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Recognised as one of the biggest races during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival, the 2024 Railway Stakes is a Group 1 mile race worth $1.5 million in prize money as of 2022. Open to all horses aged three years and older, the Railway Stakes takes place at Perth’s Ascot Racecourse in mid-late November.

2024 Railway Stakes Results

• 1st: #12 Port Lockroy ($9)
• 2nd: #7 Comfort Me
• 3rd: #13 Super Smink

Many of the better horses come from the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, while locally in Perth a key lead-up race into the Railway Stakes field is the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) held over 200m shorter a fortnight prior that last produced a winner with Bustler (5th in 2023).

Due to the hot conditions of Western Australia, the race is more suited to local horses accustomed to the heat of the area.

Many Railway Stakes contenders do go on to compete in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) held two weeks later and renamed in 2022 as the Northerly Stakes. Sniper’s Bullet (2009) was the last horse to complete the Railway Stakes – Kingston Town Classic double.

More recently the 2020 Railway Stakes winner Inspirational Girl finished a next-up second in the Kingston Town Classic that summer.

The Railway Stakes runs a week before the Group 1 $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m), which is Perth’s premier sprint race.

The 2021 Railway Stakes form was franked with the winner Western Empire backing-up to run second in that year’s Kingston Town Stakes results, while Kissonallforcheeks ran third in both Group 1 events.

The brand new Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush (1400m), held for the first time in 2022, run at Ascot in mid-December is also a potential target for horses out of the Railway Stakes field each summer.

In 2022 the Railway Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Comfort Me, also second the year before, went on to run third in the inaugural The Gold Rush results.

Horses that contest the summer’s Railway Stakes are also now likely to target a slot in Perth’s richest race, the $4 million The Quokka (1200m), taking place for the first time in April of 2023.

The 2023 Railway Stakes also produced that year’s Northerly Stakes winner with Dom To Shoot improving on his third in the mile event to salute next-up in the 1800m Group 1.

The 2024 Railway Stakes ran at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday November 23, 2024 to kick off Group 1 racing over the Perth Summer Racing Carnival and was won by the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Port Lockroy ($9) off a lead-up Golden Eagle 6th in Sydney. 

Railway Stakes 2024
Date:	Saturday November 23, 2024
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1600m
Race Type:	3YO+ Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize money:	$1,500,000

2024 Railway Stakes Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	12	PORT LOCKROY	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Clint Johnston-Porter		7	53kg		$9
	2	7	COMFORT ME	Rhys Radford	Holly Watson	0.73L	4	54.5kg		$41
	3	13	SUPER SMINK	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	0.76L	15	53kg		$8
	4	6	MAGNIFICENT ANDY	Stephen Miller	Brad Parnham	1.17L	1	55kg		$20
	5	8	LET’S GALAHVANT	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Shaun McGruddy	1.26L	13	54.5kg		$61
	6	11	MOJO RHYTHM	Mitchell Pateman	Patrick Carbery	1.41L	11	53kg		$101
	7	9	SEARCHIN’ ROC’S	Jim Taylor	Ms Kyra Yuill	1.9L	5	53.5kg		$31
	8	14	TRIPLE MISSILE	Donna Riordan	Joseph Azzopardi	2.21L	3	53kg		$61
	9	16	ZIPAWAY	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	2.28L	10	53kg		$9
	10	10	SOCKS NATION	Ciaron Maher	Declan Bates	2.43L	14	53.5kg		$20
	11	3	CASINO SEVENTEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	2.44L	9	56kg		$16
	12	5	LIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR)	Ciaron Maher	James McDonald	3.32L	2	55.5kg		$3.60F
	13	2	BUSTLER	Neville Parnham	Jarrad Noske	3.54L	8	56kg		$26
	14	4	DEMOCRACY MANIFEST	Chris Waller	Mark Zahra	4.09L	16	55.5kg		$17
	15	15	TRIX OF THE TRADE	Colin Webster	Troy Turner	4.4L	6	53kg		$21
	16	1	BELCLARE (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Nash Rawiller	4.82L	12	57.5kg		$5.50
		19e	DIAMOND SCENE	Michael Grantham			0
		20e	BUCKETS RIDGE	Grant & Alana Williams			0
		17e	YONGA LASS	Grant & Alana Williams	Lucy Fiore		0
		18e	AZTEC RULER	Stefan Vahala			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Railway Stakes Betting

The latest Railway Stakes odds 2024 on the field of hopeful milers from Perth and the eastern states will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au and published here at Races.com.au for you to lock in your Railway Stakes Betting Tips at the best summer racing odds.

Inspirational Girl ($2.60 in 2020) followed by Western Empire ($1.60 in 2021) and Trix Of The Trade ($5 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Railway Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2024 Railway Stakes Form Guide

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2024 Railway Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Railway Stakes 2024 Tips on the $1.5 million summer showdown this season.

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2024 Railway Stakes Field

The official Railway Stakes Final Field is announced by Perth Racing on the Monday of race week followed by the full Railway Stakes Barrier Draw on the Tuesday and will be published in full below once released.

2024 Railway Stakes Nominations

The Railway Stakes nominations & weights close in mid-October over a month out from the opening Group 1 event of the Perth Summer Racing Carnival and will be published below once announced.

