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The Hyperion Stakes is a key Perth Winter Racing Carnival event run at Belmont Racecourse each May.

Raced over a mile distance of 1600 metres, the Hyperion Stakes is open to horses aged two-years-old and above and is contested at weight-for-age conditions.

Offering $200,000 prize money as of 2021, the Hyperion Stakes is a lucrative stand-alone race and as such tends to attract a fairly impressive field of local gallopers that may have had a lead-up run in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) over 200m shorter a fortnight before.

The Belmont Sprint – Hyperion Stakes double was recently achieved by the mare Wink And A Nod (2016), Material Man (2018) and Perfect Jewel (2020).

Many runners continue on after the Hyperion Stakes with another Belmont run in the Group 3 Strickland Stakes (2000m), which is another notable step-up in distance. Material Man (2018) managed to win all three events (Belmont Sprint, Hyperion Stakes, Strickland Stakes) over a gun winter carnival.

The following year the Hyperion Stakes winner Gatting went on to win the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes in Melbourne during the spring.

The 2023 Hyperion Stakes took place on Saturday May 27th, 2023 at Belmont Racecourse in WA and saw the Dan Morton-trained Startrade ($21) enjoy a notable upset.  

Hyperion Stakes 2023
Date:	Saturday May 27th, 2023
Track:	Belmont Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2023 Hyperion Stakes Results

• 1st: #3 Startrade ($21)
• 2nd: #1 Dom To Shoot
• 3rd: #9 Bustler

The Dan Morton-trained Group 1 placed Startrade ($21) rallied late to tackle the front runners with 100m to go and charge home for a narrow upset in the Hyperion Stakes 2023 results thanks to a gun ride by the in-form young jockey Michael Poy.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	3	STARTRADE	Daniel Morton	Michael Poy		6	59kg		$21
	2	1	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	William Pike	0.32L	4	59kg		$5.50
	3	9	BUSTLER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	0.91L	1	57kg		$1.50F
	4	7	NOTORIOUS ONE	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jordan Turner	1.87L	7	59kg		$19
	5	5	KAPTAIN KAOS	Michael Grantham	Joseph Azzopardi	2.55L	2	59kg		$41
	6	4	MINSK MOMENT	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	4.11L	5	59kg		$12
	7	8	PLAYING MARIKA	Stephanie Bakranich	Paul Harvey	4.64L	3	57kg		$9
	8	2	NO APOLOGY	Lucy Fiore	Mrs Lucy Fiore	8.64L	8	59kg		$41
		10	THE VELVET QUEEN	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham		0
		6	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Hyperion Stakes Betting Odds

The winter’s top Hyperion Stakes 2023 racing odds and WA betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below the week of the race.

Material Man ($1.75 in 2018) was the last favourite in Hyperion Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Kaptain Kaos ($14) defeating the odds-on favourite God Has Spoken and again in 2023 with Startrade saluting at Hyperion Stakes odds of $21.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 HYPERION STAKES ODDS (Final Field) 

2023 Hyperion Stakes Form

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2023 Hyperion Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Hyperion Stakes 2023 Tips on the Perth sprint this winter racing season.

• To Win: #9 Bustler ($3.10 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Neville Parnham’s flying Playing God three-year-old isn’t favourite here but arguably should be. He comes off back-to-back 1400m wins including the Group 3 Belmont Sprint at this track last time out. He is two-from-two at the course and, after only just holding on last time, needs to rise again. He performed in the inaugural $4 million The Quokka running 11th but only three lengths beaten so has class. One previous 1600m start saw him finish runner-up behind Amelia’s Jewel in the WA Guineas last year. He was fifth the next run only two lengths off her in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes at 1800m, so don’t see the mile as an issue here in a small field. Can win again.

2023 Hyperion Stakes Field

The Hyperion Stakes field attracts a quality line-up of local milers, the majority of which are backing-up out of the Belmont Sprint a fortnight earlier.

As soon as released by Perth Racing the week of the race, the official Hyperion Stakes 2023 Field & Barriers will be available below.

