The registered race is named after the brilliant filly How Now, who won the 1976 Underwood Stakes.[2] This race is held on the same card as the Underwood Stakes.
Distance
From 1999 onwards held over 1200m
Grade
1999–2004 - Listed Race
2005 onwards - Group 3.
Name
1999 - Cranbourne Daihatsu Stakes
2000–2001 - Dairy Farmers Milk Stakes
2002 - Dubai Convention Bureau Stakes
2003–2004 - Emirates Racing Association Stakes
2005 - Dubai International Stakes
2006 - How Now Stakes
2007 - South Yarra Stakes
2008–2011 - How Now Stakes
2012–2014 - Sportingbet Sprint Series Heat 2 Stakes