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The Vamos Stakes is a Group 3 race for fillies and mares run at Launceston Racecourse each February during the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival.

Held on the same day as the Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m), the Vamos Stakes is run over 1400m and offers $150,000 in total prize money.

The Launceston Group 3 is contested under weight-for-age conditions by field dominated by local Tasmanian-trained fillies and mares coming off a run in a race like the Group 3 Bow Mistress Trophy (1200m) run at Hobart a fortnight earlier.

In 2016 I Love It backed up from a second in the Bow Mistress to win the Vamos Stakes, while in 2017 Lyuba ran second in both races. In 2019 the Bow Mistress was won by the previous year’s Vamos Stakes winner Life On The Wire, who also placed third to Twitchy Frank in the 2019 Vamos Stakes results. Most recently, Take The Sit improved on a lead-up eighth in the Bow Mistress to score an upset 2022 Vamos Stakes win at $14.

The best out of the Vamos Stakes field may head to Adelaide for a shot at the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville in the winter, a race the 2016 Vamos Stakes winner I Love It finished third to Precious Gem in. I Love It also returned in the Vamos Stakes of 2017 to finish third on the back of her Bow Mistress third in the same year.

The 2021 Vamos Stakes winner Still A Star went on to run in Melbourne’s $5 million The All-Star Mile that autumn and also franked the form with a Group 2 Rose of Kingston Stakes victory at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The Vamos Stakes 2023 took place Launceston Racecourse on Wednesday February 22, 2023 and was won in an upset by the Julie Richards-trained Jaja Chaboogie at blow out odds of 25/1. 

2023 Vamos Stakes
Date:	Wednesday February 22, 2023
Track:	Launceston Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	Fillies & Mares | WFA
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2023 Vamos Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Jaja Chaboogie ($26)
• 2nd: #7 Sirene Stryker 
• 3rd: #12 In Her Stride 

There was a narrow three way upset in the Vamos Stakes 2023 trifecta at Launceston on Wednesday with the Julie Richards-trained six-year-old Jaja Chaboogie ($26) defeating fellow roughies Sirene Stryker ($15) and In Her Stride ($14) with only a quarter-length separating the surprise trio. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	JAJA CHABOOGIE	Julie Richards	David Pires		11	57kg		$26
	2	7	SIRENE STRYKER	Mark Ganderton	Brendon McCoull	0.3L	9	57kg		$15
	3	12	IN HER STRIDE	John Salanitri	Ms Alana Kelly	0.4L	7	57kg		$14
	4	13	QUEENBOROUGH FLYER	Sigrid Carr	Ms Sigrid Carr	1.4L	8	57kg		$13
	5	6	DEFIANT DIVA	Leon & Troy Corstens	Blake Shinn	1.6L	1	57kg		$5
	6	10	EMILY	Barry Campbell	Anthony Darmanin	2.35L	4	57kg		$3.80F
	7	4	REWARD ACHIEVER	Glenn Stevenson	Ms Codi Jordan (a)	2.75L	5	57kg		$10
	8	15e	LUNARES	Simon Zahra	Damien Oliver	3.15L	2	57kg		$16
	9	11	LUCKY LIL	Scott Brunton	Craig Newitt	3.35L	3	57kg		$81
	10	3	EMBELLER	Tom Dabernig	Blaike McDougall	3.45L	6	57kg		$4
	11	14	THELMA	Brendan McShane	Bulent Muhcu	4.2L	13	57kg		$61
	12	1	DUNBRODY POWER	Imogen Miller	Troy Baker	4.95L	10	57kg		$61
	13	8	MISS TUPPENCE	Adam Trinder	Liam Riordan	7.95L	12	57kg		$26
		9	DEFINING (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster		0
		2	TAKE THE SIT	Bill & Monica Ryan	Brendon McCoull		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Vamos Stakes Betting Odds

The updated Vamos Stakes 2023 odds and betting links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below as soon as markets on the Group 3 summer clash are released.

The last favourite in Vamos Stakes betting to win was Deroche ($1.80 in 2020).

There was a notable upset in 2023 with Jaja Chaboogie winning at Vamos Stakes odds of $26! 

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

2023 Vamos Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 VAMOS STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Vamos Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Vamos Stakes 2023 Tips on the Tassie Group 3 this summer.

• To Win: #7 Sirene Stryker ($12 at time of publish)

Mark Ganderton’s in-form six-year-old is building to something big and has been excellent her last three out finishing in the money and flying under the radar. Last time out she was third at 30/1 in the Group 3 Bow Mistress at Hobart under one and a half lengths beaten, and she looks value again as a forgotten runner in the markets at double-figures.  She never runs a bad race and has a strong record at the Launceston track (9:2-2-3). She needs to extend to run out a strong 1400m not having won over further than 1150m, but with plenty left last time out think she can surprise a few again.

2023 Vamos Stakes Field

The Vamos Stakes field is released by Tas Racing on the Friday before the race takes place on a Wednesday afternoon in late February as part of Launceston Cup Day.

The official 2023 Vamos Stakes field and barriers will be published in full below.

