Railway Stakes (Australia)
Encyclopedia
The Railway Stakes is a WATC Group 1
1600 metre Thoroughbred
horse
race under handicap conditions. The race is held at Ascot Racecourse
in Perth
, Australia
in November. Prizemoney was increased to $1 million in 2007.
Group races
Group races are the highest standard of Thoroughbred horseraces in Australia. The Australian Pattern Committee recommends to the Australian Racing Board which races shall be designated as Group races...
1600 metre Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
race under handicap conditions. The race is held at Ascot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse, Western Australia
Ascot Racecourse is the major racecourse in Perth, Western Australia, situated approximately 8 kilometres east of the Perth central business district, with the headquarters of the Western Australian Turf Club positioned directly opposite....
in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in November. Prizemoney was increased to $1 million in 2007.
Distance
- From 1894 to 1925 was run over 12 furlongs (approx. 2400 metres)
- From 1926 to 1973 was run over 8 furlongs (approx. 1600 metres)
- From 1974 to 1983 was run over 1500 metres
- 1984 to present 1600 metres
The winners
- 2011 - Luckygray
- 2010 - Gathering
- 2009 - Sniper's Bullet
- 2008 - Gilded Venom
- 2007 - El Presidente
- 2006 - Belle Bizarre
- 2005 - Covertly
- 2004 - Modem
- 2003 - Hardrada
- 2002 - Old Fashion
- 2001 - Old Comrade
- 2000 - NortherlyNortherlyNortherly, foaled in 1996, was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group One races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for...
- 1999 - Slavonic
- 1998 - Machine Gun Tom
- 1997 - Willoughby
- 1996 - Bold Extreme
- 1995 - Jacks Or Better
- 1994 - Island Morn
- 1993 - Welcome Knight
- 1992 - M'lady's Jewel
- 1991 - Medicine Kid
- 1990 - Better Loosen UpBetter Loosen UpBetter Loosen Up was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japan Cup in 1990 and was named Australia's champion racehorse in 1991. He campaigned from two to seven years of age, and won 17 of his 45 starts, including eight Group One races...
- 1989 - Marwong
- 1988 - Miss Muffet
- 1987 - Miss Muffet
- 1986 - Valley Of Carome
- 1985 - Eastern Temple
- 1984 - Sanatate
- 1983 - Iko
- 1982 - Golden Heights
- 1981 - Asian Beau
- 1980 - Sarsha's Choice
- 1979 - Marjoleo
- 1978 - Alpine Wind
- 1977 - Detonator
- 1976 - Cambana Lad
- 1975 - Starglow
- 1974 - Millefleurs
- 1973 - Royal Spring
- 1972 - Kilrickle
- 1971 - Gold Casket
- 1970 - La Trice
- 1969 - Tudor Mak
- 1968 - Tudor Mak
- 1967 - Blue Spring
- 1966 - Sweet Saga
- 1965 - Yenton
- 1964 - Royal Thrust
- 1963 - Big Bob
- 1962 - Westmaster
- 1961 - Aquanita
- 1960 - On Guard
- 1959 - Young Filipino
- 1958 - El Boom
- 1957 - Cunderdin
- 1956 - Maniana
- 1955 - Earl James
- 1954 - Aptofine
- 1953 - Beau Temps
- 1952 - Chieftain Warrior
- 1951 - Tania
- 1950 - Gold Patois
- 1949 - Sorcery
- 1948 - Thorium
- 1947 - Falsetto
- 1946 - Bobby Breen
- 1945 - Beaufine
- 1944 - Flame Lady
- 1943 - Hinda
- 1942 - Pretoria
- 1941 - Winbyie
- 1940 - Tetreen
- 1939 - Temple Coyn
- 1938 - Gay Gipsy
- 1937 - Desert Hero
- 1936 - Aclis
- 1935 - Earl Cunje
- 1934 - Jolly Fair
- 1933 - Comprador
- 1932 - Coette
- 1931 - Hint
- 1930 - Columban
- 1929 - Cunningman
- 1928 - Eupator
- 1927 - Jolly Handsome
- 1926 - Sweet Doris
- 1925 - Fair Intervener
- 1924 - Bobaris
- 1923 - Acclivity
- 1922 - Quiara
- 1921 - Minever
- 1920 - Simple Maid
- 1919 - Lilyveil
- 1918 - Werenda
- 1917 - Saturate
- 1916 - Apple Charlotte
- 1915 - Artesian
- 1914 - Thigen Thu
- 1913 - Lady Agnes
- 1912 - Betsy Burke
- 1911 - Man O' War
- 1910 - Scorcher
- 1909 - Possum
- 1908 - Display
- 1907 - Meteorite
- 1906 - Limber
- 1905 - Australian
- 1904 - First Mate
- 1903 - Yatheroo
- 1902 - Onslow
- 1901 - Primrose
- 1900 - Dryden
- 1899 - Florrie
- 1898 - Carbine
- 1897 - Lockeville
- 1896 - Lord Byron
- 1895 - Will O' The Wisp
- 1894 - Wandering Willie