Railway Stakes 2024

Saturday November 23, 2024
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Ladbrokes Tip: The Lee Steere Stakes is the traditional Railway Stakes lead-up each season

The Railway Stakes is one of the three Group 1 races run at Ascot Racecourse during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival each November in Western Australia.

Offering $1.5 million in prize money as of 2022, the Railway Stakes is a handicap race contested over 1600m and is the opening Group 1 Perth race of the season.

The weight-for-age Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) held at Ascot a fortnight before is the key lead-up, but the double hasn’t been achieved since Belle Bizarre (2006).

The latest Railway Stakes winner to back-up off a Lee Steere Stakes run meanwhile are Great Shot (2nd in 2017) and Bustler (5th in 2023). 

Many graduates go on to run in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) back at the track over 2000m further the next month. 

Sniper’s Bullet (2009) was the last horse to win both Perth Group 1s without another run in between completing the Railway Stakes – Kingston Town Stakes double.

In 2020 the Railway Stakes winner Inspirational Girl ran a next-up second in that summer’s Kingston Town Classic results, as did Western Empire in 2021.

Dom To Shoot (3rd in 2024) was the last Railway Stakes graduate to go on to win the Northerly Stakes. 

The latest edition of the $1.5 million Railway Stakes ran at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday November 23, 2024 to kick off elite level racing in Perth for the summer season and was won by Port Lockroy from the Neasham / Archibald stable.

2024 Railway Stakes Odds

The summer’s top Railway Stakes 2024 betting markets and links to the Railway Stakes odds will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Perth racing markets on the hopeful milers.

Railway Stakes Race Facts

  • Date: Saturday November 23, 2024
  • Track: Ascot Racecourse
  • Distance: 1600m
  • Conditions: Quality Handicap
  • Status: Group 1
  • Prize Money: $1.5 million
  • First Run: 1887

2024 RAILWAY STAKES PREVIEW

2024 Railway Stakes Preview

2024 RAILWAY STAKES BETTING

Railway Stakes Betting 2024

2024 Railway Stakes Results

The official Railway Stakes 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the $1.5 million dollar feature takes place on Saturday November 23, 2024.

  • 1st: #12 Port Lockroy
  • 2nd: #7 Comfort Me
  • 3rd: #13 Super Smink

Railway Stakes Betting

Futures betting on the Railway Stakes offers all-in prices on the probable runners a month before following the nominations, generous odds are on offer for punters at this stage. The markets firm once the Railway Stakes final field is released and offer more security for those placing a bet on the handicap classic.

RJ Peters Stakes and Lee Steere Stakes graduates from earlier during the Perth Festival of Racing traditionally dominate the Railway Stakes odds, and last start winners have a good strike rate in recent years.

Favourites have won six times between 2007 – 2024 most recently with Inspirational Girl ($2.60 in 2020), Western Empire ($1.60 in 2021), and Trix Of The Trade ($5 in 2022). Prior to that, Galaxy Star ($2.90 in 2018) was the first since Luckygray (2011) to salute for the punters.

Railway Stakes Tips

Railway Stakes tips favour locally trained horses with previous winning form over a mile and at the firm Ascot track.

Runners coming off a top four finish in the Lee Steere Stakes usually make a good Railway Stakes bet, with lighter-weighted runners usually the way to go tipping-wise.

In 2022 Trix Of The Trade carried the 53kg light weight to victory as the favourite.

Bustler (2023) and Port Lockroy (2024) are the latest Railway Stakes winner to carry 53kg to victory. 

Other Railway Stakes race tips include looking for the in-form four-year-olds in the race as they have the best strike-rate in recent years and for those at double-digits in betting with upsets not uncommon.

Regal Power ($10 in 2019), Western Empire ($1.60 in 2021), Trix Of The Trade ($5 in 2022), Bustler ($9 in 2023), and Port Lockroy ($9 in 2024) are the latest four-year-old Railway Stakes winners.

2024 Railway Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Railway Stakes 2024 betting tips and Perth Group 1 racing selections on the mile classic will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the runners to back and sack this summer.

