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The Northerly Stakes – renamed ahead of the 2022 edition – is the last of three Group 1 races run and won at Ascot Racecourse in WA each Perth Summer Racing Carnival.

Formerly known as the Kingston Town Classic, the race was previously named after the Australian Racing Hall of Fame horse Kingston Town.

It was renamed in 2022 as the Northerly Stakes in honour of the 2000 Railway Stakes champion Northerly, one of the country’s best ever middle-distance racehorses. Northerly won a host of Group 1 races in Australia including dual wins in the Australian Cup (2001, 2003) and Cox Plate (2001, 2002), as well as the 2002 Caulfield Cup during his illustrious career.

Run in either late November or early December annually, the weight-for-age race is worth $1.5 million dollars in prize money as of 2022 and is contested over 1800m.

The best lead-up race to the event is the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) run a fortnight earlier. Horses out of the Northerly Stakes field may go on to contest the Group 1 Perth Cup (2400m).

In 2020 the ill-fated Truly Great scored an upset win in the Kingston Town Classic before winning the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes next-up ahead of a second in the Perth Cup results.

Regal Power (2021) was the last horse to complete the Kingston Town Classic –  Ted Van Heemst Stakes double.

Four horses have completed the Railway Stakes – Kingston Town Classic (Northerly Stakes) double in the same year with the latest to do so being Sniper’s Bullet (2009).

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 horses out of the Northerly Stakes field each summer.

Horses that contest the summer’s Northerly Stakes are also now likely to target a slot in Perth’s richest race, the $4 million The Quokka (1200m), taking place for the first time in April of 2023.

The 2022 Northerly Stakes form was franked with the winner Amelia’s Jewel running second in the following year’s The Quokka results before heading to Melbourne where she won both the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes and Group 2 Stocks Stakes in 2023.

The 2023 Northerly Stakes runs on Saturday December 9, 2023 at Ascot Racecourse in Perth.

2023 Northerly Stakes (Kingston Town Classic)
Date:	Saturday December 9, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Race Type:	3YO+ Weight-For-Age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1.5 million

2023 Northerly Stakes Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2023 Northerly Stakes Betting Odds

The top 2023 Northerly Stakes odds will be provided below along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your insider Northerly Stakes betting tips at the right price this summer.

Amelia’s Jewel ($2.90 in 2022) was the last favourite in Northerly Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ALL-IN 2023 NORTHERLY STAKES ODDS (Post-Nominations)

2023 Northerly Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 NORTHERLY STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Northerly Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Northerly Stakes 2023 Tips on the Group 1 Perth showdown this summer.

• To Win: TBD

2023 Northerly Stakes Field

The Northerly Stakes field – formerly known as the Kingston Town Classic field – is usually filled out with some of the better Perth thoroughbreds as well as visiting stayers from the eastern states.

Horses traditionally run in the Railway Stakes a fortnight earlier leading-up to the race and Sniper’s Bullet (2009) was the last to do the double in a single season.

Three-year-old runners in the field may have their final lead-up in the Group 2 W.A. Guineas and Arcadia Queen (2018) and fellow filly Amelia’s Jewel (2022) are the last WA Guineas winners to back-up and beat the older horses in the then Kingston Town Classic field next start.

In 2019 the Neville Parnham-trained filly Kay Cee improved on a lead-up second in the WA Guineas to take out that year’s Kingston Town Classic results.

The 2023 Northerly Stakes field is announced on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released by Perth Racing.

2023 Northerly Stakes Nominations

More and more interstate raiders trained outside of W.A. are featuring in the Northerly Stakes nominations that close about a month out from the Group 1.

