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The Maurice McCarten Stakes is a Group 3 sprint run under open quality handicap conditions at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Coolmore Classic Day each March.

Run during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) and features a host of other Group status support acts including the Group 2 Ajax Stakes (1500m), Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1200m), the lucrative Group 3 $350,000 Sky High Stakes (2000m) and the Maurice McCarten Stakes.

Run over 1100m the Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes field may feature first-up runners kicking off their autumn campaigns or horses coming off an earlier autumn lead-up in a race like the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at the track a month earlier, which last produced a Maurice McCarten Stakes winner with Dothraki (2nd in 2018).  Dothraki was originally also second past the post in the Maurice McCarten, but won the race on protest over Sprightly Lass.

After the event Maurice McCarten Stakes graduates may back-up in a race like the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) held back at the Rosehill track later that month. Hoystar (2008) was the last sprinter to complete the Maurice McCarten – Star Kingdom Stakes double. Tougher targets like the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill a fortnight after the Maurice McCarten Stakes might also be included in better sprinters’ campaigns. The last Maurice McCarten Stakes winner to go onto win The Galaxy was Atomic Force in 2011.

The 2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes winner Star Of The Seas franked the form running second in that season’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) two runs later. He also placed second in the Group 1 Winx Stakes and Group 1 George Main Stakes that September.

The 2022 Maurice McCarten Stakes form was franked with the winner Shelby Sixtysix going on to win the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill next start.

The Maurice McCarten Stakes 2023 ran on Saturday March 11, 2023 and was won in a first-up upset by the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Capitalist colt Cannonball ($11). 

2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 11, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Cannonball ($11)
• 2nd: #2 Athelric
• 3rd: #7 Quick Tempo

Team Snowden’s son of Capitalist Cannonball ($11) was too strong fresh franking the form around subsequent The Everest winner Giga Kick when racing for the first time since his Danehill second last October to win the 2023 Maurcie McCarten Stakes in Sydney by over a length.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	CANNONBALL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brett Prebble		2	53kg		$11
	2	2	ATHELRIC	James Cummings	James McDonald	1.3L	5	57kg		$4
	3	7	QUICK TEMPO	Mark Minervini	Ms Rachel King	1.64L	1	53kg		$10
	4	3	COAL CRUSHER	Joseph Pride	Chad Schofield	1.66L	6	55kg		$5.50
	5	5	CLEMENCEAU	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	1.95L	8	53kg		$2.70F
	6	6	KALINO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	1.99L	3	53kg		$7
	7	8	DALCHINI	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Jay Ford	3.72L	4	53kg		$51
	8	4	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	Danny Williams	Robbie Dolan	5.73L	7	54kg		$41
		1	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Michael Dee		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes Betting Odds

The season’s updated Maurice McCarten Stakes 2023 betting odds will be published below as soon as markets are released at Ladbrokes.com.au.

California Zimbol ($3 in 2021) was the last favourite in Maurice McCarten Stakes betting to salute.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 MAURICE MCCARTEN STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes Form

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2023 Maurcie McCarten Stakes Field

The Maurcie McCarten Stakes field attracts a decent quality of sprinters, some of which may be gearing up towards tougher autumn runs, and is released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday before Coolmore Classic Day.

The official 2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes field and barriers are released on Wednesday March 8, 2023 and will be published in full below.

The Maurice McCarten Stakes 2023 final field features a small but smart line-up of autumn sprinters with the wide-open betting market narrowly led by the resuming Capitalist four-year-old Clemenceau. 

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x738915x67	ROCKETING BY	David Pfieffer	Michael Dee	8	59kg			104
2	111x27051x	ATHELRIC	James Cummings	James McDonald	5	57kg			100
3	61x552162x	COAL CRUSHER	Joseph Pride	Chad Schofield	6	55kg			96
4	x709702x89	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	Danny Williams	Robbie Dolan	7	54kg			94
5	11x12x221x	CLEMENCEAU	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	9	53kg			90
6	141327×113	KALINO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	3	53kg			87
7	345×714283	QUICK TEMPO	Mark Minervini	Ms Rachel King	1	53kg			81
8	4752x6440x	DALCHINI	Lee & Cherie Curtis	Jay Ford	4	53kg			80
9	4x11x4843x	CANNONBALL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Brett Prebble	2	53kg			79

