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Recognised as one of the biggest races during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival, the 2019 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 2019 Railway Stakes ran at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday Saturday November 23, 2019 and was won by local four-year-old Regal Power. 

Railway Stakes 2019
Date:	Saturday November 23, 2019
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize money:	$1,000,000

2019 Railway Stakes Results

• 1st: #12 Regal Power
• 2nd: #2 Best Of Days
• 3rd: #15 Platoon

Last year’s winning connections led by prolific WA owner-breeder Bob Peters again dominated the Railway Stakes 2019 results with the Grant & Alana Williams-trained WATC Derby winner Regal Power coming from last to first to hand jockey William Pike with his third victory in the feature.

Read more on the 2019 Railway Stakes winner Regal Power’s victory.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	12	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	–	13	53kg	$10
2	2	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	0.49L	10	57kg	$9.50
3	15	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	0.92L	12	53kg	$31
4	4	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Damien Oliver	1.13L	14	55.5kg	$14
5	13	SAMIZDAT	Chris Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	1.48L	3	53kg	$8.50
6	6	THE VELVET KING	Darren Mcauliffe	Chris Parnham	2.67L	6	53kg	$5.50
7	1	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Mitchell Pateman	3.63L	5	58kg	$14
8	3	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	4.1L	4	56.5kg	$18
9	16	TAMASA	Lindsey Smith	Peter Knuckey	4.16L	1	53kg	$41
10	7	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	Grant & Alana Williams	Brenton Avdulla	4.31L	9	53kg	$5F
11	9	MIZLECKI	Fred Kersley	Ms Jerry Noske	4.53L	2	53kg	$61
12	10	PERFECT JEWEL	Adam Durrant	Ms Jade McNaught (a)	6.46L	7	53kg	$15
13	8	VARIATION	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	6.53L	8	53kg	$26
14	5	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	7.26L	11	53kg	$9.50
–	11	MANOLO BLAHNIQ (NZ)	Tony Noonan	Joseph Azzopardi	–	0	–	–
–	14	COCKNEY CREW	Kieran McDonagh	Troy Turner	–	0	–	–

2019 Railway Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Railway Stakes odds 2019 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.

2019 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.

The 2019 Railway Stakes field has been released with Gatting – upset winner of the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington over the spring – heading the weights with 58kg. Gatting runs in the Railway for the third straight year following a seventh in 2017 and second in the 2018 edition 12 months ago.

The 16-horse Railway Stakes final field also features the likes of pre-race favourite The Velvet King, Lee Steere winner Star Exhibit and Chatham Stakes winner Reykjavik.

Update: #11 Manolo Blahniq (10) and #14 Cockney Crew (14) have been scratched from the Railway Stakes field leaving 14 hopefuls.

Click here to read more on the 2019 Railway Stakes Field & Weights

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x512251502	GATTING	Darren Mcauliffe	Mitchell Pateman	5	58kg	112
2	x5Nx738035	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	James Cummings	Brad Rawiller	11	57kg	–
3	77051145×1	STAR EXHIBIT	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	4	56.5kg	109
4	09x211x524	ACHERNAR STAR	Simon A Miller	Damien Oliver	16	55.5kg	107
5	1653138×71	REYKJAVIK	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	12	53kg	–
6	x21412x213	THE VELVET KING	Darren Mcauliffe	Chris Parnham	6	53kg	102
7	13x723x411	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	Grant & Alana Williams	Brenton Avdulla	9	53kg	99
8	34x523x272	VARIATION	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	8	53kg	–
9	4187445×55	MIZLECKI	Fred Kersley	Ms Jerry Noske	2	53kg	94
10	x684830x93	PERFECT JEWEL	Adam Durrant	Ms Jade McNaught (a)	7	53kg	92
11	72240×9245	MANOLO BLAHNIQ (NZ)	Tony Noonan	Joseph Azzopardi	10	53kg	–
12	32321211×2	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	15	53kg	94
13	x13x11x651	SAMIZDAT	Chris Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	3	53kg	91
14	x71422x121	COCKNEY CREW	Kieran McDonagh	Troy Turner	14	53kg	87
15	x05138x112	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	13	53kg	82
16	22111×5453	TAMASA	Lindsey Smith	Peter Knuckey	1	53kg	82

2019 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.

