The Storm Queen Stakes is a Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies held annually in April at Rosehill racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales during the autumn carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2000 metres under set weights and worth $400,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Storm Queen Stakes was won by Mirjulisa Lass from Fibrillation with Brazilian Pulse third.
In recent years the Storm Queen Stakes has been run as the 'Vinery Stud Stakes' and takes place on Golden Slipper Day which is Rosehill's biggest day of racing featuring a total of five Group 1 races including the Golden Slipper Stakes, George Ryder Stakes, Queen Of The Turf Stakes and The BMW.
The Storm Queen Stakes is a fillies only event and the first autumn race over 2000m specifically for fillies which provides the perfect lead up race to the Gr1 AJC Australian Oaks (2400m) in a fortnight at Randwick. In recent times Heavenly Glow (2008) and Serenade Rose (2006) have both won this race and then gone on to win the AJC Oaks.
Purple (2009) failed in the AJC Oaks but was good enough to win the Gr1 Queensland Oaks during the Brisbane winter carnival in May.
The race tends to attract quality fillies and some memorable winners include Miss Finland (2007), Special Harmony (2004), Champagne (1998) & Research (1989) who all continued on to become top class mares of the Australian turf.
Mirjulisa Lass (2011) ran third in a three-year-old event over 1800m at Kensington prior to her victory in this event and recent Storm Queen Stakes winners have been Faint Perfume (2010) and Purple (2009).
2011 Storm Queen Stakes result
1. $51.00 Mirjulisa Lass 56.0 C Brown
2. $19.00 Fibrillation 56.0 D Oliver
3. $2.35 Brazilian Pulse 56.0 C Williams
then Followed
4. $9.50 Pinker Pinker 56.0 D Dunn
5. $3.40 Do Ra Mi 56.0 L Nolen
6. $31.00 Iron Lace 56.0 G Schofield
7. $101.00 Cool Flyer 56.0 R Quinn
8. $17.00 Triple Six 56.0 B Avdulla
9. $9.50 Sworn To Secrecy 56.0 J Bowman
10. $101.00 Chula Vista 56.0 T Clark
11. $51.00 Who's Ready 56.0 J Parr
Margins: 2 1/2 Len, 3/4 Len Time: 2:03.44
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