Winterbottom Stakes

Overpass thrashes rivals in Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes

Posted on December 3, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bjorn Baker's Overpass claimed a deserved Group 1 victory when making a mess of his rivals in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m). Having claimed The Quokka (1200m) earlier in the year, Overpass added another Ascot 1200m feature event to his name, this time with Group 1 status next to it. Overpass hadn't been seen[...]

Posted on November 26, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Paulele and Ben Melham have taken out the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes, giving James Cummings and Godolphin their seventh Group 1 for the spring. Indian Pacific and Sniparoochy set up a brutal tempo, which set the race up for the swoopers to storm home down the outside, and storm down the outside is exactly what Kissonallfourcheeks[...]

Posted on November 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

William Pike is one win closer to completing a clean sweep of the three Western Australian Group 1 races this year after claiming Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) aboard Graceful Girl.

Posted on April 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Simon Miller is looking forward to the return of Flirtini as the talented mare begins her countdown to dual Group 3 races in May. Flirtini is due to start in the Northam Stakes (1100m) on May 2 and will then target the Group 3 Roma Cup (1200m) at Ascot 13 days later. The Artie[...]

Posted on February 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve years after winning a Lightning Stakes with Scenic Blast, trainer Danny Morton is hoping to claim another with rising star Elite Street.

Posted on October 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Calvin McEvoy believes Hey Doc is on track for a fourth Group One win in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley, saying the sprinter is ready to peak.

Posted on September 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Perth trainer Tiarnna Robertson's long-range plan to bring speedy mare Fabergino to Melbourne for the Moir Stakes is about to come to fruition.

Posted on November 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In a training triumph for the McEvoy stable, Hey Doc has led all the way to win the Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in Perth. After more than a year off recovering from injury, Hey Doc returned with a close third in a Group Three race at Sandown earlier this month. A dual Group[...]

Posted on November 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Craig Williams has resisted the temptation of interstate travel in recent seasons unless he has the chance to add a Group One win to his resume. The jockey will bypass the chance to increase his lead in the Melbourne jockeys' premiership on Saturday, instead heading to Perth for the Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Williams[...]

Posted on November 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer James Cummings is banking on some strong eastern states form providing the Godolphin stable another Group One victory, this time on the other side of the country. Cummings will saddle three runners in Perth's feature Group One sprint on Saturday, the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. The Godolphin-owned Trekking, to be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy,[...]

Posted on November 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Tony McEvoy has given Hey Doc his tick of approval after watching the sprinter work on the course proper at Ascot. Hey Doc runs in Saturday's Group One Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) for which he is the equal second favourite at $7 behind $3 top fancy, Godolphin sprinter Trekking, in the weight-for-age sprint. McEvoy, who[...]

Posted on November 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike is used to crossing the Tasman with horses but will step into new territory with Endless Drama who will be his first runner in Perth. Pike, who has had success on Australia's eastern seaboard, is hoping Endless Drama can measure up in the west in Saturday's Group One Winterbottom Stakes[...]

Posted on November 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hey Doc has bounced through his Kevin Heffernan Stakes placing and is on target to head west for the Group One Winterbottom Stakes. Co-trainer Tony McEvoy was thrilled with the dual Group One winner's third in Saturday's Group Three Kevin Heffernan (1300m) at Sandown, Hey Doc's first start since September last year. More importantly, the[...]

Overpass thrashes rivals in Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes

Paulele storms home to win Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes

Pike eyes WA Group 1 treble after Winterbottom Stakes win

Flirtini Closes In On Cameo Campaign

Morton Hoping Star Perth Sprinter Is Elite

Doc Chasing Second Manikato Stakes Crown

Fabergino Ready To Fly At The Valley

Hey Doc Wins Group One Winterbottom

Williams Happy To Head West For Dubious

Cummings Happy With Group 1 Winterbottom Trio

Tourist Hey Doc Gets Good Look At Ascot

Endless Drama Seeking Perth Group One

Hey Doc On Target For Group 1 Winterbottom

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