WA Guineas

The WA Guineas (1600m) is a Group 2 event held at Ascot Racecourse in November during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival on Railway Stakes Day.

2023 WA Guineas Results

  • 1st: #4 Zipaway
  • 2nd: #1 A Lot Of Good Men
  • 3rd: #13 Super Smink




The Group 2 WA Guineas is one of the most anticipated events on the Western Australia racing calendar. Held at Ascot Racecourse in mid to late November, the WA Guineas is a 1600m middle distance event for three-year-olds at set weights worth a lucrative $500,000 in prize money. It is the first Group status race for three-year-olds held in Perth each season.

Runners in the WA Guineas may progress onto other Perth races run under the same conditions like the Listed Lee Steere Classic (1400m) a fortnight later in preparation for the premier set weights race held in Perth, the Group 1 WATC Derby (2400m) in March. Alternatively, the better three-year-olds out of the WA Guineas that season could back-up against the older horses in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) – now known as the Northerly Stakes – on the same day as the Lee Steere Classic.

Star filly Arcadia Queen completed won the WA Guineas and Kingston Town Classic, the then three-year-old taking out the Guineas by three lengths before smashing her older rivals by 4.5 lengths in the 2018 Kingston Town Classic.

Fellow filly Amelia’s Jewel (2022) was the last three-year-old to complete the WA Guineas – Northerly Stakes double.

The 2021 WA Guineas form was franked with the third placed Devoted returning in the winter for three straight wins including in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m).

The brand new Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush (1400m), held for the first time in 2022, run at Ascot in mid-December is also a potential target for three-year-olds out of the WA Guineas field each summer.

The 2022 WA Guineas form was further franked by the subsequent Group 1 Northerly Stakes winner Amelia’s Jewel who also continued on to win the Group 3 Roma Cup and run second in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race in the autumn of 2023. She then went to Melbourne in the spring and won the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.

The 2023 WA Guineas ran on Railway Stakes Day, Saturday November 25, 2023, and was won in style by the consistent Neville Parnham-trained Zipaway ($7). 

2023 WA Guineas
Date: Saturday November 25, 2023
Track: Ascot Racecourse
Distance: 1600m
Conditions: 3YO at Set Weights
Status: Group 2
Prizemoney: $500,000
Inaugurated: 1937

2023 WA Guineas Results

  • 1st: #4 Zipaway ($7)
  • 2nd: #1 A Lot Of Good Men
  • 3rd: #13 Super Smink

Trainer Neville Parnham continued his good Guineas record with progressive gelding Zipaway ($7) improving on a lead-up fourth in the Fairetha Stakes to salute in the 2023 WA Guineas results emulating his father Playing God who won the event back in 2010.

Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Penalty Starting Price
1 4 ZIPAWAY Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 4 56.5kg $7
2 1 A LOT OF GOOD MEN Trevor Andrews Paul Harvey 0.38L 8 56.5kg $21
3 13 SUPER SMINK Daniel Morton Chris Parnham 0.6L 3 54.5kg $1.80F
4 5 BLUE LAGOON Susan Olive Ms Holly Watson 2.1L 6 56.5kg $31
5 2 INVESTMENTSTRATEGY Neville Parnham Brad Parnham 2.2L 1 56.5kg $7
6 6 COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ) Donna Riordan Joseph Azzopardi 2.71L 2 56.5kg $16
7 7 AUTUMN REBEL Darren McAuliffe Clint Johnston-Porter 3.5L 9 56.5kg $12
8 3 ROPE THEM IN Steve Wolfe Peter Knuckey 4.53L 11 56.5kg $18
9 8 MASAMUNE Darren McAuliffe Ms Jamie Kah 5.76L 10 56.5kg $31
10 9 WEERAECHOUX Brian Kersley Mrs Lucy Fiore 8.24L 12 56.5kg $61
11 12 BIG PLAYER Luke Fernie Michael Poy 8.75L 13 56.5kg $201
12 11 ODIN OMEN Ashley Maley Jarrad Noske 9.66L 5 56.5kg $201
13 10 FIVE DOWN Luke Fernie Daniel Moor 10.37L 7 56.5kg $201
14 KESHI BOOM Grant & Alana Williams William Pike 0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 WA Guineas Betting Odds

The latest WA Guineas 2023 odds will be listed below complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your W.A. Guineas Betting Tips at the right price this summer racing season.

In 2019 War Saint ($31) scored one of the biggest recent upsets.

Arcadia Queen ($1.90 in 2018), Treasured Star ($2.90 in 2021) and Amelia’s Jewel ($1.90 in 2022) are the latest favourites in WA Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 WA Guineas Form Guide

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2023 WA Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive WA Guineas 2023 Tips on the Railway Stakes Day support act this summer racing season.

