WA Guineas

Winners and Past Results

The WA Guineas is a mile race hosted by Perth Racing during the Perth summer racing carnival in November on Super Saturday. Free $250 Bet from Sportsbet

The Group 2 event is for three year old horses that come under the starter's orders under set weight conditions at Ascot Racecourse in Perth. The WA Guineas is worth $350,000 in prize money that is more often than not taken by an above average local talent. The Group 1 $1 million Railway Stakes and $500,000 Winterbottom Stakes are also on the day's race card.

Horses may come via a number of listed and group races held around the time. The Group 3 Champion Fillies Stakes over the same distance at Ascot is one of the likely warm up events.

The WA Guineas is first up in Group racing for three year olds during the carnival with many are in peak form towards the end of the year. The Group 2 Lee Steere Classic over 1400 metres is one of the likely follow up races while better performing horses may consider the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic with a step up to 1800 metres as their next target early in December.

The first WA Guineas was held as a principal race in 1937 with Footmark recorded as the first winner. It was promoted to Group 3 in 1979 and received another boost in status to Group 2 in 1981. Some of the notable winners include So Dashing in 1990 who also clocked the fastest time of 1 minute and 35 seconds. Tip The Pro put up a stellar performance in 1994 while Royal Retrieve was victorious in 2001. Playing God in 2010 went on to win multiple Group races on the east coast as well.

2011 WA Guineas

Craig Williams was content to let others dictate the pace, allowing King Saul to settle a long way back in the early stages. By the 800 metre mark, King Saul had improved slightly but was still giving the front-runners some ten lengths, and when Almachino shot clear at the 300 metre mark the race looked as good as over. However, Almachino flagged as they neared the post and King Saul took advantage, storming home to take the win over Caiguna and Red Hot Sax, who both ran on well without being able to match King Saul's speed when it counted.

2011 WA Guineas result

1. King Saul
2. Caiguna
3. Red Hot Sax

Then came:

4. Ningaloo Blitz
5. Fort Courage
6. First Flight
7. Almachino
8. Lord Hatras
9. Ron's Call
10. Shady Bet
11. Independent Mak
12. Shining Knight
13. Single Spice