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The Group 1 2023 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 $1.5 million as of 2022.

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) – renamed in 2022 as the Northerly Stakes – 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 eight of the Winterbottom Stakes winners from 2011-2023 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, comeback galloper Hey Doc (2019) who finished third in Sandown’s Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes, and the Godolphin-raced Paulele (2022) who improved on an unplaced 11th in Flemington’s Group 1 Champions Sprint.

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. In 2021 Stageman ran second in both the Winterbottom Stakes and the AJ Scahill Stakes results.

The 2021 Winterbottom Stakes form was further franked with the third place-getter Elite Street returning the following winter to win the Group 3 Northam Stakes – Roma Cup double.

Horses that contest the summer’s Winterbottom 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 Winterbottom Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Kissonallforcheeks going on to place third in the inaugural edition of the Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush (1400m).

In 2023 Overpass won the Winterbottom Stakes after taking out the inaugural The Quokka race at the track earlier that year.

The 2023 Winterbottom Stakes ran on Saturday December 2, 2023 offering $1.5 million as the second Group 1 race of the Perth Summer Racing Carnival and was won in style by the Bjorn Baker-trained The Quokka winner from the autumn Overpass ($3F). 

Winterbottom Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday December 2, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1.5 million
Inaugurated:	1952

2023 Winterbottom Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Overpass ($3F)
• 2nd: #16 Oscar’s Fortune
• 3rd: #15 Ripcord

The Bjorn Baker-trained favourite Overpass ($3F) relished a return west with the autumn’s The Quokka champion making it two-from-two at Ascot coming right out to the middle of the track at the top of the straight to bound away from his rivals and post a stylish win for the punters in the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	OVERPASS	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr		10	58.5kg		$3F
	2	16	OSCAR’S FORTUNE	Dion Luciani	William Pike	1.68L	12	54.5kg		$8
	3	15	RIPCORD	Luke Fernie	Clint Johnston-Porter	2.53L	6	54.5kg		$6.50
	4	2	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Paul Harvey	3.37L	9	58.5kg		$21
	5	13	MY BELLA MAE	Dion Luciani	Patrick Carbery	3.38L	4	56.5kg		$16
	6	4	HOT ZED	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	3.47L	2	58.5kg		$9.50
	7	6	LAVERROD	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	4.36L	14	58.5kg		$61
	8	5	RESORTMAN	Michael Lane	Brad Rawiller	5.25L	8	58.5kg		$19
	9	11	MAN CRUSH	Luke Fernie	Michael Poy	6.51L	11	58.5kg		$101
	10	8	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith	Damien Oliver	6.69L	1	58.5kg		$8
	11	14	FLYING MISSILE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	6.74L	3	56.5kg		$101
	12	12	GO FORWARD	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Laqdar Ramoly	6.86L	5	58.5kg		$51
	13	7	SNOWDOME	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	7.15L	16	58.5kg		$14
	14	9	PHANTA	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Brad Parnham	7.2L	15	58.5kg		$51
	15	10	CLEMENCEAU	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	7.9L	13	58.5kg		$61
	16	3	SAVATOXL	Will Savage	Ms Holly Watson	7.92L	7	58.5kg		$51
		18e	VALENCY	Robyn Lockwood			0
		17e	CORN COB	Julia Martin	Austin Galati		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Winterbottom Stakes Betting Odds

The latest Winterbottom Stakes 2023 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.

Overpass ($3 in 2023) was the last favourite in Winterbottom Stakes betting to win.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 WINTERBOTTOM STAKES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Winterbottom Stakes Form Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 WINTERBOTTOM STAKES FORM GUIDE

2023 Winterbottom Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Winterbottom Stakes 2023 Tips on the lucrative Perth sprint feature this November.

• To Win: #1 Overpass ($3 at time of publish) – BET NOW 

Happy to stick with the race favourite Overpass who won the $4 million The Quokka here at this track and trip in the autumn. The Bjorn Baker-trained five-year-old has been competitive in some top races since including a Group 1 Doomben 10,000 second in the winter and Group 2 The Shorts second in Sydney fresh in the spring. His latest run saw him finish 10th in the $20 million The Everest (1200m). He was only four lengths off the winner in the world’s richest turf race and this is an easier assignment. Proven in Perth, runs well fresh, and can salute.

