Ladbrokes Tip: WA Guineas graduates often back-up in the Northerly Stakes in the summer
The latest edition of the WA Guineas ran on Saturday November 22, 2025 as the key support act on Perth’s Railway Stakes Day card and saw the undefeated Dan Morton trained odds-on favourite King Of Light ($1.75) surge home for a 1.14 length win for the punters.
2025 WA Guineas Results
The full WA Guineas 2025 Results & Finishing Order will be detailed here once the showdown is run and won on Railway Stakes Day, Saturday November 22, 2025.
- 1st: No. 1 King Of Light
- 2nd: No. 3 Heeza Phoenix
- 3rd: No. 4 Rock Fest
King Of Light ($1.75F) confirmed his star status with a brilliant victory in the 2025 WA Guineas results at Ascot on Saturday, keeping his unbeaten record intact.The Daniel Morton-trained Eartlight gelding went into the Group 2 mile as the hot favourite after dominant wins in the Belgravia Stakes and Fairetha Stakes, and he didn’t disappoint. Settling midfield under jockey William Pike, King Of Light unleashed a powerful turn of foot in the straight to surge past the front running Heeza Phoenix rivals and claim the $500,000 feature in style by over a length on the line.
2025 WA Guineas Odds
The summer’s latest WA Guineas 2025 odds and betting market links will be provided below once out so stay tuned for access to the best Perth summer racing odds on the top three-year-olds of the season.
| 1. King Of Light (4) J: William Pike 57kg 11x11T: Daniel Morton | ||
| 3. Heeza Phoenix (9) J: Lucy Fiore 57kg 112T: Mitchell Pateman | ||
| 4. Rock Fest (8) J: Chris Parnham 57kg 11x3T: Daniel & Ben Pearce | ||
| 13. Ladies Pro (1) J: Craig Newitt 55kg 12T: Grant & Alana Williams | ||
| 10. Buthelezi (12) J: Brad Parnham 57kg 74x11T: Daniel Morton | ||
| 8. My Authoritah (2) J: Tim Clark 57kg 11x06T: Daniel Morton | ||
| 2. Mardusa (13) J: Clint Johnston-Porter 57kg 1x334T: Simon A Miller | ||
| 11. Hasani (10) J: Fred W Kersley 57kg 41134T: Grant & Alana Williams | ||
| 7. Rubens' Ceiling (11) J: Billy Egan 57kg 112T: Ryan Hill | ||
| 12. Hard Solo (6) J: Holly Watson 55kg x1036T: Ashley Maley | ||
| 5. Saam Time Lucky (5) J: Steven Parnham 57kg 32221T: Neville Parnham | ||
| 9. Deltason (7) J: Laqdar Ramoly 57kg 7x815T: Meryl Hayley | ||
| 6. Statewide (3) J: Jason Brown 57kg 3x180T: Neville Parnham |
WA Guineas Tips
Top WA Guineas tips to consider each summer include looking for local runners with a good record at Ascot that finished in the money at the track last time out in similar company and any runners proven over the mile distance.
Fillies also have a good recent record running top three in the WA Guineas trifecta, including in 2017 when fillies ran first (Perfect Jewel) and third (Art Series) and the win by Arcadia Queen (2018), so taking the better performed females in the race, especially those that ran well in the WA Champion Fillies Classic, is also a good WA Guineas betting tip.
In 2020 the fillies were on top again with Watch Me Dance the latest to complete the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas double, while in 2021 yet another filly beat home the boys in the WA Guineas results with Treasured Star saluting.
Amelia’s Jewel (2022), who saluted as the odds-on favourite, is the last WA Guineas winning filly.
2025 WA Guineas Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ insider WA Guineas 2025 betting tips and exotic Group 2 Perth racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the three-year-olds to back this summer.
