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The Maurcie 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 something like the Group 3 Sebring Stakes (1200m) back at the track at the end of the month. 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 Maurice McCarten Stakes 2018 ran on Saturday March 17, 2018 and saw Dothraki win on protest over the speedy pacemaker Sprightly Lass.

2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes
Date:	Saturday March 17, 2018
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Quality Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Dothraki (on protest)
• 2nd: #12 Sprightly Lass
• 3rd: #6 New Universe

Check out the full Maurice McCarten Stakes 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, the race won on protest by the always-honest veteran Dothraki who gave the weight away to his rivals and finally broke through for his first official victory since October of 2015. Dothraki was a nose beaten on the line by the speedy favourite Sprightly Lass ($2.80) who led all-the-way to the line but lost on protest after she shifted into the line of the runner-up late.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	1	DOTHRAKI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tye Angland	–	12	59kg	$14
2	12	SPRIGHTLY LASS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	0.1L	8	53kg	$2.80F
3	6	NEW UNIVERSE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	0.2L	1	53kg	$13
4	8	SECRET TRAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Rachel King (a)	0.5L	4	53kg	$26
5	4	ISORICH	Wayne Seelin	Ms Jess Taylor	0.6L	9	53kg	$41
6	2	NIETA	John P Thompson	Craig Williams	1.2L	10	54kg	$4
7	9	GIBRALTAR GIRL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	1.5L	3	53kg	$11
8	5	HIEROGLYPHICS	Anthony & Edward Cummings	Jason Collett	3.1L	6	53kg	$12
9	10	TOP STRIKER	Gregory Hickman	Jay Ford	3.3L	11	53kg	$31
10	11	AKASAKI	Stephen Jones	Corey Brown	3.8L	5	53kg	$17
11	7	LATIN BOY	Richard Freedman	Shaun Guymer	4.4L	7	53kg	$16
12	3	PALAZZO PUBBLICO	Matthew Smith	Tim Clark	5.4L	2	53kg	$26

2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes Odds

The season’s updated Maurice McCarten Stakes 2018 betting odds will be published below as soon as markets are released at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2018 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 2018 Maurice McCarten Stakes field and barriers are released on Wednesday March 14, 2018  and will be published in full below.

The Maurice McCarten Stakes 2018 Final Field attracted a dozen sprinters including the returning Nieta who is a first-up flyer (4:3-0-1), the in-form Team Hawkes-trained Snitzel mare Sprightly Lass coming off a lead-up win at The Valley in Melbourne over 955m by two lengths and the class Peter & Paul Snowden-trained top weight Dothraki carrying 59kg from the outside barrier (12) looking to go one better than a lead-up second in the Southern Cross Stakes.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	2x326x9272	DOTHRAKI	Peter & Paul Snowden	Tye Angland	12	59kg	105
2	x14x33934x	NIETA	John P Thompson	Craig Williams	10	54kg	99
3	2630×37350	PALAZZO PUBBLICO	Matthew Smith	Tim Clark	2	53kg	96
4	311483036x	ISORICH	Wayne Seelin	Ms Jess Taylor	9	53kg	93
5	x112879x24	HIEROGLYPHICS	Anthony & Edward Cummings	Jason Collett	6	53kg	89
6	x391344238	NEW UNIVERSE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Michael Walker	1	53kg	85
7	22x11114x1	LATIN BOY	Richard Freedman	Shaun Guymer	7	53kg	83
8	41724x482x	SECRET TRAIL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Ms Rachel King (a)	4	53kg	82
9	519x306x45	GIBRALTAR GIRL	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	3	53kg	81
10	24x6905x04	TOP STRIKER	Gregory Hickman	Jay Ford	11	53kg	81
11	3136×20121	AKASAKI	Stephen Jones	Corey Brown	5	53kg	80
12	1x112x1	SPRIGHTLY LASS	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Brenton Avdulla	8	53kg	78

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).

Maurice McCarten Stakes Winners & Placegetters

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

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2019 Maurice McCarten Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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 04.99 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