The Gold Rush 2023 Race Field & Betting

The $1.5 million The Gold Rush is a Group 3 WFA event held at Ascot Racecourse in Perth in mid December each summer running for the first time in 2022.

2023 The Gold Rush Results

1st: TBD
2nd: TBD
3rd: TBD

The Gold Rush News

Vilana Heads 2022 The Gold Rush Field & Odds

The Gold Rush – run in 2023 as the Damien Oliver Gold Rush – is a recent addition to the Perth Summer Racing Carnival taking place for the first time at Ascot Racecourse in mid-December, 2022.

Following on from Perth’s three Group 1 feature races – the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m), Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) and the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) – The Gold Rush is also worth $1.5 million but only holds Group 3 status currently.

The inaugural The Gold Rush winner, The Astrologist, came via a lead-up eighth in the Winterbottom Stakes and scored an upset at $19 odds.

Perth Racing is aiming at getting the weight-for-age showdown to grow to Group 1 status over the years with the race set to attract the best local and interstate talent of the season.

Open to horses aged three and above, The Gold Rush field faces off over 1400m.

The race name, The Gold Rush, was chosen by Racing and Wagering Western Australia from thousands of suggestions by readers of The West Australian to reflect WA’s rich history of gold discovery in the 1800s.

The 2022 The Gold Rush form was franked with the winner, The Astrologist, later sent overseas where he finished runner-up in Dubai’s Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) in March of 2023.

The 2023 The Gold Rush runs for the second time on Saturday December 16th, 2023 at Ascot Racecourse in Perth offering $1.5 million in stakes and is known as the Damien Oliver Gold Rush in honour of retiring Australian champion jockey Damien Oliver.

2023 The Gold Rush
Date:	Saturday December 16th, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1400m
Race Type:	3YO & Upwards – Weight-for-age
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$1.5 million

2023 The Gold Rush Results

1st: TBD
2nd: TBD
3rd: TBD

2023 The Gold Rush Betting Odds

The top The Gold Rush odds will be provided below along with links to the markets at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your insider The Gold Rush betting tips at the right price this summer.

There was a notable upset for the first edition with The Astrologist winning at The Gold Rush odds of $19.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ALL-IN 2023 THE GOLD RUSH ODDS (Post-Nominations)

2023 The Gold Rush Form Guide

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2023 The Gold Rush Tips

Stay tuned for our insider The Gold Rush 2023 Tips on the $1.5 million Festival of Perth Racing showdown this December.

To Win: TBD

2023 The Gold Rush Field

The Gold Rush field is filled with some of the better Perth thoroughbreds as well as visiting stayers from the eastern states.

Horses in The Gold Rush field may come via earlier runs in events including the Railway Stakes and Northerly Stakes (formerly the Kingston Town Stakes).

Three-year-old runners in the field may have their final lead-up in the Group 2 W.A. Guineas (1600m) on Railway Stakes Day.

The 2023 Gold Rush field is announced on the Monday of race week and will be published in full below once released by Perth Racing.

2023 The Gold Rush Nominations

The early The Gold Rush 2023 nominations are taken a couple of months prior to The Gold Rush Day in mid-December and will be provided in full below.

