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The Group 2 WH Stocks Stakes is early on during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Taking place in late September at Moonee Valley on Moir Stakes Night, the WH Stocks is a 1600m middle distance event. Worth $300,000 in prize money as of 2021 it is for mares aged four-years-old and above, and is run under weight-for-age conditions.

Other races solely for mares held earlier in the carnival are the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) and the Group 2 Lets Elope Stakes (1400m), and a few runners may have previously contested these shorter distanced events.

Brilliant WA mare Amelia’s Jewel (2023) was the last to complete the Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.

The Stocks Stakes is an excellent lead up to events like the Group 2 Blazer Stakes (1400m) at Flemington and the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup day in October.

The race usually attracts a field of handy mares and quality winners include Tuesday Joy (2008), Atlantic Jewel (2013) who ran second in that year’s Underwood Stakes before success in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) and Dear Demi (2014).

The WH Stocks Stakes 2023 took place under the lights at Moonee Valley on Friday September 29, 2023 and was won in dominant fashion by the flying odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35F). 

2023 Stocks Stakes
Date:	Friday September 29, 2023
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	4YO & Up Mares – Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1973

2023 Stocks Stakes Results

• 1st: #8 Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35F)
• 2nd: #4 Pride Of Jenni
• 3rd: #2 Deny Knowledge

Simon Miller’s outstanding Group 1 winning mare from Perth, Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35F), was far too good for her Melbourne rivals again backing-up from her successful interstate debut in the Let’s Elope to be stoked up at the top of the straight before a powerhouse finish to salute as the odds-on favourite in Friday night’s WH Stocks Stakes 2023 results at The Valley ahead of her $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate bid on October 28.

Click here to read more on the impressive Stocks Stakes win by the 2023 Cox Plate bound Amelia’s Jewel.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Damian Lane		9	56.5kg		$1.35F
	2	4	PRIDE OF JENNI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Newitt	0.75L	6	57kg		$15
	3	2	DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE)	Michael Kent	Wiremu Pinn (a)	3.5L	1	57kg		$10
	4	11	PARTY PRINCESS	Andrew Gluyas	Jordan Childs	5.25L	3	56.5kg		$61
	5	5	SEONEE	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	5.75L	4	57kg		$16
	6	1	STEINEM (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	6.5L	7	57kg		$21
	7	10	PAPILLON CLUB	Greg Eurell	Craig Williams	6.7L	5	56.5kg		$12
	8	6	PIPPALI	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	7.95L	8	57kg		$91
	9	7	THOUGHT PROVOKING (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Jamie Kah	9.2L	10	57kg		$71
	10	9	AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	9.6L	2	56.5kg		$41
		3	TOREGENE (NZ)	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 W.H. Stocks Stakes Betting

The updated W.H. Stocks Stakes odds 2023 provided by Ladbrokes.com.au will be detailed below complete with links to lock in your Stocks Stakes tips at the best spring racing odds online.

Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35 in 2023) was the last favourite in Stocks Stakes betting to win.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 STOCKS STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Stocks Stakes Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 STOCKS STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Stocks Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Stocks Stakes 2023 Tips on the mile showdown at Moonee Valley this spring.

• To Win: #8 Amelia’s Jewel ($1.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

How do you bet against this star WA mare? She is zero value at close to even money, but it’s been a thrill to watch her each time out. She oozes class and versatility having run second to The Everest contender Overpass in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka (1200m) at home in April but also has Group 1 winning form in Perth’s Northerly Stakes up over 1800m. She handled her first interstate assignment with ease at Flemington fresh carrying plenty of weight from a wide gate in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m). The mile second-up looks ideal, and so long as she handles The Valley circuit, she wins again.

2023 Stocks Stakes Field

The WH Stocks Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of mares each spring that may have had a lead-up in a race like the Let’s Elope Stakes, the double most recently achieved in 2023 by Amelia’s Jewel.

In 2013 Atlantic Jewel won the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) before her success in the Stocks Stakes, a feat also achieved in 2011 by King’s Rose.

The official 2023 WH Stocks Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be available below once acceptances are taken the Wednesday of race week.

The Stocks Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of mares dominated by the odds-on elect Amelia’s Jewel for WA horseman Simon Miller.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	05232x10x0	STEINEM (GB)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	7	57kg			104
2	2415931×17	DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE)	Michael Kent	Wiremu Pinn (a)	1	57kg			97
3	x112x200x0	TOREGENE (NZ)	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	9	57kg			90
4	537x4298x6	PRIDE OF JENNI	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Newitt	6	57kg			98
5	5×71481111	SEONEE	Patrick Payne	Billy Egan	4	57kg			97
6	4x0300x649	PIPPALI	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Luke Nolen	8	57kg			89
7	45202x221x	THOUGHT PROVOKING (NZ)	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Ms Jamie Kah	11	57kg			77
8	x1211x12x1	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Damian Lane	10	56.5kg			111
9	57x31115x	AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	2	56.5kg			102
10	2x11321x57	PAPILLON CLUB	Greg Eurell	Craig Williams	5	56.5kg			84
11	5112813×35	PARTY PRINCESS	Andrew Gluyas	Jordan Childs	3	56.5kg			80