The Herbert Power Stakes is a Group 2 race contested over 2400m on Caulfield Guineas Day that offers a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption to the winner.
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Results
- 1st: #9 Herman Hesse
- 2nd: #7 Okita Soushi
- 3rd: #6 Fancy Man
Herbert Power Stakes News
- Caulfield Cup Considered for 2021 Herbert Power Stakes Winner Delphi
- 2021 Caulfield Guineas Day: Caulfield Scratchings & Track Report
- 2020 Caulfield Guineas Day: Melbourne Race Scratchings & Track Report
- Herbert Power Winner The Chosen One Earns Caulfield Cup Shot
- 2019 Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas Day: Scratchings & Track Report
The Herbert Power Stakes is a Group 2, 2400m, quality handicap race for horses aged three years and over run in mid-October on Caulfield Guineas Day.
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Results
- 1st: #9 Herman Hesse
- 2nd: #7 Okita Soushi
- 3rd: #6 Fancy Man
Winning Time: 2 minutes 29.03 seconds
Winning Margin: 1.25 lengths
Trainer Ciaron Maher took out the 2024 Herbert Power Stakes quinella with Herman Hesse ($16) running down his front-running stablemate Okita Soushi to take out the event in an upset despite not holding a Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup nomination.
Herbert Power Stakes 2024 Odds & Results
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
|---|---|---|
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1st
9. Herman Hesse (1)
J: Declan Bates 53.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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2nd
7. Okita Soushi (5)
J: Billy Egan 54.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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3rd
6. Fancy Man (2)
J: Daniel Stackhouse 55.5kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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4th
11. Brayden Star (11)
J: Craig Williams 53kg
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
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5th
8. The Map (8)
J: Luke Currie 54.5kg
T: Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray |
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6th
12. Mister Wolfgang (10)
J: Michael Dee 53kg
T: Peter & Shaun McKay |
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7th
14. Commando Drift (14)
J: Jett Stanley 53kg
T: Thomas Sadler |
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8th
15. Haaracaine (6)
J: Patrick Moloney 53kg
T: Nick Ryan |
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9th
1. Le Don De Vie (9)
J: Mark Zahra 58kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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10th
10. Dashing Duchess (4)
J: Teodore Nugent 53kg
T: Symon Wilde |
Data retrieved: 22/11/2024 11:01:51 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
Held at Caulfield Racecourse during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the Herbert Power Stakes is a highly regarded lead up race to both the Caulfield Cup back at the track / distance the following weekend and Melbourne Cup over the two miles at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.
The Herbert Power Stakes winner is exempt from Caulfield Cup ballot, and the double was last completed by Master O’Reilly in 2007. Despite being considered a key Melbourne Cup lead-up, no Herbert Power Stakes winner has gone on to win the two-mile classic in the same year since Rogan Josh in 1999.
The mile and a half event offers $300,000 in total prize money and is a key support act on Caulfield Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
The Herbert Power Stakes shares a race program a host of other Group races including the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m), Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) which is currently run as the Might And Power, Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), and the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m).
In 2023 the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Military Mission became the first horse since Unsolved (1995) to come via a run in Sydney’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) improving on a fourth to stablemate Just Fine to win the Herbert Power Stakes.
The 2024 Herbert Power Stakes ran on Saturday October 12, 2024 and was won in an upset by the Ciaron Maher-trained Herman Hesse ($16) who does not hold a nomination for either the Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup this spring.
| Herbert Power Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday October 12, 2024 |
| Track: | Caulfield Racecourse |
| Distance: | 2400m |
| Race Type: | Open Handicap |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prize Money: | $300,000 |
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Betting Odds
The latest Herbert Power Stakes 2024 odds and betting markets will be listed here at Races.com.au complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Herbert Power Stakes tips in at the right price this spring as soon as announced.
Delphi ($1.95 in 2021) and Saracen Knight ($4.20 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Herbert Power Stakes betting to win.
There was a notable upset in 2024 with Herman Hesse taking out the Herbert Power at $16.
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Form
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2024 Herbert Power Stakes Tips
Stay tuned for our exclusive Herbert Power Stakes 2024 Tips on the Caulfield Cup lead-up this spring.