The 2023 Northerly Stakes nominations attracted a bumper 106 hopefuls led in all-in betting by Group 1 winner Tuvalu coming off some big runs in the Melbourne majors over the spring and lightly-raced three-year-old Cosmic Crusader.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	20x1316x0x	TRIX OF THE TRADE	G	5	Colin Webster	1	59kg		106
2	45x845221x	LAST OF THE LINE	G	7	Stephen Miller	2	59kg		104
3	0x05912x8x	STARTRADE	G	7	Daniel Morton	3	59kg		104
4	945x31823x	DOM TO SHOOT	G	6	Sean & Jake Casey	4	59kg		103
5	123x87707x	GOD HAS CHOSEN	G	6	Donna Riordan	5	59kg		102
6	125x60113x	BUSTLER	G	4	Neville Parnham	6	58.5kg		101
7	46x2x1132x	PHANTA	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi	7	59kg		101
8	x141211x2x	THE VELVET QUEEN	M	5	Darren McAuliffe	8	57kg		97
9	733x17137x	PLAYING MARIKA	M	8	Stephanie Bakranich	9	57kg		96
10	21x0180x1x	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	M	5	Jim Taylor	10	57kg		96
11	x12111111x	ALSEPHINA	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams	11	57kg		92
12	242112311x	CASINO SEVENTEEN	G	6	Grant & Alana Williams	12	59kg		96
13	311168141x	GINGER BAKER	G	6	Vernon Brockman	13	59kg		95
14	122113x05x	WEAPONSON	G	7	Daniel Morton	14	59kg		92
15	3261x2133x	ADMIRATION EXPRESS	M	4	Jason Miller	15	56.5kg		86
16	31211x	SUPER SMINK	F	3	Daniel Morton	16	50kg		86
17	3215x2317x	RIVER RUBICON	G	5	Steve Wolfe	17	59kg		89
18	226333111x	BLACK FANTASY	G	5	Daniel & Ben Pearce	18	59kg		86
19	17x41112x7	ANOTHER CHINO	G	4	Daniel Morton	19	58.5kg		85
20	346x26321x	BE OPTIMISTIC	M	5	Luke Fernie	20	57kg		80
21	x563730849	EEYORE WAYZ	G	7	Raquel Reid	21	59kg		83
22	33x6057x6x	PROCONSENT	G	8	Sean & Jake Casey	22	59kg		83
23	8x421111x2	BENJI’S	G	6	Cliff Green	23	59kg		80
24	8101x8114x	CURRIMUNDI	G	5	Steve Wolfe	24	59kg		80
25	1x0x313x13	SENTIMENTAL HERO	G	6	Michael Grantham	25	59kg		79
26	211x1147x	LENIENCY	G	4	Colin Webster	26=	58.5kg		75
27	3x114x21x7	A LOT OF GOOD MEN	C	3	Trevor Andrews	26=	52kg		75
28	08x11751x3	MOJO RHYTHM	G	5	Mitchell Pateman	28	59kg		75
29	1223434×12	PLAYHOUSE PATRON	G	4	Bob McPherson	29	58.5kg		75
30	6×1	ALMIGHTY CLASS	G	3	Mitchell Pateman	30	52kg		74
31	x11113x70x	CATCH THESE HANDS	G	4	Steve Wolfe	31	58.5kg		73
32	62225x323x	DEMOLISH	G	4	Neville Parnham	32	58.5kg		73
33	52148x84x4	ATLANTIS BEACH	G	6	Cliff Green	33	59kg		70
34	181x	HANCHI	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	34	52kg		70
35	131x	ROPE THEM IN	G	3	Steve Wolfe	35	52kg		70
36	1×61	COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ)	G	3	Donna Riordan	36	52kg		69
37	4410x9180x	DEFIANT DIORITE	G	4	Chris Willis	37	58.5kg		69
38	5113x	INVESTMENTSTRATEGY	C	3	Neville Parnham	38	52kg		69
39	1312×6	PARIS CALLING	F	3	Trevor Andrews	39	50kg		65
40	1×1	KESHI BOOM	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	40	50kg		63
41	1×5	ELITEONE	G	3	Simon A Miller	41	52kg		66
42	3x21x	GENEROSITY	F	3	Simon A Miller	42	50kg		62
43	11×4	PETULA	F	3	Simon A Miller	43	50kg		62
44	115	PLEASURE CRUISE	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	44	52kg		66
45	15x	CHOLLIMA	F	3	Darren McAuliffe	45	50kg		60
46	243x1x	ZIPAWAY	G	3	Neville Parnham	46=	52kg		66
47	1x	WRITTEN MELODY	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	46=	50kg		60
48	332x	AYUMI	F	3	Trevor Andrews	48	50kg		58
49	990x08619x	FLEUR DELACOUR	M	4	Chris Willis	49	56.5kg		58
50	4×21	IN GOOD ORDER	G	3	Daniel Morton	50	52kg		62
51	1x	KERMIT’S LUCK	G	3	Luke Fernie	51	52kg		62
52	1x	SAULOK	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	52	52kg		62
53	2x	SIBERIAN SIREN	F	3	Sean & Jake Casey	53	50kg		58
54	2x	SKYTALKER	G	3	Indianna Weinert	54	52kg		62
55	1x	BEST MOOD	C	3	Michael Grantham	55	52kg		60
