Black Heart Bart Heads 2017 Railway Stakes Nominations & Weights

Darren Weir’s multiple Group 1 winner Black Heart Bart is likely to bypass Saturday racing at Sandown and be saved for a shot at Perth’s Group 1 Railway Stakes 2017 on November 25.

Black Heart Bart is the 2017 Railway Stakes top weight for his return to Perth on November 25. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Perth Summer Racing Carnival celebrates its first major race day Saturday week at Ascot Racecourse with the action headlined by the Group 1 $1 million James Boag’s Premium Railway Stakes (1600m).

Official Railway Stakes nominations for 2017 feature 71 gun milers led by Black Heart Bart allocated the 59kg top weight.

The seven-year-old son of Blackfriars is a Perth expat now based in Victoria with Melbourne Cup winning trainer Weir.

Black Heart Bart raced exclusively in WA up until June of 2015 but hasn’t raced over there since December of 2015.

The gelding raced in that year’s Railway Stakes finishing fourth to Good Project, but has enjoyed five Group 1 victories since then.

He hasn’t won since the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield back in late February and was last seen running under two lengths back fifth to Bonneval in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) on October 1.

Weir currently has Black Heart Bart dually nominated for Ladbrokes Park on Zipping Classic Day this weekend, the horse entered for the Group 3 $150,000 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) and the Group 3 $150,000 Sandown Stakes (1500m).

Following the release of the Railway Stakes weights however the $3.7 million earner looks likely to be saved for a Perth return.

“He’s been up the farm a little while and went back down the beach yesterday and he’ll trial tomorrow morning [at Terang] and he’ll be ready to go either this Saturday or in the Railway the following week,” Weir told Racing Victoria on Monday.

“It’s hard to say you could get him back to his best but we’re happy with him.”

Following the Railway Stakes Black Heart Bart looks set to also target the Group 1 $1 million Kingston Town Classic (1800m) on December 9.

Along with Black Heart Bart Weir has also nominated four other horses for the Railway Stakes this summer with the Bob Peters-raced 2016 Perth Cup winner Star Exhibit (54.5kg), recent Moonga Stakes winner Ulmann (54.5kg), seven-year-old Burning Front (54kg) and Makfi stallion Raw Impulse (53kg).

Black Heart Bart sits as a $7 chance in pre-field Railway Stakes betting markets at Ladbrokes.com.au led by Scales Of Justice ($6.50) and Supply And Demand ($6.50).

The Lindsey Smith-trained Scales Of Justice defends his title in the Group 1 feature having carried 53kg to a runaway 2.75 length win in the race last year before his second in the Kingston Town Stakes behind Stratum Star with 58.5kg.

The Not A Single Doubt gelding goes up to 57.5kg in the Railway Stakes weights this season, Scales Of Justice last seen running a close third in a blanket finish when the beaten odds-on favourite in the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) on November 11.

Caloundra Cup – Grafton Cup double winner Supply And Demand (54.5kg) meanwhile is prepared by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, the well-weighted Sebring five-year-old coming off a second with 57.5kg in the Group 3 Chatham Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on November 9.

Following Black Heart Bart in the Railway Stakes weights are the James Cummings-trained Doncaster Mile winner It’s Somewhat (58.5kg) who ran third to Tosen Stardom in last Saturday’s Group 1 Emirates Stakes (2000m) and the Lindsay Park-trained Redkirk Warrior (58kg) who finished 11^th in the Group 1 Darley Classic (1200m) on Emirates Stakes Day.

Check out the full 2017 Railway Stakes Nominations & Weights below then head to Ladbrokes.com.au for the best all-in markets on the upcoming Perth Group 1 races this summer.

