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The Ladbrokes Herbert Power Stakes is a Group 2 2400m quality handicap for horses aged three years and over run in mid-October on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day.

Held at Caulfield Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the Herbert Power Stakes is a highly regarded lead up race to both the Caulfield Cup back at the track / distance the following weekend and Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

The Herbert Power Stakes winner is exempt from Caulfield Cup ballot, and the double was last completed by Master O’Reilly in 2007.

The mile and a half event offers $400,000 in total prize money and is a key support act on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne. The Herbert Power Stakes shares a race program a host of other Group races including the Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) and Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m).

The 2017 Herbert Power Stakes runs on Saturday Saturday October 14, 2017 .

Herbert Power Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 14, 2017
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group Two
Prize Money:	$400,000

2017 Herbert Power Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Lord Fandango
• 2nd: #2 Wall Of Fire
• 3rd: #8 Gallic Chieftain

See below for the full Ladbrokes Herbert Power Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, following the link for more on the late win by the Archie Alexander-trained import Lord Fandango who will back-up in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup field at the same track / distance in seven days’ time.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	11	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	Archie Alexander	Ben Allen (a)	–	2	53kg	$12
2	1	WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	Hugo Palmer	Mark Zahra	1L	9	58kg	$9
3	8	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	1.4L	7	53kg	$4.60
4	2	BOOM TIME	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	2.4L	6	56.5kg	$8.50
5	6	ANNUS MIRABILIS (IRE)	Stuart Webb	Luke Currie	4.4L	3	55.5kg	$51
6	10	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Beau Mertens (a)	4.8L	4	53kg	$31
7	9	HARLOW GOLD (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Chris Parnham	10.8L	1	53kg	$20
8	7	KIDMENEVER (IRE)	Charlie Appleby	Glyn Schofield	14.05L	8	55.5kg	$7
9	5	ALOFT (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ben Melham	31.05L	10	55.5kg	$4.20F
10	3	FOUNDRY (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	32.55L	5	56kg	$7.50
–	4	GALLANTE (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ms Katelyn Mallyon	–	0	–	–

2017 Herbert Power Stakes Tips

• 1st: #2 Boom Time
• 2nd: #9 Harlow Gold
• 3rd: #5 Aloft

Read our full Ladbrokes Herbert Power Stakes 2017 Betting Tips, the team getting behind last start JRA Cup placegetter BOOM TIME for his return to Caulfield. HARLOW GOLD represents the value and was a multiple placegetter at Group 1 level as a three-year-old over this kind of distance, while the favourite ALOFT could just win for the punters after the good run for third behind Melbourne Cup winning stablemate Almandin last start.

Herbert Power Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Herbert Power Stakes odds and betting markets will be listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Herbert Power Stakes tips in at the right price this spring as soon as announced.

2017 Herbert Power Stakes Field

The Herbert Power Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of spring sprinters each season, many looking for the ballot exemption into the following weekend’s Caulfield Cup field. Good lead-up races into the Herbert Power Stakes field include the Listed JRA Trophy (2500m) at Flemington in mid-September and even the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) just seven days earlier.

Each year the Herbert Power Stakes field attracts a field of genuine stayers heading towards the Spring Cup races, many of the runners having previous experience in Group 1 company and over the mile and a half distance.

The Herbert Power Stakes field and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2017 Herbert Power Stakes Final Field features 11 stayers including two international raiders: Wall Of Fire (Hugo Palmer) and Spring Cups entry Kidmenever (Charlie Appleby) shooting for the Caulfield Cup ballot exemption on offer to the winner.

