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The Thoroughbred Club Stakes is a Group 3 1200m sprint conducted at Caulfield Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Held under set weights plus penalties conditions and restricted to three year old fillies, the Thoroughbred Club Stakes provides a perfect opportunity for young fillies to showcase their talent in a highly competitive environment. With $150,000 prize money on offer, this is a lucrative race for connections of the winner.

The Thoroughbred Club Stakes falls on one of the most prestigious days of Victorian racing: Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day. The Thoroughbred Club Stakes forms part of a massive race card full of Black-Type events, which include the: Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m), the Ladbrokes.com.au sponsored Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) and Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) for stayers eyeing a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption.

The Group 3 MVRC Champagne Stakes is a good lead up event to watch, as a number of fillies come via there including Invincible Star (7th in 2017). In 2008, for example, Impressive Eagle improved on a Champagne Stakes third to take out second in this event. In 2009, Avenue won both events. The next year, Solar Charged came second in both events. The year after that (2011), Platelet won this following a second in the Champagne Stakes. In 2016 Hear The Chant improved on a lead-up last in the Champagne Stakes at Moonee Valley for her win.

Following a good run in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes, fillies might continue on to any number of races, depending on their preferred campaign. The Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes, the Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes and the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes have all been won by fillies who had admirable runs in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes.

The 2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes ran on October 14, 2017 .

Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2017
Date:	October 14, 2017
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SWP
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Invincible Star
• 2nd: #10 Counterplay
• 3rd: #3 Jorda

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight
1	1	INVINCIBLE STAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	–	15	57kg
2	10	COUNTERPLAY	Phillip Stokes	Noel Callow	4L	11	55kg
3	3	JORDA	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	4.2L	1	56kg
4	2	SPLIT LIP	Will Clarken	Ms Linda Meech	5.95L	3	56kg
5	9	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Daniel Moor	6.7L	4	55kg
6	8	LUQYAA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	7L	16	55kg
7	13	JOSEPHINE SEA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	7.1L	6	55kg
8	5	WANTED DIVA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	7.85L	9	55.5kg
9	12	FROM THE CLOUDS	Matt Laurie	Michael Dee	8.6L	8	55kg
10	7	JE SUIS TYCOON	Henry Dwyer	Chris Parnham	8.7L	14	55kg
11	14	BEERZATBERNZ (NZ)	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	8.9L	7	55kg
12	16	THE QUEEN’S REWARD	Byron Cozamanis	Daniel Stackhouse	9L	2	55kg
13	18e	REWARDING LAUGHTER	Eric Musgrove	Dean Yendall	9.1L	10	55kg
14	4	UNDOUBTABLE MISS	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	9.3L	13	55.5kg
15	15	DIVINE MESSENGER	Robert Smerdon	Ben Melham	9.7L	12	55kg
16	17e	EXTREME BLISS	David Brideoake	Ryan Maloney	10.2L	5	55kg
–	19e	NAANTALI (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Mark Zahra	–	0	–
–	6	RIVER JEWEL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damian Lane	–	0	–
–	11	TARCOOLA SPIRIT	Jason Warren	Ben Allen (a)	–	0	–

Thoroughbred Club Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Thoroughbred Club Stakes odds and betting markets on this year’s line-up of hopeful three-year-old fillies will be detailed in a table below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as markets on the Caulfield Group 3 are released.

2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes Field

The Thoroughbred Club Stakes field tends to attract handy fillies with fairly extensive black-type experience. Fillies tend to contest the Thoroughbred Club Stakes field following success in other black-type events, rather than stepping up to it for the first time.

The 2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes field and barrier draw are released on the Wednesday of race week and will be provided for punters in full below as soon as released by Racing Victoria.

