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The How Now Stakes – known as the Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes – is a Group 3 sprint race run at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse during mid to late-September each year. The How Now Stakes forms an integral part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and is open only to mares aged four-years-old and over.

The How Now Stakes shares the race card with the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m), which offers a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption to the winning stayer.

Raced over 1200, the How Now Stakes is held under set weights with penalties conditions and offers $150,000 in total prize money.

One of the better recognised lead-up races to the How Now Stakes is the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) in August, run over 1200m. Savanna Amour (2017) was the last mare to complete the Cockram Stakes – How Now Stakes double. The Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) under the same conditions is also a good indicator of mares likely to remain in Melbourne to contest the How Now Stakes.

The 2017 How Now Stakes ran on Saturday September 23, 2017 and was known as the Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes.

How Now Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 23, 2017
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	4YO&UP Mares SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2017 How Now Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Savanna Amour
• 2nd: #4 Legless Veuve
• 3rd: #6 Ravi

Check out the official How Now Stakes 2017 Results below, the race won narrowly in an upset by $15 outsider Savanna Amour who came off a lead-up win in the Cockram Stakes and held off Legless Veuve ($16) for the win, while the favourite Ravi ($2.90) was far from disgraced just a quarter-length off the winner in a blanket finish.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Wgt.	SP
1	3	SAVANNA AMOUR	Chris Meagher	Brad Rawiller	–	11	58kg	$15
2	4	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	Stuart Webb	Luke Currie	0.2L	3	58kg	$16
3	6	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	0.3L	4	57kg	$2.90F
4	7	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Damien Oliver	0.5L	12	56kg	$4.60
5	1	PROMPT RESPONSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	0.6L	1	58kg	$11
6	12	NOW OR LATER (IRE)	Robert Smerdon	Ryan Maloney	0.9L	2	55kg	$21
7	9	ELLICAZOOM	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	1.65L	10	56kg	$21
8	5	FUHRYK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Beau Mertens (a)	2.65L	5	57kg	$10
9	14	DEJA BLUE	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	2.75L	7	55kg	$61
10	10	I AM ZELADY	Phillip Stokes	Noel Callow	4.5L	6	55kg	$19
11	13	SELITA	Mark Newnham	Luke Nolen	5.5L	9	55kg	$81
12	11	MISS COVER GIRL	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	9L	13	55kg	$20
13	2	KENEDNA	Darren Weir	John Allen	10.75L	8	58kg	$61
–	16	MODERN WONDER	Leon & Troy Corstens	Michael Walker	–	0	–	–
–	17e	SAVAJU (NZ)	Shaun Dwyer	Ms Nikita Beriman	–	0	–	–
–	8	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	–	0	–	–
–	15	MOONLITES CHOICE	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	–	0	–	–

2017 How Now Stakes Odds

The spring’s top How Now Stakes 2017 betting odds and Group 3 Caulfield racing links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week leading up to Naturalism Stakes Day.

2017 How Now Stakes Field

The How Now Stakes field attracts a line-up of quality mares each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, many coming off a lead-up run at the same track / distance in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) a fortnight earlier.

Many mares often kick-off their spring campaigns in the How Now Stakes field first-up following autumn – winter preparations that may have included runs in tougher races including Brisbane’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1350m).

The official 2017 How Now Stakes Final Field & Barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The 2017 Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes Field has drawn a capacity line-up of 16 confirmed starters plus an emergency runner for the race registered as the How Now Stakes. Among the top contenders for the win are Missrock with work to do from a wide barrier, Ravi and the returning Miss Gunpowder.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	21x242212x	PROMPT RESPONSE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	1	58kg	101
2	431311214x	KENEDNA	Darren Weir	John Allen	10	58kg	93
3	17731x1x71	SAVANNA AMOUR	Chris Meagher	Brad Rawiller	14	58kg	99
4	110x15028x	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	Stuart Webb	Luke Currie	4	58kg	92
5	11410x21x7	FUHRYK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Beau Mertens (a)	6	57kg	95
6	2451x493x1	RAVI	Peter & Paul Snowden	TBA	5	57kg	102
7	5x19242x14	MISSROCK	Robbie Laing	Damien Oliver	15	56kg	107
8	430x10210x	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Michael Dee	11	56kg	95
9	1122x2220x	ELLICAZOOM	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	13	56kg	82
10	70x2766x74	I AM ZELADY	Phillip Stokes	Noel Callow	7	55kg	90
11	300x3097x0	MISS COVER GIRL	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	16	55kg	99
12	134x48x04x	NOW OR LATER (IRE)	Robert Smerdon	Ryan Maloney	2	55kg	95
13	4x26x52x35	SELITA	Mark Newnham	Luke Nolen	12	55kg	81
14	101715763x	DEJA BLUE	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	8	55kg	83
15	6x4651512x	MOONLITES CHOICE	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	3	55kg	78
16	23x2908x42	MODERN WONDER	Leon & Troy Corstens	Michael Walker	17	55kg	73
17e	7x1702134x	SAVAJU (NZ)	Shaun Dwyer	Ms Nikita Beriman	9	55kg	71

