thompson | ||
| 7. Polymnia (12) J: Zac Lloyd 53kg 353×6T: John O’shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 3. Movin Out (4) J: Chad Schofield 55kg 706×1T: Chris Waller | ||
| 5. Unleeshing (10) J: Jason Collett 53.5kg x3311T: Bjorn Baker | ||
| 1. Quietness (2) J: Tommy Berry 58.5kg x342xT: John O’shea & Tom Charlton | ||
| 9. Sweltering (1) J: Andrew Adkins 53kg 621×5T: Chris Waller | ||
| 11. Heat Missile (3) J: Tim Clark 53kg x6818T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 4. Kind Words (9) J: Tom Sherry 54kg 24118T: Kris Lees | ||
| 12. Placid Pearl (8) J: Rachel King 53kg 33173T: Matthew Smith | ||
| 6. Pippie Beach (11) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg x5431T: Chris Waller | ||
| 8. Good Banter (7) J: Dylan Gibbons 53kg 3978xT: John O’shea & Tom Charlton |
Aspiration Quality Tips
Aspiration Quality tips include backing any proven Group 2 mares down in grade, looking for those with previous winning form over the mile and getting behind graduates of the Millie Fox Stakes.
Another good Aspiration Quality betting tips is to back mares that have contested the race in the past with many returning to run in the money more than once, and backing the runners drawn in single digits.
2026 Aspiration Quality Tips
Our insider Aspiration Quality betting tips for 2026 will be available below leading up to the Group 3, 1600m showdown so stay tuned for the fillies and mares to back and sack this season.
| 2. Pinito (5) J: James McDonald 56.5kg 212×4T: Chris Waller |
| 5. Unleeshing (10) J: Jason Collett 53.5kg x3311T: Bjorn Baker |
| 1. Quietness (2) J: Tommy Berry 58.5kg x342xT: John O’shea & Tom Charlton |
The Aspiration Quality is a Group 3, mile race run and won over the 1600m at Royal Randwick on Randwick Guineas Day in late February or early March each Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
The event offers $250,000 in prize money and is a key support act on the card headlined by the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m).
A quality handicap race, the Aspiration Quality is open to fillies and mares aged three and above and has held Group 3 status since 2014.
It is one of the younger races on the autumn program first run in 2006 and the better female gallopers out of the event may be eyeing a run in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) – run in recent years as the Coolmore Legacy Stakes – in April’s ‘The Championships’.
Diamond Drille (2014) is the last mare to complete the Aspiration Quality – Queen Of The Turf Stakes double.
Aspiration Quality Race Info
- Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026
- Track: Royal Randwick Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: Quality Handicap – Fillies & Mares – 3YOs & Upwards
- Status: Group 3
- Prize Money: $250,000
- First Run: 2006
Aspiration Quality Betting
Aspiration Quality odds favour in-form fillies and mares with previous winning form at the Randwick mile and those coming off a good lead-up run in similar grade in Sydney.
Mares drawn in barriers 1 – 8 head the Aspiration Quality betting markets as no winner has jumped from wider than gate eight in the race’s history.
There have been plenty of upsets in recent years including the 2021 success of Missybeel at Aspiration Quality odds of $61!
Lekvarte ($4.20 in 2024) and Pinito ($3.40 in 2026) are the latest Aspiration Quality favourites to win.
Aspiration Quality Field
The Aspiration Quality race field attracts a strong line-up of fillies and mares, many of which are eyeing bigger targets over the coming weeks in Sydney.
Nice lead-up races into the Aspiration Quality field include the Group 2 Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Verry Elleegant Stakes Day (Chipping Norton Stakes Day) and the Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) in mid-March at Rosehill.
Le Lude (3rd in 2022), Lekvarte (5th in 2024) and Pinito (4th in 2026) are the latest Millie Fox Stakes graduates to back-up and win the Aspiration Quality.
Following a run in the Aspiration Quality field mares may head to the Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m) a fortnight later at Rosehill Gardens.
Little Baia (2025) was the last to complete the Aspiration Quality – Epona Stakes double in the same year
In 2021, She’s Ideel ran placings in the Millie Fox (3rd), Aspiration (2nd) and Epona (3rd) before her Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) second and subsequent fourth over the two miles in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) that autumn.
Aspiration Quality nominations close on the Monday before the race followed by the final field of acceptances and barrier draw on the Wednesday.
2026 Aspiration Quality Field
The official Aspiration Quality 2026 Field of fillies and mares will be published below the Wednesday leading up to Randwick Guineas Day.
