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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.

2020 WA Guineas Results

1st: #11 Watch Me Dance
2nd: #3 Em Tee Aye
3rd: #2 Dom To Shoot

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WA Guineas 2020 Field & Odds: Punters Shoot Blind in Wide Open Race

The Group 2 2020 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 Group 3 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) on the same day as the Lee Steere Classic. Star filly Arcadia Queen was the last runner to complete the WA Guineas – Kingston Town Classic double, 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.

The 2020 WA Guineas ran on Railway Stakes Day, Saturday November 21, 2020 and was won by the filly Watch Me Dance.

2020 WA Guineas
Date:	Saturday November 21, 2020
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Conditions:	3YO at Set Weights
Status:	Group 2
Prizemoney:	$500,000
Inaugurated:	1937

2020 WA Guineas Results

1st: #11 Watch Me Dance
2nd: #3 Em Tee Aye
3rd: #2 Dom To Shoot

The Steve Wolfe-trained Watch Me Dance ($8.50) became the second filly in three years to back-up off a win in the Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes and beat home the boys when she emulated Arcadia Queen (2018) with her narrow victory in the 2020 WA Guineas results.

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	11	WATCH ME DANCE	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy		1	54.5kg	$8.50
2	3	EM TEE AYE	Trevor Andrews	Jarrad Noske	0.35L	11	56.5kg	$31
3	2	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Paul Harvey	0.93L	9	56.5kg	$5F
4	17e	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	1.83L	15	56.5kg	$7
5	10	BRAGWELL	Steve Wolfe	Peter Knuckey	3.04L	3	56.5kg	$41
6	1	GEMMA’S SON	David Harrison	Joseph Azzopardi	4.14L	12	56.5kg	$6.50
7	16	SMASHING	Neville Parnham	Jason Whiting	4.46L	16	54.5kg	$81
8	5	REIGN OF FIRE	Colin Webster	Jordan Turner	5.35L	14	56.5kg	$41
9	14	BRAVE ANGEL (NZ)	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	6.01L	6	54.5kg	$5.50
10	13	SOLAIA	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	6.18L	10	54.5kg	$20
11	9	FIRST LAW (NZ)	Simon A Miller	Clint Johnston-Porter	7.06L	7	56.5kg	$12
12	8	PANZDOWN	Simon A Miller	Mitchell Pateman	7.6L	2	56.5kg	$21
13	15	ELIMINATE	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	7.62L	5	54.5kg	$51
14	7	PHANTA	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	9.8L	8	56.5kg	$21
15	6	ALL DAY SESSION	Ashley Maley	Ms Kyra Yuill	9.83L	4	56.5kg	$31
16	4	KALLAROO	Daniel Morton	Brad Parnham	11.99L	13	56.5kg	$31
	19e	FLETCHER ROAD	Bob McPherson			0
	18e	BLOW ME OUT	Brett Pope			0
	12	MAGICAL DREAM	Grant & Alana Williams	Ms Jade McNaught		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 WA Guineas Betting Odds

The latest WA Guineas 2020 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.

Arcadia Queen ($1.90 in 2018) was the last favourite in WA Guineas betting to salute for the punters, while in 2019 War Saint ($31) scored one of the biggest recent upsets.

