How Now Stakes

The How Now Stakes is a Group 3 race for mares raced under set weights and penalty conditions each year in September at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 How Now Stakes was won by Sister Madly from Valentine Miss with Lone Rock third.

Held on the same day as the Group 1 Underwood Stakes, the How Now Stakes is a more than handy mares race that takes place during the Melbourne spring racing carnival. The race was run as the Sportingbet Sprint Series - Heat 2 Stakes in the 2011/2012 season.

How Now Stakes info
Date:	Saturday 22nd September 2012
Track:	Caulfield racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	1200 metres
Race Type:	Mares - Set Weights + Penalty
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$125,000
2011 Winner:	Sister Madly

The How Now Stakes is a mares only race over the sprint distance of 1200 metres and more often than not attracts above average females where the level weight conditions of the race means the better mares in the race have a distinct advantage over their rivals.

Females contesting the How Now Stakes may have previously tackled similar mares races like the Gr3 Cockram Stakes or Gr3 Lets Elope Stakes and may consider tackling better quality mares races like the Gr2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes at Flemington on Turnbull Stakes day.

Sister Madly (2011) won this event first-up from a spell and recent How Now Stakes winners include Valentine Miss (2010) and Velocitea (2009).

2011 How Now Stakes result
1. $4.00 Sister Madly 56.5 D Oliver
2. $8.00 Valentine Miss 56.5 M Rodd
3. $4.60 Lone Rock 58.5 M Zahra

then followed
4. $51.00 Status Symbol 57.5 S Arnold
5. $51.00 Goon Serpent 57.5 N Hall
6. $18.00 Booklet 55.5 D Dunn
7. $7.00 Miss Octopussy 54.0 D Nikolic
8. $6.50 Dubleanny 57.5 C Newitt
9. $61.00 Sublimity 56.5 Ms M Payne
10. $31.00 Dysphonia 57.5 J Winks
11. $81.00 Mythical Spirit 54.0 S King
12. $15.00 Anabaa’S Legacy 54.0 G Boss
13. $12.00 Avenue 58.5 M Walker
14. $20.00 Ain’Tnofallenstar 56.5 B Melham

Margins: Len, 2 1/4 len
Time: 1:10.36

How Now Stakes recent winners & placegetters
Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2011	Sister Madly	Valentine Miss	Lone Rock	1:10.3
2010	Valentine Miss	I'm A Hussy	Red Flair	1:09.3
2009	Velocitea	Neroli	Dollops	1:11.4
2008	Vivacious Spirit	Benatar	Vormista	1:10.5
2007	Miss Judgement	Juste Momente	Flying Object	1.09:8
2006	Queen Of The Hill	Megadeal	Nuclear Free	1:10.9
2005	Sarah Michelle =1	Brindabella =1	Little Chloe	1:13.9
2004	Strikeline	Solar Antiquity	Skewiff	1:10.5
2003	Lovely Jubly	Infinite Grace	Astaroth	1:09.0
2002	Taimana	Calming	Galapagos Girl	1:09.8
2001	Miss Power Bird	Purple Groove	Dynamic Love	1:11.3
2000	Piavonic	Nova Clause	Clemens Belle	1:10.3
1999	Snippets Lass	Rose Of Dane	Blazing Aura	1:10.0