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The Group 1 2021 Winterbottom Stakes is 1200m sprint held in late November or early December annually at Ascot Racecourse in Perth. Run under weight-for-age conditions, the contenders aged three-years-old and up compete for the lucrative prize purse of $1 million.

The event is conducted on Day 2 of the major Perth Summer Racing Carnival in Western Australia, which also features the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) the weekend before and the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) the following Saturday.

As the premier sprint event in Perth, entries are generally handy local sprinters and the Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance a fortnight earlier is a key lead-up.

With the race growing in prize money and prestige, interstate raiders are more commonly making the trip over to WA to take on the locals in the Winterbottom Stakes field with Melbourne races producing seven of the Winterbottom Stakes winners from 2011-2021 most recently Viddora (2017) who improved on a lead-up fourth in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley, Voodoo Lad (2018) who ran eighth in the Manikato before winning that year’s Winterbottom and comeback galloper Hey Doc (2019) who finished third in Sandown’s Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes.

Runners that do well in the Winterbottom Stakes may stay on for other weight-for-age events in Perth including the Group 3 AJ Sachill Stakes (1400m) a fortnight later.

The 2021 Winterbottom Stakes ran on Saturday November 27, 2021 and was won in an upset by Graceful Girl ($9).  

Winterbottom Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday November 27, 2021
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million
Inaugurated:	1952

2021 Winterbottom Stakes Results

• 1st: #15 Graceful Girl ($9)
• 2nd: #9 Stageman
• 3rd: #2 Elite Street

Graceful Girl ($9) produced a brilliant late burst to come from last to first for a dominant victory in the 2021 Winterbottom Stakes results for Grant & Alana Williams.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	15	GRACEFUL GIRL	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike		16	56.5kg		$9
	2	9	STAGEMAN	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	2.87L	14	58.5kg		$26
	3	2	ELITE STREET	Daniel Morton	Brad Rawiller	2.9L	9	58.5kg		$2.60F
	4	4	LAVERROD	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	2.95L	7	58.5kg		$61
	5	7	OUTRAGEOUS	Luke Fernie	Ms Lucy Warwick	5.38L	13	58.5kg		$151
	6	6	INDIAN PACIFIC	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	5.68L	11	58.5kg		$20
	7	3	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	6.13L	10	58.5kg		$18
	8	14	FLIRTINI	Simon A Miller	Troy Turner	6.19L	3	56.5kg		$61
	9	1	ROCK MAGIC	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	7.52L	6	58.5kg		$41
	10	11	ISEERED ISEERED	Luke Fernie	Mitchell Pateman	7.81L	4	58.5kg		$31
	11	8	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	8.03L	12	58.5kg		$26
	12	12	LONG BEACH	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Shaun O’Donnell	8.44L	8	58.5kg		$61
	13	5	MONEY MATTERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Craig Staples	8.99L	5	58.5kg		$81
	14	13	RIVER BEAU	Bruce Watkins	Jason Whiting	9.93L	15	58.5kg		$101
	15	10	CAROCAPO	Jim Taylor	Jason Brown	9.93L	2	58.5kg		$201
	16	16	WILCHINO	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	12.03L	1	56.5kg		$2.80
		18e	ALL DAY SESSION	Ashley Maley			0
		17e	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Winterbottom Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Winterbottom Stakes 2021 odds will be listed below on the sprinters facing off in the field this summer complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 1 sprint classic.

2021 Winterbottom Stakes Field

The Winterbottom Stakes field features some of the top horses out of Western Australia. It’s not unusual for some particularly talented horses to make the journey from the eastern seaboard to enter the Winterbottom Stakes field each summer.

The final 2021 Winterbottom Stakes field is announced by Perth Racing on the Monday of race week and will be available in full below once released.

