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The Thoroughbred Club Stakes – currently run as the Maroona 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 $200,000 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: Caulfield Guineas Day. The Thoroughbred Club Stakes forms part of a massive race card full of Black-Type events, which include the: Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), the 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.

More recently the 2019 Champagne Stakes winner Loving Gaby ran second in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes results before backing-up to win the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at The Valley on Cox Plate Eve.

In 2020 Swats That became the latest filly to complete the MVRC Champagne Stakes – Thoroughbred Club Stakes double. She then ran second in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes down the straight at Flemington.

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.

In 2018 the Thoroughbred Club Stakes winner Sunlight went on to beat the boys in the Coolmore Stud Stakes. She also won the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap / William Reid Stakes double down the Flemington straight the following autumn.

The 2021 Thoroughbred Club Stakes ran on Saturday October 9, 2021 and was won in an upset by last year’s $1 million Golden Gift winner Sneaky Five at 25/1. 

Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday October 9, 2021
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YO Fillies SW+P
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 Thoroughbred Club Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Sneaky Five ($26)
• 2nd: #8 New York Baby
• 3rd: #3 Crystal Bound

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	SNEAKY FIVE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech		11	57kg		$26
	2	8	NEW YORK BABY	Leon & Troy Corstens	Damien Oliver	0.75L	9	56kg		$7
	3	3	CRYSTAL BOUND	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	0.95L	1	57kg		$4.40
	4	1	SERADESS	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Luke Currie	1.15L	5	58kg		$9.50
	5	4	ROBODIRA	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble	1.35L	2	56kg		$7
	6	5	LARKSPUR RUN	James Cummings	Craig Williams	1.45L	6	56kg		$8
	7	11	SPINNING	Tom Dabernig	Daniel Stackhouse	2.2L	8	56kg		$21
	8	15	STAR WALTZ	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	2.95L	3	56kg		$26
	9	9	ALL ABOUT EVE	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan	3.45L	12	56kg		$81
	10	13	DUEASTAR	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	4.95L	4	56kg		$41
	11	12	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs	5.35L	7	56kg		$4.20F
	12	14	FOREVER AND A DAY	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	25.35L	10	56kg		$81
		10	DECENT RAINE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen		0
		6	A VERY FINE RED	Mark Newnham			0
		7	FROST FLOWERS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Thoroughbred Club Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Thoroughbred Club Stakes 2021 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.

Swats That ($2.80 in 2020) was the last favourite in Thoroughbred Club Stakes betting to win.

2021 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 2021 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.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11×51	SERADESS	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Luke Currie	6	58kg		80
2	11x	SNEAKY FIVE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Linda Meech	13	57kg		85
3	12×1	CRYSTAL BOUND	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jye McNeil	1	57kg		86
4	1x42x20	ROBODIRA	John O’Shea	Brett Prebble	2	56kg		82
5	221×1722	LARKSPUR RUN	James Cummings	Craig Williams	7	56kg		76
6	14×315	A VERY FINE RED	Mark Newnham		8	56kg		75
7	135×70	FROST FLOWERS	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Craig Newitt (late alt)	15	56kg		69
8	1×1	NEW YORK BABY	Leon & Troy Corstens	Damien Oliver	11	56kg		71
9	122×79	ALL ABOUT EVE	Andrew Noblet	Billy Egan	14	56kg		65
10	286×1643	DECENT RAINE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen (late alt)	3	56kg		68
11	23×1	SPINNING	Tom Dabernig	Daniel Stackhouse	10	56kg		63
12	23×1	SHIHONKA	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jordan Childs	9	56kg		67
13	13×3	DUEASTAR	Matthew Williams	Dean Yendall	5	56kg		63
14	16×2	FOREVER AND A DAY	Danny O’Brien	Daniel Moor	12	56kg		63
15	31	STAR WALTZ	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Damian Lane	4	56kg		62

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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.

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), Missy Longstocking (2013), Earthquake (2014) and Sunlight (2018). Thoroughbred Club Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Thoroughbred Club Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Sneaky Five	1 minute 10.95 seconds
	2nd	New York Baby
	3rd	Crystal Bound
2020 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Swats That	1 minute 10.41 seconds
	2nd	Muntaseera
	3rd	Bella Nipotina
2019 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	California Zimbol	1 minute 9.89 seconds
	2nd	Loving Gaby
	3rd	Don’ttelltheboss
2018 Thoroughbred Club Stakes	1st	Sunlight	1 minute 10.15 seconds
	2nd	Humma Humma
	3rd	Meryl
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