The 2019 Railway Stakes Nominations feature 85 potential runners for the million-dollar mile showdown. Among the headline Railway Stakes entries are Toorak – Cantala Stakes double winner Fierce Impact, class local five-year-old Tellem We’re Comin and recent Asian Beau Stakes winning four-year-old Samizdat. The 2017 Railway Stakes winner Great Shot in the mix again having run a luckless 13th in the race last year, while premiere Sydney horseman Chris Waller has 18 horses in the mix including 2018 Kingston Town Stakes winning mare Arcadia Queen and Toorak Handicap runner-up Night’s Watch.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	8x5315x81x	A SHIN ROOK (JPN)	G	6	Anthony Freedman
2	3209x211x5	ACHERNAR STAR	G	5	Simon A Miller
3	1x2250622x	ACTION	G	5	Adam Durrant
4	1201116×25	ALPHA SKY	G	5	Simon A Miller
5	1131232×23	ANGELIC RULER	M	4	Daniel & Ben Pearce
6	219x12111x	ARCADIA PRINCE	G	5	Adam Durrant
7	113111x1x	ARCADIA QUEEN	M	4	Chris Waller
8	39142201×1	BACCARAT BABY	M	4	David Vandyke
9	11x5Nx7380	BEST OF DAYS (GB)	G	6	James Cummings
10	96870×8012	BLACK HEART BART	G	9	Lindsey Smith
11	5245×52313	CAPTAIN COOK (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller
12	21x128x547	CASCADIAN (GB)	G	5	James Cummings
13	14144641×7	CELEBRITY DREAM (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller
14	1x667045x0	CELLARMAN	G	6	Chris Waller
15	337x6306x0	CHIEF IRONSIDE (GB)	H	5	David Menuisier
16	1516×32066	CLIFF’S EDGE	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
17	5x71422x12	COCKNEY CREW	G	4	Kieran McDonagh
18	38404×4437	DISPOSITION	G	8	Chris Gangemi
19	2421218211	DR DRILL (GB)	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
20	x440130x11	EBONY MAGI	G	4	Trevor Andrews
21	x09311x807	FASTNET TEMPEST (IRE)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
22	21x6720x21	FIERCE IMPACT (JPN)	H	6	Matthew Smith
23	60110×6768	FIFTY STARS (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
24	5×51225150	GATTING	G	6	Darren Mcauliffe
25	154134×324	GEM SONG	H	4	Kris Lees
26	072x3234x3	GREAT SHOT	G	7	Rhys Radford
27	111×1	HARBOUR VIEWS (FR)	G	5	Matthew Williams
28	x4719x0063	HARLEM (GB)	G	8	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
29	7×25231310	JUNIPAL	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
30	1x5496x040	KAONIC (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller
31	43236Px581	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller
32	331111×511	KOLDING (NZ)	G	4	Chris Waller
33	122x2351x4	LADY COSMOLOGY	M	4	Simon A Miller
34	314x32460x	LAND OF PLENTY	H	6	Peter & Paul Snowden
35	311113×000	LE JUGE (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller
36	33x8124x03	LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller
37	20x031210x	LORDHELPMERUN	G	4	Steve Wolfe
38	16422×12	LOVING GABY	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
39	1x13422x97	MADISON COUNTY (NZ)	G	4	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
40	41650×6240	MAHAMEDEIS	G	5	Nick Ryan
41	21x08210x3	MAHIS ANGEL	G	4	Lloyd Kennewell
42	x0x31225x3	MAJINIKA	G	8	Ashley Maley
43	145x8001x1	MAN BOOKER	G	7	Daniel Morton
44	1272240×92	MANOLO BLAHNIQ (NZ)	G	6	Tony Noonan
45	812511×880	MANTASTIC (IRE)	G	6	Chris Waller
46	1614x908x7	MISS FABULASS	M	4	Kris Lees
47	32x147x278	MISS SISKA	M	6	Grahame Begg
48	50x1200x61	MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller
49	434187445x	MIZLECKI	M	5	Fred Kersley
50	15242229×2	MR EXCLUSIVE	G	4	Matthew Brown
51	12241949×5	NAANTALI (NZ)	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
52	58158×8361	NETTOYER	M	6	Wendy Roche
53	117x61201x	NEUROLOGICAL	G	5	Martin Allan
54	x34000x592	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	6	Chris Waller
55	073447×545	NOIRE	M	6	Chris Waller
56	x6451252x4	PACODALI (IRE)	G	7	Lindsey Smith
57	14x684830x	PERFECT JEWEL	M	5	Adam Durrant
58	82x151213x	PHAISTOS	G	4	James Cummings
59	503x05138x	PLATOON	G	4	Neville Parnham
60	3516832×42	POHUTUKAWA	M	4	James Cummings
61	599x58248x	PROPERANTES	G	8	Colin Webster
62	16x8756x01	PUSHIN’ SHAPES	G	7	Daniel & Ben Pearce
63	40564×0310	RANIER	G	4	James Cummings
64	36441×7553	RED PUBLISHER	G	8	Ashley Maley
65	732321211x	REGAL POWER	G	4	Grant & Alana Williams
66	1x1653138x	REYKJAVIK	H	5	Lindsey Smith
67	1x3047100x	RINGERDINGDING	H	4	Anthony Freedman
68	4346x5311x	SACRED DAY (NZ)	G	5	Tony Pike
69	811x37242x	SAMBRO	G	5	Chris Waller
70	1x13x11x6	SAMIZDAT	G	4	Chris Gangemi
71	42170×4634	SIKANDARABAD (IRE)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
72	92450×1250	SO SI BON	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
73	4×21123424	SO YOU WIN	G	5	Chris Waller
74	1x412x325x	SPILLINOVA	G	5	Jim Taylor
75	777051145x	STAR EXHIBIT	G	8	Adam Durrant
76	113211×493	STAR OF THE SEAS (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller
77	211×9	STOCKTAKA (NZ)	G	4	Michael Kent
78	14x0x31800	SUPER TITUS (GB)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
79	x22111x545	TAMASA	H	5	Lindsey Smith
80	113x723x41	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	G	5	Grant & Alana Williams
81	51x21412x2	THE VELVET KING	G	4	Darren Mcauliffe
82	6932225×83	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	9	Chris Waller
83	34x523x27x	VARIATION	G	6	Stephen Miller
84	x54082198x	WRINKLY	G	6	Neville Parnham
85	x422x20x69	ZOUSAIN	H	4	Chris Waller

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
2019 Railway Stakes	1st	Regal Power	1 minute 35.89 seconds
	2nd	Best Of Days
	3rd	Platoon
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