  • To Win: TBD

Railway Stakes Field

The Railway Stakes race field attracts the season’s best milers and staying types, mainly from around Western Australia with the locals holding the advantage over the visitors. A number of interstate raiders have made the trip over to line-up in the Group 1 over the years including the Chris Waller-trained Good Project from Sydney who won the 2015 edition.

Railway Stakes Field & Odds - Ladbrokes.com.au

Good Project (pictured at Randwick) beat home the locals in the 2017 Railway Stakes for Sydney’s Chris Waller. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.

Most horses that contest the Railway Stakes come via an early Perth run in the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) that has produced more Railway winners than any other race in the past 20 years, most recently Bustler who improved on a lead-up fifth in 2023. 

Earlier the Group 3 Eurythmic Stakes (1400m) – formerly known as the Northerly Stakes – makes a good lead-up into the Railway Stakes field. In 2022 the Eurythmic Stakes winner Resortman went on to run fourth in that year’s Railway Stakes results.

Railway Stakes nominations close a month before the race before the final field is released the Monday before the event runs on the Saturday.

2024 Railway Stakes Field

The official Railway Stakes 2024 Field of Final Acceptors is set for release the Monday before the race followed by the Railway Stakes 2024 Barriers on the Tuesday, so stay tuned to see what gun gallopers make the line-up in the $1.5 million dollar feature.

2024 Railway Stakes Nominations

The official Railway Stakes 2024 Nominations & Weights will be provided below once announced by Perth Racing a few weeks out from the season’s opening Group 1 Perth summer showdown.

The 2024 Railway Stakes nominations close on Monday the 14th of October 2024. 

