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The 2021 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 Day 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 $8 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.

Rich Hips (8th in 2020) was the last Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes winner to come out of the Tristarc Stakes. In 2021 Rich Hips returned to go back-to-back in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes results improving on a lead-up sixth in The Valley’s Group 2 Stocks Stakes.

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 2021 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes ran at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day – Tuesday November 2, 2021 and saw Rich Hips win the race for the second straight year. 

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2021
Date:	Tuesday November 2, 2021
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	4YO&UP Mares Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Rich Hips ($7)
• 2nd: #7 Excelida
• 3rd: #4 Paul’s Regret

The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained Rich Hips improved on a string of unplaced recent runs to charge up the inside late and secure back-to-back wins successfully defending her title in the Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes one race after the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Click here for the full 2021 Melbourne Cup Day results. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	RICH HIPS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Nash Rawiller		10	57kg		$7
	2	7	EXCELIDA	Ben & JD Hayes	Michael Dee	1.25L	1	55kg		$26
	3	4	PAUL’S REGRET	Peter Chow	Damien Thornton	4.5L	4	55kg		$19
	4	3	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Dean Holland	4.6L	5	56kg		$26
	5	12	ENERGY WITHIN	Tom Dabernig	Damien Oliver	5L	6	55kg		$12
	6	6	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	5.3L	11	55kg		$13
	7	1	LA MEXICANA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damian Lane	5.5L	8	57kg		$8
	8	5	AIDENSFIELD	Ben & JD Hayes	Craig Williams	5.6L	7	55kg		$12
	9	10	APRIL RAIN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5.7L	2	55kg		$2.40F
	10	8	BEST STONE	John Thompson	Jordan Childs	7.2L	9	55kg		$21
	11	13	WANALIRRI	Patrick F Ryan Jnr	Declan Bates	7.5L	3	55kg		$81
	12	9	NEED NEW FRIENDS	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	8.5L	12	55kg		$21
		11	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	James McDonald		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes Odds

The season’s latest The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes 2021 odds and betting market links to the last race on Melbourne Cup Day will be updated below once available.

2021 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 2021 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.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1101×24329	LA MEXICANA	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damian Lane	9	57kg		93
2	1x1960x656	RICH HIPS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Nash Rawiller	11	57kg		100
3	33934011×5	BELLE PLAISIR (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Dean Holland	6	56kg		84
4	126286×396	PAUL’S REGRET	Peter Chow	Damien Thornton	5	55kg		82
5	x5x7342233	AIDENSFIELD	Ben & JD Hayes	Craig Williams	8	55kg		74
6	59x3165x21	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	12	55kg		79
7	5×34872614	EXCELIDA	Ben & JD Hayes	Michael Dee	1	55kg		76
8	512×780449	BEST STONE	John Thompson	Jordan Childs	10	55kg		82
9	221227×776	NEED NEW FRIENDS	Danny O’Brien	Brett Prebble	13	55kg		79
10	2x111x25x2	APRIL RAIN	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2	55kg		81
11	39x132x121	PROMISE OF SUCCESS (GB)	John O’Shea	James McDonald	3	55kg		80
12	134160×119	ENERGY WITHIN	Tom Dabernig	Damien Oliver	7	55kg		73
13	63158230×1	WANALIRRI	Patrick F Ryan Jnr	Declan Bates	4	55kg		71

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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), Plucky Belle (2013) and dual champion Rich Hips (2020-21).

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
2021 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Rich Hips	1 minute 23.17 seconds
	2nd	Excelida
	3rd	Paul’s Regret
2020 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Rich Hips	1 minute 22.24 seconds
	2nd	Lyre
	3rd	Wild Vixen
2019 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Teleplay	1 minute 24.35 seconds
	2nd	La Tigeresa
	3rd	Sweet Scandal
2018 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes	1st	Cool Passion	1 minute 24.01 seconds
	2nd	Princess Posh
	3rd	Savatiano
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