56	02419x011x	AIN’TNODEELDUN	G	6	Anthony & Sam Freedman	56	59kg
57	847x72537x	ALASKAN GOD	G	5	Daniel Morton	57	59kg
58	428x009x6x	ARAMAYO	G	8	Sam Kavanagh	58	59kg
59	2231	ARCADIA KNIGHT	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	59	52kg
60	613106x01x	ASCENSION (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	60	59kg
61	3x216Px520	ATISHU (NZ)	M	6	Chris Waller	61	57kg
62	27410x890x	BANK MAUR	H	4	Richard Laming	62	58.5kg
63	1154x5213x	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	9	James Cummings	63	59kg
64	37160x000x	COMMUNIST	G	4	Michael Freedman	64	58.5kg
65	x73027x40x	CONVERGE	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	65	59kg
66	x24120x330	CORNER POCKET	G	7	Lindsey Smith	66	59kg
67	3×21221317	BRAYDEN STAR (GB)	H	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	67=	59kg
68	3x1127x32x	EN FRANCAIS	M	6	Jake Stephens	67=	57kg
69	4x5958709x	EXCELLENT PROPOSAL	G	7	Michael Freedman	69	59kg
70	x4430x7629	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	H	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	70	59kg
71	3127x	FOXY CLEOPATRA	M	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	71	56.5kg
72	26844x407x	HINGED	M	5	Chris Waller	72	57kg
73	1119x4111x	IKNOWASTAR	G	4	Bjorn Baker	73	58.5kg
74	02369×9010	IRONCLAD (GB)	G	8	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	74	59kg
75	51x111120x	FAWKNER PARK (IRE)	G	5	Annabel Neasham	75=	59kg
76	1x3131x925	KOVALICA (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller	75=	58.5kg
77	12x74x421x	LIFE LESSONS (NZ)	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	77	57kg
78	51210×0488	LINDERMANN	H	4	Chris Waller	78	58.5kg
79	x66445x13x	LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ)	G	7	Michael Hickmott	79	59kg
80	x61011x10x	MAROCCHINO	G	7	Lou Luciani	80	59kg
81	x6026x6473	MY OBERON (IRE)	G	7	Annabel Neasham	81	59kg
82	x20480x45x	NO COMPROMISE (NZ)	G	7	Chris Waller	82	59kg
83	x426256x9x	NUMERIAN (IRE)	G	8	Annabel Neasham	83	59kg
84	1761x5730x	OSIPENKO (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	84	58.5kg
85	2x80x5290x	POLITICAL DEBATE	H	4	Chris Waller	85	58.5kg
86	11263×6408	POUNDING	G	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	86	59kg
87	7x4298x626	PRIDE OF JENNI	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	87	57kg
88	5x63616x83	RED SUN SENSATION	G	4	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	88	58.5kg
89	641211×110	REDIENER	G	4	Chris Waller	89	58.5kg
90	69x6124x51	RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ)	M	4	Bjorn Baker	90	56.5kg
91	3410x52x5x	ROOTS	M	5	Chris Waller	91	57kg
92	x460x4023x	SIBAAQ (GB)	G	6	Annabel Neasham	92	59kg
93	61043x200x	SKYMAN (GB)	G	8	Chris Waller	93	59kg
94	232x10x06x	STEINEM (GB)	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	94	57kg
95	16460x010x	SURF DANCER (IRE)	G	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	95	59kg
96	12x79x432x	TUVALU	G	6	Lindsey Smith	96	59kg
97	416x41112x	WATEGOS	G	5	Bjorn Baker	97	59kg
98	425x45137x	WICKLOW (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	98	59kg
99	41x217x32x	ZAAKI (GB)	G	9	Annabel Neasham	99	59kg
100		SHOOTING SPIRIT	G	3	Simon A Miller	100	52kg
101		NO BRAINER	G	3	Daniel Morton	101	52kg
102	528x	KRATESIS	F	3	Daniel Morton	102	50kg		56
103	1x86x8010x	UNCLE BRYN (GB)	G	6	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	103=	59kg
104	32x	JANNY	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	103=	50kg		57
105	7	GRAND RESERVE	G	3	Daniel Morton	105	52kg
106	1x520x339x	WATERFORD (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	106	59kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Kingston Town Classic / Northerly Stakes History

