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The Group 2 2017 Salinger Stakes, also known as the Linlithgow Stakes, is an open handicap event featured during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Held at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day, the Salinger Stakes is a 1200m sprint worth $300,000 in prize money.

Victoria Derby Day is one of the biggest Group meetings in the country as it features the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m), Group 1 Kennedy Mile (1600m), Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m). It also hosts the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) for Crown Oaks hopes, Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m), the Group 3 Lexus Stakes (2500m) offering the winner a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption and Group 3 Begonia Belle Stakes (1100m),

The 2017 Salinger Stakes ran on Saturday November 4, 2017 and was known as the tab.com.au Stakes.

Salinger Stakes 2017
Date:	Saturday November 4, 2017
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2017 Salinger Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Rich Charm
• 2nd: #7 Missrock
• 3rd: #3 The Monstar

Check out the official Salinger Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order below, the sprint showdown won by the Udyta Clarke-trained Cranbourne galloper who lived up to his favouritism making it three wins from five starts at Headquarters.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	11	RICH CHARM	Udyta Clarke	Patrick Moloney	–	7	54kg	$5.50F
2	7	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Hugh Bowman	1L	14	55kg	$10
3	3	THE MONSTAR	Brett Cavanough	Jamie Mott	2L	2	57.5kg	$31
4	9	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	3L	1	54.5kg	$8
5	13	LE CORDON BLEU	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	3.4L	13	53kg	$101
6	1	ILLUSTRIOUS LAD	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	3.5L	10	58kg	$10
7	6	LOPE DE CAPIO	Wayne Francis & Glen Kent	Ms Jamie Kah	3.7L	5	55kg	$10
8	15	MAN FROM UNCLE	Anthony & Edward Cummings	Regan Bayliss	4L	12	53kg	$10
9	2	KEEN ARRAY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	4.3L	11	58kg	$9.50
10	14	SWEET SHERRY	Brent Stanley	Noel Callow	4.4L	9	53kg	$13
11	8	BONS AWAY	Aaron Purcell	Ms Linda Meech	4.9L	6	54.5kg	$9.50
12	10	MALIBU STYLE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	5.1L	8	54kg	$51
13	5	FIRST AMONG EQUALS	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	11.1L	3	56kg	$21
14	12	SOLD FOR SONG	Kevin Kemp	James Orman	12.6L	4	53kg	$31
–	4	DERRYN	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	–	0	–	–

2017 Salinger Stakes Tips

• 1st: #8 Bons Away
• 2nd: #1 Illustrious Lad
• 3rd: #7 Missrock

Read our full Salinger Stakes 2017 Betting Preview & VRC Derby Day Tips.

2017 Salinger Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Salinger Stakes odds will be found below complete with direct with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for your to back your best Salinger Stakes betting tips this Derby Day.

2017 Salinger Stakes Field

The Salinger Stakes field traditionally draws a nice field of Group 1 performed and Group 2 winning sprinters from around Sydney and Melbourne. Some of the best out of the Salinger Stakes field may back-up and run the following Saturday at the same track / distance in the $1 million Group 1 Darley Classic (1200m). Delectation (4th in 2015) was the last Darley Classic winner to come off a lead-up run in the Salinger Stakes.

The 2017 Salinger Stakes field and barriers are announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The official Salinger Stakes 2017 Final Field features 15 sprinters including the rails-drawn Ravi third-up with Kerrin McEvoy in the saddle, Illustrious Lad carrying the 58kg equal top weight in his title defence and last start Listed Caulfield Village Stakes winner Rich Charm from the Cranbourne stables of Mrs Udyta Clarke.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	12x50020x2	ILLUSTRIOUS LAD	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	10	58kg	105
2	478×045512	KEEN ARRAY	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Mark Zahra	11	58kg	105
3	8×03122344	THE MONSTAR	Brett Cavanough	Jamie Mott	2	57.5kg	104
4	3181368×00	DERRYN	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	13	57kg	103
5	743x1024x7	FIRST AMONG EQUALS	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	3	56kg	101
6	x758x29211	LOPE DE CAPIO	Wayne Francis & Glen Kent	Ms Jamie Kah	5	55kg	99
7	9242×14497	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Hugh Bowman	15	55kg	103
8	57×3211114	BONS AWAY	Aaron Purcell	Ms Linda Meech	6	54.5kg	98
9	451x493x13	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1	54.5kg	102
10	x2125x6437	MALIBU STYLE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	8	54kg	97
11	3x34111x41	RICH CHARM	Udyta Clarke	Patrick Moloney	7	54kg	97
12	5956344×20	SOLD FOR SONG	Kevin Kemp	James Orman	4	53kg	98
13	x3815x80x8	LE CORDON BLEU	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	14	53kg	95
14	10x4810x95	SWEET SHERRY	Brent Stanley	Noel Callow	9	53kg	95
15	123x115x	MAN FROM UNCLE	Anthony & Edward Cummings	Regan Bayliss	12	53kg	90

