Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted December 1, 2023 Journalists Share Posted December 1, 2023 Group 1 racing takes place in WA as the Perth Carnival’s elite levels continue with the $1.5 million Crown Perth Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Overpass is the horse to beat in the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes in WA this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. A quality line-up of sprinters faces off in this year’s Winterbottom field with the latest markets at Ladbrokes led by the autumn’s The Quokka winner Overpass at $3.10. Bjorn Baker’s smart Vancouver gelding was good here posting a narrow upset over local star Amelia’s Jewel in mid-April to claim the inaugural $4 million The Quokka race at the track and trip. At his latest he was four lengths back 10th in the $20 million The Everest (1200m) in Sydney. Freshened-up since Overpass is now the one to beat back in Perth against an easier line-up. Three other runners join Overpass at single-figure Winterbottom Stakes odds including the $7 second elect Ripcord. The Luke Fernie-trained Written By three-year-old is out to break a notable drought of youngster’s in the race with the last of his age to win being Hardrada back in 2002. The up-and-comer is putting together a nice Ascot track record (5:2-1-1) and comes off a narrow win here from barrier 14 of 14 in the Listed $500,000 Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) on November 18. He is drawn to get an easier run this weekend in the Group 1 from barrier seven with Clint Johnston-Porter retaining the ride. Triple Missile ($8.50) in barrier one for Damien Oliver’s penultimate Group 1 ride before retirement and the consistent Oscar’s Fortune ($9) wider out in gate 13 for the ‘Wizard of the West’ Willie Pike round out the single-figure fancies. The Lindsey Smith-trained Smart Missile six-year-old Triple Missile has a 50% winning strike rate over the 1200m at Ascot and is back west after a solid spring in Melbourne. Two back he was a length second to Star Patrol in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) before another run down the ‘Straight Six’ at Flemington when sixth in a blanket finish in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) a month ago. Oscor’s Fortune meanwhile is another three-year-old out to beat the older sprinters with the Dion Luciani-trained Rich Enuff gelding having lost just one of his five starts to date. He posted four straight wins before going down a nostril flare in the Placid Ark, a devastatingly close loss he is out to atone for in the rematch with Ripcord on the weekend. The others most likely chasing an upset at double-figures include the Lou Luciani-trained Hot Zed ($11) coming off a Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes win and the returning market mover Resortman heavily backed in from $41 to $17. The Winterbottom Stakes is set to run as Ascot Race 9 at 5:20pm (AWST) on Saturday’s 10-race card. 2023 Winterbottom Stakes Field & Barriers No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating 1 6690x12x20 OVERPASS Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 11 58.5kg 113 2 x22630x136 RED CAN MAN Steve Wolfe Paul Harvey 10 58.5kg 107 3 x110x3230x SAVATOXL Will Savage Ms Holly Watson 8 58.5kg 106 4 6x7156x371 HOT ZED Lou Luciani Jason Whiting 2 58.5kg 107 5 11340x473x RESORTMAN Michael Lane Brad Rawiller 9 58.5kg 107 6 x3043x0x40 LAVERROD Sean & Jake Casey Jordan Turner 15 58.5kg 101 7 x3113132x1 SNOWDOME Neville Parnham Chris Parnham 18 58.5kg 100 8 11x42x7x26 TRIPLE MISSILE Lindsey Smith Damien Oliver 1 58.5kg 100 9 46x2x11328 PHANTA Chris & Michael Gangemi Brad Parnham 17 58.5kg 101 10 221x5244x8 CLEMENCEAU Chris & Michael Gangemi Jarrad Noske 14 58.5kg 95 11 552150×529 MAN CRUSH Luke Fernie Michael Poy 12 58.5kg 90 12 1x353x4484 GO FORWARD Chris & Michael Gangemi Laqdar Ramoly 6 58.5kg 82 13 x1159x5255 MY BELLA MAE Dion Luciani Patrick Carbery 5 56.5kg 99 14 x1336541x6 FLYING MISSILE Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 3 56.5kg 88 15 13×2281 RIPCORD Luke Fernie Clint Johnston-Porter 7 54.5kg 86 16 11112 OSCAR’S FORTUNE Dion Luciani William Pike 13 54.5kg 84 17e 213421234x CORN COB Julia Martin Austin Galati 16 58.5kg 84 18e 135×231182 VALENCY Robyn Lockwood 4 56.5kg 78 Table Credit: Racing Australia. The post Winterbottom Stakes 2023 Field & Odds Update: Overpass Firm Favourite appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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