The Aspiration Quality 2026 final field features a bumper line-up of fillies and mares led in betting by the in-form Bjorn Baker-trained Unleeshing chasing a hat-trick.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. Quietness
J: Tommy Berry
T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton |
2x342x | M | 2 | 58.5kg | |
|
2. Pinito
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller |
3212x4 | M | 5 | 56.5kg | |
|
3. Movin Out
J: Chad Schofield
T: Chris Waller |
9706x1 | M | 4 | 55kg | |
|
4. Kind Words
J: Tom Sherry
T: Kris Lees |
324118 | M | 9 | 54kg | |
|
5. Unleeshing
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker |
6x3311 | M | 10 | 53.5kg | |
|
6. Pippie Beach
J: Tyler Schiller
T: Chris Waller |
1x5431 | M | 11 | 53kg | |
|
7. Polymnia
J: Zac Lloyd
T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton |
x353x6 | M | 12 | 53kg | |
|
8. Good Banter
J: Dylan Gibbons
T: John O'shea & Tom Charlton |
23978x | M | 7 | 53kg | |
|
9. Sweltering
J: Andrew Adkins
T: Chris Waller |
4621x5 | M | 1 | 53kg | |
|
10. Starphistocated
J: Alysha Collett
T: John P Thompson |
21x521 | M | 6 | 53kg | |
|
11. Heat Missile
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
0x6818 | M | 3 | 53kg | |
|
12. Placid Pearl
J: Rachel King
T: Matthew Smith |
433173 | M | 8 | 53kg | |
| 13. Kingston Charm (11) Scratched: | |||||
2026 Aspiration Quality Nominations
The early Aspiration Quality 2026 Nominations close the Monday ahead of the event and will be provided below once announced by Racing NSW.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3120×98555 | ART VOLANT | M | 5 | Richard & Will Freedman | 74 |
| 2 | 476123978x | GOOD BANTER (NZ) | M | 5 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 83 |
| 3 | x1240x6818 | HEAT MISSILE | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 72 |
| 4 | 363×324118 | KIND WORDS | M | 5 | Kris Lees | 89 |
| 5 | 0290425728 | KINGSTON CHARM | M | 6 | John Thompson | 68 |
| 6 | 1235×14125 | MISS SPACEGIRL | M | 4 | Richard & Will Freedman | 76 |
| 7 | 34x09706x1 | MOVIN OUT (NZ) | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 91 |
| 8 | 1x323212x4 | PINITO | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 94 |
| 9 | 23631×5431 | PIPPIE BEACH | M | 5 | Chris Waller | 87 |
| 10 | 41×5433173 | PLACID PEARL | M | 4 | Matthew Smith | 70 |
| 11 | 1230x353x6 | POLYMNIA | M | 4 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 86 |
| 12 | 0x322x342x | QUIETNESS (GB) | M | 6 | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | 98 |
| 13 | 313421×521 | STARPHISTOCATED | M | 4 | John Thompson | 75 |
| 14 | 20x04621x5 | SWELTERING | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 78 |
| 15 | 1x226x3311 | UNLEESHING | M | 4 | Bjorn Baker | 76 |
| 16 | 33051×0082 | YOU WAHNG | M | 4 | Kris Lees | 99 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Aspiration Quality Form Guide
The Aspiration Quality form guide lists all of the essential information needed before placing a bet including lead-up runs, jockeys, trainers and barriers.
The Aspiration Quality form has gone on to stack-up in tougher races many times over the years including when dual winner Nettoyer went on to win the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) after her second success in 2020.
Nettoyer has a long history of runs in the Aspiration Quality having contested four editions running 3rd in 2018, 1st in 2019, 1st in 2020 and 8th in 2021. She further franked the form of the race off her unplaced 2021 run when winning the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes three runs later in an upset.
2026 Aspiration Quality Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Aspiration Quality 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2026 ASPIRATION QUALITY FORM GUIDE
Past Aspiration Quality Results
Notable mares to dominate the Aspiration Quality race results include Sacred Choice (2010), Fibrillation (2012), Fibrillation (2016), and dual champ Nettoyer (2019-20).
Recent Aspiration Quality Winners
Past Aspiration Quality winners and placegetters going back to the year 2006 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2026 | Pinito | Starphistocated | Polymnia |
| 2025 | Little Baia | Mare Of Mt Buller | It’s A Knockout |
| 2024 | Lekvarte | Osmose | Rebel Rama |
| 2023 | Thalassophile | Pink Ivory | Cliff’s Art |
| 2022 | Le Lude | Polly Grey | Divine Diosa |
| 2021 | Missybeel | She’s Ideel | Rocha Clock |
| 2020 | Nettoyer | Irithea | Savacool |
| 2019 | Nettoyer | Luvaluva | Luskintyre Lass |
| 2018 | Karavali | The Pinnacle | Nettoyer |
| 2017 | Elle Lou | Alegria | Vandancer |
| 2016 | Heavens Above | All Cerise | Alegria |
| 2015 | Adorabeel | Entertains | Intimate Moment |
| 2014 | Diamond Drille | Danesiri | Mahara |
| 2013 | Thy | Crafty Ima | Aliyana Tilde |
| 2012 | Fibrillation | Cabernet | Older Than Time |
| 2011 | Warpath | Miss Keepsake | Shadow Minister |
| 2010 | Sacred Choice | Pagan Princess | Jessicabeel |
| 2009 | Illuminates | Imananabaa | Beaucoup |
| 2008 | Pravana | Fancyfree | Grey Stream |
| 2007 | Banc De Fortune | Gawne | Viva Caro |
| 2006 | Lord Of The Land | Evasion | Daniel’s The Man |
FAQ
Who won the 2026 Aspiration Quality?
The 2026 Aspiration Quality was won by four-year-old Trapeze Artist mare Pinito second-up at $3.40 favouritism for trainer Chris Waller with jockey James McDonald aboard on 56.5kg from barrier 5 to win by 0.55 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:34.73.
Who won the 2025 Aspiration Quality?
The 2025 Aspiration Quality was won by Little Baia at $9.50 for trainer Bjorn Baker with jockey Rachel King aboard on 53kg from barrier 2 to win by 0.57 lengths in a time of 1:34.33.
When is the Aspiration Quality 2026?
Saturday, March 7, 2026What is the prize money for the Aspiration Quality 2026?
$250,000
Where is the Aspiration Quality 2026?
Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031.
How do I bet on the 2026 Aspiration Quality?
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Which horse will win the 2026 Aspiration Quality?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Aspiration Quality is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.