2017 How Now Stakes Nominations

The 2017 How Now Stakes nominations were released by Racing Victoria on Monday September 18 and feature a bumper 29 mares including the returning Gai Waterhouse-trained Tattersall’s Tiara runner-up Prompt Response, Darren Weir’s Queensland Oaks fourth placegetter Kenedna and Team Snowden’s last start Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) winner Ravi.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	21x242212x	PROMPT RESPONSE	M	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	1	58kg	101
2	431311214x	KENEDNA	M	4	Darren Weir	2	58kg	93
3	17731x1x71	SAVANNA AMOUR	M	4	Chris Meagher	3	58kg	99
4	110x15028x	LEGLESS VEUVE (NZ)	M	4	Stuart Webb	4	58kg	92
5	11410x21x7	FUHRYK	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	5	57kg	95
6	2451x493x1	RAVI	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	6	57kg	102
7	74x563530x	SELENIA	M	4	Robbie Griffiths	7	57kg	76
8	5x19242x14	MISSROCK	M	4	Robbie Laing	8	56kg	107
9	430x10210x	MISS GUNPOWDER	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	9	56kg	95
10	1122x2220x	ELLICAZOOM	M	4	Neville Parnham	10	56kg	82
11	395x5134x6	MERRIEST	M	4	Danny O’Brien	11	56kg	80
12	138x12121x	SNITTY KITTY	M	4	Henry Dwyer	12	56kg	90
13	70x2766x74	I AM ZELADY	M	6	Phillip Stokes	13	55kg	90
14	300x3097x0	MISS COVER GIRL	M	6	Darren Weir	14	55kg	99
15	134x48x04x	NOW OR LATER (IRE)	M	5	Robert Smerdon	15	55kg	95
16	7xL3711236	DULVERTON	M	5	Robert Smerdon	16	55kg	83
17	580x7334x7	JALAN JALAN	M	5	Colin Little	17	55kg	77
18	4x26x52x35	SELITA	M	6	Mark Newnham	18	55kg	81
19	101715763x	DEJA BLUE	M	5	Robbie Griffiths	19	55kg	83
20	1x165512x1	FRAGONARD	M	4	James Cummings	20	55kg	80
21	6x4651512x	MOONLITES CHOICE	M	4	Darren Weir	21	55kg	78
22	0x08x340x8	ALMIGHTY GIRL	M	5	Joseph Pride	22	55kg	84
23	23x2908x42	MODERN WONDER	M	4	Leon & Troy Corstens	23	55kg	73
24	15×4021103	LOVANI	M	4	Robert Smerdon	24	55kg	78
25	2110x9036x	LEOTIE	M	4	Henry Dwyer	25	55kg	73
26	043135215x	STORMSABREWING (NZ)	M	5	Henry Dwyer	26	55kg	74
27	10813×2851	ADALITA	M	5	Grahame Begg	27	55kg	72
28	1129x4x23x	LOVE DAYS	M	5	Clinton McDonald	28	55kg	68
29	7x1702134x	SAVAJU (NZ)	M	4	Shaun Dwyer	29	55kg	71

How Now Stakes History

The How Now Stakes was inaugurated in 1999, with Snippet’s Lass taking out the race that year. While the How Now Stakes doesn’t hold the long and storied history of other Caulfield events, it still stands up on its own as a respectable and worthy event.

In 2005 there was a dead heat between Sarah Michelle and Brindabella. In the same year, the How Now Stakes was upgraded from a listed race to a Group 3 event, a status it has retained since.

The How Now Stakes has been known by a variety of names throughout its short history. These include the Cranbourne Diahatsu Stakes, Dubai Convention Bureau Stakes, Dubai International Stakes and Emirates Racing Association Stakes. In 2006, the How Now Stakes returned to its correct name. Then in 2013, the race became known as the Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2, a name that it continued to hold throughout 2014.

Notable How Now Stakes winners include Piavonic (2000), Valentine Miss (2010), Catkins (2013) and Secret Agenda (2016) who went on to win the following year’s Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide. How Now Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

How Now Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 How Now Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 How Now Stakes	1st	Savanna Amour	1 minute 9.42 seconds
	2nd	Legless Veuve
	3rd	Ravi
2016 How Now Stakes	1st	Secret Agenda	1 minute 12.2 seconds
	2nd	Every Faith
	3rd	Exclusive Lass
2015 How Now Stakes	1st	Politeness	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Griante
	3rd	Jessy Belle
2014 How Now Stakes	1st	Girl Guide	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	A Time For Julia
	3rd	Shamal Wind
2013 How Now Stakes	1st	Catkins	1 minute 12.5 seconds
	2nd	Hi Belle
	3rd	Flash Of Doubt
2012 How Now Stakes	1st	Detours	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Classy Chloe
	3rd	Mrs Onassis
2011 How Now Stakes	1st	Sister Madly	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Valentine Miss
	3rd	Lone Rock
2010 How Now Stakes	1st	Valentine Miss	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	I’m A Hussy
	3rd	Red Flair
2009 How Now Stakes	1st	Velocitea	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Neroli
	3rd	Dollops
2008 How Now Stakes	1st	Vivacious Spirit	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Benatar
	3rd	Vormista
2007 How Now Stakes	1st	Miss Judgement	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Juste Momente
	3rd	Flying Object
2006 How Now Stakes	1st	Queen Of The Hill	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Megadeal
	3rd	Nuclear Free
2005 How Now Stakes	=1st	Sarah Michelle	1 minute 13.9 seconds
	=1st	Brindabella
	3rd	Little Chloe
2004 How Now Stakes	1st	Strikeline	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Solar Antiquity
	3rd	Skewiff
2003 How Now Stakes	1st	Lovely Jubly	1 minute 9.0 seconds
	2nd	Infinite Grace
	3rd	Astaroth
2002 How Now Stakes	1st	Taimana	1 minute 9.8 seconds
	2nd	Calming
	3rd	Galapagos Girl
2001 How Now Stakes	1st	Miss Power Bird	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Purple Groove
	3rd	Dynamic Love
2000 How Now Stakes	1st	Piavonic	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Nova Clause
	3rd	Clemens Belle