Each Way: No. 3 Heeza Phoenix
There’s no denying the unbeaten KING OF LIGHT (4) deserves his spot at the top of the market for this year’s WA Guineas, but stepping up to the mile could expose him just enough to make room for value. That’s why I’m siding each way with HEEZA PHOENIX (9).
Punters jumped on early when he was around $10, and he’s since firmed into $6.50 – the support makes sense. Mitchell Pateman’s colt is by former Australian Guineas champ Grunt, bred to thrive over 1600m, and he’s shaping as one of the genuine dangers to the favourite.
Heeza Phoenix burst onto the scene with back-to-back Belmont wins before running a sharp second in the Fairetha Stakes, beaten less than half a length by King Of Light. That’s the proven lead-up into the Guineas, and with Lucy Fiore sticking from barrier nine, he should get the right run to settle midfield and launch late.
Fitter for his fresh effort, he looks primed to peak third-up. If he gets the right tempo, he’s capable of turning the tables and delivering a big result for Ladbrokes punters.
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3. Heeza Phoenix (9)
J: Lucy Fiore 57kg
112T: Mitchell Pateman
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The W.A. Guineas is a Group 2 race run at Ascot Racecourse in late November during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival on Railway Stakes Day.
The first of the major Western Australian race days over the summer season, Railway Stakes Day is headlined by the Group 1 $1.5 million Railway Stakes (1600m) for milers.
The WA Guineas for three-year-olds is the other key race on the card and is contested over 1600m at set weights.
The race offers $500,000 in total prize money and makes a nice lead-up for youngsters looking to take on the older horses in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) in December – formerly the Kingston Town Classic – over the extra metres.
The latest horses to complete the WA Guineas – Kingston Town Classic / Northerly Stakes double in the same year were Amelia’s Jewel (2022), Arcadia Queen (2018), Ihtsahymn (2013), and Playing God (2010).
WA Guineas Race Info
- Date: Saturday November 22, 2025
- Track: Ascot Racecourse
- Distance: 1600m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $500,000
- First Run: 1937
WA Guineas Betting
WA Guineas betting markets open weeks in advance of the Railway Stakes Day support race as soon as early entries close about a month out.
Each summer the WA Guineas odds are led by class local three-year-olds coming off a top three run in a traditional lead-up race like the Fairetha Stakes or the WA Champion Fillies Classic for the female three-year-olds taking on the boys in the Group 2.
Watch Me Dance (2020) and Storyville (2024) are the latest three-year-old fillies to do the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas double.
King Of Light (2025) was the last three-year-old to complete the Fairetha Stakes – WA Guineas double.
Upsets in the race are not uncommon however and the last winners to jump at double-figures in the WA Guineas betting markets were Rommel ($21 in 2014), Variation ($13 in 2016), and War Saint ($31 in 2019).
Treasured Star ($2.90 in 2021), subsequent Northerly Stakes winning filly Amelia’s Jewel ($1.90 in 2022) and King Of Light ($1.75 in 2025) are the latest WA Guineas betting favourites to salute for the punters.
WA Guineas Field
The WA Guineas race field attracts a quality line-up of mainly local three-year-old staying types looking to bag a Group win in Perth over the summer.
Interstate contenders rarely make the trip west to run in the WA Guineas however in 2012 the Peter Snowden-trained Academus (2012) travelled over from Melbourne and won. One of the key lead-ups to the mile clash is the Listed Fairetha Stakes (1400m) held earlier in the month at the same track.
Recent WA Guineas winners to come off a Fairetha Stakes run include King Of Light (1st in 2025) who did the double, Zipaway (4th in 2023), War Saint (4th in 2019), Man Booker (2nd in 2015), Rommel (2nd in 2014) and Ihtsahymn (6th in 2013) who turned the tables on that year’s Fairetha Stakes winner Saint Bro who ran third next start in the Guineas.
