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Surfin' Bird headlines the final field for the Empire Rose Stakes

View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2026 Empire Rose Stakes. The Empire Rose Stakes will be run on Saturday, 31 October 2026 at Flemington racecourse.

Time: 5:00pm AEDT

Distance: 1600m

Class: Group 1

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Empire Rose Stakes Field

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 LADY SHENANDOAH Chris Waller James McDonald 8 57kg
2 IDLE FLYER Matthew Smith Mark Zahra 7 57kg
3 SURFIN’ BIRD Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Blake Shinn 9 57kg
4 CILACAP Grahame Begg Michael Dee 4 57kg
5 UNLEESHING Bjorn Baker Jason Collett 10 57kg
6 PONDALOWIE Emma-Lee & David Browne Harry Coffey 11 57kg
7 JENNI MULTABELLA (NZ) Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 2 57kg
8 SALTY PEARL Ciaron Maher Ben Allen 1 56.5kg
9 SASS APPEAL Danny O’Brien Damian Lane 5 56.5kg
10 CONCORD CONNIE Charlotte Littlefield Craig Williams 6 56.5kg
11 PILLOW FIGHT Bjorn Baker William Pike 3 56.5kg

Empire Rose Stakes Odds

Tab Empire Rose Stakes (G1)
Flemington | 1600 | Good 4
October 31, 2026
5:00 PM
1. Lady Shenandoah (8)
57kg
J: James McDonald
T: Chris Waller
2x441
2. Idle Flyer (7)
57kg
J: Mark Zahra
T: Matthew Smith
64405
3. Surfin' Bird (9)
57kg
J: Blake Shinn
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
1x411
4. Cilacap (4)
57kg
J: Michael Dee
T: Grahame Begg
831x5
5. Unleeshing (10)
57kg
J: Jason Collett
T: Bjorn Baker
x2211
6. Pondalowie (11)
57kg
J: Harry Coffey
T: Emma-Lee & David Browne
x8156
7. Jenni Multabella (2)
57kg
J: Declan Bates
T: Ciaron Maher
31222
8. Salty Pearl (1)
56.5kg
J: Ben Allen
T: Ciaron Maher
5x346
9. Sass Appeal (5)
56.5kg
J: Damian Lane
T: Danny O'brien
x1442
10. Concord Connie (6)
56.5kg
J: Craig Williams
T: Charlotte Littlefield
11x23
11. Pillow Fight (3)
56.5kg
J: William Pike
T: Bjorn Baker
2x652
 
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