Angst Stakes


The Angst Stakes, registered as the Angst Quality Handicap, is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-old mares and up, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in October. The prize money for the event is A$250,000.

History

The race is named in honour of the 3 year old, grey filly named Angst. The winner of 7 races from 10 starts in 1993, including the Silver Shadow Stakes, Furious Stakes, Tea Rose Stakes and the Flight Stakes. The filly died the same year when undergoing a procedure to remove polyps from her larynx.

Name

  • 1994-2004 - Angst Mares Quality Handicap
  • 2005 onwards - Angst Stakes

Venue

Grade

Distance

  • 1994-2011 - 1,400 metres
  • 2012 - 1,500 metres
  • 2013 onwards - 1,600 metres

Winners

  • 2025 - Idle Flyer
  • 2024 - Lekvarte
  • 2023 - Renaissance Woman
  • 2022 - Hope In Your Heart
  • 2021 - Mirra Vision
  • 2020 - Emeralds
  • 2019 - Nettoyer
  • 2018 - I Am Serious
  • 2017 - Dixie Blossoms
  • 2016 - Dixie Blossoms
  • 2015 - Casino Dancer
  • 2014 - Neena Rock
  • 2013 - Sharnee Rose
  • 2012 - Nocturnelle
  • 2011 - Little Surfer Girl
  • 2010 - Lovemelikearock
  • 2009 - Illuminates
  • 2008 - Neroli
  • 2007 - †race not held
  • 2006 - More Than Lucky
  • 2005 - Wild Queen
  • 2004 - Hennessy Waltz
  • 2003 - Zanna
  • 2002 - Miss Zoe
  • 2001 - Danasia
  • 2000 - Prenuptial
  • 1999 - Roseville
  • 1998 - Zalinda
  • 1997 - Stoneyfell Road
  • 1996 - Rich Aunty
  • 1995 - Chlorophyll
  • 1994 - Sky Watch
† Not held because of outbreak of equine influenza