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The 2017 Ottawa Stakes is a key support act on the world-famous Melbourne Cup Day alongside the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’ at Flemington Racecourse on the first Tuesday of November annually.

Run under set weights, the Ottawa Stakes is restricted to two-year-old fillies. It is run over a brief sprinter’s distance of 1000m and pays $150,000 prize money.

The Ottawa Stakes shares a race program with the Group 1 $6.25 million Melbourne Cup (3200m), the Group 3 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes and a host of other Listed and non-black type Cup Day races.

The majority of juvenile fillies in the Ottawa Stakes field are making their debuts and it is a huge thrill for connections to have a starter on the country’s most popular day of racing. Plenty of the best fillies out of the Ottawa Stakes go on to contest tougher races over their career. The 2016 Ottawa Stakes third placed Madeenaty finished third in the following year’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast, while the 2015 runner-up Prompt Response would go on to win in Group 2 company.

The 2017 Ottawa Stakes ran at Flemington on Tuesday November 7, 2017 as the Emirates 100th A380 Stakes.

Ottawa Stakes 2017
Date:	Tuesday November 7, 2017
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2017 Ottawa Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Setsuna
• 2nd: #11 Roobeena
• 3rd: #3 Aristocratic Miss

See below for the full Ottawa Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, the Melbourne Cup Day opener won by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Setsuna who backed-up off an Inglis win over the same distance on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day. Race favourite Qaflia was far from disgraced running fourth.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	1	SETSUNA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	–	1	56kg	$4.60
2	11	ROOBEENA	Tony McEvoy	Zac Purton	1.25L	5	56kg	$10
3	3	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony McEvoy	Dwayne Dunn	2.25L	9	56kg	$14
4	2	QAFILA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	2.45L	10	56kg	$2.80F
5	13	YULONG MONOCEROS	Aaron Purcell	Luke Nolen	2.55L	2	56kg	$15
6	6	HAVANA HEAT	Robert Smerdon	Craig Williams	3.55L	12	56kg	$26
7	5	FARTHING WOOD	Darren Weir	John Allen	3.75L	8	56kg	$17
8	7	KARA’S HOPE	Tim Martin	Adam Hyeronimus	4.5L	3	56kg	$8.50
9	12	SATURATION	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ben Allen (a)	4.7L	7	56kg	$26
10	4	CHEVALIER D’EON	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	5.1L	11	56kg	$61
11	10	ROCK THE WORLD	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	7.6L	4	56kg	$26
12	9	MISS ZELDA	Shane Bottomley	Noel Callow	10.35L	6	56kg	$71
–	8	LAKE DISTRICT GIRL	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	–	0	–	–

2017 Ottawa Stakes Odds

The Ottawa Stakes 2017 betting odds on the young fillies racing in front of a 100,000 strong crowd of Melbourne Cup Day supports will be available below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as available.

2017 Ottawa Stakes Field

The Ottawa Stakes field usually attracts promising, unraced two-year-old fillies. The last debutant to win the Ottawa Stakes was the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Invincible Star (2016).

Possible lead-up races for the fillies that aren’t debuting on Cup Day include the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day in mid-October, the Listed Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) at Randwick in Sydney in late September or for the eligible runners in the lucrative Restricted Listed $250,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) at The Valley on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

The official 2017 Ottawa Stakes Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Friday before the race and will be published in full below as soon as released.

The 2017 Ottawa Stakes Final Field runs as the Emirates 100th A380 Stakes and drew 13 final acceptances. Just two in the line-up have previous race experience with the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Setsuna having her third start and the Lindsay Park-trained Qaflia backing up from a win in the Debutant Stakes. Qaflia is drawn wide in barrier 11, while Setsuna has the inside run and chases two on the trot after a Cox Plate Day win last time out.