A capacity line-up of three-year-old fillies have been accepted for the Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2017 Field this Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day including the Lindsay Park-trained Luquaa who has work to do from the far outside barrier (19 into 16), while the Goldolphin’s Gimcrack Stakes winner from last October Jorda gets the rails run from barrier one.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1x6x7	INVINCIBLE STAR	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	18	57kg	74
2	33x116x424	SPLIT LIP	Will Clarken	Ms Linda Meech	3	56kg	72
3	1×38	JORDA	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	1	56kg	75
4	221×750	UNDOUBTABLE MISS	Robbie Griffiths	Jye McNeil	16	55.5kg	69
5	011×6	WANTED DIVA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Luke Nolen	9	55.5kg	68
6	4217×8	RIVER JEWEL	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damian Lane	14	55.5kg	65
7	271×3	JE SUIS TYCOON	Henry Dwyer	Chris Parnham	17	55kg	68
8	9x125x3	LUQYAA	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Damien Oliver	19	55kg	67
9	32×1343	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Daniel Moor	4	55kg	65
10	11×28	COUNTERPLAY	Phillip Stokes	Noel Callow	11	55kg	66
11	1×102	TARCOOLA SPIRIT	Jason Warren	Ben Allen (a)	15	55kg	67
12	07x6x131x6	FROM THE CLOUDS	Matt Laurie	Michael Dee	8	55kg	66
13	133x	JOSEPHINE SEA	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Chris Symons	6	55kg	64
14	156x	BEERZATBERNZ (NZ)	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	7	55kg	65
15	0x21	DIVINE MESSENGER	Robert Smerdon	Ben Melham	12	55kg	66
16	12	THE QUEEN’S REWARD	Byron Cozamanis	Daniel Stackhouse	2	55kg	63
17e	615	EXTREME BLISS	David Brideoake	Ryan Maloney	5	55kg	63
18e	14	REWARDING LAUGHTER	Eric Musgrove	Dean Yendall	10	55kg	63
19e	1	NAANTALI (NZ)	Aaron Purcell	Mark Zahra	13	55kg	63

2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes Nominations

The 2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes nominations are taken by Racing Victoria on the Monday leading up to Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day each October and will be available below in full.

The Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2017 nominations drew a bumper 22 three-year-old fillies including the Lindsay Park-trained stakes placed Luqyaa, last start Champagne Stakes third placegetter behind Houtzen True Excelsior and Group 3 winner Invincible Star.

Thoroughbred Club Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1976, the Thoroughbred Club Stakes has had plenty of time to become an accepted and almost fundamental feature of the spring racing carnival. There’s little doubt that the Thoroughbred Club Stakes plays an important role in the development of a lot of young fillies. Even though the race rarely produces a multiple Group 1 winner, quite a few talented horses have gone through it.

Between its inception and 1999, the Thoroughbred Club Stakes was held over 1400m. At 1200m, the Thoroughbred Club Stakes today occupies an important slot on the first day of the three day Caulfield Cup Carnival, Caulfield Guineas Day.

Notable Thoroughbred Club Stakes winners include Boardwalk Angel (1988), Vigil (1995), Cornwall Queen (1997), Queen Of The Hill (2005), Platelet (2011) and Missy Longstocking (2013). Thoroughbred Club Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Thoroughbred Club Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2017 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Invincible Star	1 minute 9.52 seconds
	2nd	Counterplay
	3rd	Jorda
2016 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Hear The Chant	1 minute 9.76 seconds
	2nd	My Country
	3rd	Modern Wonder
2015 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Serene Majesty	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Secret Agenda
	3rd	Harlem River
2014 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Earthquake	1 minute 9.5 seconds
	2nd	Tawteen
	3rd	More Radiant
2013 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Missy Longstocking	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Anatina
	3rd	Bulbula
2012 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Cavalry Rose	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Mareeza
	3rd	Saturn Rock
2011 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Platelet	1 minute 11.9 seconds
	2nd	The Fairy’s Kiss
	3rd	Hollyweird
2010 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Solar Charged	1 minute 09.1 seconds
	2nd	Jesse’s Girl
	3rd	Dance Of The Ocean
2009 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Avenue	1 minute 09.7 seconds
	2nd	Headway
	3rd	Kanzan
2008 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Damselfly	1 minute 11.7 seconds
	2nd	Impressive Eagle
	3rd	Okaylah
2007 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Gamble Me	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Vivacious Spirit
	3rd	Belcentra
2006 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Splashing Out	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Corton Charlemagne
	3rd	Flame Of Sydney
2005 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Queen Of The Hill	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Jadescent
	3rd	Readyforcatherine
2004 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Emlozza	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Miss Mooney Mooney
	3rd	Tahni Girl
2003 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Crown Princess	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Harley Ma
	3rd	Beautiful Gem
2002 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Innovation Girl	1 minute 09.5 seconds
	2nd	Sensational Spot
	3rd	Toast Of The Coast
2001 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Patterns	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Hello Boys
	3rd	Swing A Deal
2000 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Arrabeea	1 minute 11.4 seconds
	2nd	Queen
	3rd	Belle Ball