  • To Win: #13  Super Smink ($3 at time of publish) – BET NOW

There’s a genuine battle for top spot in the WA Guineas markets by two in-form fillies but leaning towards the Dan Morton-trained Super Smink in gate three with Chris Parnham to ride. The daughter of Super One is out over a mile for the first time here but has a lovely Ascot track record (6:3-2-1) she’s looking to continue. Was the two-year-old star during the autumn winning the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate – WA Sires’ double. First-up winner in a Listed race before the winning streak came to an end with her last start second in Listed Burgess Queen Stakes as the beaten odds-on favourite Keshi Boom. Keshi Boom is unbeaten and also runs in the WA Guineas field, but with these two now at equal weights think Super Smink can turn the tables.

2023 WA Guineas Field

The Western Australian Guineas field attracts a quality line-up of mainly locally-trained Perth three-year-olds. Good lead-up races into the WA Guineas field including the Listed Fairetha Stakes (1400m) run at Ascot a fortnight prior or for the fillies, the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m).

In 2018 Arcadia Queen ran third in the Burgess Queen Stakes before taking out the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas – Kingston Town Classic treble. The 2022 Burgess Queen runner-up returned to winning form in the WA Guineas with Amelia’s Jewel saluting as the odds-on favourite.

Watch Me Dance (2020) is the last filly to complete the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas double.

The 2023 W.A. Guineas final field is released on the Monday of race week and will be published below.

The WA Guineas 2023 field features a line-up of smart three-year-olds led in betting by the undefeated Grant & Alana Williams-trained Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes winner Keshi Boom and Dan Morton’s Group 2 winning filly Super Smink.

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 114x21x753 A LOT OF GOOD MEN Trevor Andrews Paul Harvey 9 56.5kg 75
2 5113×21 INVESTMENTSTRATEGY Neville Parnham Brad Parnham 1 56.5kg 75
3 131×42 ROPE THEM IN Steve Wolfe Peter Knuckey 12 56.5kg 73
4 243×114 ZIPAWAY Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 4 56.5kg 70
5 720×241147 BLUE LAGOON Susan Olive Shaun McGruddy 6 56.5kg 68
6 1×6134 COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ) Donna Riordan Joseph Azzopardi 2 56.5kg 69
7 587×251 AUTUMN REBEL Darren McAuliffe Clint Johnston-Porter 10 56.5kg 62
8 42×3246 MASAMUNE Darren McAuliffe Ms Jamie Kah 11 56.5kg 63
9 434×135 WEERAECHOUX Brian Kersley Mrs Lucy Fiore 13 56.5kg 62
10 0426613 FIVE DOWN Luke Fernie Daniel Moor 7 56.5kg 62
11 634×1377 ODIN OMEN Ashley Maley Tommy Berry 5 56.5kg 59
12 96x46x6437 BIG PLAYER Luke Fernie Michael Poy 14 56.5kg 56
13 31211×12 SUPER SMINK Daniel Morton Chris Parnham 3 54.5kg 90
14 1×111 KESHI BOOM Grant & Alana Williams William Pike 8 54.5kg 78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 WA Guineas Nominations

The WA Guineas nominations usually attract some fairly top quality horses from local stables, and a few from eastern states.

The 2023 WA Guineas nominations will be provided below once released by Perth Racing around a month before the Group 2 support act on Railway Stakes Day.

