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The Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes is a 1600m race held at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day.

Held under set weights plus penalties conditions, the Carbine Club Stakes is restricted to three year old horses and pays a healthy $200,000 prize money.

The Carbine Club Stakes shares a race program with nine other Group status races making VRC Derby Day an event for racing purists. There are four Group 1 spring races on the card: the Victoria Derby (2500m),  Kennedy Mile (1600m), Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Myer Classic (1600m).

Sydney’s Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) can act as a fairly effective lead up race to the Carbine Club Stakes. Some horses choose to target the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) prior to stepping down in grade for this race.

Following their run in the Carbine Club Stakes, there are a number of available avenues for horses to pursue. Some head to the paddock, while others stay on for what’s left of the spring racing carnival. The Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) is one of the elite options for the young milers with the double last completed by Mahuta (2015).

The 2017 Carbine Club Stakes was held on Saturday November 4, 2017 .

Carbine Club Stakes 2017
Date:	Saturday November 4, 2017
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	3YO – Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2017 Carbine Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #7 Levendi
• 2nd: #5 Sambro
• 3rd: #16 Irish Vega

See below for the full Carbine Club Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, following the link to read more on the win by race favourite Levendi ($4) who showed a good late turn of foot to salute in a gutsy effort for the Derby Day punters.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	7	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Ben Melham	–	5	56kg	$4F
2	5	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	0.3L	9	56kg	$11
3	16	IRISH VEGA	Anthony Freedman	Tommy Berry	0.4L	4	56kg	$21
4	2	BEAU GESTE	James Cummings	Damian Lane	0.6L	3	56kg	$10
5	1	SNITZEPEG	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	0.7L	6	57kg	$7.50
6	15	RELLSON (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Mark Zahra	1.7L	11	56kg	$17
7	11	OCTABELLO	Mick Price	Michael Dee	2.45L	2	56kg	$12
8	3	GAULOIS	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	2.55L	15	56kg	$7
9	9	HYPNOTIST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	2.65L	14	56kg	$19
10	12	ALMIGHTY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	4.9L	10	56kg	$41
11	13	GIVE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	5.1L	8	56kg	$151
12	8	PASEETO	Tony McEvoy	Ms Jamie Kah	5.3L	13	56kg	$15
13	4	DANGER DEAL	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jeff Lloyd	6.55L	1	56kg	$61
14	10	LORD SUNDOWNER Mick Price	Jake Noonan	10.55L	12	56kg	$26
15	14	MACTIER	Mick Price	Noel Callow	14.8L	7	56kg	$41
–	6	KAONIC (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	–	0	–	–

2017 Carbine Club Stakes Tips

• 1st: #1 Snitzepeg
• 2nd: #7 Levendi
• 3rd: #4 Sambro

Read our full VRC Derby Day 2017 Tips and Carbine Club Stakes Betting Preview.

Carbine Club Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Carbine Club Stakes odds on the three-year-old milers will be listed below complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your insider Carbine Club Stakes tips at the best prices.

2017 Carbine Club Stakes Field

The 2017 Carbine Club Stakes field is released on the Wednesday leading-up to VRC Derby Day and will be detailed in full below once announced along with the Carbine Club Stakes barrier draw.

The Carbine Club Stakes 2017 Final Field features 16 hopefuls and the Darren Weir-trained Snitepeg is drawn better than mid-field in gate six chasing a third win on the trot after back-to-back 1400m wins at Flemington and Caulfield respectively. Goldolphin’s last start Kembla Grange winner Gaulois drew the outside alley, while roughie hope Danger Dean has barrier one. Trainer Chris Waller saddles-up two chances with the in-form duo Sambro and Kaonic, while Lord Sundowner shapes-up as a danger from the Mick Price stables.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	2150×52411	SNITZEPEG	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	6	57kg	80
2	1×3137	BEAU GESTE	James Cummings	Damian Lane	3	56kg	76
3	32x321x21	GAULOIS	James Cummings	Brenton Avdulla	16	56kg	74
4	322234×160	DANGER DEAL	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jeff Lloyd	1	56kg	64
5	43135×7233	SAMBRO	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	9	56kg	73
6	311	KAONIC (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	11	56kg	70
7	1×166	LEVENDI	Peter Gelagotis	Ben Melham	5	56kg	70
8	4x353x11	PASEETO	Tony McEvoy	Ms Jamie Kah	14	56kg	72
9	1×1154	HYPNOTIST	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	15	56kg	71
10	52×3112	LORD SUNDOWNER	Mick Price	Jake Noonan	13	56kg	69
11	1×18	OCTABELLO	Mick Price	Michael Dee	2	56kg	68
12	3231×6	ALMIGHTY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Blake Shinn	10	56kg	62
13	249×641709	GIVE	John Moloney	Patrick Moloney	8	56kg	60
14	1×885	MACTIER	Mick Price	Noel Callow	7	56kg	61
15	414	RELLSON (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Mark Zahra	12	56kg	64
16	14	IRISH VEGA	Anthony Freedman	Tommy Berry	4	56kg	63

2017 Carbine Club Stakes Nominations

The 2017 Carbine Club Stakes nominations are released by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week, the full list of early entries to be published right here.