Read more on the Caulfield Cup hopefuls racing in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Herbert Power Stakes 2017 Field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	011x6248x2	WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	Hugo Palmer	Mark Zahra	9	58kg	105
2	516510×393	BOOM TIME	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Cory Parish	6	56.5kg	102
3	830x33x241	FOUNDRY (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	5	56kg	101
4	x031x270x0	GALLANTE (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ms Katelyn Mallyon	11	56kg	101
5	7x39x12x13	ALOFT (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Ben Melham	10	55.5kg	100
6	1135104×08	ANNUS MIRABILIS (IRE)	Stuart Webb	Luke Currie	3	55.5kg	100
7	624x42x32x	KIDMENEVER (IRE)	Charlie Appleby	Glyn Schofield	8	55.5kg	100
8	21x3811x76	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	Darren Weir	Dean Yendall	7	53kg	93
9	x34340x468	HARLOW GOLD (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Chris Parnham	1	53kg	93
10	184260×504	FANATIC (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Beau Mertens (a)	4	53kg	90
11	155x515x21	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	Archie Alexander	Ben Allen (a)	2	53kg	88

2017 Herbert Power Stakes Nominations

The 2017 Herbert Power Stakes nominations are released by Racing Victoria on the Monday leading-up to Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day, the full list of early entries chasing the Caulfield Cup ballot exemption to be listed below.

The Ladbrokes Herbert Power Stakes 2017 Nominations attracted 21 entries including seven from the stables of five-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams who could be represented by the likes of Aloft, Crocodile Rock or last start The Metropolitan winner Foundry.

Herbert Power Stakes History

Since its inauguration in 1898 when Cocos won, the race has been known by several different names including the Eclipse Stakes, Herbert Power Handicap, Quick-Eze Stakes, Perrier Mineral Water Stakes, Perrier Stakes and the Herbert Power Stakes. First an 8 furlong race, the distance increased to 11 furlongs and 12 furlongs before it became a 2400m event. Originally a Principal race until 1979 when it became a Group Three event for only two years, the Winning Edge Presentations Stakes has several multiple winners including Wakeful (1902-03), Poseidon (1906-07), Alawa (1908-09), Anna Carlovna (1913-14), Easingwold (1923-24), Royal Charter (1925,27) and Dashing Beau (1949-50).

Recent Herbert Power Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Lord Fandango	2 minutes 27.67 seconds
	2nd	Wall Of Fire
	3rd	Gallic Chieftain
2016 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Assign	2 minutes 29.1 seconds
	2nd	Big Memory
	3rd	Pemberley
2015 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Amralah	2 minutes 27.7 seconds
	2nd	Excess Knowledge
	3rd	Bohemian Lily
2014 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Big Memory	2 minutes 26.7 seconds
	2nd	Signoff
	3rd	Let’s Make Adeal
2013 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Sea Moon	2 minutes 29.98 seconds
	2nd	Oasis Bloom
	3rd	Simenon
2012 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Shahwardi	2 minutes 28.82 seconds
	2nd	Excluded
	3rd	Exceptionally
2011 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Shewan	2 minutes 30.75 seconds
	2nd	Tanby
	3rd	Moyenne Corniche
2010 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Linton	2 minutes 29.43 seconds
	2nd	Cedarberg
	3rd	Precedence
2009 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Alcopop	2 minutes 27.23 seconds
	2nd	Shocking
	3rd	Hissing Sid
2008 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Dolphin Jo	2 minutes 30.2 seconds
	2nd	The Wolverine
	3rd	Cefalu
2007 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Master O’Reilly	2 minutes 30 seconds
	2nd	Zavite
	3rd	Reggie
2006 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Growl	2 minutes 29.3 seconds
	2nd	Dracs Back
	3rd	Siamun
2005 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Leica Falcon	2 minutes 29.5 seconds
	2nd	Sarrera
	3rd	Hugs Dancer
2004 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Rizon	2 minutes 31.7 seconds
	2nd	Grey Song
	3rd	Zazzman
2003 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Yakama	2 minutes 30.7 seconds
	2nd	Physique
	3rd	Vicksburg
2002 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	The Secondmortgage	2 minutes 29.8 seconds
	2nd	Requiem
	3rd	Thong Classic
2001 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Freemason	2 minutes 30.7 seconds
	2nd	The Secondmortgage
	3rd	Rain Gauge
2000 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Majestic Avenue	2 minutes 31.4 seconds
	2nd	Bulkhead
	3rd	Bohemiath