Bow Mistress Trophy (Mystic Journey Stakes) 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The best out of the Bow Mistress Trophy (Mystic Journey Stakes) may contest the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide that winter.

The Bow Mistress Trophy – run in 2024 as the Mystic Journey Stakes – is a Group 3 weight-for-age sprint race for fillies and mares run and won at Hobart Racecourse on a Friday February each Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival.

Contested over 1200m, the event offers $150,000 in prize money and is held during the Hobart Cup Carnival, which is headlined by the Group 3 $300,000 Hobart Cup (2400m) held two days later.

Inaugurated in 2006, the Bow Mistress Trophy has held Group 3 status since 2012 and is named in honour of one of Tasmanian’s greatest race horses Bow Mistress.

The event was renamed ahead of the 2024 edition in honour of former top line Tassie filly, Mystic Journey, who famously won the Group 1 Australian Guineas – All-Star Mile double in 2019 as a three-year-old in Melbourne.

The latest edition of the Bow Mistress Trophy ran on Friday February 9, 2024 as the Mystic Journey Stakes during the Hobart Cup Carnival and was won by the Lindsey Smith-trained four-year-old from Warrnambool, Yellow Sam ($2.70F).

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Results

The full Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be known on Friday February 9, 2024 and published right here so stay tuned.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes winner Yellow Sam (pictured in Geelong) saluted for the punters. Photo: Grant Courtney.

• 1st: #7 Yellow Sam
• 2nd: #12 Alvarinho
• 3rd: #1 Megamea

The progressive Lindsey Smith-trained Ready For Victory mare, Yellow Sam ($2.70F), was too good for her rivals in the Apple Isle with the four-year-old visitor from Warrnambool hitting the front 100m out to draw clear and salute for the punters in Friday’s Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 results. 

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes Odds

The updated Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 betting odds will be available below as soon as released.

Mystic Journey Stakes Race Info

• Former Race Name: Bow Mistress Trophy
• Date: Friday February 9, 2024
• Track: Hobart Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age, Fillies & Mares
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $150,000
• First Run: 2006

Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Betting

Bow Mistress Trophy betting markets on the race now known as the Mystic Journey Stakes are led by in-form summer sprinters from local Tasmanian stables and the better performed fillies and mares with a strong Hobart track record.

No filly has been successful to date meaning there are longer Bow Mistress Trophy odds on any three-year-old fillies taking on the older mares in the event.

In the 16 years from 2006 – 2024 nine editions of the race have been won by four-year-old mares most recently Zoushine (2022) and Yellow Sam (2024).

Yellow Sam ($2.70F in 2024) was also the first favourite in Mystic Journey Stakes betting to win since I Love It ($5 in 2015), who also ran 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017.

Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Field

The Mystic Journey Stakes race field for the race formerly known as the Bow Mistress Trophy attracts a quality line-up of mainly Tasmanian-trained fillies and mares potentially targeting a next-up run in the Group 3 Vamos Stakes (1400m) run a fortnight later at the state’s sister track Launceston.

Female gallopers may have contested the race previously with the Bow Mistress Trophy field often made-up of similar runners to the summer prior. For example, the 2015 Bow Mistress Trophy winner I Love It also ran 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017.

Mystic Journey Stakes nominations are taken the Friday prior to the race with final acceptances and barriers out on the Tuesday of race week.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes Field & Barrier Draw

The official Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 Field & Barriers are announced by Tas Racing on the Tuesday of race week and published in full below so stay tuned for the full line-up of top mares.

The Lindsey Smith-trained Yellow Sam right down in weight off a big 1.5 length Geelong win headlines the 2024 Mystic Journey Stakes final field at Hobart on Friday.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes Nominations

The Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 nominations are taken on the Friday leading-up to the event and the list of early entries will be available below once announced.

Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Tips

Bow Mistress Trophy tips – now known as the Mystic Journey Stakes betting tips – include backing runners with a previous win over the 1200m at Hobart, the proven Group performers and four-year-old mares who have a dominant record in the race.

Laying the favourite is also a top Bow Mistress Trophy betting tip with the last top elect in the markets to salute for the punters being I Love It ($5 in 2015) before the 2024 victory of the Victorian visitor Yellow Sam ($2.70F).

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes Tips

Our expert Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 tips will be available below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #5 Jaguar Stone ($8 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open edition of the now Mystic Journey Stakes with Jaguar Stone an in-form type down in weight looking at nice price to continue her rich vein of form. The Spieth four-year-old is prepared by Adam Trinder and has previous winning form at the Hobart track. She has an excellent strike-rate over the 1200m distance (7:3-1-2) and is a Black-Type place-getter. Last time out ran second fresh here with 59kg only a length beaten over 1100m. Fitter now, ready to fire second-up over the six furlongs. Drops to 56.5kg and ticks plenty of boxes. 

Mystic Journey Stakes (Bow Mistress Trophy) Form Guide

The Bow Mistress Trophy form guide details key details for punters including the race field, lead-up runs, saddlecloth numbers, jockeys, barriers and weights of each horse.

The Bow Mistress Trophy form has gone on to stack-up in similar and tougher grade races a number of times over the years including in 2016 when the runner-up I Love It (winner of the 2015 edition) backed-up to win the Vamos Stakes before a subsequent third in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide that winter.

2024 Mystic Journey Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Mystic Journey Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Bow Mistress Trophy / Mystic Journey Stakes Results

The Bow Mistress Trophy / Mystic Journey Stakes race results have been dominated by local Tasmanian-trained four-year-old mares.

Notable Bow Mistress Trophy winners include Flying Ruby (2009), Lady Lynette (2011), Rebel Bride (2012-13), and I Love It (2015).

Bow Mistress Trophy / Mystic Journey Stakes Winners

Past Bow Mistress Trophy winners and place-getters going back to 2006 are detailed in the below table.