Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Stakes

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Flemington racecourse on Melbourne Cup Day, worth $200,000.

Registered as the Maybe Mahal Stakes, the race is for mares four-years-old and older and is run under set weights and penalties conditions.

Since the inaugural year in 2005, there has only ever been on horse win the race twice, with that being Rich Hips, who took out the race in back-to-back years in 2020 and 2021.

A HKJC Stakes win is a huge selling point for mares with it considered a black type race. It is very rare to see a mare race on after winning a HKJC Stakes, with the group 3 a strong selling point for broodmares going to stud, largely because they receive the black type tick on their pedigree.

Due to the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1600m) being moved to two weeks after the Melbourne Cup Carnival from 2023 onwards, we could see more mares use this race as a strong lead-up race.

2023 HKJC Stakes Betting Odds

HKJC Stakes odds are currently unavailable. Horsebetting.com.au will update the HKJC Stakes odds when they are available.

Best HKJC Club Stakes bookmakers

All of our recommended bookmakers have markets for the HKJC Stakes and other feature horse races.

Most of the Melbourne Cup Carnival races have markets opened well in advance and the Group 3 HKJC Stakes is no exception.

The top HKJC Stakes betting sites have got Android and iOS betting apps in Australia, with most bookmakers having these mobile applications.

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2023 HKJC Stakes Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2023 HKJC Stakes field is released.

Previous HKJC Stakes Field

• 2022 HKJC Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Promise Of Success	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	1	58kg
  2		Turaath	Maddie Raymond	Damian Lane	4	58kg
  3		Literary Magnate	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	13	57kg
  4		Tycoon Evie	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tommy Berry	10	57kg
  5		Heresy	James Cummings	William Buick	8	57kg
  6		Paul’s Regret	Peter Chow	Jarrod Fry	20	56kg
  7		Mac ‘N” Cheese	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Hugh Bowman	2	56kg
  8		Ancient Girl	Clinton McDonald	Mark Zahra	18	56kg
  9		She’s All Class	Chris Waller	Blake Shinn	5	55kg
  10		Decent Raine	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6	55kg
  11		Katalin	James Cummings	James McDonald	16	55kg
  12		Sur La Mer	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	19	55kg
  13		Mrs Sippy	Jason Warren	Daniel Stackhouse	3	55kg
  14		See Marie	Peter Moody	Luke Nolen	17	55kg
  15		Adele Amour	John Sadler	Alana Kelly	7	55kg
  16		Another Award	Leon McDonald & Andrew Gluyas	Craig Williams	11	55kg
  17		Larkspur Run	James Cummings	Jamie Kah	14	55kg
  18		Finepoint	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	9	55kg
  19		Roots	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	15	55kg
  20		Asymmertical	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Daniel Moor	12	55kg

2022 HKJC Stakes result

Recent HKJC Stakes results

• 2022: Larkspur Run defeats a wall of runners
  Larkspur Run was an emergency for the 2022 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes, but when she gained a start, didn’t let connections down. Jamie Kah gave this daughter of Shamardal a great ride before pushing the button at the 300m mark as she booted clear and put a winning margin by the 150m mark. A wall of six or seven horses were trying their best to chase her down, but they couldn’t get to Larkspur Run, and she recorded her first Group success.
• 2021: Rich Hips goes back-to-back
  Rich Hips became the first horse to win the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes twice, as well as win the race in back-to-back years. Unlike her first win in 2020, Nash Rawiller took a rails run to blow the whistle and shoot through on the inside of runners, before careering away with a dominant 1.25 length victory.
• 2020: Rich Hips comes from the clouds
  Rich Hips from the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young yard flew home down the outside under the urgings of Michael Dee to blouse her rivals in the final strides. Dee was looking for runs for the entirety of the Flemington straight, and when a small gap appeared outside of runners and the daughter of Written Tycoon let down with a blistering turn of foot to claim her first Group victory of her career.
• 2019: Nash gives Teleplay a peach
  The Mick & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Teleplay was given a peach of a ride by Nash Rawiller to run up the inside rail and run away with the HKJC Stakes. At the 300m mark, there wasn’t a run there for Rawiller, but he waited and waited and as the slowing leader rolled off the fence, he took the run and sprinted quickly to take the lead. The daughter of Written Tycoon made it two wins from two starts on Melbourne Cup Day, after she won the Listed MSS Security Sprint the year before.

HKJC Stakes winners