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The Group 2 WA Guineas is one of the most anticipated events on the Western Australia racing calendar. Held at Ascot Racecourse in mid to late November, the WA Guineas is a 1600m middle distance event for three-year-olds at set weights worth a lucrative $500,000 in prize money. It is the first Group status race for three-year-olds held in Perth each season.

Runners in the WA Guineas may progress onto other Perth races run under the same conditions like the Listed Lee Steere Classic (1400m) a fortnight later in preparation for the premier set weights race held in Perth, the Group 1 WATC Derby (2400m) in March. Alternatively, the better three-year-olds out of the WA Guineas that season could back-up against the older horses in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) – now known as the Northerly Stakes – on the same day as the Lee Steere Classic.

Star filly Arcadia Queen completed won the WA Guineas and Kingston Town Classic, the then three-year-old taking out the Guineas by three lengths before smashing her older rivals by 4.5 lengths in the 2018 Kingston Town Classic.

Fellow filly Amelia’s Jewel (2022) was the last three-year-old to complete the WA Guineas – Northerly Stakes double.

The 2021 WA Guineas form was franked with the third placed Devoted returning in the winter for three straight wins including in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m).

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 three-year-olds out of the WA Guineas field each summer.

The 2022 WA Guineas form was further franked by the subsequent Group 1 Northerly Stakes winner Amelia’s Jewel who also continued on to win the Group 3 Roma Cup and run second in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race in the autumn of 2023. She then went to Melbourne in the spring and won the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes – Stocks Stakes double.

The 2023 WA Guineas ran on Railway Stakes Day, Saturday November 25, 2023, and was won in style by the consistent Neville Parnham-trained Zipaway ($7). 

2023 WA Guineas
Date:	Saturday November 25, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	3YO at Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1937

2023 WA Guineas Results

• 1st: #4 Zipaway ($7)
• 2nd: #1 A Lot Of Good Men
• 3rd: #13 Super Smink

Trainer Neville Parnham continued his good Guineas record with progressive gelding Zipaway ($7) improving on a lead-up fourth in the Fairetha Stakes to salute in the 2023 WA Guineas results emulating his father Playing God who won the event back in 2010.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	4	ZIPAWAY	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham		4	56.5kg		$7
	2	1	A LOT OF GOOD MEN	Trevor Andrews	Paul Harvey	0.38L	8	56.5kg		$21
	3	13	SUPER SMINK	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	0.6L	3	54.5kg		$1.80F
	4	5	BLUE LAGOON	Susan Olive	Ms Holly Watson	2.1L	6	56.5kg		$31
	5	2	INVESTMENTSTRATEGY	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	2.2L	1	56.5kg		$7
	6	6	COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ)	Donna Riordan	Joseph Azzopardi	2.71L	2	56.5kg		$16
	7	7	AUTUMN REBEL	Darren McAuliffe	Clint Johnston-Porter	3.5L	9	56.5kg		$12
	8	3	ROPE THEM IN	Steve Wolfe	Peter Knuckey	4.53L	11	56.5kg		$18
	9	8	MASAMUNE	Darren McAuliffe	Ms Jamie Kah	5.76L	10	56.5kg		$31
	10	9	WEERAECHOUX	Brian Kersley	Mrs Lucy Fiore	8.24L	12	56.5kg		$61
	11	12	BIG PLAYER	Luke Fernie	Michael Poy	8.75L	13	56.5kg		$201
	12	11	ODIN OMEN	Ashley Maley	Jarrad Noske	9.66L	5	56.5kg		$201
	13	10	FIVE DOWN	Luke Fernie	Daniel Moor	10.37L	7	56.5kg		$201
		14	KESHI BOOM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 WA Guineas Betting Odds

The latest WA Guineas 2023 odds will be listed below complete with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your W.A. Guineas Betting Tips at the right price this summer racing season.

In 2019 War Saint ($31) scored one of the biggest recent upsets.

Arcadia Queen ($1.90 in 2018), Treasured Star ($2.90 in 2021) and Amelia’s Jewel ($1.90 in 2022) are the latest favourites in WA Guineas betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 WA Guineas Form Guide

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2023 WA Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive WA Guineas 2023 Tips on the Railway Stakes Day support act this summer racing season.

