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The Northerly Stakes is a Group 3 sprint held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth during October each year.

Raced over 1400m, the Northerly Stakes is a set weights plus penalties event open to horses aged three years and older.

With prize money of $150,000, this is a fairly lucrative Group 3 event and tends to attract a field to match.

The Northerly Stakes is the headline event on the day, sharing the race schedule with only one other black type event, the Listed Crawford Stakes (1000m) for short-distance specilaists. The Group 1 $5 million Caulfield Cup is held in Melbourne on the same day, while Sydney hosts the world’s richest turf race – the $15 million The Everest (1200m) – at Randwick.

Because the Perth Spring Racing Carnival contains far fewer black-type events than its eastern counterparts, you’ll need to do some serious form study for the Northerly Stakes. Beyond the listed Birthday Stakes (1200m) held at Belmont two weeks before, there isn’t a lot of good form to follow in this race. Rather, the Northerly Stakes acts as a great lead up event to many of the major Perth events further down the track.

Horses who run well in the Northerly Stakes often target the bigger and better races in WA over the summer including the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at the end of November. Recently the classy mare Galaxy Star improved on a second in the Northerly Stakes to win the Railway Stakes in 2018.

In 2015 subsequent six-time Group 1 champion Black Heart Bart completed the Birthday Stakes – Northerly Stakes – Group 2 Lee Steere treble. The following year Lite’n In My Veins (2016) also took out the Birthday Stakes – Northerly Stakes double. The form has been the one to follow in recent years with Silverstream (2017) improving on a Birthday Stakes second to win both the Northerly Stakes and Lee Steere Stakes.

Northerly Stakes 2020
Date:	Saturday October 17, 2020
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO+ Set Weights Plus Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2020 Northerly Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Taxagano
• 2nd: #12 Platoon
• 3rd: #6 Massimo

There was an absolute boilover in the Northerly Stakes 2020 results with Fred Kersley’s $91 outsider Taxagano saluting in a tight finish over fellow roughie Platoon ($31) in an emotional win for Kersley who prepared the race’s namesake Northerly – born 24 years to the day of the shock victory.

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Mitchell Pateman		3	57.5kg		$91
	2	12	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	0.37L	1	56.5kg		$31
	3	6	MASSIMO	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	0.39L	4	57.5kg		$4
	4	9	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	1L	13	57.5kg		$12
	5	1	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	2.36L	9	58.5kg		$11
	6	2	FREE TRADE	Michael Lane	Chris Parnham	2.47L	6	58.5kg		$21
	7	10	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	2.79L	12	57.5kg		$9
	8	3	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	Grant & Alana Williams	Ms Lucy Warwick	2.87L	2	58.5kg		$31
	9	16	GREAT SHOT	Rhys Radford	Craig Staples	3.51L	10	55kg		$21
	10	15	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Ms Chloe Azzopardi (a)	3.77L	7	55.5kg		$21
	11	4	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	3.82L	5	57.5kg		$2.90F
	12	8	MEDIA BARON	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	4.17L	8	57.5kg		$41
	13	11	FLOW	Martin Allan	Jason Whiting	4.5L	11	56.5kg		$81
	14	7	MONEY MATTERS	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	9.3L	14	57.5kg		$14
	15	13	FLOYD	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	10.45L	15	56.5kg		$71
		14	UNI TIME	Sharon Miller	Alan Kennedy		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Northerly Stakes Betting

Betting on the Northerly Stakes is led by in-form spring types with good form up to a mile including any past Group 1 performed local Perth horses down in grade.

The 2020 Northerly Stakes odds will be provided here once betting opens the week of the race.

Huge Northerly Stakes odds were on offer for the 2020 winner Taxagano who won at 90/1!

2020 Northerly Stakes Field

The Northerly Stakes field is usually composed of local runners looking for a reintroduction to racing after a spell. Some horses might target the Northerly Stakes field as part of an ongoing western spring campaign, however classier runners often contest this first up. You’ll usually see a few of the summer’s better sprinters kick things off in the Northerly Stakes field.

The 2020 Northerly Stakes field and barriers are announced the week of the race and will be published in full below.

