How Now Stakes
| How Now Stakes raced as Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Group 3 race | |
| Location | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1999 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Qualification | Mares four-year-old and older |
| Weight | set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $150,000 (2014) |
The How Now Stakes is a registered Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under set weights with penalties conditions, for mares aged four years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres in late September. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.[1] In 2014 the race was raced as Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes.
Race History
The race is named after the brilliant filly How Now, who won the 1976 Underwood Stakes.[2] This race is held on the same card as the Underwood Stakes.
Race distance
From 1999 onwards held over 1200m
Race grade
- 1999–2004 was a Listed Race
- 2005 onwards Group 3.
Race name
- 1999 - Cranbourne Daihatsu Stakes
- 2000–2001 - Dairy Farmers Milk Stakes
- 2002 - Dubai Convention Bureau Stakes
- 2003–2004 - Emirates Racing Association Stakes
- 2005 - Dubai International Stakes
- 2006 - How Now Stakes
- 2007 - South Yarra Stakes
- 2008–2011 - How Now Stakes
- 2012 onwards - Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes
The winners
- 2014 - Girl Guide
- 2013 - Catkins [3]
- 2012 - Detours [4]
- 2011 - Sister Madly
- 2010 - Valentine Miss [5]
- 2009 - Velocitea [6]
- 2008 - Vivacious Spirit [7]
- 2007 - Miss Judgement [8]
- 2006 - Queen Of The Hill [9]
- 2005 - †Sarah Michelle / Brindabella[10]
- 2004 - Strikeline
- 2003 - Lovely Jubly
- 2002 - Taimana
- 2001 - Miss Power Bird
- 2000 - Piavonic
- 1999 - Snippets’ Lass
† Deadheat
See also
References
- ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the How Now Stakes". Progroupracing.com (Aus). 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ "Race History Underwood Stakes - First 3 placegetters". stallions.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ 2013 result
- ↑ 2012 result
- ↑ 2010 result
- ↑ 2009 result
- ↑ 2008 result
- ↑ 2007 result
- ↑ 2006 result
- ↑ 2005 result