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The 2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes – registered as the Maybe Mahal Stakes – is a Group 3 sprint for mares held at the renowned Flemington Racecourse on Melbourne Cup Da on the first Tuesday of November each spring.

Run over 1400m, the Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes is a popular target for classy mares aged four years and older. Run under set weights plus penalties conditions with $200,000 prize money on offer, the race is an attractive spring option for connections wanting to have a start on the esteemed Melbourne Cup Day race card.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes shares a race program with the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes (1000m) for two-year-old fillies and the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’ – the Group 1 $6.25 million Melbourne Cup (3200m).

A number of trainers regard the Maybe Mahal Stakes as a major spring goal for their mares. Some of the lead up races to the Maybe Mahal Stakes include the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup Day and the Group 3 Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) also run at Caulfield in October.

The classier mares in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes might choose to continue their spring campaign via events such as the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m).

The 2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes ran at Flemington on Tuesday November 7, 2017 .

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2017
Date:	Tuesday November 7, 2017
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	4YO&UP Mares Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #13 Pedrena
• 2nd: #3 Cool Passion
• 3rd: #11 Swampland

See below for the full The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, the Mick Price-trained Pedrena enjoying a narrow win improving on a lead-up second in the Northwood Plume Stakes. Cool Passion won that Caulfield lead-up and had to settle for second on Melbourne Cup Day, while the Henry Dwyer-trained Swampland rounded out the trifecta improving on her eighth in the Tristarc Stakes on Caulfield Cup Day.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	13	PEDRENA	Mick Price	Michael Dee	–	7	55kg	$9
2	3	COOL PASSION	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	0.2L	8	57.5kg	$9.50
3	11	SWAMPLAND (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Chris Symons	1.45L	11	55kg	$9
4	10	IMPROVEMENT (NZ)	Gary Portelli	Tim Clark	2.2L	9	55kg	$21
5	16	JAMAICAN RAIN	Richard Laming	Jamie Mott	2.5L	10	55kg (cd 55.5kg)	$26
6	4	QUILATE	Michael Kent	Beau Mertens (a)	2.7L	6	57.5kg	$41
7	9	QUILISTA	Darren Weir	Mark Zahra	3.45L	4	55.5kg	$13
8	15	LUCYINRIO (NZ)	Kylie Little	Michael Walker	3.95L	12	55kg	$101
9	1	FUHRYK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	4.7L	3	59kg	$4.80
10	12	JALAN JALAN	Colin Little	Luke Nolen	5.7L	13	55kg	$71
11	14	FILLE CHAMPAGNE	Pat Hyland	Stephen Baster	5.9L	2	55kg	$81
12	5	WHITE MOSS	Jason Coyle	Jason Collett	6.9L	1	56.5kg	$3.60F
13	6	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	7.65L	5	55.5kg	$13
SB	8	DEJA BLUE	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	–	0	55.5kg	–
–	7	ELLICAZOOM	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	–	0	–	–
–	2	ECKSTEIN	Kurt Goldman	Brenton Avdulla	–	0	–	–

2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Odds

The season’s latest The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2017 odds and betting market links to the last race on Melbourne Cup Day will be updated below once available.

2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Field

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field draws talented mares from around the country to Flemington on one of the nation’s biggest days of racing, Melbourne Cup Day. Mares may come into The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field via a Melbourne lead-up or a Sydney race like the Group 3 The Nivison (1200m), which produced the 2016 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winner Artistry (2nd).

Plenty of quality mares line-up in the race and the best out of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes field continue onto bigger and better races over their career. For example the 2016 third placegetter Silent Sedition took out the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) next start at Sandown and also won the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) the following year.

The official 2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Final Field & Barriers are set for release the Friday before Melbourne Cup Day and will be published in full below.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Field is now out originally attracting 16 starters. Two scratchings leave a field of 14 mares including the likes of White Moss chasing three straight wins and drawn a treat in barrier two, along with the 59kg top weight Fuhryk to be ridden by Craig Williams after a stakes win on Caulfield Cup Day.

