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The 2017 Asian Beau Stakes is a 1400m sprint held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth in either late October or early November.

Held under handicap conditions, the Asian Beau Stakes is open only to horses aged three years and older. With total prize money of $150,000, 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.

The 2017 Asian Beau Stakes was held on Saturday November 4, 2017 .

Asian Beau Stakes 2017
Date:	Saturday November 4, 2017
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO+ Open Handicap
Status:	Group 3
Prize money:	$150,000

2017 Asian Beau Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Pounamu
• 2nd: #5 Variation
• 3rd: #10 Whispering Brook

See below for the full Asian Beau Stakes 2017 Results & Finishing Order, the race won in a shock upset by $26 roughie Pounamu who narrowly held off the beaten favourite Variation ($3.20) who went on to run fourth to Great Shot in the Group 1 Railway Stakes next race.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	4	POUNAMU	Alan Mathews	Patrick Carbery	–	4	56kg	$26
2	5	VARIATION	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	0.15L	3	54.5kg	$3.20F
3	10	WHISPERING BROOK	Simon A Miller	Jason Brown	0.5L	1	54kg	$5.50
4	9	TOUCH OF SILVER	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter (a)	1.75L	10	54kg	$21
5	8	ROYAL STAR	Grant & Alana Williams	Chris Parnham	2L	5	54kg	$7
6	2	COSMIC STORM	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2.25L	9	56.5kg	$4.20
7	3	TRADESMAN	Robert & Todd Harvey	Troy Turner	2.5L	6	56.5kg	$11
8	1	METEOROID	Simon A Miller	Joseph Azzopardi	3.5L	2	58kg	$18
9	6	CORPORATE LARRIKIN	Angela Smith	Shaun Mc Gruddy	12.5L	8	54kg	$151
10	7	INFATHUATED	Justin Warwick	Ms Lucy Warwick	24.25L	7	54kg	$31

2017 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 2017 Asian Beau Stakes field will be published below the week of the race.

2017 Asian Beau Stakes Nominations

The Asian Beau Stakes nominations usually consist mainly of WA-trained horses. It isn’t often that an eastern horse will enter the Asian Beau Stakes nominations, largely because there is a plethora of other opportunities in eastern states, most of them with better prize money. Even so, the Asian Beau Stakes nominations are worth keeping an eye on, particularly if you’re looking to get an idea of the projected targets for many of the runners.

The 2017 Asian Beau Stakes nominations will be published below once released by Perth Racing.

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) and Platinum Rocker (2013). Asian Beau results, placegetters and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Asian Beau Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2018 Asian Beau Stakes	1st	TBD	TBD
	2nd	TBD
	3rd	TBD
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