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Recognised as one of the biggest races during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival, the 2018 Railway Stakes is a Group 1 mile race worth $1 million in prize money. Open to all horses aged three years and older, the Railway Stakes takes place at Perth’s Ascot Racecourse in mid-late November.

Many of the better horses come from the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, while locally in Perth a key lead-up race into the Railway Stakes field is the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) held over 200m shorter a fortnight prior that last produced a winner in Great Shot (2nd in 2017). Due to the hot conditions of Western Australia, the race is more suited to local horses accustomed to the heat of the area. Many Railway Stakes contenders do go on to compete in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) held two weeks later.

The Railway Stakes runs a week before the $1 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m), which is Perth’s premier sprint race.

The 2018 Railway Stakes ran at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday Saturday November 24, 2018.

Railway Stakes 2018
Date:	Saturday November 24, 2018
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize money:	$1,000,000

2018 Railway Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Galaxy Star
• 2nd: #4 Gatting
• 3rd: #1 Material Man

See below for the full Railway Stakes Finishing Order following the immediate conclusion of the race.

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight
1	11	GALAXY STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	–	2	53kg
2	4	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Damian Lane	1.75L	1	54kg
3	1	MATERIAL MAN	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	1.75L	5	57kg
4	13	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	Craig Newitt	2.75L	7	53kg
5	6	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	3.25L	6	53.5kg
5	3	MAN BOOKER	Daniel Morton	Paul Harvey	3.25L	11	55kg
7	14	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Joseph Azzopardi	3.75L	13	53kg
8	12	ICONOCLASM	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	4.25L	12	53kg
9	5	PRIZED ICON	Kris Lees	Ben Melham	5L	9	54kg
10	8	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Shaun Mc Gruddy	5.25L	14	53kg
11	9	ACTION	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery	7L	15	53kg
12	10	DISPOSITION	Chris Gangemi	Shaun O’Donnell	7.75L	8	53kg
13	2	GREAT SHOT	Rhys Radford	Craig Staples	8L	10	55.5kg
14	15	WRINKLY	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	8.5L	3	53kg
15	7	PEACEFUL STATE	Darren Weir	Ben Allen (a)	13.25L	4	53.5kg

2018 Railway Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Railway Stakes odds 2018 on the field of hopeful milers from Perth and the eastern states will be listed below complete with links to Ladbrokes.com.au for you to lock in your Railway Stakes Betting Tips at the best summer racing odds.

2018 Railway Stakes Field

The official Railway Stakes Final Field is announced by Perth Racing on the Monday of race week followed by the full Railway Stakes Barrier Draw on the Tuesday and will be published in full below once released.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	45221x111x	MATERIAL MAN	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	5	57kg	–	112
2	18x522x233	GREAT SHOT	Rhys Radford	Craig Staples	10	55.5kg	–	109
3	13x79x2114	MAN BOOKER	Daniel Morton	Paul Harvey	11	55kg	–	108
4	7x544431x1	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Damian Lane	1	54kg	–	106
5	630×355424	PRIZED ICON	Kris Lees	Ben Melham	9	54kg	–	–
6	2309561180	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	Chris Waller	Michael Dee	6	53.5kg	–	–
7	20110×2053	PEACEFUL STATE	Darren Weir	Ben Allen (a)	4	53.5kg	–	–
8	223x70x132	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Shaun Mc Gruddy	14	53kg	–	98
9	x33251x225	ACTION	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery	15	53kg	–	90
10	8x1850x384	DISPOSITION	Chris Gangemi	Shaun O’Donnell	8	53kg	–	98
11	x1x2111x21	GALAXY STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2	53kg	–	98
12	1113×38118	ICONOCLASM	Darren Weir	Craig Williams	12	53kg	–	–
13	1x11414x68	PERFECT JEWEL	Grant & Alana Williams	Craig Newitt	7	53kg	–	85
14	12x9L54x77	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Joseph Azzopardi	13	53kg	–	104
15	1322196×54	WRINKLY	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	3	53kg	–	89

2018 Railway Stakes Nominations

The Railway Stakes nominations & weights close the week prior to the opening Group 1 event of the Perth Summer Racing Carnival and will be published below once announced.

Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	1304×24120	HARTNELL (GB)	G	8	James Cummings	60kg	–
2	4232×17242	LE ROMAIN	G	6	Kris Lees	59.5kg	–
3	2561×16580	COMIN’ THROUGH	G	5	Chris Waller	57.5kg	–
4	1311×21314	LAND OF PLENTY	H	5	Darren Weir	57kg	–
5	45221x111x	MATERIAL MAN	G	7	Justin Warwick	57kg	112
6	211x2730x5	SCALES OF JUSTICE	G	6	Lindsey Smith	56.5kg	–
7	438×713211	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	H	5	James Cummings	56kg	–
8	11x121x621	DREAMFORCE	G	6	John P Thompson	56kg	–
9	695×752569	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	G	8	James Cummings	56kg	–
10	18x522x233	GREAT SHOT	G	6	Rhys Radford	55.5kg	–
11	13x79x2114	MAN BOOKER	G	6	Daniel Morton	55kg	–
12	x462x44415	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller	55kg	–
13	61x8899x08	SENSE OF OCCASION	G	8	Kris Lees	54.5kg	–
14	9140x4x578	CRACK ME UP (NZ)	G	5	Liam Birchley	54kg	–
15	7x544431x1	GATTING	G	5	Darren Mcauliffe	54kg	–
16	3215×14128	INVINCIBELLA	M	5	Chris Waller	54kg	–
17	630×355424	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees	54kg	–
18	7389×00000	CLASSIC UNIFORM	G	6	Gary Moore	53.5kg	–
19	158×071516	CLIFF’S EDGE	H	4	Darren Weir	53.5kg	–
20	329×102205	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	6	Tony McEvoy	53.5kg	–
21	x384850x6x	FOXPLAY	M	5	Brett Cavanough	53.5kg	–
22	3116×54352	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	53.5kg	–
23	2309561180	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	53.5kg	–
24	20110×2053	PEACEFUL STATE	H	4	Darren Weir	53.5kg	–
25	2x140x5138	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	G	5	Anthony Freedman	53kg	–
26	223x70x132	ACHERNAR STAR	G	4	Simon A Miller	53kg	–
27	1x33251x22	ACTION	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	90
28	3211300×00	AGE OF FIRE	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
29	0830×02757	ALL TOO HUIYING	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
30	03768×8300	ALOISIA (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	53kg	–
31	x32267x390	ALWARD (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
32	114x11x1x6	AMANAAT	G	5	Ben Currie	53kg	–
33	145x219x12	ARCADIA PRINCE	G	4	Adam Durrant	53kg	76
34	230040×742	BRING ME ROSES	M	4	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
35	612x9725x5	CHOCOLATE HOLIC	G	6	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	99
36	122x3x4871	COOL PASSION	M	7	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
37	6×24151433	DARK PROSPECT	G	5	Neville Parnham	53kg	–
38	8x1850x384	DISPOSITION	G	7	Chris Gangemi	53kg	98
39	2222×33322	ELEGANT BLAST	M	5	Justin Warwick	53kg	–
40	505x37x120	ELLICAZOOM	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
41	1x11111x16	ENTICING STAR	M	5	Adam Durrant	53kg	–
42	634x31x283	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	5	Matthew Smith	53kg	–
43	1111×221	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
44	6x21237x44	FOX HALL	G	5	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
45	x1x2111x21	GALAXY STAR	M	6	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	98
46	x5x6909x80	GOOD PROJECT	H	7	Chris Waller	53kg	–
47	36×1111134	GREAT AGAIN	G	6	Lindsey Smith	53kg	84
48	0x6038x87x	HEART STARTER	G	6	Chris Gangemi	53kg	92
49	x15233x605	HOLY SNOW	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
50	1113×38118	ICONOCLASM	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
51	6260×11441	KAONIC (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	53kg	–
52	1132269×52	LIKE A BUTTERFLY	M	4	Lou Luciani	53kg	79
53	x121x36122	MANUEL	G	5	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
54	6x430x8164	MEROVEE	H	4	Chris Waller	53kg	–
55	1x2118x565	MISSILE LAUNCH	G	5	Vaughn Sigley	53kg	–
56	717×631500	MURAAQEB	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
57	5x546x5106	NEW TIPPERARY	G	6	Joseph Pride	53kg	–
58	2x412x2177	NOIRE	M	5	Chris Waller	53kg	–
59	11312x89x5	OLIVER’S TRAVELS	G	5	Simon A Miller	53kg	85
60	22415×5583	OREGON’S DAY	M	5	Mick Price	53kg	–
61	1x11414x68	PERFECT JEWEL	M	4	Grant & Alana Williams	53kg	–
62	11x31x3103	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	G	6	Darren Weir	53kg	–
63	141×811851	PRIZE CATCH	G	5	Lindsey Smith	53kg	–
64	132657×599	PROPERANTES	G	7	Colin Webster	53kg	90
65	2466021416	PUSHIN’ SHAPES	G	6	Daniel & Ben Pearce	53kg	–
66	x1421266x7	RED ORA	G	7	Steve Wolfe	53kg	97
67	1522653×64	ROYAL STAR	M	5	Adam Durrant	53kg	89
68	1x10x5x360	SALORSCI	G	5	Jeff Noske	53kg	77
69	6x2811x372	SAMBRO	G	4	Chris Waller	53kg	–
70	2220×89355	SAMOVARE	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
71	31591×3836	SEABROOK (NZ)	F	3	Mick Price	53kg	–
72	95×2717340	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	53kg	–
73	05593×5386	SO SI BON	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
74	x0172x9580	SOVEREIGN NATION	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	53kg	–
75	12x9L54x77	STAR EXHIBIT	G	7	Adam Durrant	53kg	–
76	61x1185x68	STATE SOLICITOR	G	6	Adam Durrant	53kg	96
77	x34514x416	TAKE IT INTERN (IRE)	G	5	Darren Weir	53kg	–
78	78056x940x	TAKEDOWN	G	6	Darren Weir	53kg	–
79	116×22111	TAMASA	H	4	Darren Weir	53kg	–
80	828×260408	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	53kg	–
81	224513×510	TORGERSEN (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller	53kg	–
82	44192123×0	TRADESMAN	G	7	Darren Weir	53kg	–
83	x640260x78	ULMANN	G	7	Darren Weir	53kg	–
84	4x086x2166	VINLAND	G	4	Tony McEvoy	53kg	–
85	11322196×5	WRINKLY	G	5	Neville Parnham	53kg	89