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

The Winterbottom Stakes 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of summer sprinters led in betting by the Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass racing third-up in gate 11 who won the $4 million The Quokka at this track and distance in the autumn.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	6690x12x20	OVERPASS	Bjorn Baker	Joshua Parr	11	58.5kg		113
2	x22630x136	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Paul Harvey	10	58.5kg		107
3	x110x3230x	SAVATOXL	Will Savage	Ms Holly Watson	8	58.5kg		106
4	6x7156x371	HOT ZED	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	2	58.5kg		107
5	11340x473x	RESORTMAN	Michael Lane	Brad Rawiller	9	58.5kg		107
6	x3043x0x40	LAVERROD	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	15	58.5kg		101
7	x3113132x1	SNOWDOME	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	18	58.5kg		100
8	11x42x7x26	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith	Damien Oliver	1	58.5kg		100
9	46x2x11328	PHANTA	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Brad Parnham	17	58.5kg		101
10	221x5244x8	CLEMENCEAU	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	14	58.5kg		95
11	552150×529	MAN CRUSH	Luke Fernie	Michael Poy	12	58.5kg		90
12	1x353x4484	GO FORWARD	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Laqdar Ramoly	6	58.5kg		82
13	x1159x5255	MY BELLA MAE	Dion Luciani	Patrick Carbery	5	56.5kg		99
14	x1336541x6	FLYING MISSILE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	3	56.5kg		88
15	13×2281	RIPCORD	Luke Fernie	Clint Johnston-Porter	7	54.5kg		86
16	11112	OSCAR’S FORTUNE	Dion Luciani	William Pike	13	54.5kg		84
17e	213421234x	CORN COB	Julia Martin	Austin Galati	16	58.5kg		84
18e	135×231182	VALENCY	Robyn Lockwood		4	56.5kg		78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 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 2023 Winterbottom Stakes nominations close on Monday the 16th of October, 2023. 

