The Group 3 Wenona Girl Handicap is held each autumn in Sydney on Randwick Guineas Day.
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #4 Commemorative
- 2nd: #13 Outback Miss
- 3rd: #7 Junqueira
Wenona Girl Handicap News
The Wenona Girl Handicap is a Group 3 sprint race run in early to mid-March during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Results
- 1st: #4 Commemorative
- 2nd: #13 Outback Miss
- 3rd: #7 Junqueira
James Cummings’ four-year-old I Am Invincible mare Commemorative ($4.40F) improved on her lead-up third in the Group 2 Triscay Stakes, relishing another run at the same track and trip fitter second-up to dominate the 2025 Wenona Girl Handicap results in the last on Randwick Guineas Day running away for a big 1.72 length victory for the punters.
Wenona Girl Handicap 2025 Odds & Results
Hkjc World Pool Wenona Girl Qlty (G3)
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
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1st
4. Commemorative (9) J: Jason Collett 54kg
T: James Cummings |
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2nd
13. Outback Miss (2) J: Tyler Schiller 53kg
T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr |
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3rd
7. Junqueira (4) J: Tom Sherry 54kg
T: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton |
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4th
9. Spring Lee (12) J: Rachel King 53kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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5th
10. Clear Thinking (8) J: Zac Lloyd 53kg
T: Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich |
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6th
2. Arctic Glamour (1) J: Tommy Berry 55kg
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
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7th
11. The Black Cloud (6) J: Jay Ford 53kg
T: Joseph Pride |
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8th
14. Cosmonova (3) J: Reece Jones 53kg
T: Joseph Pride |
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9th
12. Confess Our Dreams (5) J: Alysha Collett 53kg
T: Brad Widdup |
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10th
5. Kundalini (10) J: Jordan Childs 54kg
T: Grahame Begg |
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11th
8. Shezanalister (7) J: Tim Clark 53.5kg
T: Bjorn Baker |
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12th
1. Lekvarte (11) J: Josh Parr 59kg
T: Joseph Pride |
Data retrieved: 16/05/2025 01:17:25 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
Contested over 1200m the quality handicap event offers $250,000 in total prize money and is only open to mares aged four-years-old and above.
The Wenona Girl Handicap is one of a host of Group status races run at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Randwick Guineas Day. The meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m).
Many mares in the Wenona Girl Handicap field may have had a previous Randwick run in February’s Group 3 Triscay Stakes (1200m).
Commemorative (3rd in 2025) was the last Triscay Stakes graduate to continue on and win the Wenona Girl Handicap.
A nice next-up option is Rosehill’s Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) a fortnight after the Wenona Girl Handicap or possibly the previous week’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m).
The 2022 Wenona Girl Handicap form was franked with the winner Belluci Babe going on to run a solid fourth in both the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) and Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) that autumn.
The Wenona Girl Handicap 2025 ran at Randwick on Saturday March 8, 2025 as part of Sydney’s Randwick Guineas Day card and was won in a nearly two-length romp home by the Godolphin raced favourite Commemorative ($4.40F).
| 2025 Wenona Girl Handicap | |
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| Date: | Saturday March 8, 2025 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Quality Handicap / Mares 4YO&Up |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Finishing Order
| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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| 1 | 4 | COMMEMORATIVE | James Cummings | Jason Collett | 9 | 54kg | $4.40F | |||
| 2 | 13 | OUTBACK MISS | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tyler Schiller | 1.72L | 2 | 53kg | $7 | ||
| 3 | 7 | JUNQUEIRA | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Tom Sherry | 2.01L | 4 | 54kg | $91 | ||
| 4 | 9 | SPRING LEE | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 2.02L | 12 | 53kg | $10 | ||
| 5 | 10 | CLEAR THINKING (GB) | Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich | Zac Lloyd | 2.21L | 8 | 53kg | $5.50 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tommy Berry | 3.65L | 1 | 55kg (cd 55.5kg) | $10 | ||
| 7 | 11 | THE BLACK CLOUD | Joseph Pride | Jay Ford | 4.18L | 6 | 53kg | $14 | ||
| 8 | 14 | COSMONOVA | Joseph Pride | Reece Jones | 4.36L | 3 | 53kg | $31 | ||
| 9 | 12 | CONFESS OUR DREAMS | Brad Widdup | Ms Alysha Collett | 5.57L | 5 | 53kg | $17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | KUNDALINI | Grahame Begg | Jordan Childs | 6.16L | 10 | 54kg (cd 54.5kg) | $21 | ||
| 11 | 8 | SHEZANALISTER | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 6.79L | 7 | 53.5kg | $5 | ||
| 12 | 1 | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Joshua Parr | 7.25L | 11 | 59kg | $81 | ||
| 15 | HELLCIBELL | Brett Cavanough | Ms Winona Costin | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | INHIBITIONS | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | WOOLOOWIN | Nathan Doyle | 0 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Betting
The updated Wenona Girl Handicap 2025 betting odds and market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be updated the week of the race here at Races.com.au.