The Railway Stakes 2024 nominations attracted a bumper 108 summer milers led in all-in betting by Ciaron Maher’s recent Flemington winner Light Infantry Man, Bjorn Baker’s in-form The Invitation – Hot Danish Stakes double winning mare Belclare, and the Dan Morton-trained local four-year-old Super Smink coming off a Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes victory at the track.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 52181×5711 BELCLARE (NZ) M 7 Bjorn Baker 1 57.5kg   113
2 x2219x5139 SOUTHPORT TYCOON H 4 Ciaron Maher 2 58kg   114
3 8x6310x018 LINDERMANN G 5 Chris Waller 3 57kg   112
4 13x111x221 GRINGOTTS (NZ) G 5 Ciaron Maher 4 56.5kg   111
5 0x2417x143 OLENTIA M 5 Chris Waller 5 54.5kg   107
6 7514490×02 BUSTLER G 5 Neville Parnham 6 56kg   110
7 13267386×1 CASINO SEVENTEEN G 7 Grant & Alana Williams 7 56kg   110
8 5365×34260 KOVALICA (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller 8 56kg   110
9 4x618x4083 DEMOCRACY MANIFEST G 6 Chris Waller 9 55.5kg   109
10 2231322×51 IKNOWASTAR G 5 Bjorn Baker 10 55.5kg   109
11 20x70x6971 LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR) G 6 Ciaron Maher 11 55.5kg   109
12 16x0140x17 MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 12 55.5kg   109
13 20923×1555 SEARCHIN’ ROC’S M 6 Jim Taylor 13 53.5kg   105
14 1424441×03 SOCKS NATION M 4 Ciaron Maher 14 53.5kg   105
15 x1739x1447 KIMOCHI M 4 Gary Portelli 15 53kg   104
16 x1431x8033 MAGNIFICENT ANDY G 6 Stephen Miller 16 55kg   108
17 x17x0642x8 MAROCCHINO G 8 Lou Luciani 17 55kg   108
18 2x0877x321 SUPER SMINK M 4 Daniel Morton 18 53kg   104
19 x8010x0180 UNCLE BRYN (GB) G 7 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 19 55kg   108
20 3x84640x19 COMFORT ME G 8 Rhys Radford 20 54.5kg   107
21 x3628x5407 DETONATOR JACK (NZ) G 6 Ciaron Maher 21 54.5kg   107
22 x009213x78 LET’S GALAHVANT G 6 Daniel & Ben Pearce 22 54.5kg   107
23 1x110x4070 REDIENER G 5 Chris Waller 23 54kg   106
24 3×12131220 CRAIG (GB) G 4 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 24 53.5kg   105
25 11x7x85900 GRIFF H 4 Ciaron Maher 25 53.5kg   105
26 3x209x6586 NEW ENERGY (IRE) G 6 Ciaron Maher 26 53.5kg   105
27 73407×8030 NUGGET (GB) G 8 Ciaron Maher 27 53kg   104
28 0x96x94509 OSIPENKO (NZ) G 5 Chris Waller 28 53kg   104
29 840x000x07 TRIX OF THE TRADE G 6 Colin Webster 29 53kg   103
30 1413x303x4 ZIPAWAY G 4 Neville Parnham 30 53kg   103
31 1174×23187 AMOR VICTORIOUS G 5 Bjorn Baker 31 53kg   102
32 102x556x00 BE OPTIMISTIC M 6 Luke Fernie 32 53kg   97
33 314020×100 MOOD SWINGS G 8 George Dupre 33 53kg   101
34 7622×03790 NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 34 53kg   101
35 132x30x509 RIPCORD G 4 Luke Fernie 35 53kg   101
36 x6477105x6 ROLL ON HIGH M 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 36 53kg   97
37 55x1264x30 WATERFORD (IRE) G 6 Chris Waller 37 53kg   101
38 x740x15700 MAJOR BEEL (NZ) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 38 53kg   100
39 7x725370x6 ALASKAN GOD G 6 Daniel Morton 39 53kg   99
40 5089×63093 BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB) G 6 Ciaron Maher 40 53kg   99
41 20x766x100 CHRYSAOR G 4 Chris Waller 41 53kg   99
42 x26772x366 PORT LOCKROY H 4 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 42 53kg   99
43 60x58575x4 TRIPLE MISSILE G 7 Donna Riordan 43 53kg   99
44 2x715x8948 VON HAUKE (NZ) G 5 Cliff Brown 44 53kg   99
45 622484×860 STRAIT ACER G 5 Anthony Cummings 45 53kg   98
46 674132×550 COASTWATCH G 6 Richard & Will Freedman 46 53kg   97
47 x506223130 WILLIAMSBURG G 5 Brett Cavanough 47 53kg   97
48 x973422130 ADMIRATION EXPRESS M 5 Jason Miller 48 53kg   92
49 x31220x068 LACED UP HEELS M 5 Luke Fernie 49 53kg   92
50 8x4460x900 MASSIMO G 8 Chris & Michael Gangemi 50 53kg   96
51 311x112x87 QUEUES LIKELY (GB) M 4 Bjorn Baker 51 53kg   92
52 01x00x0x75 AGE OF KINGS (IRE) G 5 Chris Waller 52 53kg   95
53 225×105476 ROBUSTO G 5 Bjorn Baker 53 53kg   95