2017 Railway Stakes Nominations & Weights

Ascot Racecourse – 25/11/2017

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	11x75x3235	BLACK HEART BART	G	7	Darren Weir	59kg	–
2	3x1119x033	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	G	7	James Cummings	58.5kg	–
3	21x105x100	REDKIRK WARRIOR (GB)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	58kg	–
4	12x211x273	SCALES OF JUSTICE	G	5	Lindsey Smith	57.5kg	111
5	16x1611x22	RELIGIFY	G	7	Chris Waller	55.5kg	–
6	x3361x8899	SENSE OF OCCASION	G	7	Kris Lees	55.5kg	–
7	x94010x731	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	55kg	–
8	905×222262	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	55kg	–
9	x21214x550	SILENT SEDITION	M	5	Andrew Noblet	54.5kg	–
10	11x12x9L54	STAR EXHIBIT	G	6	Darren Weir	54.5kg	–
11	3521111×22	SUPPLY AND DEMAND	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	54.5kg	–
12	36x130x614	ULMANN	G	6	Darren Weir	54.5kg	–
13	14119×0725	BURNING FRONT	G	7	Darren Weir	54kg	–
14	–	PERFECT REFLECTION	M	0	Grant & Alana Williams	54kg	–
15	2x060x0057	SEABURGE	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	54kg	–
16	612×054420	SINGLE GAZE	M	5	Nick Olive	54kg	–
17	557x135x08	CALDERON (IRE)	H	5	Tony McEvoy	53.5kg	–
18	22186×5232	GREAT SHOT	G	5	Rhys Radford	53.5kg	103
19	6495×84730	MCCREERY (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller	53.5kg	–
20	090122×211	SILVERSTREAM	M	6	Adam Durrant	53.5kg	103
21	226216×354	ALL OUR ROADS (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
22	x650220657	AMOVATIO	G	7	Chris Waller	53kg	–
23	1240×54277	ANTONIO GIUSEPPE (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	53kg	–
24	171×111895	BOLLYWOOD BLITZ	G	6	Craig Wright	53kg	87
25	1381310×28	CANTBUYBETTER	G	6	Ben Currie	53kg	–
26	1612x9725x	CHOCOLATE HOLIC	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	–
27	1784924×89	CORPORATE LARRIKIN	G	8	Angela Smith	53kg	83
28	13x1511x46	COSMIC STORM	M	6	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	93
29	5676356×00	DARK MUSKET	G	6	Graeme Ballantyne	53kg	76
30	292490×730	DIBAYANI (IRE)	G	8	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
31	0x5358x185	DISPOSITION	G	6	Adam Durrant	53kg	102
32	21x58777x0	DJANGO	G	6	Alan Mathews	53kg	81
33	x2325x0636	ECHO EFFECT	G	4	Kristen Buchanan	53kg	–
34	x11111x270	EGG TART	M	4	Chris Waller	53kg	–
35	x2220x7050	ELLICAZOOM	M	4	Neville Parnham	53kg	–
36	024105×877	FRENCH EMOTION	M	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
37	x82413x651	GATTING	G	4	Darren Mcauliffe	53kg	94
38	0472x5x690	GOOD PROJECT	H	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
39	8x11132x61	GUNNAGO	G	4	Jason Pateman	53kg	76
40	0x160x6000	HE OR SHE	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
41	8×98723303	IHTSAHYMN	G	7	Fred Kersley	53kg	92
42	x122x25392	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
43	40x0x65359	MACKINTOSH (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	53kg	–
44	5x11113x79	MAN BOOKER	G	5	Daniel Morton	53kg	101
45	43325×2266	MAN OF HIS WORD	G	5	Bruce Hill	53kg	–
46	x3131456x4	MASK OF TIME (IRE)	H	4	Hugo Palmer	53kg	–
47	12x31114x1	MATERIAL MAN	G	6	Justin Warwick	53kg	96
48	x152161158	METEOROID	M	6	Simon A Miller	53kg	95
49	2124x80x63	MOSSERATTI	G	6	Cliff Green	53kg	73
50	62745×6552	NEW TIPPERARY	G	5	Joseph Pride	53kg	–
51	00x71120x8	OBSERVATIONAL (GB)	G	7	John Sadler	53kg	–
52	2x27x56306	OMEI SWORD	M	4	Chris Waller	53kg	–
53	03x512x732	PAYROLL	M	5	Richard Laming	53kg	–
54	8321983839	PETROLOGY	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
55	20×2511336	PINZU (NZ)	G	5	Adam Durrant	53kg	87
56	111x4963x1	POUNAMU	G	6	Alan Mathews	53kg	96
57	4197×88732	RAW IMPULSE (GB)	H	6	Darren Weir	53kg	–
58	344300×578	RED ORA	G	6	Daniel Morton	53kg	87
59	11612×15	ROYAL STAR	M	4	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	78
60	11x151x10	SALORSCI	G	4	Jeff Noske	53kg	79
61	1x2x212720	SAMOVARE	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
62	x7389x1134	SILVERA	G	4	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
63	76×1531427	SOVEREIGN NATION	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
64	1x116x61x1	STATE SOLICITOR	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	92
65	43×1980687	TASHBEEH	H	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
66	1431110×90	TONKATUFF	H	5	Brad Graham	53kg	79
67	x311116x44	TOUCH OF SILVER	G	5	Adam Durrant	53kg	76
68	35753x0x37	TRADESMAN	G	6	Robert & Todd Harvey	53kg	93
69	x211511x32	VARIATION	G	4	Stephen Miller	53kg	91
70	326121×222	WAR JEUNE	G	5	Steve Wolfe	53kg	75
71	27306×5373	WHISPERING BROOK	M	4	Simon A Miller	53kg	88