The Damien Oliver Gold Rush 2023 nominations attracted 104 early entries led in all-in betting by last year’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes winner Amelia’s Jewel and Dan Morton’s Group 2 Karrakatta Plate winning filly Super Smink.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	7125x2473x	ABOVE THE PEG	G	5	Simon A Miller	59kg	80
2	248x578x1x	AYRTON (NZ)	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	59kg
3	7x00x4700x	BEAU ROSSA	G	6	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	59kg
4	x421111x2x	BENJI’S	G	6	Cliff Green	59kg	80
5	125x60113x	BUSTLER	G	4	Neville Parnham	59kg	101
6	x221x5244x	CLEMENCEAU	G	5	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg
7	4523x5225x	COMFORT ME	G	7	Rhys Radford	59kg	106
8	24120x330x	CORNER POCKET	G	7	Lindsey Smith	59kg
9	34x126590x	CREATOR	G	7	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	84
10	5x0x59x20x	CUP NIGHT	G	8	Bernie Miller	59kg	102
11	8101x8114x	CURRIMUNDI	G	5	Steve Wolfe	59kg	80
12	53x0x10x7x	DAJRAAN (GB)	H	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
13	4410x9180x	DEFIANT DIORITE	G	4	Chris Willis	59kg	69
14	945x31823x	DOM TO SHOOT	G	6	Sean & Jake Casey	59kg	103
15	2142x7224x	EM TEE AYE	G	6	Trevor Andrews	59kg	92
16	311168141x	GINGER BAKER	G	6	Vernon Brockman	59kg	95
17	123x87707x	GOD HAS CHOSEN	G	6	Donna Riordan	59kg	102
18	35590x990x	HALATORION	G	6	Roy Rogers	59kg	81
19	000x82685x	HILAL	H	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
20	9146x7156x	HOT ZED	G	6	Lou Luciani	59kg	103
21	1119x4111x	IKNOWASTAR	G	4	Bjorn Baker	59kg
22	2369x9010x	IRONCLAD (GB)	G	8	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	59kg
23	x111101x5x	JIGSAW	G	5	Cindy Alderson	59kg
24	8x12312x5x	JOURNALISM	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
25	45x845221x	LAST OF THE LINE	G	7	Stephen Miller	59kg	104
26	x08x3x907x	LAUDA SION (JPN)	H	7	Chris Waller	59kg
27	04x3043x0x	LAVERROD	G	7	Sean & Jake Casey	59kg	102
28	211x1147x	LENIENCY	G	4	Colin Webster	59kg	75
29	049283226x	LET’S GALAHVANT	G	5	Daniel & Ben Pearce	59kg	90
30	x66445x13x	LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ)	G	7	Michael Hickmott	59kg
31	32211x211x	MAGNIFICENT ANDY	G	5	Stephen Miller	59kg	90
32	126552150x	MAN CRUSH	G	4	Luke Fernie	59kg	83
33	3109x7008x	MASSIMO	G	7	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	102
34	181x76x7Nx	MINSK MOMENT	H	5	Chris Waller	59kg
35	23117x128x	MUNHAMEK (GB)	G	8	Nick Ryan	59kg
36	13553x404x	NUGGET (GB)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	59kg
37	1761x5730x	OSIPENKO (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller	59kg
38	46x2x1132x	PHANTA	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	101
39	7419x2117x	PLANET CASH	G	4	Hayden Ballantyne	59kg	76
40	x9998x551x	RANTING (NZ)	G	6	Nick Ryan	59kg
41	205x22630x	RED CAN MAN	G	7	Steve Wolfe	59kg	107
42	60x853445x	REGARDSMAREE	G	7	Nick Ryan	59kg
43	11340x473x	RESORTMAN	G	7	Michael Lane	59kg	107
44	0x90x7x14x	RISE OF THE MASSES	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
45	3215x2317x	RIVER RUBICON	G	5	Steve Wolfe	59kg	89
46	x110x3230x	SAVATOXL	G	8	Will Savage	59kg
47	x0x313x13x	SENTIMENTAL HERO	G	6	Michael Grantham	59kg	79
48	0x3113132x	SNOWDOME	H	4	Neville Parnham	59kg	90
49	23628x2x8x	SPEED DREAM	G	6	Roland Piercey	59kg	79
50	x3x160x11x	STAR PATROL	G	5	Clinton McDonald	59kg