Fasika ($2.30 in 2020), Belluci Babe ($3 in 2022), Tintookie ($4.40 in 2024), and Commemorative ($4.40 in 2025) are the latest favourites in Wenona Girl Handicap betting to salute for the punters.
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Form Guide
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2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Wenona Girl Handicap 2025 Tips on the Randwick Guineas Day act this autumn.
- To Win: #10 Clear Thinking ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Open edition of the Wenona Girl with plenty of winning chances but lots to like on the lead-up form of Clear Thinking who stays on 53kg here. The Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich trained five-year-old is well weighted after carrying the same kilos to a brave second at the track and trip in the Group 2 Triscay behind Inhibitions on February 15. Prior to that she won over the 1200m at Randwick with 60kg in easier company fresh. She’s fit now third-up and ready to turn the tables on her last start conqueror. Drawn wider out in from gate 10 to 9 for Zac Lloyd but think she’ll slot in okay. Loves this course and is something of a six-furlong specialist (4:3-1-0). Can return to winning form.
2025 Wenona Girl Handicap Field
The Wenona Girl Handicap field attracts a strong line-up of quality sprinting mares who could be eyeing tougher runs later in the autumn and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before the race.
The official 2025 Wenona Girl Handicap field and barriers are set to be announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.
The Wenona Girl Handicap 2025 final field features a strong line-up of in-form mares led by the Godolphin raced Commemorative who is second-up after a third fresh in the Group 2 Triscay here.
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | H Rating |
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| 1 | x08x41679x | LEKVARTE (NZ) | Joseph Pride | Joshua Parr | 13 | 59kg | 103 | ||
| 2 | 20x273575x | ARCTIC GLAMOUR | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | Tommy Berry | 2 | 55kg | 55.5kg | 95 | |
| 3 | 22×8221851 | INHIBITIONS | James Cummings | Kerrin McEvoy | 1 | 54.5kg | 94 | ||
| 4 | 4x141x24x3 | COMMEMORATIVE | James Cummings | Jason Collett | 11 | 54kg | 93 | ||
| 5 | 24x31142x8 | KUNDALINI | Grahame Begg | Jordan Childs | 12 | 54kg | 54.5kg | 92 | |
| 6 | 3x11x1351x | WOOLOOWIN | Nathan Doyle | 15 | 54kg | 84 | |||
| 7 | 145x5045x1 | JUNQUEIRA | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Tom Sherry | 5 | 54kg | 81 | ||
| 8 | x143507x13 | SHEZANALISTER | Bjorn Baker | Tim Clark | 9 | 53.5kg | 92 | ||
| 9 | 2x241x3361 | SPRING LEE | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 14 | 53kg | 87 | ||
| 10 | 111×12 | CLEAR THINKING (GB) | Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich | Zac Lloyd | 10 | 53kg | 86 | ||
| 11 | x121x89x26 | THE BLACK CLOUD | Joseph Pride | Jay Ford | 7 | 53kg | 83 | ||
| 12 | 183x24117x | CONFESS OUR DREAMS | Brad Widdup | Ms Alysha Collett | 6 | 53kg | 82 | ||
| 13 | 11x34x11 | OUTBACK MISS | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Tyler Schiller | 3 | 53kg | 81 | ||
| 14 | x4911x2615 | COSMONOVA | Joseph Pride | Reece Jones | 4 | 53kg | 80 | ||
| 15 | 211x311x2 | HELLCIBELL | Brett Cavanough | Ms Winona Costin | 8 | 53kg | 70 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
2025 Wenona Girl Nominations
Early nominations on the Wenona Girl Handicap in 2025 will be provided below once announced by Racing NSW on the Monday ahead of the race.
