How Now Stakes

How Now Stakes

Group 3 race
Location	Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated	1999
Race type	Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Neds (2022)
Race information
Distance	1,200 metres
Surface	Turf
Qualification	Mares four year old and older
Weight	Set weights with penalties
Purse	$200,000 (2022)

The How Now Stakes, Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under set weights with penalties conditions, for mares aged four years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres in late September. It is held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.

History

The registered race is named after the brilliant filly How Now, who won the 1976 Underwood Stakes. This race is held on the same card as the Underwood Stakes.

Distance

From 1999 onwards held over 1200m

Grade

• 1999–2004 - Listed Race
• 2005 onwards - Group 3.

Name

• 1999 - Cranbourne Daihatsu Stakes
• 2000–2001 - Dairy Farmers Milk Stakes
• 2002 - Dubai Convention Bureau Stakes
• 2003–2004 - Emirates Racing Association Stakes
• 2005 - Dubai International Stakes
• 2006 - How Now Stakes
• 2007 - South Yarra Stakes
• 2008–2011 - How Now Stakes
• 2012–2014 - Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes
• 2015 - William Hill Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes
• 2016 - Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes

Winners

See also

• List of Australian Group races
• Group races