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The Bow Mistress Trophy – run in 2024 as the Mystic Journey Stakes – is a Group 3 race run at Hobart Racecourse on a Friday in early February during the annual Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival, two days prior to Hobart Cup Day on the Sunday.

The 1200m sprint race is open to fillies and mares and is contested under weight-for-age conditions. Offering $150,000 in prize money and serves as a nice taster for punters keen for the Sunday’s Group 3 Ladbrokes Hobart Cup (2400m).

The best out of the Bow Mistress Trophy field each year may back-up at Launceston Racecourse in the Group 3 Vamos Stakes (1400m) run under the same conditions and also for female runners only. In 2016 the Bow Mistress Trophy runner-up I Love It backed-up to win the Vamos Stakes. She also went on to run third in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide that winter.

In 2024 the race was renamed the Mystic Journey Stakes in honour of former star Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey best known for her Group 1 Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile victories as a three-year-old in Melbourne in 2019.

The Bow Mistress Trophy 2024 ran on Friday February 9, 2024 as the Mystic Journey Stakes and was won by the visiting Lindsey Smith-trained favourite Yellow Sam ($2.70F).

2024 Bow Mistress Trophy (Mystic Journey Stakes)
Date:	Friday February 9, 2024
Track:	Hobart Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	F&M / WFA
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Results

• 1st: #7 Yellow Sam ($2.70F)
• 2nd: #12 Alvarinho
• 3rd: #1 Megamea

The Lindsey Smith-trained mare Yellow Sam ($2.70F) made a successful hit and run trip to Tasmania on Friday to conquer the Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 in Hobart. The four-year-old visitor from Warrnambool hit the front with 100m to go, leaving her rivals in the dust and delighting punters. This victory solidified Yellow Sam’s status as a rising star, further enhancing her impressive record that now stands at five wins from 11 starts.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	YELLOW SAM	Lindsey Smith	Fred Kersley		9	56.5kg		$2.70F
	2	12	ALVARINHO	Imogen Miller	Bulent Muhcu	0.5L	14	56.5kg		$11
	3	1	MEGAMEA	Luke Oliver	Jarrod Fry	0.9L	11	56.5kg		$8.50
	4	6	SIRENE STRYKER	Mark Ganderton	Daniel Ganderton	1.3L	6	56.5kg		$31
	5	5	JAGUAR STONE	Adam Trinder	Jason Maskiell	1.5L	8	56.5kg		$13
	6	2	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Craig Newitt	2.5L	5	56.5kg		$11
	7	13	CABACA	Adam Trinder	Jake Noonan	2.8L	12	56.5kg		$51
	8	8	GEEGEE LUCKY JESS	Stuart Gandy	Ms Codi Jordan	5.3L	7	56.5kg		$101
	9	11	EMILY	Barry Campbell	Anthony Darmanin	5.4L	3	56.5kg		$61
	10	4	IT’S KIND OF MAGIC	Tom Dabernig	Harry Grace	6.4L	2	56.5kg		$21
	11	14	GIVE GIGGLES (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	6.6L	10	56.5kg		$3.80
	12	9	VIVILICI	Adam Trinder	Ms Erica Byrne Burke (a)	7.35L	4	56.5kg		$101
	13	3	JAJA CHABOOGIE	Julie Richards	Neil Farley	8.85L	13	56.5kg		$17
	14	15e	EXTREME GEM	Graeme McCulloch	Ms Sigrid Carr	13.6L	1	56.5kg		$101
		17e	IN HER STRIDE	John Salanitri	Ms Alana Kelly		0
		16e	VERBANO	John Keys			0
		10	JUST A NEEDS	Imogen Miller	Troy Baker		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Betting Odds

The latest Bow Mistress Trophy 2024 odds – known in 2024 as the Mystic Journey Stakes odds – on the Tasmanian Group 3 will be published below along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au once betting is open.

Favourites in Bow Mistress Trophy betting have a poor recent record in the race with I Love It ($5 in 2015), who also ran 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017, the last to salute for the punters before the 2024 victory of Yellow Sam ($2.70F).

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Belsielle winning at Bow Mistress Trophy odds of $18.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 MYSTIC JOURNEY STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Form Guide

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2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive tips on the Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 this February.

• To Win: #5 Jaguar Stone ($8 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Jaguar Stone is a mare worth watching in the open Mystic Journey Stakes. Fresh off a strong second-place finish here at the Hobart track, she seems ready to roar back second-up. Carrying a lighter weight this time (56.5kg down from 59kg), she boasts an impressive 75% win rate at the 1200m distance and even has Black-Type experience. Trained by Adam Trinder, she’s adept at the Hobart course and appears fitter and primed for a big run over the six furlongs. Don’t miss her at an attractive price – she ticks all the boxes for a potential upset.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Field

The Bow Mistress Trophy field traditionally features a line-up of locally-trained fillies and mares and is released by Tas Racing the week of the race.

The official 2024 Mystic Journey Stakes field and barriers are set for release on the Tuesday of race week and will be published in full below.

The Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 final field features a smart line-up of in-form mares led in betting by Lindsey Smith’s last start Geelong winner Yellow Sam.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1x72808x93	MEGAMEA	Luke Oliver	Jarrod Fry	12	56.5kg		85
2	959×395792	BELSIELLE	David & Coral Feek	Craig Newitt	6	56.5kg		80
3	71×6102914	JAJA CHABOOGIE	Julie Richards	Neil Farley	14	56.5kg		94
4	226×211667	IT’S KIND OF MAGIC	Tom Dabernig	Harry Grace	3	56.5kg		78
5	235317×232	JAGUAR STONE	Adam Trinder	Jason Maskiell	9	56.5kg		78
6	233220x12x	SIRENE STRYKER	Mark Ganderton	Daniel Ganderton	7	56.5kg		82
7	11x1323x31	YELLOW SAM	Lindsey Smith	Fred Kersley	10	56.5kg		81
8	36×1823121	GEEGEE LUCKY JESS	Stuart Gandy	Ms Codi Jordan	8	56.5kg		74
9	x22x3411x8	VIVILICI	Adam Trinder	Ms Erica Byrne Burke (a)	5	56.5kg		79
10	24x171388x	JUST A NEEDS	Imogen Miller	Troy Baker	16	56.5kg		74
11	25426x7x45	EMILY	Barry Campbell	Anthony Darmanin	4	56.5kg		78
12	1212x33x11	ALVARINHO	Imogen Miller	Bulent Muhcu	17	56.5kg		77
13	963x1145x4	CABACA	Adam Trinder	Jake Noonan	13	56.5kg		72
14	21x1191x	GIVE GIGGLES (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Harry Coffey	11	56.5kg		78
15e	0x32131159	EXTREME GEM	Graeme McCulloch	Ms Sigrid Carr	1	56.5kg		72
16e	411Dx660x6	VERBANO	John Keys		2	56.5kg		71
17e	x9385x058x	IN HER STRIDE	John Salanitri	Ms Alana Kelly	15	56.5kg		69

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Nominations

Early nominations for the Mystic Journey Stakes in 2024 close the Monday of race week and will be updated below once confirmed by Tas Racing.

Bow Mistress Trophy / Mystic Journey Stakes History

The Bow Mistress Trophy was originally named after former star Tasmanian mare Bow Mistress who won a host of top races over her career.

It was inaugurated in 2006 as a Listed race and gained its current Group 3 status in 2012. It is one of the country’s younger Black-Type races and has been won by the likes of Diamond Cover (2008), Lady Lynette (2014), and dual winner Rebel Bride (2012-13).

The race was renamed ahead of the 2024 edition as the Mystic Journey Stakes.

See below for the full list of Bow Mistress Trophy / Mystic Journey Stakes winners and results going back to the first edition in 2006.

Recent Bow Mistress Trophy Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Mystic Journey Stakes	1st	Yellow Sam	1 minute 12.20 seconds
	2nd	Alvarinho
	3rd	Megamea
2023 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Belsielle	1 minute 11.93 seconds
	2nd	Embeller
	3rd	Sirene Stryker
2022 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Zoushine	1 minute 11.83 seconds
	2nd	Award Winner
	3rd	Bons Abroad
2021 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Ethical Solution	1 minute 12.08 seconds
	2nd	Street Icon
	3rd	Runaway Girl
2020 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Zargos	1 minute 11.37 seconds
	2nd	Deroche
	3rd	Twitchy Frank
2019 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Life On The Wire	1 minute 13.27 seconds
	2nd	Speedonova
	3rd	Twitchy Frank
2018 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Gogo Grace	1 minute 11.45 seconds
	2nd	Tizso Wicked
	3rd	Deja Blue
2017 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Ocean Embers	1 minute 11.17 seconds
	2nd	Lyuba
	3rd	I Love It
2016 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Nautical	1 minute 11.19 seconds
	2nd	I Love It
	3rd	Erin’s Element
2015 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	I Love It	1 minute 11.48 seconds
	2nd	Miss Middleton
	3rd	Lady Lakshmi
2014 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Isibaeva	1 minute 12.21 seconds
	2nd	Miss Stellabelle
	3rd	Kneeling
2013 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Rebel Bride	1 minute 11.46 seconds
	2nd	Tariana
	3rd	Rose Pattern
2012 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Rebel Bride	1 minute 12.19 seconds
	2nd	Lady Lynette
	3rd	Avionics
2011 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 11.69 seconds
	2nd	I’m A Hussy
	3rd	Happy Angel
2010 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Dollops	1 minute 13.28 seconds
	2nd	Moulin Rouge
	3rd	Flying Ruby
2009 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Flying Ruby	1 minute 13.81 seconds
	2nd	Rough Chance
	3rd	Greenmount Belle
2008 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Diamond Cove	1 minute 13.24 seconds
	2nd	Blazonry
	3rd	Manihi Magic
2007 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Oceano	1 minute 14.08 seconds
	2nd	Aprilia
	3rd	Lekitama
2006 Bow Mistress Trophy	1st	Con’s Amy	1 minute 13.06 seconds
	2nd	Open Cut
	3rd	Kats Clause

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