2017 Salinger Stakes Nominations

The Salinger Stakes nominations are released on the Monday prior to the race. Historically, the Salinger Stakes nominations have featured some of the better short distance sprinters on the Melbourne circuit.

The 2017 Salinger Stakes nominations attracted 23 sprinters including Team Snowden’s in-form mare Ravi, the Lindsay Park-trained Caulfield Sprint placegetter Faatinah andlast start Schillaci Stakes runner-up Illustrious Lad who won the Salinger Stakes last year.

Salinger Stakes History

First won by Karina in 1960, the Salinger Stakes has been known by many different names including the Craven A Plate, Pure-Pak Stakes, Gasden Rheem Stakes, Southcorp Stakes and Yellowglen Stakes. In 2007 it was downgraded from Group One status to a Group Two race.

Since its inauguration, there have only been three horses which have managed to win the event more than once with River Rough in 1983-84, Planet Ruler in 1989-90 and Fontelina in 2012-13.

Notable Salinger Stakes winners include Vain (1969), Maybe Mahal (1976), Always Welcome (1978), Hareeba (1994), Takeover Target (2004), Glamour Puss (2005) and Fontelina (2012, 2013). Salinger Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Salinger Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Salinger Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Salinger Stakes	1st	Rich Charm	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Missrock
	3rd	The Monstar
2016 Salinger Stakes	1st	Illustrious Lad	1 minute 8.31 seconds
	2nd	Counterattack
	3rd	Southern Legend
2015 Salinger Stakes	1st	Eclair Choice	1 minute 9.34 seconds
	2nd	Hot Snitzel
	3rd	Dothraki
2014 Salinger Stakes	1st	Deep Field	1 minute 11.05 seconds
	2nd	Driefontein
	3rd	In Cahoots
2013 Salinger Stakes	1st	Fontelina	1 minute 9.01 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Rarefied
2012 Salinger Stakes	1st	Fontelina	1 minute 8.81 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Tiger Tees
2011 Salinger Stakes	1st	Sister Madly	1 minute 10.41 seconds
	2nd	Rarefied
	3rd	Temple Of Boom
2010 Salinger Stakes	1st	Whitefriars	1 minute 11.11 seconds
	2nd	Beaded
	3rd	Response
2009 Salinger Stakes	1st	Eagle Falls	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Turffontein
	3rd	Absolutelyfabulous
2008 Salinger Stakes	1st	Hot Danish	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Fighting Fund
	3rd	Sunburnt Land
2007 Salinger Stakes	1st	Swick	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Great Is Great
	3rd	Typhoon Zed
2006 Salinger Stakes	1st	Dance Hero	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Shadoways
	3rd	Miss Andretti
2005 Salinger Stakes	1st	Glamour Puss	1 minute 8.9 seconds
	2nd	Barely A Moment
	3rd	Cape Of Good Hope
2004 Salinger Stakes	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 8.2 seconds
	2nd	Recurring
	3rd	St Basil
2003 Salinger Stakes	1st	Ancient Song	1 minute 11 seconds
	2nd	Into The Night
	3rd	Blessum
2002 Salinger Stakes	1st	Rubitano	1 minute 7.1 seconds
	2nd	Intelligent Star
	3rd	Cosmic Strike
2001 Salinger Stakes	1st	Sudurka	1 minute 8.4 seconds
	2nd	Hire
	3rd	Camena
2000 Salinger Stakes	1st	Easy Rocking	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Umrum
	3rd	Tilt The Scales