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The Colin Stephen Quality is a Group 3 thoroughbred race held during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival on Golden Rose Stakes Day in late September.

Conducted at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, there are four Group status races on the program including the Group 1 $1 million Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) for three-year-olds and the Group 2 $400,000 Golden Pendant (1400m) for fillies and mares.

The Colin Stephen Quality is a staying event raced over 2400m. A quality handicap for three-year-olds and up, it offers $250,000 in stakes. There are a number of earlier races held at the carnival that Colin Stephen Quality contenders may have previously run in including the Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) or the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) run at Randwick.

The Colin Stephen Quality is the ideal lead-up race to the prestigious Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) held the following weekend at Royal Randwick with the winner exempt from both ballot and penalty for the event on Epsom Handicap Day.

No horse since Railings (2005) has completed the Colin Stephen Quality – The Metropolitan Handicap double.

The latest edition of the Colin Stephen Quality 2024 ran on Saturday September 28, 2024 as part of Sydney’s popular Golden Rose Day program and saw the Chris Waller-trained First Light ($4.80) secure The Metroplitan ballot exemption.

Colin Stephen Quality
Date:	Saturday September 28, 2024
Track:	Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Conditions:	3YO & Up – Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$250,000
Inaugurated:	1870

2024 Colin Stephen Quality Results

• 1st: #5 First Light ($4.80)
• 2nd: #1 Changingoftheguard
• 3rd: #2 Strathtay

The Metropolitan next weekend could be on the cards for Chris Waller’s European import, First Light ($4.80), who was strong home saluting by three lengths in the 2024 Colin Stephen Quality results at Rosehill.

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Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
1	5	FIRST LIGHT (GB)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry		4	54kg		$4.80
2	1	CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE)	Kris Lees	James McDonald	3.1L	2	58kg		$5
3	2	STRATHTAY (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	3.22L	3	54kg		$3.20F
4	6	WALTHAM (GB)	Matthew Smith	Zac Lloyd (a)	5.13L	7	54kg		$26
5	7	CAMPALDINO (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6.43L	6	54kg		$4.80
6	8	THINK ’N’ FLY	David Noonan	Craig Williams	6.86L	1	54kg		$11
7	3	CANBERRA LEGEND (IRE)	Chris Waller	Tyler Schiller	11.23L	5	54kg		$9
	4	MATUSALEM	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Colin Stephen Quality Betting Odds

Stay tuned for the top Colin Stephen Quality 2024 betting odds and Group 3 market links to Ladbrokes.com.au made available right here the week of the race.

Stayers trained by Gai Waterhouse often dominate the Colin Stephen Quality betting markets as she has claimed the race 10 times most recently with Grove Ferry in 2022.

Julienas ($2.60 in 2013) and Entente ($4.60 in 2021) are the latest favourites in Colin Stephen Quality betting to salute for the punters.

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2024 Colin Stephen Quality Form

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2024 Colin Stephen Quality Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Colin Stephen Quality 2024 Tips on The Metropolitan Handicap lead-up this spring.

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2024 Colin Stephen Quality Field

The Colin Stephen Quality 2024 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading up to Golden Rose Day and traditionally feature The Metroplitan-bound stayers.

2024 Colin Stephen Quality Nominations

Early nominations on the Colin Stephen Quality in 2024 are taken the Monday of race week.

Colin Stephen Quality History

The Colin Stephen Quality is a time-honoured Sydney feature having first been run and won back in 1870 when it was inaugurated as the Spring Stakes.

The race has held its current Group 3 status since 1987.

A host of turf greats have claimed Colin Stephen Quality victory throughout history including Carbine (1890), Wakeful (1902), Poseidon (1907), triple champion Poitrel (1918-20), Phar Lap (1930-31), Peter Pan (1935), Flight (1944), Hydrogen (1953), and Gunsynd (1972).

Recent Colin Stephen Quality Winners

Year	Winner	Trainer/s	Jockey	Weight	Time
2024	First Light	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	54 kgs	2:29.22
2023	Athabascan	John O’Shea	Tom Sherry	55 kgs	2:29.13
2022	Grove Ferry	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	55 kgs	2:29.34
2021	Entente	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	56.5 kgs	2:27.36
2020	Attorney	Matthew Smith	Jason Collett	54 kgs	2:29.90
2019	Stampede	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	59 kgs	2:29.87
2018	Miss iration	Mick Price	Jay Ford	53 kgs	2:29.55
2017	Auvray	Richard Freedman	Glyn Schofield	57 kgs	2:30.35
2016	Allergic	John O’Shea	James McDonald	58 kgs	2:30.88
2015	Amelie’s Star	Peter Moody	Joshua Parr	56.5 kgs	2:30.84
2014	Deane Martin	Bruce Wallace	Brenton Avdulla	55 kgs	2:29.51
2013	Julienas	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	59 kgs	2:30.56
2012	Kelinni	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	55.5 kgs	2:30.48
2011	Lamasery	David Vandyke	Brenton Avdulla	57 kgs	2:29.93
2010	No Wine No Song	Kevin Moses	Jim Cassidy	58 kgs	2:30.45
2009	Mr Clangtastic	Marc Conners	Craig Agnew	57 kgs	2:29.85
2008	Get Up Jude	Diane Poidevin Laine	Blake Shinn	53 kgs	2:31.15
2007	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006	Exinite	Kris Lees	Larry Cassidy	52.5 kgs	2:28.80
2005	Railings	John Hawkes	Darren Bean	55.5 kgs	2:32.55
2004	Don Raphael	Kerry Parker	Glen Boss	56.5 kgs	2:29.83
2003	Outlaws	John Hawkes	Darren Bean	53.5 kgs	2:29.17
2002	Red Trinket	Gai Waterhouse	Chris Munce	54 kgs	2:30.52
2001	Dress Circle	Gai Waterhouse	Lenny Beasley	52 kgs	2:14.92
2000	Coco Cobanna	Gai Waterhouse	Chris Munce	55.5 kgs	2:31.41