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The Group 1 2020 Winterbottom Stakes is 1200m sprint held in late November or early December annually at Ascot Racecourse in Perth. Run under weight-for-age conditions, the contenders aged three-years-old and up compete for the lucrative prize purse of $1 million.

The event is conducted on Day 2 of the major Perth Summer Racing Carnival in Western Australia, which also features the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) the weekend before and the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) the following Saturday.

As the premier sprint event in Perth, entries are generally handy local sprinters and the Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1200m) at the same track and distance a fortnight earlier is a key lead-up.

With the race growing in prize money and prestige, interstate raiders are more commonly making the trip over to WA to take on the locals in the Winterbottom Stakes field with Melbourne races producing seven of the Winterbottom Stakes winners from 2011-2020 most recently Viddora (2017) who improved on a lead-up fourth in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley, Voodoo Lad (2018) who ran eighth in the Manikato before winning that year’s Winterbottom and comeback galloper Hey Doc (2019) who finished third in Sandown’s Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes.

Runners that do well in the Winterbottom Stakes may stay on for other weight-for-age events in Perth including the Group 3 AJ Sachill Stakes (1400m) a fortnight later.

The 2020 Winterbottom Stakes ran on Saturday November 28, 2020 and was won in an upset by Elite Street at 30/1. 

Winterbottom Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday November 28, 2020
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1 million
Inaugurated:	1952

2020 Winterbottom Stakes Results

• 1st: #13 Elite Street
• 2nd: #16 Celebrity Queen
• 3rd: #2 Rock Magic

Dan Morton’s progressive four-year-old Elite Street ($31) scored a massive upset in the Winterbottom Stakes 2020 results, progressing from a Benchmark 72 to take out the Group 1 with a powerhouse performance over Celebrity Queen ($12) and evergreen 11-year-old Rock Magic ($31) while Trekking ($1.75) ran fourth as the beaten odds-on favourite.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	13	ELITE STREET	Daniel Morton	Brad Rawiller		12	58.5kg		$31
	2	16	CELEBRITY QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	0.31L	10	56.5kg		$12
	3	2	ROCK MAGIC	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	1.41L	2	58.5kg		$31
	4	1	TREKKING	James Cummings	William Pike	1.74L	11	58.5kg		$1.75F
	5	14	FLIRTINI	Simon A Miller	Paul Harvey	2.57L	15	56.5kg		$51
	6	7	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	2.9L	5	58.5kg		$8
	7	8	STAGEMAN	Adam Durrant	Patrick Carbery	2.98L	9	58.5kg		$18
	8	3	MALIBU STYLE	Neville Parnham	Peter Hall	3.13L	6	58.5kg		$201
	9	12	INDIAN PACIFIC	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	5.42L	4	58.5kg		$10
	10	5	DURENDAL	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Shaun O’Donnell	7.12L	1	58.5kg		$201
	11	11	MANKIND	Hayden Ballantyne	Ms Jade McNaught	7.62L	14	58.5kg		$201
	12	15	ESSENTIAL SPICE	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Ms Lucy Warwick	7.77L	13	56.5kg		$101
	13	6	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	7.99L	8	58.5kg		$21
	14	4	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Mitchell Pateman	8.18L	3	58.5kg		$18
	15	17e	CONDOR HEROES	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Craig Staples	9.6L	7	58.5kg		$101
		9	CAROCAPO	Jim Taylor	Jason Brown		0
		10	LAVERROD	Sean & Jake Casey	Peter Knuckey		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Winterbottom Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Winterbottom Stakes 2020 odds will be listed below on the sprinters facing off in the field this summer complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 1 sprint classic.

2020 Winterbottom Stakes Field

The Winterbottom Stakes field features some of the top horses out of Western Australia. It’s not unusual for some particularly talented horses to make the journey from the eastern seaboard to enter the Winterbottom Stakes field each summer.

The final 2020 Winterbottom Stakes field is announced by Perth Racing on the Monday of race week and will be available in full below once released.

Last year’s beaten favourite Trekking returns to lead the 2020 Winterbottom Stakes field and betting markets, Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winner looking to atone for his fourth in the race last year with William Pike booked for the ace mount.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Winterbottom Stakes 2020 final field.

The Winterbottom Stakes Barrier Draw saw Trekking draw out wide in barrier 11.

Update: #9 Carocapo (13) has been scratched in favour of a run in an easier race earlier at the meeting.

2020 Winterbottom Stakes Nominations

The Winterbottom Stakes nominations are taken in early October by Perth Racing over a month out from the race and typically attract over 50 sprinters.

The 2020 Winterbottom Stakes nominations attracted a bumper 69 hopefuls dominated in betting by Godolphin’s multiple Group 1 winning sprint champion Trekking who ran fourth in last year’s race behind upset all-the-way winner Hey Doc.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Winterbottom Stakes History

The Winterbottom Stakes began as a principal race run over seven furlongs and was first run in 1952 when Raconteur claimed victory. In 1973 the race distance was converted to 1400m and the event gained Group 2 status in 1979. The length was decreased to its current 1200m sprint distance in 1993.

A number of high quality horses have claimed victory in the Winterbottom Stakes including Buffering (2013 & 2015), Ortensia (2009-11), Takeover Target (2008) and Miss Andretti (2005).

Since 2011 the Winterbottom Stakes has run as a Group 1 feature, having achieved elite level status.

Winterbottom Stakes results since 2000 can be found below.

Winterbottom Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Elite Street	1 minute 9.43 seconds
	2nd	Celebrity Queen
	3rd	Rock Magic
2019 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hey Doc	1 minute 8.59 seconds
	2nd	Vital Silver
	3rd	Rock Magic
2018 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Voodoo Lad	1 minute 10.24 seconds
	2nd	Enticing Star
	3rd	Malaguerra
2017 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Viddora	1 minute 10.06 seconds
	2nd	Fuhryk
	3rd	Durendal
2016 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Takedown	1 minute 10.27 seconds
	2nd	Sheidel
	3rd	Rock Magic
2015 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 8.1 seconds
	2nd	Waterman’s Bay
	3rd	Fast ‘N’ Rocking
2014 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Magnifisio	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Watermans Bay
	3rd	Shining Knight
2013 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Buffering	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	Moment Of Change
	3rd	Watermans Boy
2012 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Barakey	1 minute 9.6 seconds
	2nd	Power Princess
	3rd	Spirit Of Boom
2011 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 10.1 seconds
	2nd	Rarefied
	3rd	Grand Nirvana
2010 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hadabeclorka	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	King Cool Cat
	3rd	Whitefriars
2009 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ortensia	1 minute 8.56 seconds
	2nd	Idyllic Prince
	3rd	Black In Time
2008 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Apache Cat
	3rd	Marasco
2007 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Glory Hunter	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Charlie Beau
	3rd	Dark Target
2006 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Marasco	1 minute 10 seconds
	2nd	Grasspatch Girl
	3rd	Electric General
2005 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Miss Andretti	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Avenida Madero
	3rd	Rescuer
2004 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Ellicorsam	1 minute 8.6 seconds
	2nd	Redwoldt
	3rd	Modem
2003 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 11.3 seconds
	2nd	Irish Pride
	3rd	Golden Delicious
2002 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 8.7 seconds
	2nd	Kaprats
	3rd	Fair Alert
2001 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Fair Alert	1 minute 11.5 seconds
	2nd	Old Fashion
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2000 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Noble Sky	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Star System
	3rd	Victory Trump