The 2024 Railway Stakes nominations close on Monday the 14th of October 2024. 

The Railway Stakes 2024 nominations attracted a bumper 108 summer milers led in all-in betting by Ciaron Maher’s recent Flemington winner Light Infantry Man, Bjorn Baker’s in-form The Invitation – Hot Danish Stakes double winning mare Belclare, and the Dan Morton-trained local four-year-old Super Smink coming off a Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes victory at the track.

Railway Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1894 when Wandering Willie took the title, the Railway Stakes was won by Cox Plate winner Better Loosen Up in 1990 and Caulfield Cup winner Northerly in 2000.

There have only been three horses which have managed to win the race more than once and they are Tudor Mak in 1968-69, Miss Muffet in 1987-88 and Luckygray in 2011 and 2013. Throughout the race’s history there have been several distance changes from the original 12 furlongs. In 1926 the Stakes became an eight-furlong race until 1974 when it was decreased to 1500m. In 1984 it was finally changed back to a 1600m race and has remained so to this day.

The Railway Stakes has been run and won by plenty of nice horses from both local and interstate stables including the Perth-trained Regal Power (2019) who went on to win the following year’s lucrative All-Star Mile race in Melbourne.

In 2020 jockey William Pike and trainers Grant & Alana Williams won the Railway Stakes for the third straight year with the success of race favourite Inspirational Girl before making it four straight in 2021 with odds-on favourite Western Empire.

Railway Stakes Winners

Below are the results for the Group 1 Railway Stakes since 2000.

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Railway Stakes	1st	Port Lockroy	1 minute 35.24 seconds
	2nd	Comfort Me
	3rd	Super Smink
2023 Railway Stakes	1st	Bustler	1 minute 34.80 seconds
	2nd	Alsephina
	3rd	Dom To Shoot
2022 Railway Stakes	1st	Trix Of The Trade	1 minute 35.82 seconds
	2nd	Comfort Me
	3rd	Startrade
2021 Railway Stakes	1st	Western Empire	1 minute 34.38 seconds
	2nd	Comfort Me
	3rd	Kissonallforcheeks
2020 Railway Stakes	1st	Inspirational Girl	1 minute 33.79 seconds
	2nd	Too Close The Sun
	3rd	Uni Time
2019 Railway Stakes	1st	Regal Power	1 minute 35.89 seconds
	2nd	Best Of Days
	3rd	Platoon
2018 Railway Stakes	1st	Galaxy Star	1 minute 34.08 seconds
	2nd	Gatting
	3rd	Material Man
2017 Railway Stakes	1st	Great Shot	1 minute 35.81 seconds
	2nd	Black Heart Bart
	3rd	Tom Melbourne
2016 Railway Stakes	1st	Scales Of Justice	1 minute 36.13 seconds
	2nd	Good Project
	3rd	Perfect Reflection
2015 Railway Stakes	1st	Good Project	1 minute 34.52 seconds
	2nd	Messene
	3rd	Balmont Girl
2014 Railway Stakes	1st	Elite Belle	1 minute 35.59 seconds
	2nd	Balmont Girl
	3rd	Moriarty
2013 Railway Stakes	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 36.75 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Rocker
	3rd	Fire Up Fifi
2012 Railway Stakes	1st	Mr Moet	1 minute 35.89 seconds
	2nd	Luckygray
	3rd	Rosie Rocket
2011 Railway Stakes	1st	Luckygray	1 minute 34.88 seconds
	2nd	He’s Remarkable
	3rd	Westriver Kevydonn
2010 Railway Stakes	1st	Gathering	1 minute 35.1 seconds
	2nd	Famous Roman
	3rd	Megatic
2009 Railway Stakes	1st	Sniper’s Bullet	1 minute 34.25 seconds
	2nd	Tarzi
	3rd	Colour Correct
2008 Railway Stakes	1st	Gilded Venom	1 minute 34.5 seconds
	2nd	Sniper’s Bullet
	3rd	Annenkov
2007 Railway Stakes	1st	El Presidente	1 minute 34.7 seconds
	2nd	Hartley’s Dream
	3rd	Mansion House
2006 Railway Stakes	1st	Belle Bizarre	1 minute 34.4 seconds
	2nd	Confectioner
	3rd	Niconero
2005 Railway Stakes	1st	Covertly	1 minute 34.8 seconds
	2nd	Early Express
	3rd	Blinded
2004 Railway Stakes	1st	Modem	1 minute 35.9 seconds
	2nd	Mr Sandgroper
	3rd	Blinded
2003 Railway Stakes	1st	Hardrada	1 minute 35.7 seconds
	2nd	Early Express
	3rd	Mapperholic
2002 Railway Stakes	1st	Old Fashion	1 minute 35.6 seconds
	2nd	Hardrada
	3rd	Corporate Bruce
2001 Railway Stakes	1st	Old Comrade	1 minute 37.6 seconds
	2nd	Mr Tanzania
	3rd	Finito
2000 Railway Stakes	1st	Northerly	1 minute 35.8 seconds
	2nd	Old Comrade
	3rd	Lizzy Long Legs