The WA Guineas 2023 nominations attracted 70 promising hopefuls led in all-in betting by in-form Maurice gelding Cosmic Crusader and the classy Dan Morton-trained filly Super Smink who won the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate – Group 3 WA Sires’ double in the autumn.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Ballot Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 31211x SUPER SMINK F 3 Daniel Morton 1 54.5kg 86
2 140x137x98 CHRYSAOR C 3 Chris Waller 2 56.5kg
3 12381x24x SNOW PRINCE G 3 Sean & Jake Casey 3 56.5kg 72
4 3x114x21x7 A LOT OF GOOD MEN C 3 Trevor Andrews 4 56.5kg 75
5 426×1157 THE LITTLE PUMPER G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 5 56.5kg
6 x35542327x MORE SPECIAL F 3 Paul Jordan 6 54.5kg 64
7 1942×8 BRAVE STRIKE F 3 Simon A Miller 7 54.5kg 69
8 131x ROPE THEM IN G 3 Steve Wolfe 8 56.5kg 70
9 181x HANCHI G 3 Sean & Jake Casey 9 56.5kg 70
10 1312×6 PARIS CALLING F 3 Trevor Andrews 10 54.5kg 65
11 72×31 OSTRAKA C 3 Annabel Neasham 11 56.5kg
12 13×31 AUGMENT (NZ) F 3 Simon A Miller 12 54.5kg 71
13 57x335x973 CAP FERRAT C 3 Chris Waller 13 56.5kg
14 126×0 ALOTOFBANTER G 3 Simon A Miller 14 56.5kg 70
15 2429×8145 ON PATROL G 3 Sean & Jake Casey 15 56.5kg 65
16 243x1x ZIPAWAY G 3 Neville Parnham 16 56.5kg 66
17 3×21 GENEROSITY F 3 Simon A Miller 17 54.5kg 62
18 11×4 PETULA F 3 Simon A Miller 18 54.5kg 62
19 115 PLEASURE CRUISE G 3 Takahide Ikenushi 19 56.5kg 66
20 6×221 KAIZAD G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 20 56.5kg
21 6×1 ALMIGHTY CLASS G 3 Mitchell Pateman 21 56.5kg 74
22 1×61 COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ) G 3 Donna Riordan 22 56.5kg 69
23 22270x BONNY ROCK F 3 Neville Parnham 23 54.5kg 60
24 1×5 ELITEONE G 3 Simon A Miller 24 56.5kg 66
25 399x7431x PORTOROSA F 3 Annabel Neasham 25 54.5kg
26 23×693 CHAMPAGNE STREET F 3 Simon A Miller 26 54.5kg 60
27 412 CARRAZANA (NZ) G 3 Chris Waller 27 56.5kg
28 114×69 RED SQUARE C 3 Paul Jordan 28 56.5kg 65
29 36311 LINDEN’S GOLD G 3 Takahide Ikenushi 29 56.5kg 65
30 7422×461 IMA WILD GIRL F 3 Daniel & Ben Pearce 30 54.5kg
31 35×6281 DIALLING G 3 Darren McAuliffe 31 56.5kg 60
32 1×1 KESHI BOOM F 3 Grant & Alana Williams 32 54.5kg 63
33 1×44 MCHALE C 3 Chris Waller 33 56.5kg
34 332x AYUMI F 3 Trevor Andrews 34 54.5kg 58
35 13 PANIC (NZ) G 3 Michael Freedman 35 56.5kg
36 718×3 RITZYTWENTIES (NZ) G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 36 56.5kg
37 634×13 ODIN OMEN G 3 Ashley Maley 37 56.5kg 62
38 31x MOORDITJ BOY G 3 Hayden Ballantyne 38 56.5kg 64
39 4×21 IN GOOD ORDER G 3 Daniel Morton 39 56.5kg 62
40 2231 ARCADIA KNIGHT G 3 Takahide Ikenushi 40 56.5kg
41 587×2 AUTUMN REBEL C 3 Darren McAuliffe 41 56.5kg 61
42 15x CHOLLIMA F 3 Darren McAuliffe 42 54.5kg 60
43 1x WRITTEN MELODY F 3 Grant & Alana Williams 43 54.5kg 60
44 396x46x64 BIG PLAYER G 3 Luke Fernie 44 56.5kg 57
45 7x1x HEAD OF THE HERD C 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 45 56.5kg
46 2x SIBERIAN SIREN F 3 Sean & Jake Casey 46 54.5kg 58
47 2x SKYTALKER G 3 Indianna Weinert 47 56.5kg 62
48 2×42 BRAVE SPIRIT G 3 Steve Wolfe 48 56.5kg 61
49 1x KERMIT’S LUCK G 3 Luke Fernie 49 56.5kg 62
50 1 SAULOK G 3 Grant & Alana Williams 50 56.5kg 62
51 434x WEERAECHOUX G 3 Brian Kersley 51 56.5kg 60
52 357×5 MINING LEGEND G 3 Stephen Miller 52 56.5kg 58
53 632x SLY BOOTS G 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 53 56.5kg
54 1 BEST MOOD C 3 Michael Grantham 54 56.5kg 60
55 528x KRATESIS F 3 Daniel Morton 55 54.5kg 56
56 32x JANNY F 3 Grant & Alana Williams 56 54.5kg 57
57 0426x FIVE DOWN G 3 Luke Fernie 57 56.5kg 59
58 7x9x FLINDERS LANE F 3 Hayden Ballantyne 58 54.5kg
59 45x ROCKET JUICE G 3 Neville Parnham 59 56.5kg
60 9x EZELOVE G 3 Megan Midgley 60 56.5kg
61 9x ALASKAN G 3 Neville Parnham 61 56.5kg
62 7 GRAND RESERVE G 3 Daniel Morton 62 56.5kg
63 LONGLEY G 3 Julie Clements 63 56.5kg
64 MIGHTY MELBA C 3 Simon A Miller 64 56.5kg
65 MISS ZIGGY F 3 Chris Willis 65 54.5kg
66 NO BRAINER G 3 Daniel Morton 66 56.5kg
67 RED TORI F 3 Stephen Miller 67 54.5kg
68 RIGHT TO SILENCE F 3 Chris Willis 68 54.5kg
69 SCORPION RULER F 3 Joshua Krispyn 69 54.5kg
70 SHOOTING SPIRIT G 3 Simon A Miller 70 56.5kg
Table Credit: Racing Australia.

