Stocks Stakes 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes is a good betting guide for the Empire Rose Stakes during the spring.

The W.H. Stocks Stakes is a Group 2 race for mares contested on Moir Stakes Night at Moonee Valley on a Friday evening in late September or early October during the annual Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Stocks Stakes winner Daisies. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Racing at the meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) for sprinters, while the Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) for Caulfield Guineas types, the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes for potential Coolmore Stud Stakes-bound fillies, and the Stocks Stakes are the major support races.

Offering $300,000 in total prize money as of 2021, the Stocks Stakes is run over 1600m under weight-for-age conditions and makes a nice lead-up to other mares-only races in the spring including Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Victoria Derby Day.

The latest edition of the Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes runs on Friday September 29, 2023 at Moonee Valley on Moir Stakes Night and was won in style by the odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35F) in a new track record time of 1 minute 34.37 seconds. 

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Results

The official Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2023 race results and finishing order will be provided below once the race takes place on Friday September 29, 2023.

2023 Stocks Stakes winner Amelia’s Jewel is Cox Plate-bound this October. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #8 Amelia’s Jewel
• 2nd: #4 Pride Of Jenni
• 3rd: #2 Deny Knowledge

Simon Miller’s outstanding Group 1 winning mare from Perth, Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35F), was far too good for her Melbourne rivals again backing-up from her successful interstate debut in the Let’s Elope to be stoked up at the top of the straight before a powerhouse finish to salute as the odds-on favourite in Friday night’s WH Stocks Stakes 2023 results at The Valley ahead of her $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate bid on October 28.

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Odds

The season’s best Stocks Stakes 2023 betting odds and links to our markets will be provided right here the week of the race so stay tuned for the top Moonee Valley racing odds this spring.

WH Stocks Stakes Race Facts

• Date: Friday September 29, 2023
• Track: Moonee Valley Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Mares – Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1973

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Betting

Stocks Stakes odds are led by in-form mares with form against similar company with proven ability at weight-for-age and over the mile. Runners that have winning form at the distance and previous experience at the tight Moonee Valley circuit also sit high up the Stocks Stakes odds.

Betting also favours graduates of earlier Melbourne lead-up runs for the mares like Caulfield’s Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) and the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington a fortnight before the race.

Amelia’s Jewel (2023) was the last mare to complete the Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.

Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35 in 2023) was also the last Stocks Stakes favourite to salute for the punters.

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field

The Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes race field attracts a quality field of weight-for-age mares with ability over the mile.

Many come into the race on the back of a lead-up run earlier in the spring in something like the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

Stocks Stakes winner Atlantic Jewel (2013) came off a lead-up victory in that year’s Memsie Stakes. Photo Credit: Race Horse Photos Australia.

The WH Stocks Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Friday night, while the final field and barriers are out on the Wednesday.

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Field

The official Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barrier Draw will be available right here once acceptances are taken on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see the mares set to face off under the lights at Moonee Valley in the Group 1 lead-up.

The Stocks Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of mares dominated by the odds-on elect Amelia’s Jewel for WA horseman Simon Miller.

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Nominations

The WH Stocks Stakes Nominations for 2023 close on the Monday leading-up to Moir Stakes Night.

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips

Good WH Stocks Stakes betting tips to take in the spring include looking at mares with ability at the track and distance, previous Group winners, past winners over the mile distance and those coming off lead-up runs in the Let’s Elope Stakes.

Single figure hopefuls have a dominant recent record in the race so another useful tip is to pick a runner in the top half of the markets. Any mares coming down in class off an earlier Group 1 spring race also make for a nice Stocks Stakes winning tip.

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider WH Stocks Stakes tips and Moonee Valley Group 2 betting selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the mares to get behind in the race this spring.

• To Win: #8 Amelia’s Jewel ($1.35 at time of publish) – BET NOW

How do you bet against this star WA mare? She is zero value at close to even money, but it’s been a thrill to watch her each time out. She oozes class and versatility having run second to The Everest contender Overpass in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka (1200m) at home in April but also has Group 1 winning form in Perth’s Northerly Stakes up over 1800m. She handled her first interstate assignment with ease at Flemington fresh carrying plenty of weight from a wide gate in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m). The mile second-up looks ideal, and so long as she handles The Valley circuit, she wins again.

Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide

The WH Stocks Stakes form guide features all the essential race information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the mares in the field. Group 1 form to follow into the Group 2 can come via the Memsie Stakes (1400m) held the month before as Atlantic Jewel completed that Group 1 spring double in 2013.

The Stocks stakes form has also stacked up in other elite level races including when Atlantic Jewel (2013) ran second next start in Caulfield’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) before a win in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) that October.

2023 Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Ladbrokes Stocks Stakes 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Stocks Stakes Results

The WH Stocks Stakes race results have been dominated over the past decade by classy Melbourne-trained mares coming off a run in the Let’s Elope Stakes.

Notable recent Stocks Stakes winners include the odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel (2023), dual champion I Am A Star (2017-18), Fenway (2015), Dear Demi (2014), Atlantic Jewel (2013), Zarita (2009), and Tuesday Joy (2008).

Amelia’s Jewel holds the current WH Stocks Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 2023 in a time of 1 minute 34.37 seconds.

Past Stocks Stakes Winners

Recent WH Stocks Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.