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Date:	August 19, 2023
Location:	Randwick Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales
Prize Money:	$250,000
Distance:	1200m

The Group 3 Show County Quality is a 1200m sprint held annually at Royal Randwick with a prize-pool of $250,000, with it next due to be run on August 19. 2023.

Having been run at Warwick Farm and Canterbury in the past, the Show County Quality has been exclusively held at Randwick since 2014.

The Show County Quality kicked off a superb spring campaign for Might And Power in 1997, before he went on to win the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Another notable winner of the Show County Quality is Private Eye. The Joseph Pride-trained runner would go on to win the Epsom Handicap, over 1600m, just three runs after his success in the Show County Quality.

The Show County Quality is an event which brings some in-form sprinters during the winter, up against returning horses who are looking to get over longer distances.

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Latest Show County Quality News

Showmanship makes it eight from 10

Australia horse racing news

11 months ago

Western Australian galloper Showmanship has taken his record to eight wins from 10 starts after a terrific display in the …

Melody Belle improved ahead of Winx Stakes

New Zealand horse racing news

3 years ago

New Zealand’s champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping high-class mare Melody Belle can mirror the pattern of her previous campaigns …

Deprive lands narrow win in Group 3 Show County

Australia horse racing news

4 years ago

Deprive has claimed a Group Three win in the Show County Quality by the barest of margins for Godolphin and …

Baller expected to kick goals this spring

Australia horse racing news

4 years ago

Connections of Baller have high hopes for the young sprinter as he prepares to launch his spring at Randwick …

New recruit gets Pride’s tick of approval

Australia horse racing news

4 years ago

Group placegetter Mandylion has impressed new trainer Joseph Pride ahead of her debut for the stable at Randwick …

2023 Show County Quality field

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2022 Show County Quality field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Special Reward	Kris Lees	Glyn Schofield	3	59kg
2	King Of Sparta	Peter & Paul Snowden	Nash Rawiller	7	58kg
3	~~Embracer~~	~~Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott~~	~~Regan Bayliss~~	10	~~57kg~~
4	Bandipur	Kelly Purdy	Rachel King	6	56.5kg
5	Electric Girl	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	William Pike	4	56kg
6	Showmanship	Danny O’Brien	James McDonald	1	54.5kg
7	Chat	John Thompson	Brenton Avdulla	5	54kg
8	Rocketing By	David Pfieffer	Tommy Berry	9	54kg
9	Prime Candidate	Bjorn Baker	Kerrin McEvoy	8	53.5kg
10	Sonnet Star	Damien Lane	Andrew Adkins	2	53kg

2022 Show County Quality result

1st – Showmanship ($3.30)
2nd – Prime Candidate ($2.00)
3rd – Rocketing By ($3.10)

Recent Show County Quality winners

2022: Jmac gets the best out of Showmanship
Brilliant Perth sprinter Showmanship showed all of his class when saluting in the 2022 Group 3 Show County Quality. Despite giving away a decent head start on the field, Showmanship, under a masterful ride from James McDonald, produced a stunning final 200m to gun down Prime Candidate. Despite being five-lengths off the eventual runner-up, Showmanship went to another level as he would go on to register an eighth win from just 10 starts. He flew home in the final 600m including a sensational split between the 400m and 200m when he broke 11 seconds as he stormed into the race.
2021: Private Eye shows Group 1 potential
Coming off a profitable Queensland Carnival campaign, Joe Pride’s Private Eye announced himself as a genuine spring contender with a commanding win in the Group 3 Show County Quality. An unwanted betting proposition, Private Eye bought up a seventh win from 10 starts when unleashing his customary turn of foot. Jay Ford picked up the ride as a late replacement for Brenton Avdulla, and was blown away by Private Eye’s acceleration as he ran home in 32.75 seconds for his last 600m. With such a strong finish Embracer, a vulnerable leader was always in trouble late over 1200m, with Icebath finishing a length back in third.
2020: Roheryn reaches new career high
The James Cummings-trained Roheryn had always been touted as a sprinter with plenty of ability, but it took him until his five-year-old season to reach a career peak with victory in the Group 3 Show County Quality. Despite coming up against genuine Group 1 stars in Probabeel and Funstar, Roheryn had race fitness on his side, compared to the two mares resuming first-up from a spell. That fitness advantage showed late on with Jason Collett getting every last ounce of energy out of Roheryn to hold off the fast-finishing Probabeel and Special Reward in a ding-dong battle where less than a length separated the first four across the line.
2019: Deprive wins by a nostril
Despite the judge taking several minutes to rule his eye over the photo finish, Godolophin’s Deprive rewarded favourite punters by the barest possible margin. In one of the tightest finishes in the history of the Group 3 Show County Quality, Deprive overcame a sluggish start to hug the rails under Rachel King to get the better of Trope in dramatic scenes. The win handed Deprive his fifth straight win, having picked up where he left off in the autumn with this first-up win.