- To Win: #4 Gear Up ($5.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Open edition of the Herbert Power with plenty of Spring Cup-bound stayers ready to make their presence known including Gear Up who looks ready to fire now third-up off two good placings. The Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald trained Teofilo grey was a devastatingly close third in a blanket Group 3 Naturalism Stakes finish here last time out over 2000m. That form looks strong, in with the same weight, and has previously won at a mile and a half. Can win in a tight finish this time.
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Field
The Herbert Power Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of spring sprinters each season, many looking for the ballot exemption into the following weekend’s Caulfield Cup field. Good lead-up races into the Herbert Power Stakes field include the Listed JRA Trophy (2500m) at Flemington in mid-September and even the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) just seven days earlier.
Each year the Herbert Power Stakes field attracts a field of genuine stayers heading towards the Spring Cup races, many of the runners having previous experience in Group 1 company and over the mile and a half distance.
The Herbert Power Stakes field 2024 and barriers are set for release on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below once announced by Racing Victoria.
Herbert Power Stakes 2024 Odds & Results
| Runner Details | Win | Place |
|---|---|---|
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1st
9. Herman Hesse (1)
J: Declan Bates 53.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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2nd
7. Okita Soushi (5)
J: Billy Egan 54.5kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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3rd
6. Fancy Man (2)
J: Daniel Stackhouse 55.5kg
T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald |
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4th
11. Brayden Star (11)
J: Craig Williams 53kg
T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
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5th
8. The Map (8)
J: Luke Currie 54.5kg
T: Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray |
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6th
12. Mister Wolfgang (10)
J: Michael Dee 53kg
T: Peter & Shaun McKay |
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7th
14. Commando Drift (14)
J: Jett Stanley 53kg
T: Thomas Sadler |
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8th
15. Haaracaine (6)
J: Patrick Moloney 53kg
T: Nick Ryan |
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9th
1. Le Don De Vie (9)
J: Mark Zahra 58kg
T: Ciaron Maher |
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10th
10. Dashing Duchess (4)
J: Teodore Nugent 53kg
T: Symon Wilde |
Data retrieved: 22/11/2024 11:01:51 PM (Australia/Brisbane)
Race comments
GEAR UP (4) has run well at both runs back and hits this third-up and ready to fire. The form out of his first two starts reads well and the 2400m shouldn't pose an issue for him now. He can roll forward and prove tough to get past. POST IMPRESSIONIST (3) ran well fresh behind Horrifying before a poor one in the Archer, perhaps not suited on the wet ground. He's a talented stayer and can bounce back. LE DON DE VIE (1) wasn't bad fresh in the Naturalism and will be fitter. He's certainly good enough to win this. FANCY MAN (6) was big odds in the Naturalism but wasn't beaten far and 2400m will be up his alley.
2024 Herbert Power Stakes Nominations
Nominations for the Herbert Power Stakes in 2024 close the Monday leading-up to the Spring Cups’ lead-up.
Herbert Power Stakes History
Since its inauguration in 1898 when Cocos won, the race has been known by several different names including the Eclipse Stakes, Herbert Power Handicap, Quick-Eze Stakes, Perrier Mineral Water Stakes, Perrier Stakes and the Herbert Power Stakes.
First an 8 furlong race, the distance increased to 11 furlongs and 12 furlongs before it became a 2400m event.
Six horses have completed the Herbert Power Stakes – Melbourne Cup double in the same year:
- Rogan Josh (1999), Arwon (1978), Van Der Hum (1976), Gala Supreme (1973), Sirius (1944), and Poseidon (1906).
The Herbert Power Stakes – Caulfield Cup double has been achieved seven times in the same season by six horses:
- Master O’Reilly (2007), Beer Street (1970), Rising Fast (1955), My Hero (1953), Poseidon two times (1906 and 1907), and Marvel Loch (1905).
