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The 2023 Asian Beau Stakes is a 1400m sprint held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth in either late October or early November on the same day Melbourne hosts its famous Victoria Derby Day program at Flemington.

Held under handicap conditions, the Asian Beau Stakes is open only to horses aged three years and older. With total prize money of $200,000 as of 2023, this is a fairly lucrative race considering its status.

The Asian Beau Stakes is one of the earlier races in the Perth Summer Racing Carnival. As a result, it tends to be a fairly popular target for resuming horses. Add to that the fact that it runs on the same day as the Victoria Derby in Melbourne, as the nation is building towards the Melbourne Cup, and it quickly becomes clear why the Asian Beau Stakes receives the local attention that it does.

There aren’t many lead up races to the Asian Beau Stakes, largely because there isn’t a lot of racing prior to it. The Group 3 Northerly Stakes (1400m) held a couple of weeks earlier at the same track under the same conditions can act as a fairly effective preparatory race.

Following the Asian Beau Stakes, horses tend to follow fairly straightforward paths. The Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) and the Group 3 RJ Peters Stakes (1500m) are popular future targets, while the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) attracts some of the stronger runners.

Galaxy Star (2018) followed by Inspirational Girl (2020) and Western Empire (2021) are the latest gallopers to complete the Asian Beau Stakes – Railway Stakes double. Inspirational Girl also went on to run second in that summer’s Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) – now known as the Northerly Stakes – as did Western Empire the following year.

In 2022 the Asian Beau Stakes runner-up Startrade went on to run third in that year’s Railway Stakes trifecta, while the Asian Beau third place-getter Trix Of The Trade franked the form winning the Railway Stakes next start.

The 2023 Asian Beau Stakes was held on Saturday November 4, 2023 as a lead-up to the Group 1 Perth races over the summer and was won in a massive all-the-way upset by the Lou Luciani-trained Marocchino at 100/1! 

Asian Beau Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday November 4, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO+ Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$200,000

2023 Asian Beau Stakes Results

• 1st: #1 Marocchino ($101)
• 2nd: #7 Alsephina
• 3rd: #2 Last Of The Line

Another shot at the Group 1 Railway Stakes this summer is on the cards for the Lou Lucinai-trained seven-year-old Marocchino with last year’s Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes winner leading from barrier to box in an impressive all-the-way upset at 100/1 to deny race favourite Alsephina in the 2023 Asian Beau Stakes results.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	1	MAROCCHINO	Lou Luciani	Troy Turner		1	61kg		$101
	2	7	ALSEPHINA	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	0.83L	2	54kg		$2.10F
	3	2	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	1.74L	5	58.5kg		$51
	4	8	BLACK FANTASY	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Mrs Lucy Fiore	2.34L	4	54kg		$12
	5	9	RIVER RUBICON	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	2.63L	7	54kg		$10
	6	5	TITAN BLINDERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Laqdar Ramoly	2.66L	3	55kg		$16
	7	11	WEAPONSON	Daniel Morton	Peter Knuckey	2.86L	9	54kg		$41
	8	4	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	Jim Taylor	Chris Parnham	3.16L	6	55kg		$4.20
	9	6	ADMIRATION EXPRESS	Jason Miller	Clint Johnston-Porter	3.91L	8	54kg		$7.50
	10	10	SENTIMENTAL HERO	Michael Grantham	Joseph Azzopardi	5.09L	10	54kg		$21
		3	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Asian Beau Stakes Betting Odds

Betting on the Asian Beau Stakes 2023 is open following final acceptances the week of the race with markets available through Ladbrokes.com.au.

Inspirational Girl ($2.15 in 2020) was the last favourite in Asian Beau Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Treasured Star winning at Asian Beau Stakes odds of $12 and a complete boil-over in 2023 with Marocchino winning at $101!

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2023 Asian Beau Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Asian Beau Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Asian Beau Stakes 2023 Tips and Perth racing selections this season.

• To Win: #8 Black Fantasy ($12 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Huge price on offer for the resuming Black Fantasy who chases a fourth win on the trot, but with over a year since his last start. The ultra-consistent Blackfriars five-year-old from the Pearce stable may be yet to win at the Ascot track (4:0-2-1) but he was going so good before this big break at Belmont. Won the Listed Aquanita Stakes – Belmont Classic double before an enormous romp home by over six lengths on Heavy going 15 months ago. Back-to-back trial wins ahead of his return. Barrier four for the Group 2 place-getter suggests he can pick up where he left off and surprise a few.

2023 Asian Beau Stakes Field

The Asian Beau Stakes field usually attracts a fairly decent selection of sprinters and middle distance runners. Trainers tend to be pretty flexible when deciding whether to accept for the Asian Beau Stakes field, so it can get quite varied.

It’s worth watching the Asian Beau Stakes field in order to get a decent gauge on the runners for the remainder of the summer carnival.

The 2023 Asian Beau Stakes field will be published below the week of the race.

