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The 2019 Begonia Belle Stakes – known as the Furphy Sprint in 2019 for sponsorship purposes – is a Group 3 race held on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne named in honour of the 1969 Newmarket Handicap winner.

Raced over 1100m, the Begonia Belle Stakes is a mares-only event run under set weights plus penalties conditions. With $200,000 prize money on offer, the Begonia Belle Stakes is quite a lucrative race for the better class of mares.

The Begonia Belle Stakes was previously held on VRC Oaks Day on the Thursday following the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November.  From 2016 it was moved to the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Victoria Derby Day.

It now runs as part of an all-Group race card at the meeting including four Group 1 races: the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m), Group 1 Kennedy Cantala (1600m), Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

Mares typically target the Begonia Belle Stakes following a range of other starts. Some mares step well down in distance to content the Begonia Belle Stakes. The Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick in Sydney has in recent years provided a moderate guide to the horses who do well in the Begonia Belle Stakes. Look also to the Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m), the Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) or the Group 3 Ladies Day Vase (1600m) at Caulfield. Tofane (2019) was the last mare to complete the Northwood Plume Stakes – Begonia Belle Stakes double when the latter ran as the Furphy Sprint.

The 2019 Begonia Belle Stakes was held on Saturday November 2, 2019 as the Furphy Sprint and won by the Michael Moroney-trained local Tofane. 

Begonia Belle Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday November 2, 2019
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Mares – SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$200,000

2019 Begonia Belle Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Tofane
• 2nd: #4 Pippie
• 3rd: #10 Miss Iano

The official Begonia Belle Stakes 2019 Results (Furphy Sprint results) saw the Michael Moroney-trained Ocean Park mare Tofane frank the form out of the Northwood Plume Stakes completing the double with a strong win over Pippie and Miss Iano.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	2	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dwayne Dunn	–	9	57kg	$6
2	4	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Damien Oliver	1.25L	12	57kg	$6.50
3	10	MISS IANO	Mark C Webb	Brian Park	2L	13	55kg	$16
4	1	MANICURE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	2.2L	6	57kg	$5F
5	14	TOO GOOD TOO HARD	Phillip Stokes	Luke Nolen	2.7L	11	55kg	$41
6	5	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	4.45L	2	56kg	$11
7	7	GIFT OF POWER (NZ)	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	4.55L	3	56kg	$6.50
8	12	SPIRIT’S CHOICE	Matt Kropp	Matthew McGillivray	4.75L	10	55kg	$17
9	3	RESIN	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	6L	1	57kg	$21
10	6	DEMERARA	James Cummings	Craig Williams	6.2L	8	56kg	$11
11	9	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	7.2L	5	56kg	$41
12	13	POWER O’HATA (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	9.2L	7	55kg	$151
13	8	PROPHET’S THUMB	David Pfieffer	Tim Clark	9.95L	4	56kg	$11
–	11	SWEET SCANDAL	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	–	0	–	–

2019 Begonia Belle Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Begonia Belle Stakes 2019 betting odds will be listed below on the hopeful sprinting mares below with links for you to back your Begonia Belle Stakes Tips at the right price this Victoria Derby Day.

2019 Begonia Belle Stakes Field

The Begonia Belle Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of short-distance mares coming out of lead-up runs in events like Caulfield’s Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) or the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) held on Caulfield Cup Day.

The best mares out of the Begonia Belle Stakes field may return to the Flemington track a week later and line-up in the Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m), or return in the autumn for the sprints like the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) that the 2016 Begonia Belle Stakes winner Sheidel won the following year.

The official 2019 Begonia Belle Stakes Field & Barriers are released on the Wednesday leading-up to Derby Day and will be published in full below.

The Begonia Belle Stakes 2019 Final Field features 14 hopefuls including the widely-drawn favourite Pippie (13) looking to atone for her How Now Stakes flop last start. Humma Humma looks a danger drawn ideally in barrier two chasing a third win on the trot.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x122303x12	MANICURE	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	7	57kg	102
2	2152×4101	TOFANE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Dwayne Dunn	10	57kg	98
3	06x3268x74	RESIN	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	1	57kg	99
4	127×1110	PIPPIE	John & Chris Meagher	Damien Oliver	13	57kg	95
5	1541466×11	HUMMA HUMMA	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	2	56kg	99
6	0x124x1x62	DEMERARA	James Cummings	Craig Williams	9	56kg	95
7	1106142×25	GIFT OF POWER (NZ)	Anthony Freedman	Mark Zahra	3	56kg	97
8	316835×913	PROPHET’S THUMB	David Pfieffer	Tim Clark	4	56kg	90
9	131740×665	EVERYDAY LADY	Will Clarken	Jamie Kah	5	56kg	92
10	2845141286	MISS IANO	Mark C Webb	Brian Park	14	55kg	89
11	5115448×13	SWEET SCANDAL	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	6	55kg	95
12	81112361×1	SPIRIT’S CHOICE	Matt Kropp	Matthew McGillivray	11	55kg	89
13	630x59236x	POWER O’HATA (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	8	55kg	75
14	1×2411	TOO GOOD TOO HARD	Phillip Stokes	Luke Nolen	12	55kg	73

Begonia Belle Stakes History

The Begonia Belle Stakes was previously known as the GH Mumm Stakes, but was renamed prior to the 2014 edition. For two years until 2011, it was known as the Crown Promenade Stakes. The Begonia Belle Stakes did not exist under any name prior to 2009.

Once a listed race, the Begonia Belle Stakes was upgraded to Group 3 status prior to running in 2013.

Although it hasn’t been running for a particularly long time, the Begonia Belle Stakes has rapidly amassed a decent following due to top quality racing. It has developed a reputation for producing winners, rather than being contested by them. However, the improved status and prize money will no doubt continue to draw in top flight horses.

Notable Begonia Belle Stakes winners include Ortensia (2011), Vain Queen (2014) and subsequent Group 1 winner Sheidel (2016). Begonia Belle Stakes results and winning times for the race now run as the Furphy Sprint going back to 2009 are listed below.

Begonia Belle Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Tofane	1 minute 4.21 seconds
	2nd	Pippie
	3rd	Miss Iano
2018 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Divine Quality	1 minute 2.82 seconds
	2nd	Booker
	3rd	I Am Excited
2017 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Lyuba	1 minute 3.29 seconds
	2nd	Savanna Amour
	3rd	Concealer
2016 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Sheidel	1 minute 2.98
	2nd	Wild Rain
	3rd	Private Secretary
2015 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Pittsburgh Flyer	1 minute 4.4 seconds
	2nd	Dublin Lass
	3rd	Brook Road
2014 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Vain Queen	1 minute 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Bounding
	3rd	Lilliburlero
2013 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Dystopia	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Shamal Wind
	3rd	She Can Skate
2012 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Honey Flower	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Dystopia
	3rd	Anise
2011 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Balmont Miss
	3rd	Octopussy
2010 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Status Symbol	1 minute 4.9 seconds
	2nd	Jerezana
	3rd	Zingaling
2009 Begonia Belle Stakes	1st	Very Discreet	1 minute 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Seeking Attention
	3rd	Serenissima