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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.

The 2021 Northerly Stakes ran on Saturday October 16, 2021 and was won by the ultra-consistent Dance Music. 

Northerly Stakes 2021
Date:	Saturday October 16, 2021
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO+ Set Weights Plus Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$150,000

2021 Northerly Stakes Results

• 1st: #11 Dance Music
• 2nd: #7 Massimo
• 3rd: #2 Valour Road

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	11	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Brad Parnham		5	55.5kg		$3.60
	2	7	MASSIMO	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Clint Johnston-Porter	0.11L	10	57.5kg		$6.50
	3	2	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Brad Rawiller	1.02L	3	58.5kg		$3.20F
	4	1	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery	1.28L	2	60.5kg		$21
	5	12	NAUGHTY BY NATURE	Jason Miller	Shaun McGruddy	3.47L	6	55.5kg		$15
	6	9	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	3.58L	7	56.5kg		$9
	7	10	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Ryan Hill	3.75L	1	56.5kg		$9
	8	6	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Ms Lucy Warwick	4.15L	4	57.5kg		$31
	9	5	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	4.51L	8	57.5kg		$17
	10	3	NEUFBOSC (FR)	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	5.32L	9	58.5kg		$61
		13	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi		0
		4	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike		0
		8	UNI TIME	Sharon Miller	Ms Kyra Yuill		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 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 2021 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!

2021 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 2021 Northerly Stakes field and barriers are announced the week of the race and will be published in full below.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x421x90x9x	REGAL POWER	Grant & Alana Williams	Patrick Carbery	2	60.5kg		114
2	707x4621x3	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Brad Rawiller	6	58.5kg		110
3	1021190×65	NEUFBOSC (FR)	Neville Parnham	Jason Brown	12	58.5kg		101
4	243131111x	WESTERN EMPIRE (NZ)	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	5	58.5kg		92
5	x0100x096x	KAY CEE	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	11	57.5kg		101
6	0748x0804x	TAXAGANO	Fred Kersley	Ms Lucy Warwick	7	57.5kg		95
7	130x6094x2	MASSIMO	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Clint Johnston-Porter	13	57.5kg		101
8	39x98582x1	UNI TIME	Sharon Miller	Ms Kyra Yuill	3	57.5kg		106
9	635130284x	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	10	56.5kg		100
10	x311216x5x	LAST OF THE LINE	Stephen Miller	Ryan Hill	1	56.5kg		94
11	0311x3323x	DANCE MUSIC	Simon A Miller	Brad Parnham	8	55.5kg		104
12	5322x4211x	NAUGHTY BY NATURE	Jason Miller	Shaun McGruddy (late alt)	9	55.5kg		98
13	x7x35500x6	VITAL SILVER	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	4	55kg		104

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
2021 Northerly Stakes	1st	Dance Music	1 minute 24.72 seconds
	2nd	Massimo
	3rd	Valour Road
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