51	0x05912x8x	STARTRADE	G	7	Daniel Morton	59kg	104
52	16460x010x	SURF DANCER (IRE)	G	7	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
53	21116x274x	TADWEER	G	5	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	83
54	x21140x51x	TAMERLANE	G	6	James Cummings	59kg
55	00x9275x4x	THE INFERNO	G	7	Cliff Brown	59kg
56	x573747x3x	TITAN BLINDERS	G	8	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	96
57	2243019x0x	TOP OF THE POPS	G	4	Daniel Morton	59kg	78
58	11x42x7x2x	TRIPLE MISSILE	G	6	Lindsey Smith	59kg
59	20x1316x0x	TRIX OF THE TRADE	G	5	Colin Webster	59kg	106
60	12x79x432x	TUVALU	G	6	Lindsey Smith	59kg
61	230x23212x	UPPER LIMITS	G	4	Jeremy Easthope	59kg	78
62	3291x45x1x	VALOUR ROAD	G	8	Simon A Miller	59kg	111
63	412111122x	VAST ART	G	4	Darren McAuliffe	59kg	85
64	10x1760x5x	VILANA	H	5	James Cummings	59kg
65	416x41112x	WATEGOS	G	5	Bjorn Baker	59kg
66	122113x05x	WEAPONSON	G	7	Daniel Morton	59kg	92
67	9x678x210x	WRITTEN MATTER	G	6	Chris & Michael Gangemi	59kg	78
68	3261x2133x	ADMIRATION EXPRESS	M	4	Jason Miller	57kg	86
69	x12111111x	ALSEPHINA	M	5	Grant & Alana Williams	57kg	92
70	11x12x119x	AMELIA’S JEWEL	M	4	Simon A Miller	57kg
71	12x301x81x	BABY PARIS	M	4	Colin Webster	57kg	99
72	3899464x3x	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	57kg
73	42112111x	DUCHESS OF GOSSIP	M	4	Dion Luciani	57kg	76
74	x6117x217x	ESPIONA	M	5	Chris Waller	57kg
75	990x08619x	FLEUR DELACOUR	M	4	Chris Willis	57kg	58
76	4x1336541x	FLYING MISSILE	M	5	Neville Parnham	57kg	88
77	213208x11x	GODDESS OF GIVING	M	4	Lou Luciani	57kg	75
78	3x11200x6x	KARLI’S KARMA	M	6	Summer Dickson	57kg	95
79	12x74x421x	LIFE LESSONS (NZ)	M	5	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	57kg
80	19x1159x5x	MY BELLA MAE	M	4	Dion Luciani	57kg	94
81	4x11x1580x	OLENTIA	M	4	Chris Waller	57kg
82	111x1344x	REAR ADMIRAL	M	4	Sean & Jake Casey	57kg	71
83	3410x52x5x	ROOTS	M	5	Chris Waller	57kg
84	1x1131216x	RUSTY DREAMS	M	4	Michael Lane	57kg	77
85	21x0180x1x	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	M	5	Jim Taylor	57kg	96
86	x141211x2x	THE VELVET QUEEN	M	5	Darren McAuliffe	57kg	97
87	x114x21x7x	A LOT OF GOOD MEN	C	3	Trevor Andrews	54kg	75
88	6x1x	ALMIGHTY CLASS	G	3	Mitchell Pateman	54kg	74
89	2231x	ARCADIA KNIGHT	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	54kg
90	1x	BEST MOOD	C	3	Michael Grantham	54kg	60
91	12x	BLAZING HARRY	G	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	54kg
92	1x61x	COSMIC CRUSADER (NZ)	G	3	Donna Riordan	54kg	69
93	181x	HANCHI	G	3	Sean & Jake Casey	54kg	70
94	4x21x	IN GOOD ORDER	G	3	Daniel Morton	54kg	62
95	1x	KERMIT’S LUCK	G	3	Luke Fernie	54kg	62
96	26x8x142x	MEXICO	C	3	Michael Freedman	54kg
97		NO BRAINER	G	3	Daniel Morton	54kg
98	115x	PLEASURE CRUISE	G	3	Takahide Ikenushi	54kg	66
99	13x22x	RIPCORD	G	3	Luke Fernie	54kg	78
100		VENTURO	C	3	Daniel Morton	54kg
101	243x1x	ZIPAWAY	G	3	Neville Parnham	54kg	66
102	528x	KRATESIS	F	3	Daniel Morton	52kg	56
103		RIGHT TO SILENCE	F	3	Chris Willis	52kg
104	31211x	SUPER SMINK	F	3	Daniel Morton	52kg	86

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

The Gold Rush History

The Gold Rush history will be updated as the race grows in stature over the coming years following on from the inaugural running in 2022.

The first The Gold Rush was won by interstate raider The Astrologist ridden to victory as a $19 outsider in betting by star local jockey William Pike.