WA Guineas History

The inaugural winner of the WA Guineas was Footmark in 1937. The event originated as a principal race of eight furlongs and remained the same until 1972 when the distance was converted to 1600m. The race reached Group 3 status in 1979 and then became a Group 2 event only two years later in 1981.

In 2003 the WA Guineas was held at Belmont Park Racecourse, which is the other major track in Perth.

A host of outstanding subsequent Group 1 winners won the WA Guineas during their three-year-old seasons including Playing God (2010), Ihtsahymn (2013), Arcadia Queen (2018), and Amelia’s Jewel (2022) who all beat home the older horses next-up in the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes).

Recent WA Guineas Winners

Year Place Horse Time
2023
WA Guineas
1st Zipaway 1 minute 36.35 seconds
2nd A Lot Of Good Men
3rd Super Smink
2022
WA Guineas
1st Amelia’s Jewel 1 minute 36.64 seconds
2nd Bustler
3rd Saintorio
2021
WA Guineas
1st Treasured Star 1 minute 36.31 seconds
2nd Stay Safe
3rd Devoted
2020
WA Guineas
1st Watch Me Dance 1 minute 35.80 seconds
2nd Em Tee Aye
3rd Dom To Shoot
2019
WA Guineas
1st War Saint 1 minute 37.84 seconds
2nd Kay Cee
3rd Red Can Man
2018
WA Guineas
1st Arcadia Queen 1 minute 34.95 seconds
2nd Lady Cosmology
3rd Flirtini
2017
WA Guineas
1st Perfect Jewel 1 minute 36.62 seconds
2nd Achernar Star
3rd Art Series
2016
WA Guineas
1st Variation 1 minute 37.08 seconds
2nd Ellicazoom
3rd Ragazzo D’Oro
2015
WA Guineas
1st Man Booker 1 minute 34.73 seconds
2nd Spirit Bird
3rd The Cobbla
2014
WA Guineas
1st Rommel 1 minute 36.04
2nd Disposition
3rd Say Geronimo
2013
WA Guineas
1st Ihtsahymn 1 minute 37.65 seconds
2nd Miss Rose De Lago
3rd Saint Bro
2012
WA Guineas
1st Academus 1 minute 35.97 seconds
2nd Bippo No Bungus
3rd Darlington Abbey
2011
WA Guineas
1st King Saul 1 minute 36.11 seconds
2nd Caiguna
3rd Red Hot Sax
2010
WA Guineas
1st Playing God 1 minute 36.21 seconds
2nd Lauradane
3rd Hoegaarden
2009
WA Guineas
1st Clueless Angel 1 minute 35.06 seconds
2nd Thorn Dancer
3rd The Corporation
2008
WA Guineas
1st Moccasin Bend 1 minute 33.7 seconds
2nd Locus Standi
3rd Saxon Palace
2007
WA Guineas
1st Megatic 1 minute 35.6 seconds
2nd Perestroika
3rd Moisture
2006
WA Guineas
1st Vain Crusader 1 minute 35.8 seconds
2nd Real Cheeky
3rd Translate
2005
WA Guineas
1st Cape North 1 minute 36 seconds
2nd Lock The Vault
3rd Geil
2004
WA Guineas
1st Dr John 1 minute 36.7 seconds
2nd Moet Magic
3rd Stormy Nova
2003
WA Guineas
1st River Mist 1 minute 37.3 seconds
2nd Changing Lanes
3rd Laetare
2002
WA Guineas
1st The Right Money 1 minute 36.8 seconds
2nd Trimagic
3rd Amphritite
2001
WA Guineas
1st Royal Retrieve 1 minute 36 seconds
2nd Kentiara
3rd Dexian
2000
WA Guineas
1st Kalatiara 1 minute 37.5 seconds
2nd Mr Tanzania
3rd Eutectic
1999
WA Guineas
1st Devilish Dealer 1 minute 37.6 seconds
2nd Mulga King
3rd Major Metal

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