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The Ladbrokes How Now 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, along with the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) that is also sponsored by leading online bookmaker Ladbrokes.com.au.

Raced over 1200, the How Now Stakes is held under set weights with penalties conditions and offers $160,000 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 2019 How Now Stakes ran on Saturday September 21, 2019 and was won by the Godolphin-raced Manicure first-up. 

How Now Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 21, 2019
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	4YO&UP Mares SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$160,000

2019 How Now Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Manicure
• 2nd: #6 Angelic Ruler
• 3rd: #10 Dawn Dawn

The official Ladbrokes How Now Stakes 2019 Results saw the Royal Blue of Godolphin flash home for the win by $12 shot Manicure, the Exceed And Excel mare first-up after a third in April’s Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown. It was a juicy How Now Stakes trifecta with Angelic Ruler ($18) in second and $21 outsider for Team Hawkes Dawn Dawn running third in a race where things went amiss for the odds-on favourite Pippie (11th).

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	5	MANICURE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	–	12	56kg	$12
2	6	ANGELIC RULER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Dean Yendall	1.5L	4	56kg	$18
3	10	DAWN DAWN	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James Winks	2.25L	3	55kg	$21
4	8	BELLA MARTINI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	3L	5	55kg	$8
5	2	DIVINE QUALITY	Robbie Griffiths	Beau Mertens	4.25L	10	57kg	$31
6	7	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Michael Walker	4.45L	8	56kg	$31
7	1	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	5.2L	9	59kg	$101
8	13	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Craig Williams	6.45L	2	55kg	$31
9	3	EMBRACE ME (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	6.55L	11	57kg	$19
10	9	GREY SHADOW	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	7.05L	7	55kg	$20
11	4	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Ben Melham	7.15L	6	57kg	$1.95F
12	11	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	9.9L	1	55kg	$6.50
–	12	VICTORY KINGDOM	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	–	0	–	–

2019 How Now Stakes Odds

The spring’s top How Now Stakes 2019 betting odds and Group 3 Caulfield racing links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week leading up to Naturalism Stakes Day.

2019 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 2019 How Now Stakes Final Field & Barriers are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The Ladbrokes How Now Stakes 2019 Field attracted 13 runners before the early withdrawal of #12 Victory Kingdom (6). The hot favourite in Now Now Stakes betting approaching odds-on territory is the flying Pippie chasing a third win on the trot after her last start Cockram Stakes success.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	211x33306x	ARISTIA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	10	59kg	100
2	274x1x800x	DIVINE QUALITY	Robbie Griffiths	Beau Mertens	11	57kg	97
3	4811317×44	EMBRACE ME (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	12	57kg	88
4	127×111	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Ben Melham	7	57kg	95
5	23x122303x	MANICURE	James Cummings	Ms Rachel King	13	56kg	98
6	2x1131232x	ANGELIC RULER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Dean Yendall	4	56kg	82
7	12131740×6	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Michael Walker	9	56kg	92
8	2974x4703x	BELLA MARTINI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	5	55kg	99
9	1152x103x1	GREY SHADOW	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	8	55kg	93
10	3121x76x21	DAWN DAWN	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	James Winks	3	55kg	80
11	2152×41	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Michael Dee	1	55kg	79
12	21320×38	VICTORY KINGDOM	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jamie Kah	6	55kg	78
13	9x211x251	DIAMOND EFFORT	Clinton McDonald	Craig Williams	2	55kg	74

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
2019 How Now Stakes	1st	Manicure	1 minute 10.41 seconds
	2nd	Angelic Ruler
	3rd	Dawn Dawn
2018 How Now Stakes	1st	Winter Bride	1 minute 9.94 seconds
	2nd	Ellicazoom
	3rd	Platinum Angel
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