The Carbine Club Stakes 2017 Nominations attracted 20 three-year-old milers led by the Darren Weir-trained Snitzepeg coming off back-to-back Melbourne black-type wins in October.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	2150×52411	SNITZEPEG	C	3	Darren Weir	1	57kg	80
2	1×3137	BEAU GESTE	C	3	James Cummings	2	56kg	76
3	32x321x21	GAULOIS	C	3	James Cummings	3	56kg	74
4	322234×160	DANGER DEAL	G	3	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	4	56kg	64
5	43135×7233	SAMBRO	C	3	Chris Waller	5	56kg	73
6	311	KAONIC (NZ)	C	3	Chris Waller	6	56kg	70
7	1×166	LEVENDI	C	3	Peter Gelagotis	7	56kg	70
8	4x353x11	PASEETO	C	3	Tony McEvoy	8	56kg	72
9	1×1154	HYPNOTIST	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	9	56kg	71
10	52×3112	LORD SUNDOWNER	G	3	Mick Price	10	56kg	69
11	1×18	OCTABELLO	C	3	Mick Price	11	56kg	68
12	3231×6	ALMIGHTY	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	12	56kg	62
13	249×641709	GIVE	C	3	John Moloney	13	56kg	60
14	314	VILLERMONT	C	3	Aaron Purcell	14	56kg	63
15	7×14	SKY BOY	G	3	Anthony & Edward Cummings	15	56kg	62
16	2231	FREE FLY TOO	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	16	56kg	65
17	414	RELLSON (NZ)	C	3	Aaron Purcell	17	56kg	64
18	210	WOULDA THOUGHT SO	G	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	18	56kg	63
19	1×885	MACTIER	G	3	Mick Price	19	56kg	61
20	14	IRISH VEGA	G	3	Anthony Freedman	20	56kg	63

Carbine Club Stakes History

The Carbine Club Stakes is traditionally the first race on the Derby Day schedule. As a result, it is the first event in the four day Flemington Racing Carnival and sets the tone for the massive Group 1 events to follow.

The Carbine Club Stakes was made a listed event in 1983, with Freeze taking it out that year. It was upgraded to Group 3 in 1998, with Toy Carousel the winner.

The Carbine Club Stakes has in the past been sponsored by Inglis.

Notable Carbine Club winners include Brave Salute (1984), Perfect Harmony (1994), Delago Brom (2002) and Mr Chard (2010). In recent history, a large number of horses who appear in the top three Carbine Club Stakes results have also gone on to place in the Sandown Guineas.

Perhaps the most renowned Carbine Club Stakes winners of all is Saintly, who took victory in 1995. Trained by Bart Cummings, Saintly went on to win or place in 21 of 23 starts (winning 10). Some of his scalps include the Group 1 Australian Cup, Group 1 Cox Plate and Group 1 Melbourne Cup.

Carbine Club Stakes results, winners and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Carbine Club Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Levendi	1 minute 35.35 seconds
	2nd	Sambro
	3rd	Irish Vega
2016 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Comin’ Through	1 minute 35.14 seconds
	2nd	Morton’s Fork
	3rd	Bezel
2015 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Hi World	1 minute 38.01 seconds
	2nd	Farolitos
	3rd	Inauguration
2014 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Kermadec	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Stratum Star
	3rd	Manhattan Avenue
2013 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Paximadia	1 minute 38.0 seconds
	2nd	Hucklebuck
	3rd	Equator
2012 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Lunar Rise	1 minute 35.3 seconds
	2nd	Tatra
	3rd	Proverb
2011 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Galah	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Highly Recommended
	3rd	Saint Etienne
2010 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Mr Chard	1 minute 36.0 seconds
	2nd	Goldstone
	3rd	Condelago
2009 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Kidnapped	1 minute 37.8 seconds
	2nd	Disco Summit
	3rd	Ruse De Guerre
2008 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Dr Doutes	1 minute 36.2 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Thunder
	3rd	Millbank
2007 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Zacroona	1 minute 36.4 seconds
	2nd	Schilling
	3rd	Montonari
2006 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Permaiscuous	1 minute 37.1 seconds
	2nd	Patriotism
	3rd	Antidotes
2005 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Testafiable	1 minute 36.0 seconds
	2nd	Fusiachi San
	3rd	San Vesuvio
2004 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Al Maher	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Squad
	3rd	Pin Up Boy
2003 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Sir Dex	1 minute 38.9 seconds
	2nd	Tchaikovsky
	3rd	Sandy River
2002 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Delago Brom	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Lord Volksraad
	3rd	Charlie Bub
2001 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	All Courage	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Gordo
	3rd	Road To Dance
2000 Carbine Club Stakes	1st	Inspire	1 minute 37.9 seconds
	2nd	Sporting Scribe
	3rd	Neptunes Journey