Railway Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1894 when Wandering Willie took the title, the Railway Stakes was won by Cox Plate winner Better Loosen Up in 1990 and Caulfield Cup winner Northerly in 2000. There have only been three horses which have managed to win the race more than once and they are Tudor Mak in 1968-69, Miss Muffet in 1987-88 and Luckygray in 2011 and 2013. Throughout the race’s history there have been several distance changes from the original 12 furlongs. In 1926 the Stakes became an 8 furlong race until 1974 when it was decreased to 1500m. In 1984 it was finally changed back to a 1600m race and has remained so to this day.

Railway Stakes Winners

Below are the results for the Group 1 Railway Stakes since 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Railway Stakes	1st	Galaxy Star	1 minute 34.08 seconds
	2nd	Gatting
	3rd	Material Man
2017 Railway Stakes	1st	Great Shot	1 minute 35.81 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Tom Melbourne
2016 Railway Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	1 minute 36.13 seconds
	2nd	Good Project
	3rd	Perfect Reflection
2015 Railway Stakes	1st	Good Project	1 minute 34.52 seconds
	2nd	Messene
	3rd	Balmont Girl
2014 Railway Stakes	1st	Elite Belle	1 minute 35.59 seconds
	2nd	Balmont Girl
	3rd	Moriarty
2013 Railway Stakes	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 36.75 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Rocker
	3rd	Fire Up Fifi
2012 Railway Stakes	1st	Mr Moet	1 minute 35.89 seconds
	2nd	Luckygray
	3rd	Rosie Rocket
2011 Railway Stakes	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 34.88 seconds
	2nd	He’s Remarkable
	3rd	Westriver Kevydonn
2010 Railway Stakes	1st	Gathering	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Famous Roman
	3rd	Megatic
2009 Railway Stakes	1st	Sniper’s Bullet	1 minute 34.25 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	Colour Correct
2008 Railway Stakes	1st	Gilded Venom	1 minute 34.5 seconds
	2nd	Sniper’s Bullet
	3rd	Annenkov
2007 Railway Stakes	1st	El Presidente	1 minute 34.7 seconds
	2nd	Hartley’s Dream
	3rd	Mansion House
2006 Railway Stakes	1st	Belle Bizarre	1 minute 34.4 seconds
	2nd	Confectioner
	3rd	Niconero
2005 Railway Stakes	1st	Covertly	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Early Express
	3rd	Blinded
2004 Railway Stakes	1st	Modem	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Mr Sandgroper
	3rd	Blinded
2003 Railway Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 35.7 seconds
	2nd	Early Express
	3rd	Mapperholic
2002 Railway Stakes	1st	Old Fashion	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Hardrada
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2001 Railway Stakes	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Mr Tanzania
	3rd	Finito
2000 Railway Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Old Comrade
	3rd	Lizzy Long Legs