Recent Herbert Power Stakes Winners
| Year | Place | Horse | Time |
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| 2024 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Herman Hesse | 2 minutes 29.03 seconds |
| 2nd | Okita Soushi | ||
| 3rd | Fancy Man | ||
| 2023 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Military Mission | 2 minutes 32.56 seconds |
| 2nd | United Nations | ||
| 3rd | Ferago | ||
| 2022 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Saracen Knight | 2 minutes 32.25 seconds |
| 2nd | Makram | ||
| 3rd | Desert Icon | ||
| 2021 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Delphi | 2 minutes 27.75 seconds |
| 2nd | The Chosen One | ||
| 3rd | Hasta La War | ||
| 2020 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Chapada | 2 minutes 30.57 seconds |
| 2nd | Zebrowski | ||
| 3rd | Platinum Invador | ||
| 2019 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | The Chosen One | 2 minutes 27.52 seconds |
| 2nd | Prince Of Arran | ||
| 3rd | Sully | ||
| 2018 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Yucatan | 2 minutes 26.47 seconds |
| 2nd | Brimham Rocks | ||
| 3rd | Prince Of Arran | ||
| 2017 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Lord Fandango | 2 minutes 27.67 seconds |
| 2nd | Wall Of Fire | ||
| 3rd | Gallic Chieftain | ||
| 2016 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Assign | 2 minutes 29.1 seconds |
| 2nd | Big Memory | ||
| 3rd | Pemberley | ||
| 2015 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Amralah | 2 minutes 27.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Excess Knowledge | ||
| 3rd | Bohemian Lily | ||
| 2014 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Big Memory | 2 minutes 26.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Signoff | ||
| 3rd | Let’s Make Adeal | ||
| 2013 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Sea Moon | 2 minutes 29.98 seconds |
| 2nd | Oasis Bloom | ||
| 3rd | Simenon | ||
| 2012 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Shahwardi | 2 minutes 28.82 seconds |
| 2nd | Excluded | ||
| 3rd | Exceptionally | ||
| 2011 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Shewan | 2 minutes 30.75 seconds |
| 2nd | Tanby | ||
| 3rd | Moyenne Corniche | ||
| 2010 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Linton | 2 minutes 29.43 seconds |
| 2nd | Cedarberg | ||
| 3rd | Precedence | ||
| 2009 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Alcopop | 2 minutes 27.23 seconds |
| 2nd | Shocking | ||
| 3rd | Hissing Sid | ||
| 2008 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Dolphin Jo | 2 minutes 30.2 seconds |
| 2nd | The Wolverine | ||
| 3rd | Cefalu | ||
| 2007 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Master O’Reilly | 2 minutes 30 seconds |
| 2nd | Zavite | ||
| 3rd | Reggie | ||
| 2006 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Growl | 2 minutes 29.3 seconds |
| 2nd | Dracs Back | ||
| 3rd | Siamun | ||
| 2005 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Leica Falcon | 2 minutes 29.5 seconds |
| 2nd | Sarrera | ||
| 3rd | Hugs Dancer | ||
| 2004 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Rizon | 2 minutes 31.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Grey Song | ||
| 3rd | Zazzman | ||
| 2003 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Yakama | 2 minutes 30.7 seconds |
| 2nd | Physique | ||
| 3rd | Vicksburg | ||
| 2002 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | The Secondmortgage | 2 minutes 29.8 seconds |
| 2nd | Requiem | ||
| 3rd | Thong Classic | ||
| 2001 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Freemason | 2 minutes 30.7 seconds |
| 2nd | The Secondmortgage | ||
| 3rd | Rain Gauge | ||
| 2000 Herbert Power Stakes |
1st | Majestic Avenue | 2 minutes 31.4 seconds |
| 2nd | Bulkhead | ||
| 3rd | Bohemiath | ||
Race comments
GEAR UP (4) has run well at both runs back and hits this third-up and ready to fire. The form out of his first two starts reads well and the 2400m shouldn't pose an issue for him now. He can roll forward and prove tough to get past. POST IMPRESSIONIST (3) ran well fresh behind Horrifying before a poor one in the Archer, perhaps not suited on the wet ground. He's a talented stayer and can bounce back. LE DON DE VIE (1) wasn't bad fresh in the Naturalism and will be fitter. He's certainly good enough to win this. FANCY MAN (6) was big odds in the Naturalism but wasn't beaten far and 2400m will be up his alley.