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The 2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes – registered as the Maybe Mahal Stakes – is a Group 3 sprint for mares held at the renowned Flemington Racecourse on Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November each spring.

Run over 1400m, the Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes is a popular target for classy mares aged four years and older. Run under set weights plus penalties conditions with $200,000 prize money on offer, the race is an attractive spring option for connections wanting to have a start on the esteemed Melbourne Cup Day race card.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes shares a race program with the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) for two-year-olds and the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’ – the Group 1 $8.41 million Melbourne Cup (3200m).

A number of trainers regard the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes as a major spring goal for their mares. Some of the lead up races to the Hong Kong Jockey club Stakes include the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup Day and the Group 3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) also run at Caulfield in October.

Rich Hips (8th in 2020) followed by the New Zealand Group 1 winner Skew Wiff (6th in 2023) are the latest Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winners to come out of the Tristarc Stakes.

In 2021 Rich Hips returned to go back-to-back in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes results improving on a lead-up sixth in The Valley’s Group 2 Stocks Stakes.

The classier mares in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes might choose to continue their spring campaign via events such as the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m).

The 2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes ran at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day – Tuesday November 7, 2023 and was won in a return to form by Mark Walker’s Group 1 New Zealand winner Skew Wiff ($6). 

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2023
Date:	Tuesday November 7, 2023
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	4YO&UP Mares Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Skew Wiff ($6)
• 2nd: #18 Foxy Cleopatra
• 3rd: #17 Forbidden City

Mark Walker’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy winner back across the Tasman, Skew Wiff, was back to winning form on Melbourne Cup Day drawing clear the final 100m off a perfectly timed ride by Opie Bosson to hold off the late lunging Foxy Cleopatra and win the Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes.

Forbidden City was also good late finishing in a photo for third for Moody & Coleman who won the previous race with Roll On High.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	SKEW WIFF (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson		10	59kg		$6
	2	18e	FOXY CLEOPATRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Tim Clark	0.2L	5	55kg		$31
	3	17e	FORBIDDEN CITY	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	0.3L	4	55kg		$31
	4	6	WOLLOMBI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Jamie Kah	1.05L	8	57kg		$10
	5	3	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	1.25L	1	58kg		$8.50
	6	8	LA DANSEUSE ROUGE	Cliff Brown	Damian Lane	1.75L	3	56kg		$4.80EF
	7	1	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	James McDonald	2.15L	11	59kg		$4.80EF
	8	9	CARDIGAN QUEEN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	2.25L	6	55kg		$12
	9	5	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Craig Newitt	3.25L	12	57kg		$91
	10	7	ESSONNE (NZ)	Richard Litt	Ms Rachel King	3.45L	2	56kg		$26
	11	10	BELLE ET RICHE	Mitchell Freedman	Jordan Childs	3.65L	13	55kg		$8.50
	12	19e	TAJNEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	9.65L	7	55kg		$41
	13	13	SANSTOC (NZ)	John O’Shea	Tom Marquand	9.95L	9	55kg		$16
		20e	GET UP GIRL	Clinton McDonald			0
		4	ZENNZELLA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham		0
		16	HEALING OASIS (FR)	Annabel Neasham	Beau Mertens		0
		12	CLIMBING STAR (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Craig Williams		0
		11	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy		0
		15	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Blake Shinn		0
		14	KAZOU	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Betting Odds

The season’s latest The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2023 odds and betting market links to the last race on Melbourne Cup Day will be updated below once available.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Larkspur Run winning at Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes odds of $16.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2023 Tips on the Melbourne Cup Day race this spring.

• To Win: #8 La Danseuse Rouge ($9 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for a touch of value with La Danseuse Rouge looking well-rated and weighted for a potential improvement and upset here. The Cliff Brown-trained Manhattan Rain mare is third-up and fit this weekend coming off back-to-back placings in good company. Her latest in the Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in mid-October had her only a length beaten for third behind She Dances at a big price carrying 57kg. She is safer in the markets here, up in distance but down in weight to 56kg. Damian Lane comes aboard. Needs to stretch to get the distance but if she runs it she can win at a price.

