Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes
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History

The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes is a Group 3 race for the four year old and up mares conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club.
The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes was first run in 1995 and was won by Bondi.
The Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes is run over 1300m under Set Weights and Penalties conditions. It was worth $200,000 in 2023.
It used to be known as the Hyderabad Race Club Plate but changed names in 2012. It was a Listed race to 2006 then Group 3 after that. It is back at Sandown in 2023.
Silent Sedition was beaten a nose first up in 2017 and after that had a great prep beaten another nose in the Coolmore Classic and close up in the Queen Of The Turf with a win in the G1 William Reid Stakes in between.
Probabeel won the race as her lead into the 2021 Futurity Stakes. She won this race again in 2022.
Notable winners of the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes include Skewiff (2003), Glamour Puss (2005), Coniston Gem (2007), Velocitea (2010), Beaded (2011), Tycoon Tara (2015), Prussian Vixen (2017/2018) and Probabeel (2021/2022).
The 2023 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes was won by Wrote To Arataki from Belle Et Riche and Forbidden City.

Previous Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
WROTE TO ARATAKI
(NZ)
4M WROTE (IRE) - GALLOPING GERTE (NZ) ALIGN (AUS) |
JAMIE KAH | 56.0 | MATTHEW WILLIAMS | 10 |
|
PROBABEEL
(NZ)
5M SAVABEEL (AUS) - FAR FETCHED (NZ) PINS (AUS) |
B PREBBLE | 60.0 | JAMIE RICHARDS | 2 |
|
PROBABEEL
(NZ)
4M SAVABEEL (AUS) - FAR FETCHED (NZ) PINS (AUS) |
DAMIAN LANE | 60.0 | JAMIE RICHARDS | 11 |
|
SYLVIA'S MOTHER
(AUS)
4M SNITZEL (AUS) - FOUND THE ONE (AUS) BEL ESPRIT (AUS) |
D DUNN | 55.0 | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 1 |
|
PRINCESS OF QUEENS
(AUS)
5M MAGNUS (AUS) - TRISTABEEL (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ) |
D DUNN | 56.0 | MICK PRICE | 5 |
|
PRUSSIAN VIXEN
(AUS)
5M KING OF PRUSSIA (AUS) - MISS EILEEN (AUS) LION HUNTER (AUS) |
J NOONAN | 58.0 | MICHAEL MEHEGAN | 7 |
|
PRUSSIAN VIXEN
(AUS)
4M KING OF PRUSSIA (AUS) - MISS EILEEN (AUS) LION HUNTER (AUS) |
J NOONAN | 55.0 | MICHAEL MEHEGAN | 2 |
|
TUSCAN SLING
(AUS)
5M DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - FIRENZA (AUS) KENNY'S BEST PAL (AUS) |
B RAWILLER | 57.0 | DARREN WEIR | 7 |
|
TYCOON TARA
(AUS)
4M WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - MOSSTARA (AUS) ENCORES (NZ) |
B MELHAM | 55.0 | SYMON WILDE | 8 |
|
A TIME FOR JULIA
(AUS)
4M REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - PROCRASTINATE (AUS) JADE HUNTER (USA) |
L NOLEN | 57.0 | PETER G MOODY | 5 |
|
THERE'S ONLY ONE
(AUS)
5M TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - AUNTY HILDA (NZ) NASSIPOUR (USA) |
D W STACKHOUSE | 56.0 | PETER G MOODY | 4 |
|
PSYCHOLOGIST
(AUS)
4M CHOISIR (AUS) - MISS CONCEPTION (AUS) DANZERO (AUS) |
C NEWITT | 54.0 | TONY VASIL | 11 |
|
BEADED
(AUS)
5M LONHRO (AUS) - SUBTLE (AUS) NIGHT SHIFT (USA) |
M J ZAHRA | 57.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 15 |
|
VELOCITEA
(NZ)
4M VOLKSRAAD (GB) - CAT SHMEA (NZ) FELIX THE CAT (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 2 |
|
ANNESONG
(AUS)
6M RUBITON (AUS) - TAYMAH (AUS) MILITARY PLUME (NZ) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 53.0 | R W SMERDON | 10 |
|
LUCKY DIVA
(AUS)
6M PERUGINO (USA) - LUCKY WITCH (AUS) VOODOO RHYTHM (USA) |
C NEWITT | 54.0 | R W SMERDON | 10 |
|
CONISTON GEM
(AUS)
5M GREIG (NZ) - NO TELLING (AUS) GOLD CARAT (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 53.0 | JOHN SMERDON | 6 |
|
BEAUTIFUL GEM
(AUS)
5M PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) - JUST BLOOMING (AUS) YEATS (USA) |
NICK RYAN | 58.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 15 |
|
GLAMOUR PUSS
(NZ)
4M TALE OF THE CAT (USA) - ESCADA (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 54.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 8 |
|
GIVEN
(AUS)
5M CANNY LAD (AUS) - MAD DESIRE (AUS) COVETOUS (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 53.0 | J T CONLAN | 10 |
|
SKEWIFF
(AUS)
5M MOOKTA (AUS) - CENTRULLAH (AUS) CENTURY (AUS) |
D R SMITH | 54.0 | DARREN WEIR | 4 |
|
NAPPING
(AUS)
4M SRI PEKAN (USA) - LACKADAISICAL (AUS) STAR PYRAMUL (AUS) |
G BOSS | 53.0 | DAVID HALL | 2 |
|
TYPHOON BILLIE
(AUS)
4M RORY'S JESTER (AUS) - DE BEAUVOIR (AUS) KENMARE (FR) |
G CHILDS | 54.0 | BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH | 9 |
|
LONDOLOZI
(AUS)
5M EL QAHIRA (NZ) - GOLD TOKEN (AUS) PARTY LEADER (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 55.5 | P T HYLAND | 6 |