54 x91603x693 AZTEC RULER G 5 Stefan Vahala 54 53kg   94
55 65012×4110 BUCKETS RIDGE G 4 Grant & Alana Williams 55 53kg   94
56 7911×00024 CURRIMUNDI G 6 Steve Wolfe 56 53kg   94
57 111149×171 DIAMOND SCENE G 5 Michael Grantham 57 53kg   94
58 716165×304 MAGNASPIN G 5 Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin 58 53kg   94
59 6739×62390 RIVER RUBICON G 6 Steve Wolfe 59 53kg   94
60 642×534510 VAST ART G 5 Darren McAuliffe 60 53kg   94
61 301502×808 BLAZING AWAY G 7 David Harrison 61 53kg   92
62 5320897×09 MOJO RHYTHM G 6 Mitchell Pateman 62 53kg   91
63 x26366x000 FOXY CLEOPATRA M 5 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 63 53kg   86
64 x21126x325 QUICKSTER M 4 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 64 53kg   86
65 1141x123x5 YONGA LASS M 5 Grant & Alana Williams 65 53kg   86
66 24531111×7 OLY’S CHOICE G 6 Daniel & Ben Pearce 66 53kg   89
67 12422151×3 ALL THE KING’S MEN G 5 Trevor Andrews 67 53kg   88
68 0869x2480x DEVOTED G 6 Luke Fernie 68 53kg   88
69 413x2112x2 LUVNWAR (NZ) M 4 Michael Grantham 69 53kg   84
70 6x9777x053 RED SUN SENSATION G 5 Susan Olive 70 53kg   88
71 x12x230x11 ALMIGHTY CLASS G 4 Mitchell Pateman 71 53kg   87
72 4215x64x36 RUSTY DREAMS M 5 Michael Lane 72 53kg   83
73 269×674769 KAPTAIN KAOS G 7 Peter Giadresco 73 53kg   86
74 153x426x37 AMBER GLIDE M 5 Ross Price 74 53kg   81
75 x5319x3040 FRIGID M 6 Michael Grantham 75 53kg   81
76 23614Dx113 CRIPPALENKO G 5 Greg Beauglehole 76 53kg   84
77 312x41111x BONJOY M 5 Jason Miller 77 53kg   79
78 321213×024 ANTIQUE MISS M 5 Michael Grantham 78 53kg   78
79 2x110311x4 FAST FLICKER M 5 Tony Triscari 79 53kg   78
80 534×211336 IN GOOD ORDER G 4 Daniel Morton 80 53kg   82
81 1x111x6x83 KESHI BOOM M 4 Grant & Alana Williams 81 53kg   78
82 x354x22222 VERDAD G 4 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 82 53kg   82
83 151261328x FALCON TRADER G 5 Brett Pope 83 53kg   81
84 32x2112x13 NATION’S CALL (IRE) G 5 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock 84 53kg   81
85 4x2111x012 FLY WITH CAUTION G 4 Robert Witten 85 53kg   80
86 2151x2x7x7 INVESTMENTSTRATEGY G 4 Neville Parnham 86 53kg   80
87 11117x60x9 RUSSIAN TO THE BAR G 4 Luke Fernie 87 53kg   80
88 1346x72x11 COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ) G 4 Donna Riordan 88 53kg   79
89 129x360x00 RESONATOR G 5 Chris & Michael Gangemi 89 53kg   79
90 1110×56210 INFLUENCING G 4 Daniel & Ben Pearce 90 53kg   77
91 132114×330 BRAVE SPIRIT G 4 Steve Wolfe 91 53kg   76
92 33x21212x PETROUCHKA M 4 Grant & Alana Williams 92 53kg   72
93 8660×41112 GREAT FORTUNE G 6 David Harrison 93 53kg   71
94 12249×1452 SPEAK TO ME G 5 Peter Giadresco 94 53kg   70
95 4110248×60 ALASKAN G 4 Neville Parnham 95 53kg   69
96 5x2298x110 BOHEMIAN DIAMOND M 4 Daniel Morton 96 53kg   62
97 91518×24 TON OF GRUNT G 4 Rhys Radford 97 53kg   66
98 117x0x8x40 PLANET CASH G 5 Hayden Ballantyne 98 53kg   74
99 5464×15243 TOM KITTEN G 4 James Cummings 99 57kg   112
100 31210×2110 HERE TO SHOCK (NZ) G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 100 57.5kg   113
101 9×14195458 SECOND TO NUN M 5 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea 101 53kg   93
102 123×2410 KUROYANAGI F 3 Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea 102 53kg   83
103 572×313491 PERICLES G 5 James Cummings 103 57.5kg   113
104 131139×314 DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ) G 5 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 104 57kg   112
105 00×7911136 GENTLEMAN ROY G 8 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 105 56kg   110
106 x1409x6949 MAKRAM (IRE) G 8 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 106 53kg   93
107 6212532569 NICOLINI VITO G 7 Ben, Will & JD Hayes 107 53kg   95
108 25632421×8 A LOT OF GOOD MEN H 4 Trevor Andrews 108 53kg   94
Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Railway Stakes Form Guide