2020 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 2020 WA Guineas final field features a capacity line-up of three-year-olds including last weekend’s upset WA Champion Fillies Stakes winner Watch Me Dance and the ultra-consistent Gemma’s Son drawn out in barrier 13.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	11114×1344	GEMMA’S SON	David Harrison	Joseph Azzopardi	13	56.5kg	83
2	2182×23127	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Paul Harvey	9	56.5kg	80
3	75213×1103	EM TEE AYE	Trevor Andrews	Jarrad Noske	12	56.5kg	74
4	35341×431	KALLAROO	Daniel Morton	Brad Parnham	14	56.5kg	65
5	11×878	REIGN OF FIRE	Colin Webster	Jordan Turner	15	56.5kg	71
6	8x5812x31	ALL DAY SESSION	Ashley Maley	Steven Parnham	4	56.5kg	68
7	1×4	PHANTA	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	8	56.5kg	66
8	12×325	PANZDOWN	Simon A Miller	Mitchell Pateman	2	56.5kg	65
9	41×23	FIRST LAW (NZ)	Simon A Miller	Clint Johnston-Porter	7	56.5kg	65
10	2×126	BRAGWELL	Steve Wolfe	Peter Knuckey	3	56.5kg	63
11	1221x3x381	WATCH ME DANCE	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	1	54.5kg	76
12	1×1136	MAGICAL DREAM	Grant & Alana Williams	Ms Jade McNaught	18	54.5kg	72
13	157×3144	SOLAIA	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	11	54.5kg	62
14	7×213	BRAVE ANGEL (NZ)	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	6	54.5kg	58
15	1558	ELIMINATE	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	5	54.5kg	60
16	254×12	SMASHING	Neville Parnham		19	54.5kg	58
17e	32	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	16	56.5kg	60
18e	35×109	BLOW ME OUT	Brett Pope		17	54.5kg	58
19e	85419	FLETCHER ROAD	Bob McPherson		10	56.5kg	62