• To Win: #13  Super Smink ($3 at time of publish) – BET NOW

There’s a genuine battle for top spot in the WA Guineas markets by two in-form fillies but leaning towards the Dan Morton-trained Super Smink in gate three with Chris Parnham to ride. The daughter of Super One is out over a mile for the first time here but has a lovely Ascot track record (6:3-2-1) she’s looking to continue. Was the two-year-old star during the autumn winning the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate – WA Sires’ double. First-up winner in a Listed race before the winning streak came to an end with her last start second in Listed Burgess Queen Stakes as the beaten odds-on favourite Keshi Boom. Keshi Boom is unbeaten and also runs in the WA Guineas field, but with these two now at equal weights think Super Smink can turn the tables.

2023 WA Guineas Field

The Western Australian Guineas field attracts a quality line-up of mainly locally-trained Perth three-year-olds. Good lead-up races into the WA Guineas field including the Listed Fairetha Stakes (1400m) run at Ascot a fortnight prior or for the fillies, the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m).

In 2018 Arcadia Queen ran third in the Burgess Queen Stakes before taking out the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas – Kingston Town Classic treble. The 2022 Burgess Queen runner-up returned to winning form in the WA Guineas with Amelia’s Jewel saluting as the odds-on favourite.

Watch Me Dance (2020) is the last filly to complete the WA Champion Fillies Stakes – WA Guineas double.

The 2023 W.A. Guineas final field is released on the Monday of race week and will be published below.

The WA Guineas 2023 field features a line-up of smart three-year-olds led in betting by the undefeated Grant & Alana Williams-trained Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes winner Keshi Boom and Dan Morton’s Group 2 winning filly Super Smink.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	114x21x753	A LOT OF GOOD MEN	Trevor Andrews	Paul Harvey	9	56.5kg		75
2	5113×21	INVESTMENTSTRATEGY	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	1	56.5kg		75
3	131×42	ROPE THEM IN	Steve Wolfe	Peter Knuckey	12	56.5kg		73
4	243×114	ZIPAWAY	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	4	56.5kg		70
5	720×241147	BLUE LAGOON	Susan Olive	Shaun McGruddy	6	56.5kg		68
6	1×6134	COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ)	Donna Riordan	Joseph Azzopardi	2	56.5kg		69
7	587×251	AUTUMN REBEL	Darren McAuliffe	Clint Johnston-Porter	10	56.5kg		62
8	42×3246	MASAMUNE	Darren McAuliffe	Ms Jamie Kah	11	56.5kg		63
9	434×135	WEERAECHOUX	Brian Kersley	Mrs Lucy Fiore	13	56.5kg		62
10	0426613	FIVE DOWN	Luke Fernie	Daniel Moor	7	56.5kg		62
11	634×1377	ODIN OMEN	Ashley Maley	Tommy Berry	5	56.5kg		59
12	96x46x6437	BIG PLAYER	Luke Fernie	Michael Poy	14	56.5kg		56
13	31211×12	SUPER SMINK	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	3	54.5kg		90
14	1×111	KESHI BOOM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	8	54.5kg		78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 WA Guineas Nominations

The WA Guineas nominations usually attract some fairly top quality horses from local stables, and a few from eastern states.

The 2023 WA Guineas nominations will be provided below once released by Perth Racing around a month before the Group 2 support act on Railway Stakes Day.