Fillies taking on the boys in the WA Guineas field meanwhile often come off a run in the Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Classic (1600m) the week before, a race that produced the 2015 Guineas runner-up Spirit Bird (4th) and the 2017 third placegetter in the Guineas Art Series (1st). In 2018 Arcadia Queen completed the WA Champion Fillies Classic – WA Guineas double, a feat emulated just two years later by Watch Me Dance (2020).
Graduates out of the WA Guineas field often back-up in the Kingston Town Classic (now run as the Northerly Stakes) and the double has recently been achieved by Amelia’s Jewel (2022) Arcadia Queen (2018), Ihtsahymn (2013) and Playing God (2010) who also won the 2011 edition of the Group 1.
W.A. Guineas nominations close on a Tuesday in early October followed by the release of the final field of acceptances and barriers on the Wednesday of race week.
2025 WA Guineas Field
The official WA Guineas 2025 Final Field is announced the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released so stay tuned to see what local and / or interstate three-year-olds make the starting line-up in the half-a-million-dollar summer showdown.
The WA Guineas 2025 field features a smart line-up of three-year-olds led in betting by Dan Morton’s undefeated gelding King Of Light coming off back-to-back Black-Type wins at the Ascot track.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. King Of Light
J: William Pike
T: Daniel Morton |
11x11 | G | 4 | 57kg | |
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2. Mardusa
J: Clint Johnston-Porter
T: Simon A Miller |
11x334 | G | 13 | 57kg | |
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3. Heeza Phoenix
J: Lucy Fiore
T: Mitchell Pateman |
112 | C | 9 | 57kg | |
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4. Rock Fest
J: Chris Parnham
T: Daniel & Ben Pearce |
11x3 | G | 8 | 57kg | |
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5. Saam Time Lucky
J: Steven Parnham
T: Neville Parnham |
332221 | G | 5 | 57kg | |
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6. Statewide
J: Jason Brown
T: Neville Parnham |
93x180 | G | 3 | 57kg | |
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7. Rubens' Ceiling
J: Billy Egan
T: Ryan Hill |
112 | G | 11 | 57kg | |
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8. My Authoritah
J: Tim Clark
T: Daniel Morton |
x11x06 | G | 2 | 57kg | |
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9. Deltason
J: Laqdar Ramoly
T: Meryl Hayley |
17x815 | G | 7 | 57kg | |
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10. Buthelezi
J: Brad Parnham
T: Daniel Morton |
74x11 | G | 12 | 57kg | |
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11. Hasani
J: Fred W Kersley
T: Grant & Alana Williams |
x41134 | C | 10 | 57kg | |
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12. Hard Solo
J: Holly Watson
T: Ashley Maley |
0x1036 | F | 6 | 55kg | |
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13. Ladies Pro
J: Craig Newitt
T: Grant & Alana Williams |
12 | F | 1 | 55kg |
2025 WA Guineas Nominations
The early WA Guineas 2025 Nominations are taken by Perth Racing about a month out from race day and will be provided below as soon as available.
WA Guineas Form Guide
The WA Guineas form guide details all the crucial information including the jockeys, trainers, barriers and lead-up runs of the three-year-olds in the Group 2 race field.
In recent years the WA Guineas form has stacked up in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) – Now Northerly Stakes – the next month back at Ascot Racecourse with plenty of three-year-olds running top three in both races.
The 2021 WA Guineas form was franked with third placegetter Devoted winning his next three races over the winter including in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m).
Winning filly Amelia’s Jewel franked the 2022 WA Guineas form winning the Northerly Stakes next start before returning in the autumn of 2023 to take out the Group 3 Roma Cup and place second in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka slot race.
She also travelled to Melbourne in the spring of 2023 and won the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes and Group 2 W.H. Stocks Stakes.
The 2023 WA Guineas form was franked with the winner Zipaway running third in the Northerly Stakes next start while the runner-up, A Lot Of Good Men, returned in the autumn of 2024 to salute in the Group 2 WATC Derby.
2025 WA Guineas Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive WA Guineas 2025 Form Guide will be provided below the week of the race.