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes Nominations

Early nominations on the Maurice McCarten Stakes in 2023 close the Monday of race week and will be available below once confirmed.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x738915x67	ROCKETING BY	G	5	David Pfieffer	1	59kg	59kg		104
2	x110121x49	MARINE ONE	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	2	58.5kg	58.5kg		103
3	240x2436x8	GENERATION	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	3	57.5kg	57.5kg		101
4	111x27051x	ATHELRIC	G	4	James Cummings	4	57kg	57kg		100
5	8x7699550x	BRUTALITY	G	6	Joseph Pride	5	55.5kg	55.5kg		97
6	61x552162x	COAL CRUSHER	G	5	Joseph Pride	6	55kg	55kg		96
7	x709702x89	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	G	6	Danny Williams	7	54kg	54kg		94
8	3x4585206x	BLESS HER	M	6	Clayton Douglas	8=	54kg	53kg		90
9	11x12x221x	CLEMENCEAU	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	8=	54kg	53kg		90
10	141327×113	KALINO	G	4	Chris Waller	10	54kg	53kg		87
11	x479x6348x	THE FACE	G	5	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	11	54kg	53kg		86
12	1x243x626x	BACCHANALIA	G	4	James Cummings	12	54kg	53kg		84
13	345×714283	QUICK TEMPO	G	4	Mark Minervini	13	54kg	53kg		81
14	4752x6440x	DALCHINI	M	4	Lee & Cherie Curtis	14	54kg	53kg		80
15	4x11x4843x	CANNONBALL	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	15=	54kg	53kg		79
16	211x131x4	HYPOTHETICAL	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	15=	54kg	53kg		79

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Maurice McCarten Stakes History

The Maurice McCarten Stakes was inaugurated in 1993 and the first winner of the race was Friend’s Venture. Since then quality types including Mustard (2004), Snippetson (2006), Atomic Force (2011) and Target In Sight (2015) have all recorded wins in the race.

Originally run over 1200m the event was cut to 1100m in 2010 and from 1993 – 2013 it ran as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. The race has gone by a number of various names over the years including the Moet & Chandon Handicap (1993-96) and The Schweppervesence (2005-09). Before 2010 the event was held as part of the Golden Slipper Stakes Day program.

Maurice McCarten Stakes Winners

See below for a recent list of Maurice McCarten Stakes results and winners going back to 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Cannonball	1 minute 03.50 seconds
	2nd	Athelric
	3rd	Quick Tempo
2022 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Shelby Sixtysix	1 minute 04.91 seconds
	2nd	Rule Of Law
	3rd	Gravina
2021 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	California Zimbol	1 minute 02.80 seconds
	2nd	Easy Eddie
	3rd	Order Of Command
2020 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Star Of The Seas	1 minute 06.45 seconds
	2nd	River Bird
	3rd	Spending To Win
2019 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Easy Eddie	1 minute 6.38 seconds
	2nd	She Knows
	3rd	All Over Bosanova
2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Dothraki	1 minute 3.41 seconds
	2nd	Sprightly Lass
	3rd	New Universe
2017 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Artistry	1 minute 4.99 seconds
	2nd	Dothraki
	3rd	Fickle Folly
2016 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Alberto Magic	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Angels Beach
	3rd	Bachman
2015 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Target In Sight	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Deep Field
	3rd	Tahitian Black
2014 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Kencella	1 minute 3.7 seconds
	2nd	Va Pensiero
	3rd	That’s A Good Idea
2013 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	See The World	1 minute 3.9 seconds
	2nd	Anise
	3rd	Hurrara
2012 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Title	1 minute 4.8 seconds
	2nd	Uate
	3rd	Zaratone
2011 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Atomic Force	1 minute 3.1 seconds
	2nd	Winter King
	3rd	Dorf Command
2010 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Welkom Gold	1 minute 4.42 seconds
	2nd	Nightofthegeneral
	3rd	Rarefied
2009 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Mount Verde	1 minute 11.79 seconds
	2nd	Aichi
	3rd	Posadas
2008 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Hoystar	1 minute 12.03 seconds
	2nd	Al Be Nible
	3rd	Certain Magic
2007 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Double Dare	1 minute 9.42 seconds
	2nd	King Rex
	3rd	Sunset Run
2006 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Snippetson	1 minute 9.34 seconds
	2nd	Mustard
	3rd	Shannon Bank
2005 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Britt’s Best	1 minute 9.43 seconds
	2nd	Damigos
	3rd	Entreaty
2004 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Mustard	1 minute 8.81 seconds
	2nd	Geiger Spirit
	3rd	Jivago
2003 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Sex Machine	1 minute 9.60 seconds
	2nd	Oomph
	3rd	Arlington Road
2002 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Crete	1 minute 8.98 seconds
	2nd	Shouq
	3rd	Polygram
2001 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Stanzaic / Knickerbocker Kid	1 minute 9.31 seconds
	2nd	–
	3rd	Scottish Pride
2000 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	Antiquity	1 minute 8.86 seconds
	2nd	Paint
	3rd	Batwing