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The Herbert Power Stakes is a Group 2, 2400m, quality handicap race for horses aged three years and over run in mid-October on 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. Despite being considered a key Melbourne Cup lead-up, no Herbert Power Stakes winner has gone on to win the two-mile classic in the same year since Rogan Josh in 1999.

The mile and a half event offers $300,000 in total prize money and is a key support act on 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 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) and Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m).

The 2020 Herbert Power Stakes ran on Saturday Saturday October 10, 2020 and saw Chapada book his spot in the 2020 Caulfield Cup field.

Herbert Power Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 10, 2020
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	2400m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group Two
Prize Money:	$300,000

2020 Herbert Power Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Chapada
• 2nd: #8 Zebrowski
• 3rd: #4 Platinum Invador

The Michael Moroney-trained Chapada is into the $5 million Caulfield Cup field after winning a ballot exemption into the classic with his brilliant victory in the 2020 Herbert Power Stakes results.

2020 Herbert Power Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Herbert Power Stakes 2020 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.

2020 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 2020 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 2020 Herbert Power Stakes final field features 11 Caulfield Cup hopefuls dominated by Danny O’Brien’s Naturalism Stakes winner Orderofthegarter drawn a treat in barrier four.

Update: #2 Raheen House (11) and #11 Polly Grey (6) have been scratched.

2020 Herbert Power Stakes Nominations

Nominations for the Herbert Power Stakes in 2020 close the Monday leading-up to the Spring Cups’ lead-up and will be published below once announced.

Seventeen Spring Cup-bound stayers make-up the 2020 Herbert Power Stakes nominations including last year’s Melbourne Cup champion Vow And Declare and his top-fancied stablemate Orderofthegarter.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	702×904111	AL GALAYEL (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	103
2	6x953125x2	CHAPADA	G	5	Michael Moroney	96
3	74x9748x00	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	8	Archie Alexander	96
4	10x38x3114	IN GOOD HEALTH	M	5	Peter G Moody	98
5	49x211x2x0	KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	G	6	Danny O’Brien	104
6	442×402274	LIGHT PILLAR (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	73
7	9321481168	MAHAMEDEIS	G	6	Nick Ryan	99
8	411x84x406	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	102
9	5627x2x221	ORDEROFTHEGARTER (IRE)	H	7	Danny O’Brien	101
10	8321023×69	PLATINUM INVADOR (NZ)	G	5	Peter G Moody	101
11	652×025245	POLLY GREY (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	93
12	60x6613x50	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	106
13	x131615x38	ROYAL CROWN	G	4	Michael Kent	74
14	3×07521342	TAVIRUN (NZ)	G	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	88
15	0x38572x18	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	107
16	421x395x90	VOW AND DECLARE	G	5	Danny O’Brien	113
17	x1122x8046	ZEBROWSKI (NZ)	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	97

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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).

Six horses have completed the Herbert Power Stakes – Melbourne Cup double in the same year:

Herbert Power Stakes – Melbourne Cup double in the same year:

• Rogan Josh (1999), Arwon (1978), Van Der Hum (1976), Gala Supreme (1973), Sirius (1944) and Poseidon (1906).

The Herbert Power Stakes – Caulfield Cup double has been achieved seven times in the same season by six horses:

• Master O’Reilly (2007), Beer Street (1970), Rising Fast (1955), My Hero (1953), Poseidon two times (1906 and 1907) and Marvel Loch (1905).

Recent Herbert Power Stakes Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Chapada	2 minutes 30.57 seconds
	2nd	Zebrowski
	3rd	Platinum Invador
2019 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	The Chosen One	2 minutes 27.52 seconds
	2nd	Prince Of Arran
	3rd	Sully
2018 Herbert Power Stakes	1st	Yucatan	2 minutes 26.47 seconds
	2nd	Brimham Rocks
	3rd	Prince Of Arran
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