#	Form	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	21	SETSUNA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	1	56kg
2	1	QAFILA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Kerrin McEvoy	11	56kg
3	–	ARISTOCRATIC MISS	Tony McEvoy	Dwayne Dunn	10	56kg
4	–	CHEVALIER D’EON	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	12	56kg
5	–	FARTHING WOOD	Darren Weir	John Allen	9	56kg
6	–	HAVANA HEAT	Robert Smerdon	Craig Williams	13	56kg
7	–	KARA’S HOPE	Tim Martin	Adam Hyeronimus	3	56kg
8	–	LAKE DISTRICT GIRL	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	5	56kg
9	–	MISS ZELDA	Shane Bottomley	Noel Callow	7	56kg
10	–	ROCK THE WORLD	Shane Nichols	Ben Melham	4	56kg
11	–	ROOBEENA	Tony McEvoy	Zac Purton	6	56kg
12	–	SATURATION	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Ben Allen (a)	8	56kg
13	–	YULONG MONOCEROS	Aaron Purcell	Luke Nolen	2	56kg

2017 Ottawa Stakes Nominations

The Ottawa Stakes 2017 Nominations close on the Wednesday leading-up to Melbourne Cup Day and the full list of early entries will be available right here once announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2017 Ottawa Stakes Nominations attracted 17 two-year-old fillies led by the Lindsay Park-trained Debutant Stakes winner Qaflia and Inglis Banner winner on Cox Plate Day Setsuna for last year’s winning stable (Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott).

Ottawa Stakes History

The Ottawa Stakes was inaugurated in 1978 and two editions of the race were held that year. The next year it was made a listed race, whereas previously it had ran as a principal event.

The Ottawa Stakes was not run between 1986 and 1990. Following its return, it was regularly sponsored, with the sponsor often changing yearly. Some of the various names that the Ottawa Stakes has been known by include the Beck’s Bier Stakes, Toyota Victoria Stakes, Subaru Stakes, Myer Stakes, Jayco Stakes, Schiavello Stakes and 7News Plate.

Following the 2013 edition, the Ottawa Stakes was upgraded to Group 3.

Notable Ottawa Stakes winners include Specify (1978), Catalina Queen (1983), Bright Light (1995), True Jewels (2000) and Villa Verde (2012). Ottawa Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Ottawa Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Ottawa Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Setsuna	58.24 seconds
	2nd	Roobeena
	3rd	Aristocratic Miss
2016 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Invincible Star	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Louie
	3rd	Madeenaty
2015 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Concealer	57.3 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Missrock
2014 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Antelucan	57.8 seconds
	2nd	Thurlow
	3rd	Dagny
2013 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Oakleigh Girl	57.5 seconds
	2nd	Top Dolly
	3rd	Singularity
2012 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Villa Verde	56.7 seconds
	2nd	Purrific
	3rd	Thump
2011 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Applegate	58.5 seconds
	2nd	Snitzerland
	3rd	Alezan Thunder
2010 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Spectrolite	59.3 seconds
	2nd	Military Grace
	3rd	Dinner Date
2009 Ottawa Stakes	1st	She’s Got Gears	58.6 seconds
	2nd	Shaaheq
	3rd	Crystal Lily
2008 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Rostova	58.8 seconds
	2nd	I’m A Smarty Pants
	3rd	Dancescape
2007 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Hips Don’t Lie	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Marveen
	3rd	Emma Princess
2006 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Royal Asscher	57.7 seconds
	2nd	Beauty School
	3rd	Love’s Great
2005 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Follow The Till	57.9 seconds
	2nd	Satin Robes
	3rd	Catechuchu
2004 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Red Hot Mama	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Sharna Myst
	3rd	Jestajewel
2003 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Flying Firebird	58.6 seconds
	2nd	Little Chloe
	3rd	Courtney’s Cuddles
2002 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Rinky Dink	57.6 seconds
	2nd	Arena Star
	3rd	Lanquin
2001 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Flashed	Unknown
	2nd	Che Bella Mia
	3rd	Fuji Dancer
2000 Ottawa Stakes	1st	True Jewels	Unknown
	2nd	Twin Peaks
	3rd	Karla Keys