The WA Guineas 2023 nominations attracted 70 promising hopefuls led in all-in betting by in-form Maurice gelding Cosmic Crusader and the classy Dan Morton-trained filly Super Smink who won the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate – Group 3 WA Sires’ double in the autumn.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	31211x	SUPER SMINK	F	3	Daniel Morton	1	54.5kg		86
2	140x137x98	CHRYSAOR	C	3	Chris Waller	2	56.5kg
3	12381x24x	SNOW PRINCE	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	3	56.5kg		72
4	3x114x21x7	A LOT OF GOOD MEN	C	3	Trevor Andrews	4	56.5kg		75
5	426×1157	THE LITTLE PUMPER	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	5	56.5kg
6	x35542327x	MORE SPECIAL	F	3	Paul Jordan	6	54.5kg		64
7	1942×8	BRAVE STRIKE	F	3	Simon A Miller	7	54.5kg		69
8	131x	ROPE THEM IN	G	3	Steve Wolfe	8	56.5kg		70
9	181x	HANCHI	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	9	56.5kg		70
10	1312×6	PARIS CALLING	F	3	Trevor Andrews	10	54.5kg		65
11	72×31	OSTRAKA	C	3	Annabel Neasham	11	56.5kg
12	13×31	AUGMENT (NZ)	F	3	Simon A Miller	12	54.5kg		71
13	57x335x973	CAP FERRAT	C	3	Chris Waller	13	56.5kg
14	126×0	ALOTOFBANTER	G	3	Simon A Miller	14	56.5kg		70
15	2429×8145	ON PATROL	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	15	56.5kg		65
16	243x1x	ZIPAWAY	G	3	Neville Parnham	16	56.5kg		66
17	3×21	GENEROSITY	F	3	Simon A Miller	17	54.5kg		62
18	11×4	PETULA	F	3	Simon A Miller	18	54.5kg		62
19	115	PLEASURE CRUISE	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	19	56.5kg		66
20	6×221	KAIZAD	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	20	56.5kg
21	6×1	ALMIGHTY CLASS	G	3	Mitchell Pateman	21	56.5kg		74
22	1×61	COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ)	G	3	Donna Riordan	22	56.5kg		69
23	22270x	BONNY ROCK	F	3	Neville Parnham	23	54.5kg		60
24	1×5	ELITEONE	G	3	Simon A Miller	24	56.5kg		66
25	399x7431x	PORTOROSA	F	3	Annabel Neasham	25	54.5kg
26	23×693	CHAMPAGNE STREET	F	3	Simon A Miller	26	54.5kg		60
27	412	CARRAZANA (NZ)	G	3	Chris Waller	27	56.5kg
28	114×69	RED SQUARE	C	3	Paul Jordan	28	56.5kg		65
29	36311	LINDEN’S GOLD	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	29	56.5kg		65
30	7422×461	IMA WILD GIRL	F	3	Daniel & Ben Pearce	30	54.5kg
31	35×6281	DIALLING	G	3	Darren McAuliffe	31	56.5kg		60
32	1×1	KESHI BOOM	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	32	54.5kg		63
33	1×44	MCHALE	C	3	Chris Waller	33	56.5kg
34	332x	AYUMI	F	3	Trevor Andrews	34	54.5kg		58
35	13	PANIC (NZ)	G	3	Michael Freedman	35	56.5kg
36	718×3	RITZYTWENTIES (NZ)	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	36	56.5kg
37	634×13	ODIN OMEN	G	3	Ashley Maley	37	56.5kg		62
38	31x	MOORDITJ BOY	G	3	Hayden Ballantyne	38	56.5kg		64
39	4×21	IN GOOD ORDER	G	3	Daniel Morton	39	56.5kg		62
40	2231	ARCADIA KNIGHT	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	40	56.5kg
41	587×2	AUTUMN REBEL	C	3	Darren McAuliffe	41	56.5kg		61
42	15x	CHOLLIMA	F	3	Darren McAuliffe	42	54.5kg		60
43	1x	WRITTEN MELODY	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	43	54.5kg		60
44	396x46x64	BIG PLAYER	G	3	Luke Fernie	44	56.5kg		57
45	7x1x	HEAD OF THE HERD	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	45	56.5kg
46	2x	SIBERIAN SIREN	F	3	Sean & Jake Casey	46	54.5kg		58
47	2x	SKYTALKER	G	3	Indianna Weinert	47	56.5kg		62
48	2×42	BRAVE SPIRIT	G	3	Steve Wolfe	48	56.5kg		61
49	1x	KERMIT’S LUCK	G	3	Luke Fernie	49	56.5kg		62
50	1	SAULOK	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	50	56.5kg		62
51	434x	WEERAECHOUX	G	3	Brian Kersley	51	56.5kg		60
52	357×5	MINING LEGEND	G	3	Stephen Miller	52	56.5kg		58
53	632x	SLY BOOTS	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	53	56.5kg
54	1	BEST MOOD	C	3	Michael Grantham	54	56.5kg		60
55	528x	KRATESIS	F	3	Daniel Morton	55	54.5kg		56
56	32x	JANNY	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	56	54.5kg		57
57	0426x	FIVE DOWN	G	3	Luke Fernie	57	56.5kg		59
58	7x9x	FLINDERS LANE	F	3	Hayden Ballantyne	58	54.5kg
59	45x	ROCKET JUICE	G	3	Neville Parnham	59	56.5kg
60	9x	EZELOVE	G	3	Megan Midgley	60	56.5kg
61	9x	ALASKAN	G	3	Neville Parnham	61	56.5kg
62	7	GRAND RESERVE	G	3	Daniel Morton	62	56.5kg
63		LONGLEY	G	3	Julie Clements	63	56.5kg
64		MIGHTY MELBA	C	3	Simon A Miller	64	56.5kg
65		MISS ZIGGY	F	3	Chris Willis	65	54.5kg
66		NO BRAINER	G	3	Daniel Morton	66	56.5kg
67		RED TORI	F	3	Stephen Miller	67	54.5kg
68		RIGHT TO SILENCE	F	3	Chris Willis	68	54.5kg
69		SCORPION RULER	F	3	Joshua Krispyn	69	54.5kg
70		SHOOTING SPIRIT	G	3	Simon A Miller	70	56.5kg

WA Guineas History

The inaugural winner of the WA Guineas was Footmark in 1937. The event originated as a principal race of eight furlongs and remained the same until 1972 when the distance was converted to 1600m. The race reached Group 3 status in 1979 and then became a Group 2 event only two years later in 1981.

