The WA Guineas (1600m) is a Group 2 event held at Ascot Racecourse in November during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival on Railway Stakes Day.
2024 WA Guineas Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
WA Guineas News
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 2023 WA Guineas winner Zipaway franked the form with a next up third in that summer’s Northerly Stakes trifecta.
The 2023 WA Guineas also produced the following year’s 2024 WATC Derby champion with the runner-up A Lot Of Good Men returning to go one better and win the autumn feature.
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 2024 WA Guineas runs on Railway Stakes Day, Saturday November 23, 2024.
| 2024 WA Guineas | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday November 23, 2024 |
| Track: | Ascot Racecourse |
| Distance: | 1600m |
| Conditions: | 3YO at Set Weights |
| Status: | Group 2 |
| Prizemoney: | $500,000 |
| Inaugurated: | 1937 |
2024 WA Guineas Results
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
2024 WA Guineas Betting
The latest WA Guineas 2024 odds will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and updated here at Races.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.
2024 WA Guineas Form Guide
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2024 WA Guineas Tips
Stay tuned for our exclusive WA Guineas 2024 Tips on the Railway Stakes Day support act this summer racing season.
- To Win: TBD
2024 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 2024 W.A. Guineas final field is released on the Monday of race week and will be published below.
2024 WA Guineas Nominations
The WA Guineas nominations usually attract some fairly top-quality horses from local stables, and a few from eastern states.
The 2024 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 2024 nominations attracted 87 promising hopefuls led in all-in betting by Neville Parnham’s Playing God colt September Born who won the Fairetha Stakes in early November.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Ballot | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6×4420 | ACROSS GENERATIONS | C | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 61 | ||
| 2 | 13x3384x00 | ANGELS IMPACT | G | 3 | Mike Santich | 57kg | 65 | ||
| 3 | 32275×2813 | ANODE | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 57kg | |||
| 4 | 23195 | ARCADIA PARK (NZ) | G | 3 | Michael Grantham | 57kg | 66 | ||
| 5 | 8749×076 | BATTLE ON BATTLER | G | 3 | Tom Wolfe | 57kg | 54 | ||
| 6 | 221x736x90 | BIG SHOTS | G | 3 | Luke Fernie | 57kg | 71 | ||
| 7 | 32142×718 | BITTERCREEK | C | 3 | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | 57kg | |||
| 8 | 99×212100 | BONDI BAY | G | 3 | Sharon Miller | 57kg | 68 | ||
| 9 | 5x57x47 | BOYZ LITE UP | G | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 57 | ||
| 10 | BRINGITHOMEALABAMA | G | 3 | Mitchell Pateman | 57kg | ||||
| 11 | 4x425x141 | CATOGGIO | G | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 57kg | |||
| 12 | 21 | CHARINO | G | 3 | Brett Pope | 57kg | 74 | ||
| 13 | 8x | DAYTONA PETE | G | 3 | Steve Wolfe | 57kg | |||
| 14 | 35×3 | DECISION MAKER | G | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 60 | ||
| 15 | 131×798 | DEPTH OF CHARACTER | C | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 57kg | |||
| 16 | 7×4 | DESERT WAVES | G | 3 | Dion Luciani | 57kg | |||
| 17 | 536x12x10 | ELITE MISSILE | G | 3 | Stephen Miller | 57kg | 71 | ||
| 18 | 42×532 | EXCEED THE PLANET | G | 3 | Susan Olive | 57kg | 70 | ||
| 19 | GASPARDO | G | 3 | Steve Wolfe | 57kg | ||||
| 20 | 0x04 | GOD’LL GETYA | G | 3 | Mitchell Pateman | 57kg | 57 | ||
| 21 | 5×2122 | GOD’S GATE | C | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 63 | ||
| 22 | 3×2122 | HEZ GOT THE SAFE | G | 3 | Graeme Ballantyne | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 23 | 1×46 | HORCRUX | G | 3 | Simon A Miller | 57kg | 66 | ||
| 24 | 6x5x2270 | JACKPOT BINGO | G | 3 | Sean & Jake Casey | 57kg | 61 | ||
| 25 | 0x941 | KING HIT | G | 3 | Trevor Andrews | 57kg | 62 | ||
| 26 | 16×00 | LANO | G | 3 | Ashley Maley | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 27 | 11 | MAGNA’S CHOICE | G | 3 | Trevor Andrews | 57kg | 66 | ||
| 28 | 1×9 | MOHEGAN RULER | G | 3 | Grant & Alana Williams | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 29 | 113 | OLYMPIC PARK (NZ) | G | 3 | Michael Grantham | 57kg | 69 | ||
| 30 | 11x54x70 | ONEMORETWOMANY | G | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 70 | ||
| 31 | 08×593 | PARISH PRINCE | G | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 58 | ||
