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The Group 1 2019 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 2011-2019 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 2019 Winterbottom Stakes ran on Saturday November 30, 2019 and was won in an upset by all-the-way hero Hey Doc. 

Winterbottom Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday November 30, 2019
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million
Inaugurated:	1952

2019 Winterbottom Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Hey Doc
• 2nd: #10 Vital Silver
• 3rd: #4 Rock Magic

The Winterbottom Stakes 2019 results saw a return to form for comeback galloper Hey Doc who celebrated his first win since the 2017 Manikato Stakes. Racing second-up off an injury-enforced break, the now six-year-old led all the way from the wide barrier to charge home over two lengths ahead of the track specialist Vital Silver (2nd) and veteran 10-year-old Rock Magic (3rd).

Read more on the impressive 2019 Winterbottom Stakes win by Hey Doc.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	3	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	–	13	58.5kg	$13
2	10	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Ben Melham	2.46L	5	58.5kg	$7
3	4	ROCK MAGIC	Chris Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	2.69L	1	58.5kg	$31
4	1	TREKKING	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	3.1L	3	58.5kg	$2.90F
5	13	FLIRTINI	Simon A Miller	Paul Harvey	3.22L	11	56.5kg	$7
6	15	DUBIOUS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	4.5L	4	53.5kg	$8
7	7	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	4.89L	6	58.5kg	$17
8	11	SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Steven Parnham	5.08L	10	58.5kg	$101
9	12	STAGEMAN	Adam Durrant	William Pike	5.12L	9	58.5kg	$13
10	9	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	Tony Pike	Leith Innes	5.41L	2	58.5kg	$31
11	14	MISTY METAL	Robert & Todd Harvey	Shaun McGruddy	5.61L	7	56.5kg	$31
12	8	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Chris Parnham	5.96L	8	58.5kg	$26
13	5	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	Damian Lane	7.01L	14	58.5kg	$21
14	2	MALAGUERRA	Vaughn Sigley	Troy Turner	8.13L	12	58.5kg	$71
–	6	DURENDAL	Chris Gangemi	Brad Parnham	–	0	–	–

2019 Winterbottom Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Winterbottom Stakes 2019 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.

2019 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 2019 Winterbottom Stakes field is announced by Perth Racing on the Monday of race week and will be available in full below once released.

The Winterbottom Stakes 2019 Final Field features 15 gallopers including three for Godolphin led by the race favourite Trekking coming off placings in The Everest and Redzel Stakes in Sydney.

Read more on the Trekking-led 2019 Winterbottom Stakes field.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	41131×8132	TREKKING	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4	58.5kg	–
2	0x03820x7x	MALAGUERRA	Vaughn Sigley	Troy Turner	13	58.5kg	–
3	401x7x58x3	HEY DOC	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	14	58.5kg	–
4	451x153x49	ROCK MAGIC	Chris Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	1	58.5kg	–
5	4x70x52472	HOME OF THE BRAVE (IRE)	James Cummings	Damian Lane	15	58.5kg	–
6	419x395x60	DURENDAL	Chris Gangemi	Brad Parnham	3	58.5kg	104
7	04146×0401	VIRIDINE	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	7	58.5kg	–
8	455x1161x4	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Chris Parnham	9	58.5kg	96
9	042163x10x	ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE)	Tony Pike	Leith Innes	2	58.5kg	–
10	1213x13x42	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Ben Melham	6	58.5kg	–
11	3x226x530x	SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Steven Parnham	11	58.5kg	–
12	3611212236	STAGEMAN	Adam Durrant	William Pike	10	58.5kg	95
13	3x1129x311	FLIRTINI	Simon A Miller	Paul Harvey	12	56.5kg	83
14	3212117×25	MISTY METAL	Robert & Todd Harvey	Shaun McGruddy	8	56.5kg	99
15	123015×426	DUBIOUS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Craig Williams	5	53.5kg	–

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
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