In 2003 the WA Guineas was held at Belmont Park Racecourse, which is the other major track in Perth.

A host of outstanding subsequent Group 1 winners won the WA Guineas during their three-year-old seasons including Playing God (2010), Ihtsahymn (2013), Arcadia Queen (2018), and Amelia’s Jewel (2022) who all beat home the older horses next-up in the Kingston Town Classic (now Northerly Stakes).

Recent WA Guineas Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 WA Guineas	1st	Zipaway	1 minute 36.35 seconds
	2nd	A Lot Of Good Men
	3rd	Super Smink
2022 WA Guineas	1st	Amelia’s Jewel	1 minute 36.64 seconds
	2nd	Bustler
	3rd	Saintorio
2021 WA Guineas	1st	Treasured Star	1 minute 36.31 seconds
	2nd	Stay Safe
	3rd	Devoted
2020 WA Guineas	1st	Watch Me Dance	1 minute 35.80 seconds
	2nd	Em Tee Aye
	3rd	Dom To Shoot
2019 WA Guineas	1st	War Saint	1 minute 37.84 seconds
	2nd	Kay Cee
	3rd	Red Can Man
2018 WA Guineas	1st	Arcadia Queen	1 minute 34.95 seconds
	2nd	Lady Cosmology
	3rd	Flirtini
2017 WA Guineas	1st	Perfect Jewel	1 minute 36.62 seconds
	2nd	Achernar Star
	3rd	Art Series
2016 WA Guineas	1st	Variation	1 minute 37.08 seconds
	2nd	Ellicazoom
	3rd	Ragazzo D’Oro
2015 WA Guineas	1st	Man Booker	1 minute 34.73 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Bird
	3rd	The Cobbla
2014 WA Guineas	1st	Rommel	1 minute 36.04
	2nd	Disposition
	3rd	Say Geronimo
2013 WA Guineas	1st	Ihtsahymn	1 minute 37.65 seconds
	2nd	Miss Rose De Lago
	3rd	Saint Bro
2012 WA Guineas	1st	Academus	1 minute 35.97 seconds
	2nd	Bippo No Bungus
	3rd	Darlington Abbey
2011 WA Guineas	1st	King Saul	1 minute 36.11 seconds
	2nd	Caiguna
	3rd	Red Hot Sax
2010 WA Guineas	1st	Playing God	1 minute 36.21 seconds
	2nd	Lauradane
	3rd	Hoegaarden
2009 WA Guineas	1st	Clueless Angel	1 minute 35.06 seconds
	2nd	Thorn Dancer
	3rd	The Corporation
2008 WA Guineas	1st	Moccasin Bend	1 minute 33.7 seconds
	2nd	Locus Standi
	3rd	Saxon Palace
2007 WA Guineas	1st	Megatic	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Perestroika
	3rd	Moisture
2006 WA Guineas	1st	Vain Crusader	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Real Cheeky
	3rd	Translate
2005 WA Guineas	1st	Cape North	1 minute 36 seconds
	2nd	Lock The Vault
	3rd	Geil
2004 WA Guineas	1st	Dr John	1 minute 36.7 seconds
	2nd	Moet Magic
	3rd	Stormy Nova
2003 WA Guineas	1st	River Mist	1 minute 37.3 seconds
	2nd	Changing Lanes
	3rd	Laetare
2002 WA Guineas	1st	The Right Money	1 minute 36.8 seconds
	2nd	Trimagic
	3rd	Amphritite
2001 WA Guineas	1st	Royal Retrieve	1 minute 36 seconds
	2nd	Kentiara
	3rd	Dexian
2000 WA Guineas	1st	Kalatiara	1 minute 37.5 seconds
	2nd	Mr Tanzania
	3rd	Eutectic
1999 WA Guineas	1st	Devilish Dealer	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Mulga King
	3rd	Major Metal