#	Form	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	410x21x781	FUHRYK	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Craig Williams	4	59kg	99
2	3x410x9762	ECKSTEIN	Kurt Goldman	Brenton Avdulla	15	57.5kg	96
3	218x6x0312	COOL PASSION	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	10	57.5kg	99
4	371728×311	QUILATE	Michael Kent	Beau Mertens (a)	7	57.5kg	96
5	6x71112x11	WHITE MOSS	Jason Coyle	Jason Collett	2	56.5kg	97
6	0x10210x43	MISS GUNPOWDER	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Dwayne Dunn	6	55.5kg	95
7	x2220x7050	ELLICAZOOM	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	8	55.5kg	82
8	715763×941	DEJA BLUE	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	1	55.5kg	89
9	11132×1334	QUILISTA	Darren Weir	Mark Zahra	5	55.5kg	80
10	11845×6241	IMPROVEMENT (NZ)	Gary Portelli	Tim Clark	11	55kg	86
11	4326111228	SWAMPLAND (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Chris Symons	13	55kg	88
12	0x7334x773	JALAN JALAN	Colin Little	Luke Nolen	16	55kg	76
13	10x12121x2	PEDRENA	Mick Price	Michael Dee	9	55kg	85
14	2103121×68	FILLE CHAMPAGNE	Pat Hyland	Stephen Baster	3	55kg	70
15	81438×0922	LUCYINRIO (NZ)	Kylie Little	Michael Walker	14	55kg	72
16	143×1142	JAMAICAN RAIN	Richard Laming	Jamie Mott	12	55kg	71

2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Nominations

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2017 Nominations are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading up to race day with the full list of entries to be published below once released.

The 2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Nominations attracted a bumper 24 mares at early entry stage including the Lindsay Park-trained Fuhryk who will carry the 59kg top weight, Tristarc Stakes runner-up last time out Cool Passion and the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Ravi who is the highest-rated mare in the mix.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes History

Inaugurated in 2005, as the Maybe Mahal Stakes, this race has has a very short history relative to other major spring races, such as the Melbourne Cup, inaugurated in 1861.

A popular sponsored race, the Maybe Mahal Stakes has been variously known as The Lavazza Short Black, the Liberty Financial Plate and the Herald Sun Stakes.

Run as The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes since 2014, the race was upgraded to Group 3 status prior to the 2013 edition.

The race is named after internationally renowned mare Maybe Mahal, who was extraordinarily successful in the late 1970’s, winning seven Group 1 races.

Notable Maybe Mahal Stakes / The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winners include inaugural winner Vintner (2005), Neroli (2008) and Plucky Belle (2013).

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Results

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes results, winners and winning times since 2005 are listed below.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Pedrena	1 minute 22.78 seconds
	2nd	Cool Passion
	3rd	Swampland
2016 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Artistry	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Shillelagh
	3rd	Silent Sedition
2015 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Scarlet Billows	1 minute 22.4 seconds
	2nd	Wawail
	3rd	She’s Clean
2014 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Mahara	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Rose Of Choice
	3rd	Vibrant Rouge
2013 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Plucky Belle	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Arinosa
	3rd	She’s Clean
2012 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Koonoomoo	1 minute 21.0 seconds
	2nd	Cabernet
	3rd	Mid Summer Music
2011 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Sophie’s Spirit	1 minute 22.5 seconds
	2nd	Little Surfer Girl
	3rd	Divorces
2010 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Jersey Lily	1 minute 23.4 seconds
	2nd	Happy Hippy
	3rd	Valentine Miss
2009 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Strawberry Field	1 minute 25.5 seconds
	2nd	Ortensia
	3rd	Rose Syrah
2008 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Neroli	1 minute 23.1 seconds
	2nd	Jacqueline Rouge
	3rd	Jewelled Gate
2007 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Juste Momente	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Zip Baby Zip
	3rd	Goldfield Ashes
2006 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Storm Signal	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Pasikatera
	3rd	Hasta La Ciao Ciao
2005 Maybe Mahal Stakes	1st	Vintner	1 minute 22.6 seconds
	2nd	Pin Up
	3rd	Irongail