| 32 | 314 | PATRON EXPRESS | G | 3 | Jason Miller | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 33 | 52×23110 | POND MASTER | G | 3 | Takahide Ikenushi | 57kg | 65 | ||
| 34 | 0x813 | RALLY THE TROOPS | C | 3 | Daniel & Ben Pearce | 57kg | 60 | ||
| 35 | 630×210 | RIPPER FAROOQ | G | 3 | Luke Fernie | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 36 | 348 | SAINTY CULLITY | G | 3 | Luke Fernie | 57kg | 59 | ||
| 37 | 1×21 | SEPTEMBER BORN | C | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 78 | ||
| 38 | 01129×2055 | SIR DREAMALOT | G | 3 | Joshua Krispyn | 57kg | 73 | ||
| 39 | 0x | SIZE MATTERS | G | 3 | Hayden Ballantyne | 57kg | |||
| 40 | 3×3 | SKULL BONE AND PIG | G | 3 | Luke Fernie | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 41 | 96×036187 | SKY GOD | G | 3 | Sharon Miller | 57kg | 60 | ||
| 42 | 52 | SMART ENERGY | G | 3 | Simon A Miller | 57kg | 60 | ||
| 43 | 68×731244 | SNIPPY SEAN | G | 3 | Daniel Morton | 57kg | 62 | ||
| 44 | 836512×85 | SPICE IS RIGHT | G | 3 | Sean & Jake Casey | 57kg | 64 | ||
| 45 | 22x113x978 | STREET BAND | C | 3 | Trevor Andrews | 57kg | 71 | ||
| 46 | 1127 | SUGAR COAT | R | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 57kg | |||
| 47 | 369×21 | SUPERHERO | C | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 57kg | |||
| 48 | 13×320 | SUPERNIMA (NZ) | G | 3 | Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman | 57kg | |||
| 49 | 7x326x43 | TACTICS | G | 3 | Neville Parnham | 57kg | 61 | ||
| 50 | 239×264 | THE AGENCY | C | 3 | Trevor Andrews | 57kg | 60 | ||
| 51 | 4×3279 | THE BANTAM | C | 3 | Brent Stanley | 57kg | |||
| 52 | 137 | THE MERRYMAN | G | 3 | Simon A Miller | 57kg | 62 | ||
| 53 | 5x5920x311 | THE THREE HUNDRED | G | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 57kg | |||
| 54 | 13×28179 | TRUE APOSTLE | G | 3 | Daniel Morton | 57kg | 69 | ||
| 55 | 12 | TUNED | C | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 57kg | |||
| 56 | 069×423779 | VIANARRA | C | 3 | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 57kg | |||
| 57 | 3x11x21 | WEST STAR | G | 3 | Simon A Miller | 57kg | 79 | ||
| 58 | 1×4 | WIND AND THE LION | G | 3 | Sean & Jake Casey | 57kg | 66 | ||
| 59 | WREXHAM | G | 3 | Dion Luciani | 57kg | ||||
| 60 | 7×1130 | YOSHINOBU | C | 3 | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | 57kg | |||
| 61 | 0 | YOUGIVEMECHILLS | G | 3 | Simon A Miller | 57kg | |||
| 62 | 6 | AMERICAN ESCAPE | F | 3 | Daniel Morton | 55kg | |||
| 63 | 43 | ANABALLISTIC | F | 3 | Simon A Miller | 55kg | |||
| 64 | 0 | APHRODITE’S ADONIS | F | 3 | Chris Willis | 55kg | |||
| 65 | 85×5555 | DANDY’S GEM | F | 3 | David Harrison | 55kg | 53 | ||
| 66 | 380×214 | DIAMOND DANCER | F | 3 | Simon A Miller | 55kg | 60 | ||
| 67 | 34×115 | DIVINE IMPACT | F | 3 | Neville Parnham | 55kg | 63 | ||
| 68 | 8×113 | FLOWER OF GOLD | F | 3 | Simon A Miller | 55kg | 65 | ||
| 69 | 17 | FRAGRANT CLOUD | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 55kg | |||
| 70 | 6741×55 | GOLD FLAKES | F | 3 | Neville Parnham | 55kg | 62 | ||
| 71 | 123×2410 | KUROYANAGI | F | 3 | Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea | 55kg | |||
| 72 | 8352×6 | LINE OF THOUGHT | F | 3 | Neville Parnham | 55kg | 57 | ||
| 73 | x130x6x511 | LONDON’S IMAGE | F | 3 | Ryan Hill | 55kg | 70 | ||
| 74 | 2×2171 | MAI ALOHA | F | 3 | Grant & Alana Williams | 55kg | 63 | ||
| 75 | 44×16 | NICKELPLAY | F | 3 | Neville Parnham | 55kg | 59 | ||
| 76 | 3 | NORTHERN DIAMOND | F | 3 | Justine Erkelens | 55kg | 56 | ||
| 77 | 0x0x59 | PRETEY ROYAL | F | 3 | Sharon Miller | 55kg | 52 | ||
| 78 | 2215×57 | RAINLINE | F | 3 | Daniel & Ben Pearce | 55kg | 61 | ||
| 79 | 2×132 | RON’S FINALFLUTTER | F | 3 | Daniel Morton | 55kg | 66 | ||
| 80 | 2x31153x6 | SIREN ASSAULT | F | 3 | Sean & Jake Casey | 55kg | 70 | ||
| 81 | 244 | SIXINCH HEELS | F | 3 | Simon A Miller | 55kg | 56 | ||
| 82 | 540×523197 | SMART SHADOW | F | 3 | Ryan Hill | 55kg | 57 | ||
| 83 | 45×63 | SPANGLEDSTAR | F | 3 | Neville Parnham | 55kg | 56 | ||
| 84 | 13×158 | STORYVILLE | F | 3 | Grant & Alana Williams | 55kg | 61 | ||
| 85 | 7×32 | SUMMER’S LEGACY | F | 3 | Grant & Alana Williams | 55kg | 56 | ||
| 86 | 020×539 | YUWILL BE THE ONE | F | 3 | Luke Fernie | 55kg | 58 | ||
| 87 | 3×31 | ZOUCONI | F | 3 | Grant & Alana Williams | 55kg | 58 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 WA Guineas |
1st | TBD | TBD |
| 2nd | TBD | ||
| 3rd | TBD | ||
| 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 | ||
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