2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Field

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field draws talented mares from around the country to Flemington on one of the nation’s biggest days of racing, Melbourne Cup Day.

Mares may come into The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field via a Melbourne lead-up or a Sydney race like the Group 3 The Nivison (1200m), which produced the 2016 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winner Artistry (2nd).

Plenty of quality mares line-up in the race and the best out of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field continue onto bigger and better races over their career. For example the 2016 third place-getter Silent Sedition took out the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) next start at Sandown and also won the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) the following year.

The official 2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release the Friday before Melbourne Cup Day and will be published in full below.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of mares including Chris Waller’s former Thousand Guineas winner Madame Pommery and class Kiwi Group 1 winner Skew Wiff. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x407x2804	MADAME POMMERY	Chris Waller	James McDonald	15	59kg			102
2	726122×216	SKEW WIFF (NZ)	Mark Walker	Opie Bosson	12	59kg			107
3	5512x99x78	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	1	58kg			99
4	2x3114x78x	ZENNZELLA	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Melham	20	58kg			83
5	63104959×3	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Craig Newitt	17	57kg			79
6	31117×4357	WOLLOMBI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Jamie Kah	10	57kg			84
7	421L1041x0	ESSONNE (NZ)	Richard Litt	Ms Rachel King	3	56kg			92
8	32x550x133	LA DANSEUSE ROUGE	Cliff Brown	Damian Lane	5	56kg			88
9	689x21x714	CARDIGAN QUEEN	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	8	55kg			86
10	22312×4476	BELLE ET RICHE	Mitchell Freedman	Jordan Childs	19	55kg			81
11	30x330003x	FINEPOINT	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	13	55kg			91
12	2x689x2982	CLIMBING STAR (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Craig Williams	14	55kg			88
13	39x110x220	SANSTOC (NZ)	John O’Shea	Tom Marquand	11	55kg			82
14	1x31613x1	KAZOU	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	2	55kg			82
15	x1349x2253	CALL DI	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Blake Shinn	16	55kg			84
16	8439x1457x	HEALING OASIS (FR)	Annabel Neasham	Beau Mertens	4	55kg			85
17e	1333898×82	FORBIDDEN CITY	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Billy Egan	6	55kg			79
18e	3127x	FOXY CLEOPATRA	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Tim Clark	7	55kg			78
19e	139x8x7358	TAJNEED	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	9	55kg			78
20e	136×103	GET UP GIRL	Clinton McDonald		18	55kg			72

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes in 2023 close the Wednesday prior to the event and will be published below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	3102341742	BARBIE’S FOX	M	7	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	101
2	22312×4476	BELLE ET RICHE	M	5	Mitchell Freedman	81
3	63104959×3	BELSIELLE	M	6	David & Coral Feek	79
4	x1349x2253	CALL DI	M	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	84
5	689x21x714	CARDIGAN QUEEN	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	86
6	2x689x2982	CLIMBING STAR (NZ)	M	4	Phillip Stokes	88
7	421L1041x0	ESSONNE (NZ)	M	5	Richard Litt	92
8	30x330003x	FINEPOINT	M	5	Chris Waller	91
9	1333898×82	FORBIDDEN CITY	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	79
10	3127x	FOXY CLEOPATRA	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	78
11	136×103	GET UP GIRL	M	4	Clinton McDonald	72
12	8439x1457x	HEALING OASIS (FR)	M	5	Annabel Neasham	85
13	0x42143x84	HOLLY LOLLY	M	4	Clinton McDonald	70
14	1x31613x1	KAZOU	M	4	Chris Waller	82
15	11740x0D3x	KIND GESTURE (GB)	M	5	Michael Kent	72
16	32x550x133	LA DANSEUSE ROUGE	M	4	Cliff Brown	88
17	112x74x421	LIFE LESSONS (NZ)	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	99
18	1x407x2804	MADAME POMMERY	M	4	Chris Waller	102
19	6x626x0x02	MY YANKEE GIRL	M	5	Vincent Malady	79
20	x74x1x5541	PICAROON	M	6	Tom Dabernig	74
21	37x985540x	PROSCENIUM ARCH (NZ)	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	71
22	2x10x70x03	QUANG TRI	M	4	Patrick Payne	77
23	909139×408	RAZETA	M	4	Kris Lees	83
24	5512x99x78	REVOLUTIONARY MISS	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	99
25	x22836x518	RIOYUKI	M	5	Matthew Williams	70
26	39x110x220	SANSTOC (NZ)	M	5	John O’Shea	82
27	121146×852	SHUFFLE DANCER	M	4	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	92
28	726122×216	SKEW WIFF (NZ)	M	4	Mark Walker	107
29	139x8x7358	TAJNEED	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	78
30	31117×4357	WOLLOMBI	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	84
31	2x3114x78x	ZENNZELLA	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	83

