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 million in prize money 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 last Railway Stakes winner to back-up off a Lee Steere Stakes run meanwhile was Great Shot (2nd in 2017). Many graduates go on to run in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) back at the track over 2000m further the next month, Sniper’s Bullet (2009) the last to win both Perth Group 1s without another run in between.

The latest edition of the Railway Stakes ran on Saturday November 23, 2019 and was won by the William Pike-ridden Regal Power.

2019 Railway Stakes Results

The official Railway Stakes 2019 Results & Finishing Order will be published below once the million dollar feature takes place on Saturday November 23, 2019 .

• 1st: #12 Regal Power
• 2nd: #2 Best Of Days
• 3rd: #15 Platoon

The Railway Stakes 2019 results saw Perth’s premier jockey William Pike win the mile classic for the third time coming from last to first aboard the classy Grant & Alana Williams-trained four-year-old Regal Power.

Railway Stakes Race Facts

• Date: Saturday November 23, 2019
• Track: Ascot Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: Quality Handicap
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1 million
• First Run: 1887

Railway Stakes Odds & 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 a poor recent Railway Stakes record however with just three winners between 2007 – 2019, most recently Galaxy Star ($2.90 in 2018) who was the first since Luckygray (2011).

2019 Railway Stakes Betting

The summer’s top Railway Stakes 2019 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 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.

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) was the last four-year-old winner to salute at double-figures.

2019 Railway Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Railway Stakes 2019 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.

Railway Stakes Field

The Railway Stakes 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.

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 Great Shot who improved on a lead-up second in 2017.

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

2019 Railway Stakes Field

The official Railway Stakes 2019 Field of Final Acceptors is set for release the Monday before the race followed by the Railway Stakes 2019 Barriers on the Tuesday, so stay tuned to see what gun gallopers make the line-up in the million dollar feature.

The 2019 Railway Stakes final field has been confirmed with 16 gallopers in the mix led by Makybe Diva Stakes champ Gatting who carries the 58kg topweight in his third attempt at taking out the mile classic.

• Scratchings: #11 Manolo Blahniq (10); #14 Cockney Crew (14)

2019 Railway Stakes Nominations

The official Railway Stakes 2019 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.

Eighty-five runners make-up the early 2019 Railway Stakes entries including a bumper crop for Sydney’s head horseman Chris Waller led by Night’s Watch and the 2018 Kingston Town Classic winning mare Arcadia Queen.

Early favourite in Railway Stakes betting following the nominations is the flying Toorak Handicap – Cantala Stakes double winner Fierce Impact.

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 – 2019 so is a coveted gate to draw.

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

2019 Railway Stakes Form Guide

A link to the full Railway Stakes 2019 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.

Railway Stakes Results

Double-figure runners have dominated the Railway Stakes 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 Elite Belle (2014), Sniper’s Bullet (2009), El Presidente (2007) and Northerly (2000).

Railway Stakes Winners