A capacity line-up of summer sprinters face off in the Winterbottom Stakes 2021 field in Perth on Saturday led in betting by Elite Street chasing a fourth win on the trot.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2021 Winterbottom Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x353x20x24	ROCK MAGIC	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	7	58.5kg		109
2	x80927x111	ELITE STREET	Daniel Morton	Brad Rawiller	10	58.5kg		114
3	6x716330x4	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	11	58.5kg		104
4	5x33211x50	LAVERROD	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	8	58.5kg		101
5	0x03103x48	MONEY MATTERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Craig Staples	6	58.5kg		106
6	15220x3x43	INDIAN PACIFIC	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	12	58.5kg		105
7	117799x80x	OUTRAGEOUS	Luke Fernie	Ms Lucy Warwick	14	58.5kg		94
8	x24660x15x	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	13	58.5kg		102
9	x13427x327	STAGEMAN	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	15	58.5kg		106
10	244x70x805	CAROCAPO	Jim Taylor	Jason Brown	3	58.5kg		96
11	64112×1116	ISEERED ISEERED	Luke Fernie	Mitchell Pateman	5	58.5kg		86
12	232x4516x3	LONG BEACH	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Shaun O’Donnell	9	58.5kg		90
13	x312114x69	RIVER BEAU	Bruce Watkins	Jason Whiting	17	58.5kg		86
14	812x54x770	FLIRTINI	Simon A Miller	Troy Turner	4	56.5kg		102
15	11x211x182	GRACEFUL GIRL	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	18	56.5kg		92
16	1x0111x111	WILCHINO	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	1	56.5kg		89
17e	1x113x124	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith		16	58.5kg		79
18e	7551325110	ALL DAY SESSION	Ashley Maley		2	58.5kg		79

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Winterbottom Stakes Nominations

The Winterbottom Stakes nominations are taken in early October by Perth Racing over a month out from the race and typically attract over 50 sprinters.

The 2021 Winterbottom Stakes nominations feature 66 sprinters led in early betting by last year’s upset winner Elite Street who recently won the Group 3 Prince Of Wales Stakes and runner-up in that same lead-up Stageman.

Winterbottom Stakes History

The Winterbottom Stakes began as a principal race run over seven furlongs and was first run in 1952 when Raconteur claimed victory. In 1973 the race distance was converted to 1400m and the event gained Group 2 status in 1979. The length was decreased to its current 1200m sprint distance in 1993.

A number of high quality horses have claimed victory in the Winterbottom Stakes including Buffering (2013 & 2015), Ortensia (2009-11), Takeover Target (2008) and Miss Andretti (2005).

Since 2011 the Winterbottom Stakes has run as a Group 1 feature, having achieved elite level status.

Winterbottom Stakes results since 2000 can be found below.

Winterbottom Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Graceful Girl	1 minute 9.10 seconds
	2nd	Stageman
	3rd	Elite Street
2020 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Elite Street	1 minute 9.43 seconds
	2nd	Celebrity Queen
	3rd	Rock Magic
2019 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hey Doc	1 minute 8.59 seconds
	2nd	Vital Silver
	3rd	Rock Magic
2018 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Voodoo Lad	1 minute 10.24 seconds
	2nd	Enticing Star
	3rd	Malaguerra
2017 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Viddora	1 minute 10.06 seconds
	2nd	Fuhryk
	3rd	Durendal
2016 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Takedown	1 minute 10.27 seconds
	2nd	Sheidel
	3rd	Rock Magic
2015 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Waterman’s Bay
	3rd	Fast ‘N’ Rocking
2014 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Magnifisio	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Watermans Bay
	3rd	Shining Knight
2013 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Moment Of Change
	3rd	Watermans Boy
2012 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Barakey	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Power Princess
	3rd	Spirit Of Boom
2011 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Rarefied
	3rd	Grand Nirvana
2010 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hadabeclorka	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	King Cool Cat
	3rd	Whitefriars
2009 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 8.56 seconds
	2nd	Idyllic Prince
	3rd	Black In Time
2008 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Apache Cat
	3rd	Marasco
2007 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Glory Hunter	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Charlie Beau
	3rd	Dark Target
2006 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Marasco	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Grasspatch Girl
	3rd	Electric General
2005 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Avenida Madero
	3rd	Rescuer
2004 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ellicorsam	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Redwoldt
	3rd	Modem
2003 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Irish Pride
	3rd	Golden Delicious
2002 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Kaprats
	3rd	Fair Alert
2001 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Fair Alert	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Old Fashion
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2000 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Noble Sky	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Star System
	3rd	Victory Trump