How Now Stakes

The How Now Stakes is a Group 3 race that is held at Caulfield Racecourse for mares and is run under set weights And penalty conditions, with a prize pool of $200,000.

Since the inaugural running of the How Now Stakes it has been held at Caulfield over 1200m.

The How Now Stakes has been classified as a Listed race from 1999-2004, before being upgraded to group 3 status from 2005 onwards.

The race is named after How Now, who won the 1976 Underwood Stakes.

Notable winners of the How Now Stakes include: Bella Nipotina (2021), Winter Bride (2018), Secret Agenda (2016), Politeness (2015), Catkins (2013), Velocitea (2009), Queen Of The Hill (2006), Miss Power Bird (2001) and Snippets’ Lass (1999).

2023 How Now Stakes Betting Odds

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How Now Stakes 2023 Final Field

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Previous How Now Stakes Field

• 2022 How Now Stakes field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Lavish Girl	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	3	58kg
  2		Zapateo	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	7	57kg
  3		Argentia	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Mark Zahra	5	57kg
  4		Chain Of Lightning	Peter Moody	Jamie Kah	11	57kg
  5		Written Beauty	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	4	56kg
  6		Rainbiel	Anthony Chibnall	Craig Newitt	12	56kg
  7		Isotope	Tony Gollan	Damian Lane	10	55kg
  8		She’s All Class	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	2	55kg
  9		Excelida	Ben & JD Hayes	Michael Dee	9	55kg
  10		Felicia	Dean Binaisse	Teo Nugent	1	55kg
  11		Another Award	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	6	55kg
  12		Larkspur Run	James Cummings	N/A	8	55kg

2023 How Now Stakes result

Recent How Now Stakes results

• 2022: Zapateo pulls clear to claim How Now Stakes
  After a cool ride from Damien Oliver, Zapateo (+380) from Godolphin yard has finished over the top of her rivals to claim the 2022 Group 3 How Now Stakes. With the heavily fancied Chain Of Lightning (-153.85) on his inside, the daughter of Brazen Beau quickly got the better of the race favourite and raced clear to record a dominant 1.25 length victory, with Lavish Girl (+3000) running home into second place.
• 2021: Bella Nipotina explodes to win How Now Stakes
  Bella Nipotina (+260) has overcome some bad luck in the home straight to explode through a gap and run away with an arrogant victory in the Group 3 How Now Stakes. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained mare was well backed before the jump of the race, but punters would have been worried when she was stuck in behind a wall of horses at the 200m mark. However, Craig Williams found a gap and pushed the button, which saw her run away from Chassis (+1100) and La Mexicana (+400) to win by just under a length.
• 2020: Felicia races away for her rivals in How Now
  Dean Binaisse and Craig Williams have combined with Felicia (+500) to take out the Group 3 How Now Stakes. After settling outside the leader, the daughter of Unencumbered took over at the 300m mark to boot clear by three lengths on her rivals. Broadwayandfourth (+3000) and Fiesta (+1100) ran home nicely from the back to finish in second and third, respectively.
• 2019: Manicure blows her rivals away to claim How Now
  Rachel King has given Manicure (+1100) a peach of a ride to take out the 2019 Group 3 How Now Stakes at Caulfield, where she flew down the outside and blew her rivals away with a superior turn of foot. After settling behind the speed, King got her mount into the three-wide line, before pushing the button to go straight past the leaders. Angelic Ruler (+1700) and Dawn Dawn (+2000) made a lot of ground up from the back but finished over two lengths behind the winner in second and third, respectively.

How Now Stakes winners

How Now Stakes winners pre-2000