Tattersall's Tiara 2026 - Barrier Draw & Final Field

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The barrier draw has been conducted for the 2026 Tattersall's Tiara
This 1400m feature will be contested on Saturday, June 27 at Eagle Farm
The Tatts Tiara is the final Group 1 of the 2025/26 season
Final Field is detailed below

Manaal has drawn barrier nine in the 2026 Tattersall's Tiara. (Getty)

The Tattersall's Tiara is the final Group 1 race of the Australian racing season, with the fillies and mares weight-for-age contest run over 1400m at Eagle Farm.

Tattersall's Tiara 2026 - Barriers & Final Field
Tattersall's Tiara Winners

Splash Back (barrier 6) returned with little luck in the Sapphire Stakes at Randwick before bouncing back with a strong second-up win in the Group 2 Victory Stakes on May 2.

She hasn't been disgraced in the Kingsford-Smith Cup or Stradbroke Handicap since and is back against her own sex here.

Gerringong (barrier 13) resumed with a sound runner-up finish behind the in-form She's Got Pizzazz in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes on June 13.

While the four-year-old is yet to add to her winning tally since opening her career with back-to-back victories, she has consistently performed at stakes level, recording six placings in black-type company.

Manaal (barrier 9) announced herself as a top-class filly when winning the Inglis Sires' as a two-year-old and has continued to compete well in strong company since.

A six-time Group race winner, the daughter of Tassort returned with an encouraging third in the Morton Cup on June 6.

Abounding (barrier 17) heads into this off a disappointing Stradbroke Handicap performance, although she had been in excellent form beforehand, highlighted by her BRC Sprint victory.

The Heavy 9 conditions last start were against her, and she is expected to be far more effective if she strikes a firmer surface here.

Melody Again (barrier 11) has produced eye-catching finishes at her past two appearances, including a closing fourth in last Saturday's Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich.

Prior to that, she made ground strongly in the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic won by Tuileries (barrier 3), a mare who has won two of her last three starts and took out a tick-over trial at Rosehill on June 5.

With a strong return in the Fred Best Classic followed by a runner-up finish, albeit a well-held second on June 13, Within The Law (barrier 10) could be working towards a peak performance now third-up.

Tattersall's Tiara 2026 - Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Splash Back (FR)	Grahame Begg	TBA	6	57kg
2	Abounding	Robert Heathcote	Tim Clark	17	57kg
3	Manaal	Michael Freedman	Ben Melham	9	57kg
4	Tuileries	Peter Snowden	Chad Schofield	3	57kg
5	Midnight In Tokyo	Todd Pollard	Ryan Maloney	18	57kg
6	Gerringong	Chris & Corey Munce	Nash Rawiller	13	57kg
7	Super Smink	Daniel Morton	Lucy Fiore	14	57kg
8	Infancy	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons	12	57kg
9	Melody Again	Liam Ruddy	Ashley Morgan	11	57kg
10	Firestorm (NZ)	Chris Waller	Ben Thompson	7	57kg
11	Ahha Ahha	Chris Waller	Michael Rodd	2	57kg
12	Savagery Vibe	Tony Gollan	Daniel Moor	4	57kg
13	Poster Girl	Chris & Corey Munce	Martin Harley	15	57kg
14	Blindedbythelight	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	1	57kg
15	Paradise City	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	16	57kg
16	Soft Love	Matt Laurie	Daniel Stackhouse	8	57kg
17	Within The Law	Bjorn Baker	Tommy Berry	10	55.5kg
18e	Bengal Diamond	Adam Campton	TBA	5	57kg

Tattersall's Tiara Winners

The Tattersall's Tiara was first run in 1989 and is one of the newer features on the Queensland racing calendar, particularly when compared to many of the state's long-established major races.

The race was contested over 1500m for much of its history before being reduced to 1400m in 2007.

Run under weight-for-age conditions for fillies and mares, the Tattersall's Tiara serves as the final Group 1 race of the Australian racing season, with the new campaign's opening Group 1 held in late August.

Palaisipan (2023), Bella Nipotina (2024) and Tashi (2025) are the most recent winners of the Tattersall's Tiara.