The Railway Stakes form guide shows punters all the must know info on the race pre-betting including the saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys, trainers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

Lee Steere Stakes graduates have an ace record so looking for this lead-up race on the form is important, as is checking the form on the horse drawn in barrier 12. Barrier 12 produced four of the Railway Stakes winners from 2009 – 2020 so is a coveted gate to draw.

The Railway Stakes 2021 form was franked with the winner Western Empire running second next-up in the Kingston Town, while the mare Kissonallforcheeks finished third in both Perth Group 1 summer events.

Railway Stakes Form Facts

  • The Lee Steere Stakes is the key Railway Stakes form race to follow.
  • Barrier 12 has produced the most Railway Stakes winners in the past decade.
  • Favourites have a poor recent strike rate in the Railway Stakes results.
  • Locally trained horses have historically made the best Railway Stakes bet.

2024 Railway Stakes Form Guide

A link to the full Railway Stakes 2024 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Railway Stakes Results

Double-figure runners have dominated the Railway Stakes race results in the past decade with the most notable upsets achieved by $21 chances Mr Moet (2012) and Luckygray (2013), who also won the 2011 edition as the $3 favourite, while Great Shot ($31 in 2017) became the longest-priced Railway Stakes winner since Sanatate ($34 in 1983).

Other noteworthy Railway Stakes winners in recent years include Western Empire (2021), Elite Belle (2014), Sniper’s Bullet (2009), El Presidente (2007), and Northerly (2000).

Inspirational Girl (2020) was the last Railway Stakes winning mare.

The filly Jungle Dawn (1987) was the last Railway Stakes winning three-year-old.

Marwong holds the current Railway Stakes race record winning over 1600m in 1988 in a time of 1:33:7 seconds.

Past Railway Stakes Winners

Recent Railway Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2024 Port Lockroy Comfort Me Super Smink 1:35.24
2023 Bustler Alsephina Dom To Shoot 1:34.80
2022 Trix Of The Trade Comfort Me Startrade 1:35.8
2021 Western Empire Comfort Me Kissonallforcheeks 1:34.3
2020 Inspirational Girl Too Close The Sun Uni Time 1:33.7
2019 Regal Power Best Of Days Platoon 1:35.8
2018 Galaxy Star Gatting Material Man 1:34.8
2017 Great Shot Black Heart Bart Tom Melbourne 1:35.8
2016 Scales of Justice Good Project Perfect Reflection 1:36.1
2015 Good Project Messene Balmont Girl 1:34.5
2014 Elite Belle Balmont Girl Moriarty 1:35.3
2013 Luckygray Platinum Rocker Fire Up Fifi 1:36.7
2012 Mr Moet Luckygray Rosie Rocket 1:35.8
2011 Luckygray He’s Remarkable Westriver Kevydonn 1:34.8
2010 Gathering Famous Roman Megatic 1:35.1
2009 Snipers Bullet Tarzi Colour Correct 1:34.2
2008 Gilded Venom Sniper’s Bullet Annenkov 1.34:5
2007 El Presidente Hartley’s Dream Mansion House 1:34.7
2006 Belle Bizarre Confectioner Niconero 1:34.4
2005 Covertly Early Express Blinded 1:34.8
2004 Modem Mr Sandgroper Blinded 1:35.9
2003 Hardrada Early Express Mapperholic 1:35.7
2002 Old Fashion Hardrada Corporate Bruce 1:35.6
2001 Old Comrade Mr Tanzania Finito 1:37.6
2000 Northerly Old Comrade Lizzy Long Legs 1:35.8

FAQ

Who won the 2024 Railway Stakes?

The 2024 Railway Stakes was won by Port Lockroy at $9 for Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald with Clint Johnston-Porter in the saddle.

When is the Railway Stakes 2024?

Saturday November 23, 2024

What is the prize money for the Railway Stakes 2024?

$1,500,000

Where is the Railway Stakes 2024?

Ascot Racecourse, 71 Grandstand Road, Ascot Western Australia 6104.