The Vamos Stakes 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of fillies and mares including Sirene Stryker coming off a third in the Group 3 Bow Mistress and runner-up in the same key lead-up Embeller from the Warrnambool stables of Tom Dabernig.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	576×402186	DUNBRODY POWER	Imogen Miller	Troy Baker	10	57kg		77
2	x813x103x4	TAKE THE SIT	Bill & Monica Ryan	Brendon McCoull	14	57kg		91
3	214×030382	EMBELLER	Tom Dabernig	Blaike McDougall	6	57kg		76
4	36111×1317	REWARD ACHIEVER	Glenn Stevenson	Ms Codi Jordan (a)	5	57kg		84
5	654×168327	JAJA CHABOOGIE	Julie Richards	David Pires	11	57kg		77
6	10x61325x6	DEFIANT DIVA	Leon & Troy Corstens	Blake Shinn	1	57kg		73
7	6x1212x233	SIRENE STRYKER	Mark Ganderton	Daniel Ganderton	9	57kg		76
8	67x535x465	MISS TUPPENCE	Adam Trinder	Liam Riordan	12	57kg		74
9	x21126x357	DEFINING (NZ)	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Barend Vorster	15	57kg		69
10	22x21x1254	EMILY	Barry Campbell	Anthony Darmanin	4	57kg		79
11	5x958645x3	LUCKY LIL	Scott Brunton	Craig Newitt	3	57kg		67
12	45x11315x9	IN HER STRIDE	John Salanitri	Ms Alana Kelly	7	57kg		71
13	1x82x11510	QUEENBOROUGH FLYER	Sigrid Carr	Ms Sigrid Carr	8	57kg		76
14	30x126x123	THELMA	Brendan McShane	Bulent Muhcu	13	57kg		67
15e	284168x3x2	LUNARES	Simon Zahra	Damien Oliver	2	57kg		66

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Vamos Stakes Nominations

The early Vamos Stakes 2023 nominations close the Wednesday prior to the race and will be updated below once announced.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	03470×9631	BELSIELLE	M	5	David & Coral Feek
2	10x61325x6	DEFIANT DIVA	M	5	Leon & Troy Corstens
3	x21126x357	DEFINING (NZ)	M	4	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
4	576×402186	DUNBRODY POWER	M	7	Imogen Miller
5	214×030382	EMBELLER	M	5	Tom Dabernig
6	22x21x1254	EMILY	M	4	Barry Campbell
7	45x11315x9	IN HER STRIDE	M	4	John Salanitri
8	654×168327	JAJA CHABOOGIE	M	6	Julie Richards
9	5x958645x3	LUCKY LIL	M	7	Scott Brunton
10	284168x3x2	LUNARES	M	5	Simon Zahra
11	37x61080x0	MILTIDA	M	6	Matt Cumani
12	67x535x465	MISS TUPPENCE	M	4	Adam Trinder
13	1x82x11510	QUEENBOROUGH FLYER	M	4	Sigrid Carr
14	36111×1317	REWARD ACHIEVER	M	6	Glenn Stevenson
15	6x1212x233	SIRENE STRYKER	M	6	Mark Ganderton
16	x813x103x4	TAKE THE SIT	M	6	Bill & Monica Ryan	91
17	30x126x123	THELMA	M	5	Brendan McShane	67
18	6x1734x579	VERBANO	M	4	Scott Brunton

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Vamos Stakes History

The Vamos Stakes is a relatively young Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival black-type having first taken place in 2007 as a Listed event when Lekitama won.

Since then notable Vamos Stakes winners include triple champion Lady Lynette (2009 & 2011-12) and I Love It (2016). The race gained Group 3 status in 2014 and continues to attract better gallopers each season.

Vamos Stakes Winners

See below for a full list of Vamos Stakes winners and results going back to the first edition of the race run in 2007.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Vamos Stakes	1st	Jaja Chaboogie	1 minute 24.08 seconds
	2nd	Sirene Stryker
	3rd	In Her Stride
2022 Vamos Stakes	1st	Take The Sit	1 minute 23.88 seconds
	2nd	Estoril Park
	3rd	Yes Baby Yes
2021 Vamos Stakes	1st	Still A Star	1 minute 24.06 seconds
	2nd	Deroche
	3rd	Runaway Girl
2020 Vamos Stakes	1st	Deroche	1 minute 25.39 seconds
	2nd	Miss Mandito
	3rd	Jentico
2019 Vamos Stakes	1st	Twitchy Frank	1 minute 25.06 seconds
	2nd	I Remember You
	3rd	Life On The Wire
2018 Vamos Stakes	1st	Life On The Wire	1 minute 23.77 seconds
	2nd	Step The Pedal
	3rd	Gee Gees Top Notch
2017 Vamos Stakes	1st	Kiss Me Ketut	1 minute 22.89 seconds
	2nd	Lyuba
	3rd	I Love It
2016 Vamos Stakes	1st	I Love It	1 minute 22.6 seconds
	2nd	Boundary
	3rd	Sh’bourne Spirit
2015 Vamos Stakes	1st	Vibrant Rouge	1 minute 23.5 seconds
	2nd	Miss Middleton
	3rd	Nadeem Lass
2014 Vamos Stakes	1st	Rebel Bride	1 minute 24.4 seconds
	2nd	Miss Stellabelle
	3rd	Isibaeva
2013 Vamos Stakes	1st	Beautiful Buns	1 minute 23.3 seconds
	2nd	Rebel Bride
	3rd	Tariana
2012 Vamos Stakes	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 24.5 seconds
	2nd	Buzzing Along
	3rd	Rebel Bride
2011 Vamos Stakes	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 24.7 seconds
	2nd	Princess Quality
	3rd	Winged Charm
2010 Vamos Stakes	1st	I’m A Hussy	1 minute 24.31 seconds
	2nd	Moulin Rouge
	3rd	Roses For Claire
2009 Vamos Stakes	1st	Lady Lynette	1 minute 23.0 seconds
	2nd	Hidden Energy
	3rd	Roses For Claire
2008 Vamos Stakes	1st	Blazonry	1 minute 24.53 seconds
	2nd	Reunification
	3rd	Diamond Cove
2007 Vamos Stakes	1st	Lekitama	1 minute 25.05 seconds
	2nd	Oceano
	3rd	Reunification