Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted November 15, 2023 Journalists Share Posted November 15, 2023 Queen Of The Ball ridden by Damien Oliver wins the Begonia Belle Stakes at Flemington. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) The Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) has attracted a strong field of 11 mares vying for the $200,000 on offer at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon. All eyes will be on champion jockey Damien Oliver, who will have his final ride in Victoria aboard Queen Of The Ball (+220) in the How Now Stakes. Queen of The Ball, the last start Begonia Belle Stakes (1100m) winner, will look to add a third win at 1200m from eight attempts. A winner of four Group 3 races, Queen of The Ball will be looking to hand Oliver a fourth win in the race after partnering Sister Madly (2011), Secret Agenda (2016) and Zapateo (2022) to success in recent years. Heading the market with online bookmakers, She Dances (+190) is hunting a third straight win following success in the Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) and Listed Chautauqua Stakes (1200m). She Dances will once again be partnered by Linda Meech from barrier nine, with the pair having combined for five wins from nine starts. Rose Quartz (+380) is the only other runner at a single figure quote ahead of the How Now Stakes. The Grahame Begg-trained mare needs to overcome a 3.75 length defeat to Queen Of The Ball and a 1.25 length defeat to She Dances in the Northwood Plume Stakes. The How Now Stakes brings the 10-race meeting at Caulfield to a close on Saturday, with the race set to jump at 5:40pm AEDT. How Now Stakes 2023 Final Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Queen Of The Ball Michael Freedman Damien Oliver 7 57kg 2 She Dances Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman Linda Meech 9 57kg 3 Rose Quartz Grahame Begg Michael Dee 6 55kg 4 Unusual Culture Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Blake Shinn 11 55kg 5 Starlight Scope Pat Carey & Harris Walker Jye McNeil 3 55kg 6 Fortunate Kiss Daniel Bowman Daniel Moor 2 55kg 7 My Yankee Girl Vincent Malady Billy Egan 5 55kg 8 Holly Lolly Clinton McDonald Blaike McDougall 4 56kg 9 Ghaanati Peter & Paul Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 10 55kg 10 Miss Middle Park Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Craig Williams 8 55kg 11 Lady Di Di Cliff Brown Beau Mertens 1 55kg More horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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