WA Guineas Results
The WA Guineas race results over the past decade have been dominated by single-figure fancies, but not the favourites, and local runners have a top strike-rate in the feature.
Notable recent WA Guineas winners include Amelia’s Jewel (2022), Arcadia Queen (2018), Ihtsahymn (2013), Academus (2012), Playing God (2010), and Megatic (2007).
Amelia’s Jewel (2022) and Storyville (2024) are the latest WA Guineas winning fillies.
Past WA Guineas Winners
Recent WA Guineas winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
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| 2025 | King Of Light | Heeza Phoenix | Rock Fest | 1:36.83 |
| 2024 | Storyville | The Merryman | Olympic Park | 1:35.43 |
| 2023 | Zipaway | A Lot Of Good Men | Super Smink | 1:36.35 |
| 2022 | Amelia’s Jewel | Bustler | Saintorio | 1:36.6 |
| 2021 | Treasured Star | Stay Safe | Devoted | 1:36.3 |
| 2020 | Watch Me Dance | Em Tee Aye | Dom To Shoot | 1:35.8 |
| 2019 | War Saint | Kay Cee | Red Can Man | 1:37.8 |
| 2018 | Arcadia Queen | Lady Cosmology | Flirtini | 1:34.9 |
| 2017 | Perfect Jewel | Achener Star | Art Series | 1:36.6 |
| 2016 | Variation | Ellicazoom | Ragazzo D’Oro | 1:37.0 |
| 2015 | Man Booker | Spirit Bird | The Cobbla | 1:34.7 |
| 2014 | Rommel | Disposition | Say Geronimo | 1:36.0 |
| 2013 | Ihtsahymn | Miss Rose De lago | Saint Bro | 1:37.6 |
| 2012 | Academus | Bippo No Bungus | Darlington Abbey | 1:35.9 |
| 2011 | King Saul | Caiguna | Red Hot Sax | 1:36.1 |
| 2010 | Playing God | Lauradane | Hoegaarden | 1:36.2 |
| 2009 | Clueless Angel | Thorn Dancer | The Corporation | 1:35.0 |
| 2008 | Moccasin Bend | Locus Standi | Saxon Palace | 1:33.7 |
| 2007 | Megatic | Perestroika | Moisture | 1:35.6 |
| 2006 | Vain Crusader | Real Cheeky | Translate | 1:35.8 |
| 2005 | Cape North | Lock The Vault | Geil | 1:36.0 |
| 2004 | Dr John | Moet Magic | Stormy Nova | 1:36.7 |
| 2003 | River Mist | Changing Lanes | Laetare | 1:37.3 |
| 2002 | The Right Money | Trimagic | Amphritite | 1:36.8 |
| 2001 | Royal Retrieve | Kentiara | Dexian | 1:36.0 |
| 2000 | Kalatiara | Mr Tanzania | Eutectic | 1:37.5 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 WA Guineas?
The 2025 WA Guineas was won by undefeated three-year-old Earthlight gelding King Of Light at odds-on $1.75 favouritism for trainer Daniel Morton with jockey William Pike aboard on 57kg from barrier 4 to win by 1.14 lengths on a Good (4) track in a time of 1:36.83 .
When is the WA Guineas 2025?
Saturday November 22, 2025What is the prize money for the WA Guineas 2025?
$500,000
Where is the WA Guineas 2025?
Ascot Racecourse, 71 Grandstand Road, Ascot Western Australia 6104
How do I bet on the 2025 WA Guineas?
Bet online or via the latest iOS/Android apps with Ladbrokes.
The first step is to create an account at ladbrokes.com.au. The process is quick and easy!
Once you've created your account you can make a deposit via credit card, or any other of our secure payment methods. Next up, head to the racing page and find the race and runner that's right for you.
Which horse will win the 2025 WA Guineas?
The best way to pick which horse will win the WA Guineas is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors). Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.