The Winterbottom Stakes 2023 nominations attracted 68 summer hopefuls led in all-in betting by star local mare Amelia’s Jewel who won last year’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes and has been racing well in Melbourne over the spring.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2213x3158x	ACROMANTULA	G	6	Daniel & Ben Pearce		58.5kg
2	7x00x4700x	BEAU ROSSA	G	6	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea		58.5kg
3	11x545120x	BOOTS LIKE BRUCE	G	6	Anne King		58.5kg		69
4	36x004283x	CAPITAL FLIGHT	G	5	Coreen Maynard		58.5kg		80
5	x221x5244x	CLEMENCEAU	G	5	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg
6	213421234x	CORN COB	G	5	Julia Martin		58.5kg		84
7	34x126590x	CREATOR	G	7	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		84
8	1x130x655x	EXTREMELY LUCKY	G	5	Chris Waller		58.5kg
9	x10x8826x1	FRONT PAGE	G	7	Matthew Dale		58.5kg
10	441x353x4x	GO FORWARD	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		75
11	135590×990	HALATORION	G	6	Roy Rogers		58.5kg		81
12	33x8907x4x	HOLYFIELD	G	6	Annabel Neasham		58.5kg
13	9146x7156x	HOT ZED	G	6	Lou Luciani		58.5kg		103
14	x86x03305x	INDIAN PACIFIC	G	7	Neville Parnham		58.5kg		99
15	1230x2111x	INSURRECTION	G	4	Michael Freedman		58.5kg
16	7x111101x5	JIGSAW	G	5	Cindy Alderson		58.5kg
17	x08x3x907x	LAUDA SION (JPN)	H	7	Chris Waller		58.5kg
18	04x3043x0x	LAVERROD	G	7	Sean & Jake Casey		58.5kg		102
19	211x1147x	LENIENCY	G	4	Colin Webster		58.5kg		75
20	347x12284x	LOFTY STRIKE	H	4	Julius Sandhu		58.5kg
21	21x0x988x4	LOMBARDO	G	7	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)		58.5kg
22	63467x413x	LONG BEACH	G	7	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		88
23	5025x1576x	MALKOVICH	G	6	Bjorn Baker		58.5kg
24	126552150x	MAN CRUSH	G	4	Luke Fernie		58.5kg		83
25	3109x7008x	MASSIMO	G	7	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		102
26	413421x07x	MOI CHOUX (NZ)	G	7	Summer Dickson		58.5kg		83
27	6690x12x20	OVERPASS	G	5	Bjorn Baker		58.5kg
28	46x2x1132x	PHANTA	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		101
29	x9998x551x	RANTING (NZ)	G	6	Nick Ryan		58.5kg
30	205x22630x	RED CAN MAN	G	7	Steve Wolfe		58.5kg		107
31	11340x473x	RESORTMAN	G	7	Michael Lane		58.5kg		107
32	x110x3230x	SAVATOXL	G	8	Will Savage		58.5kg
33	0x3113132x	SNOWDOME	H	4	Neville Parnham		58.5kg		90
34	2x3x160x11	STAR PATROL	G	5	Clinton McDonald		58.5kg
35	21116x274x	TADWEER	G	5	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		83
36	00x9275x4x	THE INFERNO	G	7	Cliff Brown		58.5kg
37	x573747x3x	TITAN BLINDERS	G	8	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		96
38	82243019×0	TOP OF THE POPS	G	4	Daniel Morton		58.5kg		78
39	411x42x7x2	TRIPLE MISSILE	G	6	Lindsey Smith		58.5kg
40	810x1760x5	VILANA	H	5	James Cummings		58.5kg
41	x1221x120x	WESTERN KNIGHT (NZ)	G	5	Michael Grantham		58.5kg		73
42	9x678x210x	WRITTEN MATTER	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi		58.5kg		78
43	211x12x119	AMELIA’S JEWEL	M	4	Simon A Miller		56.5kg
44	11x344x121	ASFOORA	M	5	Henry Dwyer		56.5kg
45	12x301x81x	BABY PARIS	M	4	Colin Webster		56.5kg		99
46	x30236x333	BELLA NIPOTINA	M	6	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace		56.5kg
47	x3899464x3	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman		56.5kg
48	42112111x	DUCHESS OF GOSSIP	M	4	Dion Luciani		56.5kg		76
49	0x6117x217	ESPIONA	M	5	Chris Waller		56.5kg
50	4x1336541x	FLYING MISSILE	M	5	Neville Parnham		56.5kg		88
51	213208x11x	GODDESS OF GIVING	M	4	Lou Luciani		56.5kg		75
52	x11117x161	I AM ME	M	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace		56.5kg
53	x64x212316	LITTLE STRAWBERRY	M	4	Mitchell Pateman		56.5kg		65
54	19x1159x5x	MY BELLA MAE	M	4	Dion Luciani		56.5kg		94
55	14x11x1580	OLENTIA	M	4	Chris Waller		56.5kg
56	158x28x274	QUEEN OF THE BALL	M	4	Michael Freedman		56.5kg
57	111x1344x	REAR ADMIRAL	M	4	Sean & Jake Casey		56.5kg		71
58	1110412×71	SHE DANCES	M	4	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman		56.5kg
59	1135x2311x	VALENCY	M	5	Robyn Lockwood		56.5kg		76
60	6×1	ALMIGHTY CLASS	G	3	Mitchell Pateman		54.5kg		74
61	181x	HANCHI	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey		54.5kg		70
62	41x	LORD LALA	G	3	Stefan Vahala		54.5kg		66
63	26x8x142	MEXICO	C	3	Michael Freedman		54.5kg
64	11x	OSCAR’S FORTUNE	G	3	Dion Luciani		54.5kg		69
65	13×22	RIPCORD	G	3	Luke Fernie		54.5kg		78
66	131x	ROPE THEM IN	G	3	Steve Wolfe		54.5kg		70
67		VENTURO	C	3	Daniel Morton		54.5kg
68	11045×6	SHADDOW FEAR	F	3	Luke Fernie		52.5kg		66

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
2023 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Overpass	1 minute 10.21 seconds
	2nd	Oscar’s Fortune
	3rd	Ripcord
2022 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Paulele	1 minute 9.45 seconds
	2nd	Kissonallforcheeks
	3rd	This’ll Testya
2021 Winterbottom Stakes	1st	Graceful Girl	1 minute 9.10 seconds
	2nd	Stageman
	3rd	Elite Street
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