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes History

Inaugurated in 2005, as the Maybe Mahal Stakes, this race has has a very short history relative to other major spring races, such as the Melbourne Cup, inaugurated in 1861.

A popular sponsored race, the Maybe Mahal Stakes has been variously known as The Lavazza Short Black, the Liberty Financial Plate and the Herald Sun Stakes.

Run as The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes since 2014, the race was upgraded to Group 3 status prior to the 2013 edition.

The race is named after internationally renowned mare Maybe Mahal, who was extraordinarily successful in the late 1970’s, winning seven Group 1 races.

Notable Maybe Mahal Stakes / The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winners include inaugural winner Vintner (2005), Neroli (2008), Plucky Belle (2013) and dual champion Rich Hips (2020-21).

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Results

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes results, winners and winning times since 2005 are listed below.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Skew Wiff	1 minute 23.91 seconds
	2nd	Foxy Cleopatra
	3rd	Forbidden City
2022 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Larkspur Run	1 minute 26.07 seconds
	2nd	Literary Magnate
	3rd	Mac ‘N’ Cheese
2021 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Rich Hips	1 minute 23.17 seconds
	2nd	Excelida
	3rd	Paul’s Regret
2020 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Rich Hips	1 minute 22.24 seconds
	2nd	Lyre
	3rd	Wild Vixen
2019 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Teleplay	1 minute 24.35 seconds
	2nd	La Tigeresa
	3rd	Sweet Scandal
2018 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Cool Passion	1 minute 24.01 seconds
	2nd	Princess Posh
	3rd	Savatiano
2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Pedrena	1 minute 22.78 seconds
	2nd	Cool Passion
	3rd	Swampland
2016 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Artistry	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Shillelagh
	3rd	Silent Sedition
2015 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Scarlet Billows	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Wawail
	3rd	She’s Clean
2014 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Mahara	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Rose Of Choice
	3rd	Vibrant Rouge
2013 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Plucky Belle	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Arinosa
	3rd	She’s Clean
2012 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Koonoomoo	1 minute 21.0 seconds
	2nd	Cabernet
	3rd	Mid Summer Music
2011 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Sophie’s Spirit	1 minute 22.5 seconds
	2nd	Little Surfer Girl
	3rd	Divorces
2010 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Jersey Lily	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Happy Hippy
	3rd	Valentine Miss
2009 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Strawberry Field	1 minute 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Ortensia
	3rd	Rose Syrah
2008 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Neroli	1 minute 23.1 seconds
	2nd	Jacqueline Rouge
	3rd	Jewelled Gate
2007 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Juste Momente	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Zip Baby Zip
	3rd	Goldfield Ashes
2006 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Storm Signal	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Pasikatera
	3rd	Hasta La Ciao Ciao
2005 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Vintner	1 minute 22.6 seconds
	2nd	Pin Up
	3rd	Irongail