The Show County Quality is an exciting sprinting event held at Royal Randwick Racecourse in August on Winx Stakes Day.
2024 Show County Quality Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
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The Show County Quality is a Group 3 sprint held over 1200m at at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse on Winx Stakes Day in August each year.
Run under quality handicap conditions, the Show County Quality is open only to horses three years and older. With prize money of $250,000 as of 2023, the Show County Quality is one of the more exciting races on a program filled with black-type sprinting events. The Show County Quality is held alongside the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m), Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1300m) and the Group 3 Premier’s Cup (2000m).
Those horses that contest the Show County Quality are often kicking-off their spring campaigns and often the Group 2 Tramway Handicap (1400m) is the next-up option. The best out of these races may go on to contest a spring Group 1 event such as the George Main Stakes (1600m), which the 2018 Show County winner Le Romain finished second to Winx in later that prep.
The 2021 Show County Quality form was franked with the winner Private Eye going on to win that spring’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and place in a number of subsequent Group 1 events. The 2021 third placed mare Icebath further franked the form saluting in the inaugural $2 million The Invitation race that October.
The Show County Quality also serves as a potential lead-up to the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest (1200m). In 2023 the Show County winner Buenos Noches ran a next-up third in the Group 2 The Shorts before crossing eighth in The Everest results that October.
The Show County Quality 2024 runs on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Royal Randwick.
| Show County Quality | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday, August 24, 2024 |
| Track: | Royal Randwick |
| Distance: | 1200m |
| Race Type: | Quality Handicap |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
2024 Show County Quality Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
2024 Show County Quality Betting Odds
The latest Show County Quality 2024 betting odds and market links to the Group 3 event at Randwick courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Deprive ($3.30 in 2019) followed by Showmanship ($3.30 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Show County Quality betting to win.
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2024 Show County Quality Form
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2024 Show County Quality Tips
Stay tuned for our insider Show County Quality 2024 Tips on the Winx Stakes Day support act this season.
- To Win: TBD
2024 Show County Quality Field
The official Show County Quality 2024 field of final acceptors and barrier draw will be announced on the Wednesday leading-up to Winx Stakes Day and published in full below.
2024 Show County Quality Nominations
Nominations for the Show County Quality 2024 close on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released.
Show County Quality History
Inaugurated in 1993, the Show County Quality has maintained a reputation for quality sprinting displays since its inception. The race is named after renowned sprinter Show County, who during 1988 and 1989 won events such as the Silver Slipper Stakes, Maribyrnong Plate, San Domenico Stakes and Stan Fox Stakes. Big Dreams won the first edition of the Show County Quality.
At its inauguration, the Show County Quality was a listed race. It held this status until the 2013 edition, when it first ran as a Group 3 event.
Like much of NSW horse racing, the Show County Quality was not held in 2007 due to the outbreak of equine influenza.
The Show County Quality has changed location numerous times and has been held at three prominent Sydney racecourses, including Royal Randwick, Warwick Farm and Canterbury Park. As of 2014, it will be again held at Royal Randwick.
| Period | Location |
|---|---|
| 1993-4 | Royal Randwick |
| 1995-99 | Warwick Farm |
| 2000 | Canterbury Park |
| 2001-04 | Warwick Farm |
| 2005-06 | Randwick Racecourse |
| 2008 | Warwick Farm |
| 2009 | Royal Randwick |
| 2010-13 | Warwick Farm |
| 2014 – onwards | Royal Randwick |
Notable Show County Quality winners include: Identikit (1995), Might And Power (1997), Siddinghausen (1998), Athelnoth (2004), Rebel Dane (2013) and Le Romain (2018). Show County Quality results since 2000 are listed below.
Show County Quality Results
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Show County Quality |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 2023 Show County Quality |
1st | Buenos Noches | 1 minute 10.25 seconds |
| 2nd | Argentia | ||
| 3rd | Dragonstone | ||
| 2022 Show County Quality |
1st | Showmanship | 1 minute 10.92 seconds |
| 2nd | Prime Candidate | ||
| 3rd | Rocketing By | ||
| 2021 Show County Quality |
1st | Private Eye | 1 minute 10.20 seconds |
| 2nd | Embracer | ||
| 3rd | Icebath | ||
| 2020 Show County Quality |
1st | Roheryn | 1 minute 11.23 seconds |
| 2nd | Probabeel | ||
| 3rd | Special Reward | ||
| 2019 Show County Quality |
1st | Deprive | 1 minute 8.63 seconds |
| 2nd | Trope | ||
| 3rd | Bon Amis | ||
| 2018 Show County Quality |
1st | Le Romain | 1 minute 8.62 seconds |
| 2nd | Siege Of Quebec | ||
| 3rd | Boss Lane | ||
| 2017 Show County Quality |
1st | Deploy | 1 minute 8 seconds |
| 2nd | The Virginian | ||
| 3rd | Burning Passion | ||
| 2016 Show County Quality |
1st | Tycoon Tara | 1 minute 9.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Le Romain | ||
| 3rd | Mount Nebo | ||
| 2015 Show County Quality |
1st | Decision Time | 1 minute 09 seconds |
| 2nd | Boss Lane | ||
| 3rd | Vashka | ||
| 2014 Show County Quality |
1st | Terravista | 1 minute 12.4 seconds |
| 2nd | In Cahoots | ||
| 3rd | Bull Point | ||
| 2013 Show County Quality |
1st | Rebel Dane | 1 minute 09.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Title | ||
| 3rd | Norzita | ||
| 2012 Show County Quality |
1st | Moment Of Change | 1 minute 09.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Title | ||
| 3rd | Somepin Anypin | ||
| 2011 Show County Quality |
1st | Skytrain | 1 minute 12.6 seconds |
| 2nd | Winter King | ||
| 3rd | Neeson | ||
| 2010 Show County Quality |
1st | Kenny’s World | 1 minute 10.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Pinwheel | ||
| 3rd | Sacred Choice | ||
| 2009 Show County Quality |
1st | Swift Alliance | 1 minute 09.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Bryannbo’s Gift | ||
| 3rd | Albert The Fat | ||
| 2008 Show County Quality |
1st | Bank Robber | 1 minute 11.96 seconds |
| 2nd | Hoystar | ||
| 3rd | Kick ‘N’ Chase | ||
| 2007 Show County Quality |
1st | Race Not Held | – |
| 2nd | – | ||
| 3rd | – | ||
| 2006 Show County Quality |
1st | Primus | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Resistor | ||
| 3rd | New Edge | ||
| 2005 Show County Quality |
1st | Lotteria | 1 minute 09.9 seconds |
| 2nd | One In A Million | ||
| 3rd | For Valour | ||
| 2004 Show County Quality |
1st | Athelnoth | 1 minute 10.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Turaga | ||
| 3rd | Desert War | ||
| 2003 Show County Quality |
1st | Sportsman | 1 minute 11.9 seconds |
| 2nd | Britt’s Best | ||
| 3rd | Grand Armee | ||
| 2002 Show County Quality |
1st | Presently | 1 minute 09.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Oomph | ||
| 3rd | National Saint | ||
| 2001 Show County Quality |
1st | Kingsgate | 1 minute 10.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Expertise | ||
| 3rd | Fashion News | ||
| 2000 Show County Quality |
1st | Stanzaic | 1 minute 09.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Mulan Princess | ||
| 3rd | Allez Suez | ||