The Asian Beau Stakes 2023 final field features a smart line-up of local summer carnival hopes led in betting by the returning Grant & Alana Williams-trained Star Turn mare Alsephina who won six straight at the Ascot track before a spell including a last start Group 3 win in the La Trice Classic way back on New Year’s Day.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	61011x10x0	MAROCCHINO	Lou Luciani	Troy Turner	1	61kg		108
2	45x845221x	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	5	58.5kg		103
3	945x31823x	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	8	58kg		102
4	421x0180x1	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	Jim Taylor	Chris Parnham	6	55kg		96
5	x573747x35	TITAN BLINDERS	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Laqdar Ramoly	3	55kg		96
6	3261x2133x	ADMIRATION EXPRESS	Jason Miller	Clint Johnston-Porter	9	54kg		86
7	x12111111x	ALSEPHINA	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2	54kg		92
8	226333111x	BLACK FANTASY	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Mrs Lucy Fiore	4	54kg		86
9	3215×23176	RIVER RUBICON	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	7	54kg		92
10	x0x313x133	SENTIMENTAL HERO	Michael Grantham	Joseph Azzopardi	11	54kg		79
11	122113×050	WEAPONSON	Daniel Morton	Peter Knuckey	10	54kg		92

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Asian Beau Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1982, the Asian Beau Stakes has grown into quite an important Western Australian race.

In the beginning, the Asian Beau Stakes was known as the Kankama Quality Stakes. It has gone through multiple name changes over the years, being known also as the Belmont Community Quality Stakes and Budget Quality Stakes.

The Asian Beau Stakes gained its current Group 3 status in 1999. It has always been run at Ascot Racecourse with the exception of one year in 2003, when it was run at Belmont Park.

The race is named after champion galloper Asian Beau. Asian Beau’s 1981 blitzing of the Group 1 Railway Stakes made him only the fourth horse to win as odds-on favourite since the race’s inception in 1887. Jockey Graeme Webster made the claim following the race that Asian Beau would “prove to be the best sprinter in Australia”. At the time, Tommy Berry’s offer of $450,000 seemed to reflect that. Although owner Joe Williams claimed he wanted $600,000 following the race.

Notable Asian Beau Stakes winners include Nitro Lad (1982), Pago Escort (1992), Idyllic Prince (2006), Luckygray (2011), Platinum Rocker (2013), next-up Railway Stakes champion Galaxy Star (2018) and Inspirational Girl (2020) who also went on to win that year’s Railway at the highest level.

Asian Beau Stakes results, placegetters and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Asian Beau Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Marocchino	1 minute 21.79 seconds
	2nd	Alsephina
	3rd	Last Of The Line
2022 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Treasured Star	1 minute 22.64 seconds
	2nd	Startrade
	3rd	Trix Of The Trade
2021 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Western Empire	1 minute 23.11 seconds
	2nd	Notorious One
	3rd	Luke’s Gold
2020 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Inspirational Girl	1 minute 25.73 seconds
	2nd	Too Close The Sun
	3rd	Red Can Man
2019 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Samizdat	1 minute 24.12 seconds
	2nd	Regal Power
	3rd	Perfect Jewel
2018 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Galaxy Star	1 minute 22.17 seconds
	2nd	Action
	3rd	War God
2017 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Pounamu	1 minute 22.90 seconds
	2nd	Variation
	3rd	Whispering Brook
2016 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Heart Starter	1 minute 24.12 seconds
	2nd	Great Shot
	3rd	Respondent
2015 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Real Love	1 minute 24.5 seconds
	2nd	My Sister Lil
	3rd	Hazzabeel
2014 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Balmont Girl	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Respondent
2013 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Platinum Rocker	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Vermeer
	3rd	Rohan
2012 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Westriver Kevydonn	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Maschino
	3rd	Kerrific
2011 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Mega Steel
	3rd	Tranquility
2010 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Colour Correct	1 minute 21.8 seconds
	2nd	God Has Spoken
	3rd	Inarticulate
2009 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Kasabian	1 minute 21.7 seconds
	2nd	Elliotto
	3rd	Grand Nirvana
2008 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Gilded Venom	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Megatic
	3rd	Famous Roman
2007 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	El Presidente	1 minute 21.3 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	Wire Detonator
2006 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Idyllic Prince	1 minute 22.3 seconds
	2nd	Kim Invader
	3rd	Ripped
2005 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Wild Target	1 minute 21.7 seconds
	2nd	Wire Detonator
	3rd	Changing Lanes
2004 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Rock Of Cashel	1 minute 22.7 seconds
	2nd	Dead Eye Dick
	3rd	Prince Of Vasac
2003 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Track Jester	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Kame’s Hope
	3rd	Dead Eye Dick
2002 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Suspicion	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Kensyl Bay
	3rd	Storm Shot
2001 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Old Fashion	1 minute 23.9 seconds
	2nd	Country Blazer
	3rd	Face Your Fears
2000 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	Fair Alert	1 minute 23.0 seconds
	2nd	Great Beau
	3rd	Slideaway