Maybe Mahal Stakes Race Information
The Maybe Mahal Stakes is a 1400 metre set weights and penalties race for mares four-year-olds and up run by the Victorian Racing Club in early November. It is held at Flemington as part of the Melbourne Cup Racing Carnival.
- Race Type: Group 3
- Distance: 1400 metres
- Conditions: Set weights and penalties, Mares 4YO & up
- Track: Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria
- Prizemoney: $200,000
- Date: Tuesday 7 November 2023
Maybe Mahal Stakes Race History
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The race was first held as a Listed race in 2005 when it was won by Vintner trained by David Hayes and ridden by Dwayne Dunn. It was upgraded to its current Group 3 status in 2011. The registered name is the Maybe Mahal Stakes after a top class mare trained by Bart Cummings, but it has been run as the Liberty Financial Stakes, Herald Sun Stakes, Lavazza Short Black, Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes and the Jim Beam Stakes.
Lead-up races include the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes, Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes and Listed Black Pearl Stakes.
Useful Facts
Multiple winners: Rich Hips (2020 & 2021)
Fastest time (1400m): Koonoomoo (2012) 1:21:01
Leading jockeys : Hugh Bowman with 3 wins (Artistry 2016; Koonoomoo 2012; Juste Momente 2007).
Interesting trivia:
Past winners of the Maybe Mahal Stakes
Winners of past Maybe Mahal Stakes include Cool Passion (2018), Pedrena (2017), Artistry (2016), Plucky Belle (2013), Strawberry Field (2009), Neroli (2008) and Juste Momente (2007)
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2023 | Skew Wiff | Foxy Cleopatra | Forbidden City |
| 2022 | Larkspur Run | Literary Magnate | Mac ‘N’ Cheese |
| 2021 | Rich Hips | Excelida | Paul’s Regret |
| 2020 | Rich Hips | Lyre | Wild Vixen |
| 2019 | Teleplay | La Tigeresa | Sweet Scandal |
| 2018 | Cool Passion | Princess Posh | Savatiano |
| 2017 | Pedrena | Cool Passion | Swampland |
| 2016 | Artistry | Shillelagh | Silent Sedition |
| 2015 | Scarlet Billows | Wawail | She’s Clean |
| 2014 | Mahara | Rose Of Choice | Vibrant Rouge |
| 2013 | Plucky Belle | Arinosa | She’s Clean |
| 2012 | Koonoomoo | Cabernet | Mid Summer Music |
| 2011 | Sophie’s Spirit | Little Surfer Girl | Divorces |
| 2010 | Jersey Lily | Happy Hippy | Valentine Miss |
| 2009 | Strawberry Field | Ortensia | Rose Syrah |
| 2008 | Neroli | Jacqueline Rouge | Jewelled Gate |
| 2007 | Juste Momente | Zip Baby Zip | Goldfield Ashes |
| 2006 | Storm Signal | Pasikatera | Hasta La Ciao Ciao |
| 2005 | Vintner | Pin Up | Irongail |