The first Group 1 race to take place in Western Australia for the Perth Summer Racing Carnival will be the $1 million Railway Stakes (1600m) set to run at the esteemed Ascot Racecourse on Saturday November 20.

Nominations for the 2010 Carlton Draught Railway Stakes have been taken with 52 runners originally nominated for the million dollar feature.

Since the first entries, 15 horses have been scratched from the Railway Stakes nominations leaving 37 quality runners vying for a spot in the final field.

Notable gallopers heading towards the Railway Stakes this year include the top four placegetters from 12 months ago: reigning champion Sniper’s Bullet, Tarzi, Colour Correct and Grand Nirvana as well as veteran seven-year-old Black Piranha and Emirates Stakes fifth placegetter Trusting.

Final acceptors for the 2010 Railway Stakes will be released early next week and published first here at Races.com.au along with a race preview, form guide, betting tips and odds so bookmark this site.

In the meantime, the Perth festival gets into full swing this Saturday with the WA Guineas Day featuring a bumper race-card of prime betting opportunities!

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2010 Carlton Draught Railway Stakes Nominations

No.	Horse	Trainer	Weight (kg)
1	BLACK PIRANHA	Con Karakatsanis	58.5
2	ALL SILENT	Grahame Begg	58
3	SNIPER’S BULLET	Robert Smerdon	58
4	TRIPLE HONOUR (NZ)	Chris Waller	58
5	MELITO	Gerald Ryan	55.5
6	TRUSTING	John P Thompson	55.5
7	MEGATIC	Albie Beckett	54.5
8	FAMOUS ROMAN	Jim P Taylor	54
9	GRAND NIRVANA	Fred Kersley	54
10	CULMINATE (NZ)	Darren Weir	53.5
11	TARZI	Neville Parnham	53.5
12	PALACIO DE CRISTAL	Grahame Begg	53
13	ZAGREB	David Hayes	53
14	COLOUR CORRECT	Ross Price	52.5
15	ALLEZ WONDER	Bart Cummings	52
16	ALMOHAD	Lou Luciani	52
17	AVIENUS	Mark Webb	52
18	BAWAARDI	David Hayes	52
19	CLASSY NUGGET	Ron Reid	52
20	CLUB LIQUID	Dick Leech	52
21	CLUELESS ANGEL	Lindsey Smith	52
22	DELTA GEE	Michael Grant	52
23	ELLIOTTO	Neville Parnham	52
24	FOR YOUR EYES ONLY	Paul Jordan	52
25	FOXY BOY	Brent Larsson	52
26	GATHERING	John P Thompson	52
27	GOD HAS SPOKEN	Neville Parnham	52
28	GOLD SALUTE	Mark Riley	52
29	GONDORFF (NZ)	Mike Powell	52
30	IMPRESSIVE JEUNEY	Darren Mcauliffe	52
31	INARTICULATE	Adam Durrant	52
32	KING OF MOUNTAINS	David Hayes	52
33	LATE NIGHT FLIGHT	Racquel Langridge	52
34	MA CHIENNE	Adam Durrant	52
35	MABEL GRACE	Adam Durrant	52
36	MEGA STEEL	Bruce McClune	52
37	MEKONG MISS	David Harrison	52
38	MIGHTY ROSSA	Michael Grant	52
39	MORANT	Bill & Symon Wilde	52
40	RANGER	Grant Williams	52
41	SENTENZA	Ivan Haggerty	52
42	STAR RISCA	Keith Mifflin	52
43	STOKEHOUSE	Daniel Morton	52
44	TAGUS	John P Thompson	52
45	TRANQUILITY	Grant Williams	52
46	VOILE ROUGE (NZ)	David Hayes	52
47	WEST RIVER CHARLEY	Sharon Taylor	52
48	WOOKAH	David Hayes	52
49	XAARAVID	George Daly	52
50	HOEGAARDEN	Joe Byrne	50
51	MOTION PICTURES	Dave Casey	50
52	PLAYING GOD	Neville Parnham	50