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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 $200,000 in prize money 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.
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 2020 takes place under the lights at Moonee Valley on Friday September 25, 2020.
2020 Stocks Stakes | |
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Date: | Friday September 25, 2020 |
Track: | Moonee Valley Racecourse |
Distance: | 1600m |
Conditions: | 4YO & Up Mares – Weight-for-age |
Status: | Group 2 |
Prize Money: | $200,000 |
Inaugurated: | 1973 |
The updated W.H. Stocks Stakes odds 2020 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.
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 achieved in 2016 by Don’t Doubt Mamma. 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 2020 WH Stocks Stakes Final Field & Barriers will be available below once acceptances are taken the Wednesday of race week.
Inaugural The All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey heads the 2020 Stocks Stakes field with 11 mares entered for the event including also Greysful Glamour racing second-up and the favourite Perfect Jewel coming down in grade.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | x1255x5x80 | MYSTIC JOURNEY | Adam Trinder | Luke Currie | 9 | 57kg | 111 | |
2 | 20x507x063 | ARISTIA | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Damian Lane | 2 | 57kg | 102 | |
3 | 81x0112x18 | PERFECT JEWEL | Grant & Alana Williams | William Pike | 8 | 57kg | 106 | |
4 | 30x53640x9 | SPANISH REEF | Ken & Kasey Keys | Mark Zahra | 3 | 57kg | 101 | |
5 | 104x356x80 | PRINCESS JENNI (NZ) | David Brideoake | Ben Melham | 1 | 57kg | 102 | |
6 | 14x10320x4 | GREYSFUL GLAMOUR | Mark Newnham | Jamie Kah | 5 | 57kg | 100 | |
7 | 28x10016x0 | SHROUDED IN MIST | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Jamie Mott | 4 | 57kg | 93 | |
8 | 15x97437x9 | BENITOITE | Clinton McDonald | Billy Egan | 11 | 57kg | 84 | |
9 | 226x3473x6 | ONE MORE TRY | Matt Cumani | Craig Williams | 6 | 57kg | 88 | |
10 | 41x11x30 | MY GOLD BRACELET (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | John Allen | 10 | 56.5kg | 84 | |
11 | 21x13611x5 | REALM OF FLOWERS | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Jye McNeil | 7 | 56.5kg | 77 |
The 2020 Stocks Stakes nominations are released on the Monday leading-up to Moir Stakes Night.
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) and I Am A Star (2017-18). Stocks Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are provided below.
Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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2020 W H Stocks Stakes |
1st | TBD | TBD |
2nd | TBD | ||
3rd | TBD | ||
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 |