The 2023 Hyperion Stakes final field features a small but quality line-up of middle-distance winter hopefuls led in betting by four-year-old mare The Velvet Queen coming off a second in the Belmont Sprint at the track last start.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	871945×318	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	William Pike	5	59kg		103
2	22×4822220	NO APOLOGY	Lucy Fiore	Mrs Lucy Fiore	9	59kg		92
3	174230×059	STARTRADE	Daniel Morton	Michael Poy	7	59kg		99
4	0x419181x7	MINSK MOMENT	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	6	59kg		99
5	018x0890x0	KAPTAIN KAOS	Michael Grantham	Joseph Azzopardi	3	59kg		101
6	5045×84522	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	10	59kg		97
7	x4006000x4	NOTORIOUS ONE	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jordan Turner	8	59kg		96
8	29733×1713	PLAYING MARIKA	Stephanie Bakranich	Paul Harvey	4	57kg		96
9	11125×6011	BUSTLER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	1	57kg		101
10	3x141211x2	THE VELVET QUEEN	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	2	57kg		97

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Hyperion Stakes History

The Hyperion Stakes was first run in 1972 when St. Just seized victory. From its inauguration until 2004 it was run every year at Ascot Racecourse.

In 2005, the race shifted to Belmont Park before moving back to Ascot until 2011. Since the 2011 edition of the race, it has been hosted at Belmont.

Over the years, the distance of the Hyperion Stakes has changed repeatedly – those changes detailed below.

Hyperion Stakes Race Distance

Period	Distance
1972	5 furlongs
1973	1000 metres
1974	1200 metres
1975-78	1400 metres
1979	1450 metres
1980-82	1400 metres
1983	1500 metres
1984-2010	1400 metres
2011-	1600 metres

A number of talented horses have won the Hyperion Stakes including Scales Of Justice (2017), Material Man (2018), Gatting (2019),  Elite Belle (2014), Western Australian racing legend Luckygray (2012), and Marasco (2008, 2010).

Hyperion Stakes results since 2000 are listed below.

Hyperion Stakes Results

YEAR	WINNER	TRAINER/S	JOCKEY	WEIGHT	TIME
2023	Startrade	Daniel Morton	Michael Poy	59 kgs	1:36.82
2022	Kaptain Kaos	Michael Grantham	Chris Parnham	59 kgs	1:38.02
2021	Valour Road	Simon Miller	Brad Rawiller	59 kgs	1:38.56
2020	Perfect Jewel	Adam Durant	Patrick Carbery	57 kgs	1:38.60
2019	Gatting	Darren McAuliffe	Lee Newman	59 kgs	1:38.21
2018	Material Man	Justin Warwick	Lucy Warwick	59 kgs	1:36.55
2017	Scales Of Justice	Lindsey Smith	Daniel Staeck	59 kgs	1:37.53
2016	Wink And A Nod	Justin Warwick	Lucy Warwick	57 kgs	1:38.16
2015	Fuchsia Bandana	Darren Mcauliffe	Jarrad Noske	57 kgs	1:38.52
2014	Elite Belle	Grant Williams	William Pike	57 kgs	1:39.77
2013	Black Tycoon	Justin Warwick	Troy Turner	59 kgs	1:38.14
2012	Luckygray	Gino Poletti	Shaun O’Donnell	59 kgs	1:38.35
2011	King Kool Kat	Ian Glading	Duncan Miller	59 kgs	1:36.71
2010	Marasco	Fred Kersley	Daniel Staeck	59 kgs	1:23.30
2009	Tarzi	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	59 kgs	1:22.15
2008	Marasco	Fred Kersley	Paul Harvey	59 kgs	1:22.60
2007	No Questions	Trevor Andrews	Jason Brown	56.5 kgs	1:23.26
2006	Local Legend	John Price	Paul Harvey	58 kgs	1:22.53
2005	Ambers Halo +Lakeside Rhythm	Alan Mathews +Paula Wagg	Jason Whiting +Shaun O’Donnell	55.5 kgs58 kgs	1:25.34
2004	Dedicated Miss	Geoff Durrant	Jason Miller	55.5 kgs	1:24.42
2003	Tribula	Arthur Mortimer	Jason Brown	55.5 kgs	1:23.31
2002	Old Fashion	Vernon Brockman	Stephen Miller	58 kgs	1:24.11
2001	Country Blazer	Jim Taylor	Jason Brown	58 kgs	1:24.91
2000	Devilish Dealer	Paul Jordan	Mark Sestich	56 kgs	1:23.80