The Northerly Stakes 2020 field features a capacity line-up of 16 summer-bound gallopers led in betting by the flying Massimo chasing a fourth win on the trot and also featuring the return of Group 1 Kingston Town Stakes winning filly Kay Cee.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	3x422x7x35	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	9	58.5kg		109
2	x21311x510	FREE TRADE	Michael Lane	Chris Parnham	6	58.5kg		102
3	x4110x857x	TELLEM WE’RE COMIN	Grant & Alana Williams	Ms Lucy Warwick	2	58.5kg		97
4	121321x11x	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	5	57.5kg		102
5	213x60983x	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Mitchell Pateman	3	57.5kg		96
6	2227212111	MASSIMO	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	4	57.5kg		98
7	151×211311	MONEY MATTERS	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	14	57.5kg		98
8	x3112111x8	MEDIA BARON	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	8	57.5kg		94
9	112x12x4x2	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	13	57.5kg		98
10	13x111x1x4	RED CAN MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	12	57.5kg		96
11	955×519882	FLOW	Martin Allan	Jason Whiting	11	56.5kg		96
12	11230x335x	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	1	56.5kg		96
13	6x33216x17	FLOYD	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Jarrad Noske	15	56.5kg		94
14	x111x960x6	UNI TIME	Sharon Miller	Alan Kennedy	16	56.5kg		95
15	2322113×83	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Ms Chloe Azzopardi (a)	7	55.5kg		93
16	3234x33x94	GREAT SHOT	Rhys Radford	Craig Staples	10	55kg		105

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Northerly Stakes History

The Northerly Stakes is named after the 2002 Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate winner Northerly, who also took out the 2001 Cox Plate and Australian Cup, making him one of the most prolific runners to ever come out of the west.

The Northerly Stakes was renamed in 2006, two years after the great Northerly retired. Initially a listed race, the Northerly Stakes received an upgrade to Group 3 status in 2013. With that came an increase in prize money from $125,000 to $150,000.

The Northerly Stakes was previously known as the WATC Anniversary Cup.

In 2000, the Northerly Stakes was run over 1600m. In 1999, it was 1800m.

Notable Northerly Stakes winners include Megatic (2008, 2009), King Saul (2012), Playing God (2013) and Black Heart Bart (2015) who went on to win six Group 1 wins around the country. Northerly Stakes results, including winning times, are listed below.

Northerly Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Northerly Stakes	1st	Taxagano	1 minute 22.28 seconds
	2nd	Platoon
	3rd	Massimo
2019 Northerly Stakes	1st	The Velvet King	1 minute 22.07 seconds
	2nd	Achernar Star
	3rd	Great Shot
2018 Northerly Stakes	1st	Man Booker	1 minute 23.08 seconds
	2nd	Galaxy Star
	3rd	Great Shot
2017 Northerly Stakes	1st	Silverstream	1 minute 24.04 seconds
	2nd	Great Shot
	3rd	Tradesman
2016 Northerly Stakes	1st	Lite’n In My Veins	1 minute 24.3 seconds
	2nd	Ideal Image
	3rd	Perfect Reflection
2015 Northerly Stakes	1st	Black Heart Bart	1 minute 23.7 seconds
	2nd	Wink And A Nod
	3rd	Resonates
2014 Northerly Stakes	1st	Fuchsia Bandana	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Miss Rose De Lago
	3rd	Balmont Girl
2013 Northerly Stakes	1st	Playing God	1 minute 24.2 seconds
	2nd	Rohan
	3rd	Platinum Rocker
2012 Northerly Stakes	1st	King Saul	1 minute 22.9 seconds
	2nd	Kerrific
	3rd	Maschino
2011 Northerly Stakes	1st	Ranger	1 minute 21.4 seconds
	2nd	Waratah’s Secret
	3rd	Mega Steel
2010 WATC Northerly Stakes	1st	Famous Roman	1 minute 21.5 seconds
	2nd	Megatic
	3rd	Colour Correct
2009 WATC Northerly Stakes	1st	Megatic	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Colour Correct
	3rd	London
2008 WATC Northerly Stakes	1st	Megatic	1 minute 22.2 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	I Command
2007 WATC Northerly Stakes	1st	New Spice	1 minute 23.1 seconds
	2nd	Jinx King
	3rd	West River Charley
2006 WATC Northerly Stakes	1st	Grasspatch Girl	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Mr Diagnosis
	3rd	Daka’s Gem
2005 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Changing Lanes	1 minute 22.8 seconds
	2nd	Daka’s Gem
	3rd	Danny Blue
2004 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Prince Of Vasac	1 minute 23.8 seconds
	2nd	Blevvo
	3rd	Early Express
2003 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Superior Star	1 minutes 22.12 seconds
	2nd	Mogul
	3rd	Kim Lisa
2002 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Mr Callahan	1 minute 23.2 seconds
	2nd	Finito
	3rd	Zaheed
2001 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Storm Shot	1 minute 24.1 seconds
	2nd	Shoeless
	3rd	The Grey Cardinal
2000 WATC Anniversary Cup	1st	Umah	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Moonrise
	3rd	Penghulu