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2020 WA Guineas Nominations

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

The 2020 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 2020 nominations feature 80 hopefuls dominated by the best fillies coming out of the Burgess Queen Stakes.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	8x5812x3	ALL DAY SESSION	G	3	Ashley Maley	56.5kg	68
2	3×41	BEAU ROSSA	G	3	Will Clarken	56.5kg
3	30	BIG SCREEN	G	3	Meryl Hayley	56.5kg	59
4	2230	BILLY RAY	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	56.5kg	60
5	9×45	BOONDI ROCKS	G	3	Colin Webster	56.5kg	59
6	2×126	BRAGWELL	G	3	Steve Wolfe	56.5kg	63
7	35×13320	CAPTAIN BURGLAR	G	3	Neville Parnham	56.5kg	63
8	31111×42	CHARLETON EDDIE	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	56.5kg	77
9	8x57x02	COMEALILBITCLOSER	G	3	Lou Luciani	56.5kg	60
10	31×95	CONGREVE ROCKET	G	3	David Harrison	56.5kg	62
11	40x23x3	CONVALESCE	G	3	Steve Wolfe	56.5kg
12		COUNT GRUNDY	G	3	Ross Price	56.5kg
13	4231×84	DAD’S BIGHEADED	G	3	Colin Webster	56.5kg	65
14	2182×23127	DOM TO SHOOT	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	56.5kg	80
15	11×608	DUNBAR	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	56.5kg	64
16	775213×110	EM TEE AYE	G	3	Trevor Andrews	56.5kg	74
17	213×290	EMPIRE REIGN	G	3	Daniel Morton	56.5kg	66
18	04	FAMOUS JURNEY	G	3	Jim Taylor	56.5kg
19	06	FEAR THE WIND	G	3	Daniel & Ben Pearce	56.5kg
20	41×23	FIRST LAW (NZ)	G	3	Simon A Miller	56.5kg	65
21	85419	FLETCHER ROAD	G	3	Bob McPherson	56.5kg	62
22	349	FRIDAY KNIGHT	G	3	Chris & Michael Gangemi	56.5kg	59
23	11114×1344	GEMMA’S SON	C	3	David Harrison	56.5kg	83
24	517×4230	GRANDSLAM	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	56.5kg
25	6×418	HALOGEN	G	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	56.5kg
26	46	HOIST THE COLOURS	G	3	Graeme Evans	56.5kg
27	92×4137	HOLY ENCHANTMENT	G	3	Stephen Miller	56.5kg	62
28	53×2	IRON SHARP	G	3	Simon A Miller	56.5kg	60
29	35341×431	KALLAROO	G	3	Daniel Morton	56.5kg	65
30	7124983	KERMAN ROCK	G	3	Chris Willis	56.5kg	62
31	22	NICCONI EXPRESS	G	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	56.5kg
32	429×5221	NO SURRENDER	G	3	Darren McAuliffe	56.5kg	62
33	2113	OUTBACK JACK	G	3	Stephen Miller	56.5kg	66
34	12×325	PANZDOWN	G	3	Simon A Miller	56.5kg	65
35	1×4	PHANTA	G	3	Justin Warwick	56.5kg	66
36	2×1	POWERFUL	G	3	Neville Parnham	56.5kg	62
37	216370×875	RATHLIN	G	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	56.5kg
38	11×878	REIGN OF FIRE	G	3	Colin Webster	56.5kg	71
39	12×33	SASSY TRADER	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	56.5kg	68
40	14	SECRET PLAN	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	56.5kg	62
41	1×337	SO LET’S TOAST	C	3	John McArdle	56.5kg
42	5	SOLAMENTE	G	3	Adam Durrant	56.5kg
43	x860x75415	TANKER	G	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	56.5kg
44	58×1294	TRODAIRE	G	3	Lloyd Kennewell	56.5kg
45	32	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	G	3	Grant & Alana Williams	56.5kg	60
46	162	AIRLIE QUEEN	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	54.5kg	59
47	521	ALPHA AND OMEGA	F	3	Steve Wolfe	54.5kg	56
48	3x2465x616	AMERICAN CHOICE	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg	70
49	35×10	BLOW ME OUT	F	3	Brett Pope	54.5kg	58
50	7×21	BRAVE ANGEL (NZ)	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg	58
51	4321	CELEBRITY WITNESS	F	3	Daniel & Ben Pearce	54.5kg	58
52	44×21510	CHICLETT	F	3	Daniel & Ben Pearce	54.5kg	62
53	1111	CLAIRVOYANCE	F	3	Darren McAuliffe	54.5kg	80
54	48×06	CROWN OF FLOWERS (NZ)	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg	52
55	155	ELIMINATE	F	3	Neville Parnham	54.5kg	60
56	6×7	EVEN MAGIC	F	3	Neville Parnham	54.5kg
57	0x242	GAZE GRISE	F	3	Will Clarken	54.5kg
58	14	GIANCANA	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg	58
59	41730	IAN’S SPECIAL	F	3	Sharon Miller	54.5kg	58
60	21436	INDIGO BLUE	F	3	Adam Durrant	54.5kg	62
61	6x211x12	KISSONALLFORCHEEKS	F	3	Daniel Morton	54.5kg	72
62	633×555	LASTING IMPACT	F	3	Neville Parnham	54.5kg	54
63	7	LET’S CUT LOOSE	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg
64	1×113	MAGICAL DREAM	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	54.5kg	72
65	3525×158	MIYAGI	F	3	Darren McAuliffe	54.5kg	57
66	1×127	MYSTICAL VIEW	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	54.5kg	67
67	16×520	NUHAD	F	3	Simon A Miller	54.5kg	62
68	13x611x269	QUEEN BROWN	F	3	Daniel Morton	54.5kg	73
69	51×188	REAL GRACE	F	3	Grant & Alana Williams	54.5kg	63
70	5×3	ROCABELLA	F	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	54.5kg
71	126	SCREAM DREAM	F	3	Lloyd Kennewell	54.5kg
72	254×1	SMASHING	F	3	Neville Parnham	54.5kg	58
73	311×51	SNICKERDOODLEDANDY	F	3	Daniel Morton	54.5kg	74
74	157×314	SOLAIA	F	3	Darren McAuliffe	54.5kg	62
75	31	TEMPTACION	F	3	Daniel Morton	54.5kg
76	26×83	THE WHITE WITCH	F	3	Sarah Evans	54.5kg	58
77	6×2485	TYPE WON	F	3	Kieran McDonagh	54.5kg	55
78	42×18	VIOLINIST	F	3	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	54.5kg
79	31221x3x38	WATCH ME DANCE	F	3	Steve Wolfe	54.5kg	76
80	46	YOUDOYOU	F	3	Justin Warwick	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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) and Arcadia Queen (2018) who all beat home the older horses next-up in the Kingston Town Classic.

Recent WA Guineas Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time

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