2023 PB Lawrence Stakes Results: Cox Plate Hope Mr Brightside Salutes First-Up
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The WH Stocks Stakes is a Group 2 event hosted at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Moir Stakes Night.
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 | |
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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 |
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.
Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Starting Price | |
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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.
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.
Stay tuned for our insider Stocks Stakes 2023 Tips on the mile showdown at Moonee Valley this spring.
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.
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 |
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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 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The 2023 Stocks Stakes nominations are released on the Monday leading-up to Moir Stakes Night.
Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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1 | 57x31115x | AFFAIRE A SUIVRE (NZ) | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 102 |
2 | x1211x12x1 | AMELIA’S JEWEL | M | 4 | Simon A Miller | 111 |
3 | 2415931×17 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | M | 6 | Michael Kent | 97 |
4 | x694341x88 | FIREBURN | M | 4 | Gary Portelli | 101 |
5 | 05x12116x0 | FOXY FRIDA | M | 6 | Andrew Noblet | 103 |
6 | 3x121x0x96 | GOING GLOBAL (IRE) | M | 6 | Chris Waller | 109 |
7 | 2x11321x57 | PAPILLON CLUB | M | 4 | Greg Eurell | 84 |
8 | 5112813×35 | PARTY PRINCESS | M | 4 | Andrew Gluyas | 80 |
9 | 4x0300x649 | PIPPALI | M | 6 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 89 |
10 | 537x4298x6 | PRIDE OF JENNI | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 98 |
11 | 5×71481111 | SEONEE | M | 5 | Patrick Payne | 97 |
12 | 05232x10x0 | STEINEM (GB) | M | 6 | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 104 |
13 | 139x8x735 | TAJNEED | M | 4 | Peter & Paul Snowden | 78 |
14 | 45202x221x | THOUGHT PROVOKING (NZ) | M | 6 | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | 77 |
15 | x112x200x0 | TOREGENE (NZ) | M | 5 | Matthew Williams | 90 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
The inaugural race in 1973 was won by Mellition. It began as a principal race run over 1600m and then became a listed event in 1979. Over a decade later it was elevated to Group 3 status before finally becoming a Group 2 event in 2005. For the first seven years, the race was known as the Dallas Handicap. Then from 1980 onwards it became the W H Stocks Stakes.
Notable winners of the Stocks Stakes include Mellition (1973), Digger’s Lass (1985), Gold Lottey (2002), Atlantic Jewel (2013), I Am A Star (2017-18), and Perth raider Amelia’s Jewel (2023).
Amelia’s Jewel also set a new Stocks Stakes race record in 2023 saluting in a slick 1 minute 34.37 seconds.
Stocks Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are provided below.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2023 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Amelia’s Jewel | 1 minute 34.37 seconds (R) |
2nd | Pride Of Jenni | ||
3rd | Deny Knowledge | ||
2022 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Daisies | 1 minute 40.00 seconds |
2nd | Elusive Express | ||
3rd | Lady Of Honour | ||
2021 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | So You Assume | 1 minute 36.32 seconds |
2nd | Magna Bella | ||
3rd | Quantum Mechanic | ||
2020 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Mystic Journey | 1 minute 37.62 seconds |
2nd | Perfect Jewel | ||
3rd | One More Try | ||
2019 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Princess Jenni | 1 minute 36.32 seconds |
2nd | Rondinella | ||
3rd | Oceanex | ||
2018 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | I Am A Star | 1 minute 37.34 seconds |
2nd | Mrs Gardenia | ||
3rd | Samovare | ||
2017 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | I Am A Star | 1 minute 37.31 seconds |
2nd | Flying Jess | ||
3rd | Hell Or Highwater | ||
2016 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Don’t Doubt Mamma | 1 minute 38.74 seconds |
2nd | Kaniana | ||
3rd | Miss Rose De Lago | ||
2015 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Fenway | 1 minute 34.98 seconds |
2nd | May’s Dream | ||
3rd | Scratchy Bottom | ||
2014 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Dear Demi | 1 minute 37.82 seconds |
2nd | Solicit | ||
3rd | Commanding Jewel | ||
2013 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Atlantic Jewel | 1 minute 36.88 seconds |
2nd | Oasis Bloom | ||
3rd | Oriental Ruby | ||
2012 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Oasis Bloom | 1 minute 36.9 seconds |
2nd | Spirit Song | ||
3rd | Chateau Margaux | ||
2011 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | King’s Rose | 1 minute 37.0 seconds |
2nd | Pinker Pinker | ||
3rd | Lady Lynette | ||
2010 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Avienus | 1 minute 38.3 seconds |
2nd | Belscenica | ||
3rd | Lady Lynette | ||
2009 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Zarita | 1 minute 37 seconds |
2nd | Cats Whisker | ||
3rd | Soul Diva | ||
2008 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Tuesday Joy | 1 minute 36.3 seconds |
2nd | Devil Moon | ||
3rd | Bird Of Fire | ||
2007 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Devil Moon | 1 minute 36.4 seconds |
2nd | Brom Felinity | ||
3rd | Hidden Strings | ||
2006 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Astrodame | 1 minute 36.1 seconds |
2nd | Brockman’s Lass | ||
3rd | Belle Bizaare | ||
2005 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Flowerdrum | 1 minute 38.5 seconds |
2nd | Honest Politician | ||
3rd | Taken | ||
2004 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | She’s Archie | 1 minute 41.9 seconds |
2nd | Annie La Vie | ||
3rd | Zumanity | ||
2003 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Sunday Joy | 1 minute 36.8 seconds |
2nd | Liberty Rose | ||
3rd | Monde Special | ||
2002 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Gold Lottey | 1 minute 38.7 seconds |
2nd | Tyrolean | ||
3rd | Visage | ||
2001 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Lady Marion | 1 minute 38.7 seconds |
2nd | Tickle My | ||
3rd | Tyrolean | ||
2000 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | Hula Wonder | 1 minute 38.4 seconds |
2nd | Camarena | ||
3rd | Mrs Bentley |