First raced in 1976 and won by Family Of Man, the Kingston Town Classic has undergone plenty of name changes. Starting with the Marlboro 50,000, the event then went on to be named the Western Mail Classic, Rothwells Stakes, Winfield Stakes, Beat Diabetes 2 Stakes and Fruit ‘N’ Veg Stakes. In 2007 it was officially named the Kingston Town Classic after the great horse’s victory in 1982.

Summer Beau won the race in two consecutive years in 1996 and 1997 and Old Comrade followed in 2000 and 2001. Niconero managed to win the Classic twice in 2006 and 2008 as did the race’s first winner Family Of Man in 1976 and 1978.

More recently Playing God (2010-11) went back-to-back in the race as a three-year-old and four-year-old, while in 2015 Perfect Reflection became the first three-year-old filly to win the Kingston Town Classic.

Three years later and another filly was in the mix, Arcadia Queen dominating the 2018 Kingston Town Classic results with a 4.5 length win. The following summer, a daughter of two-time champion Playing God – Kay Cee – became the third filly to win the Kingston Town Classic.

The fillies were back on top again with the favourite Amelia’s Jewel winning the 2022 Northerly Stakes.

The event was renamed the Northerly Stakes ahead of the 2022 edition.

Kingston Town Classic / Northerly Stakes Winners

The table below shows the winners and place-getters of the Kingston Town Classic since 2000. From 2022 onwards the winners are known as the Northerly Stakes winners.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Northerly Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
2022 Northerly Stakes	1st	Amelia’s Jewel	1 minute 50.81 seconds
	2nd	Ironclad
	3rd	Steinem
2021 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Regal Power	1 minute 48.81 seconds
	2nd	Western Empire
	3rd	Kissonallforcheeks
2020 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Truly Great	1 minute 48.27 seconds
	2nd	Inspirational Girl
	3rd	Dom To Shoot
2019 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Kay Cee	1 minute 51.29 seconds
	2nd	Gailo Chop
	3rd	Best Of Days
2018 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Arcadia Queen	1 minute 48.55 seconds
	2nd	Material Man
	3rd	Galaxy Star
2017 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Pounamu	1 minute 49.50 seconds
	2nd	Material Man
	3rd	Achernar Star
2016 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Stratum Star	1 minute 49.49 seconds
	2nd	Scales Of Justice
	3rd	Perfect Reflection
2015 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Perfect Reflection	1 minute 53.78 seconds
	2nd	Delicacy
	3rd	Dark Musket
2014 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Moriarty	1 minute 48.71 seconds
	2nd	Disposition
	3rd	Elite Belle
2013 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Ihtsahymn	1 minute 49.95 seconds
	2nd	Luckygray
	3rd	Rohan
2012 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 50.7 seconds
	2nd	Mr Moet
	3rd	God Has Spoken
2011 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Playing God	1 minute 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Ranger
	3rd	King Saul
2010 Kingston Town Classic	1st	Playing God	1 minute 48.9 seconds
	2nd	Impressive Jeuney
	3rd	Trusting
2009Kingston Town Classic	1st	Sniper’s Bullet	1 minute 46.96 seconds
	2nd	God Has Spoken
	3rd	Scenic Shot
2008Kingston Town Classic	1st	Niconero	1 minute 46.9 seconds
	2nd	Gilded Venom
	3rd	Sniper’s Bullet
2007Kingston Town Classic	1st	Megatic	1 minute 48 seconds
	2nd	Guyno
	3rd	New Spice
2006Kingston Town Classic	1st	Niconero	1 minute 47.4 seconds
	2nd	Scenic Shot
	3rd	Daka’s Gem
2005Kingston Town Classic	1st	Early Express	1 minute 48 seconds
	2nd	Lock The Vault
	3rd	Bon Argent
2004Kingston Town Classic	1st	Modem	1 minute 50.1 seconds
	2nd	Free At Last
	3rd	True Steel
2003Kingston Town Classic	1st	True Steel	2 minutes 3.6 seconds
	2nd	Milanova
	3rd	Hardrada
2002Kingston Town Classic	1st	Blevvo	1 minute 52.1 seconds
	2nd	Finito
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2001Kingston Town Classic	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 50 seconds
	2nd	Miss Precisely
	3rd	Shot Of Thunder
2000Kingston Town Classic	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 6.2 seconds
	2nd	Umrum
	3rd	Slideaway