Wenona Girl Handicap History
The Wenona Girl Handicap was first contested in 2006 and won by a mare called Wonderer. Over its short history the event has run at both Randwick Racecourse and Warwick Farm Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Wenona Girl who is in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and won a host of majors during the 1960s including the Rosehill Guineas (1960) and CF Orr Stakes (1962).
Starting out as a Listed race it gained Group 3 status in 2014 and in 2014 was run as the Roy Higgins Tribute Quality honouring champion jockey Roy Higgins (1938-2014) who died the week of the race.
Quality mares including Beaded (2010), Griante (2015), and Savoureux (2016) have won the Wenona Girl Handicap over the past decade.
There was a protest upheld (3rd vs 1st) in the 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap results that saw Jal Lei elevated to the winner’s stall while Jump The Broom was relegated to third.
Recent Wenona Girl Handicap Winners
See below for the full list of Wenona Girl Handicap results and winners going back to its inauguration in 2006.
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2025 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Commemorative | 1 minute 08.09 seconds |
| 2nd | Outback Miss | ||
| 3rd | Junqueira | ||
| 2024 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Tintookie | 1 minute 08.81 seconds |
| 2nd | C’est Magique | ||
| 3rd | Wee Nessy | ||
| 2023 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Jal Lei (on protest) | 1 minute 09.83 seconds |
| 2nd | Tycoon Evie | ||
| 3rd | Jump The Broom (relegated) | ||
| 2022 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Belluci Babe | 1 minute 12.97 seconds |
| 2nd | Tricky Gal | ||
| 3rd | Never Talk | ||
| 2021 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Vulpine | 1 minute 08.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Seasons | ||
| 3rd | Emanate | ||
| 2020 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Fasika | 1 minute 09.94 seconds |
| 2nd | I Am Excited | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2019 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Winter Bride | 1 minute 07.73 seconds |
| 2nd | Spright | ||
| 3rd | Resin | ||
| 2018 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Sugar Bella | 1 minute 08.85 seconds |
| 2nd | Miss Que | ||
| 3rd | Perizada | ||
| 2017 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rocket Commander | 1 minute 13.87 seconds |
| 2nd | Hieroglyphics | ||
| 3rd | Zestful | ||
| 2016 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Savoureux | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Private Secretary | ||
| 3rd | Flashing Speed | ||
| 2015 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Griante | 1 minute 08.6 seconds |
| 2nd | I Love It | ||
| 3rd | Slots | ||
| 2014 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | A Time For Julia | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Lilliburlero | ||
| 3rd | Recoinage | ||
| 2013 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Choice Words (note: Arinosa disqualified) | 1 minute 09.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Ladys Angel | ||
| 3rd | Cathay Lady | ||
| 2012 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Rose Of Peace | 1 minute 10.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Quidnunc | ||
| 3rd | Alberton Park | ||
| 2011 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Ofcourseican | 1 minute 8.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Flying Success | ||
| 3rd | Trim | ||
| 2010 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Beaded | 1 minute 9.10 seconds |
| 2nd | Alverta | ||
| 3rd | Illuminates | ||
| 2009 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Belong To Many | 1 minute 10.53 seconds |
| 2nd | Espurante | ||
| 3rd | Ugly Betty | ||
| 2008 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Litter | 1 minute 11.05 seconds |
| 2nd | Danasierra | ||
| 3rd | A Country Girl | ||
| 2007 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Kakakakatie | 1 minute 9.94 seconds |
| 2nd | Aunty Betty | ||
| 3rd | Storm Alert | ||
| 2006 Wenona Girl Handicap |
1st | Wonderer | 1 minute 10.91 seconds |
| 2nd | Radio Song | ||
| 3rd | One In A Million | ||
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