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HKJC Stakes

Group Three Betting Guide
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2023
Location: Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria
Prize Money: $200,000
Distance: 1400m

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

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

2022 HKJC Stakes result



1stLarkspur Run ($16.00)
2ndLiterary Magnate ($2.40)
3rdMac ‘N’ Cheese ($7.00)

Recent HKJC Stakes results

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

HKJC Stakes Past Winners
Year Horse Jockey Trainer
2022 Larkspur Run Jamie Kah James Cummings
2021 Rich Hips Nash Rawiller Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
2020 Rich Hips Michael Dee Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
2019 Teleplay Nash Rawiller Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr
2018 Cool Passion Tommy Berry Tony McEvoy
2017 Pedrena Mick Price Michael Dee
2016 Artistry Hugh Bowman Peter & Paul Snowden
2015 Scarlet Billows Craig Williams Darren Weir
2014 Mahara James McDonald Paul Snowden
2013 Plucky Belle Luke Nolen Peter Moody
2012 Koonoomoo Hugh Bowman Simon Vercoe
2011 Sophie’s Spirit Glyn Schofield Max Hinton
2010 Jersey Lily Craig Williams Les Bridge
2009 Strawberry Field Nicholas Hall John O’Shea
2008 Neroli Kerrin McEvoy Peter Snowden
2007 Juste Momente Hugh Bowman Danny O’Brien
2006 Storm Signal Damien Oliver Peter Moody
2005 Vintner Dwayne Dunn David Hayes

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