Northerly Stakes

Northerly Stakes

Group One Betting Guide
Date: December 7, 2024
Location: Ascot Racecourse, Perth
Prize Money: $1,500,000
Distance: 1800m

Formerly known as the Kingston Town Classic, the Northerly Stakes is the third and final Group 1 event of the Perth Summer Racing Carnival and the final group one race for Australia in 2024 plus is one of the west’s most recognisable races.

The Northerly Stakes is a weight-for-age conditions race for three-year-olds and older over the 1800m distance.

The Northerly Stakes achieved its Group 1 status back in 1972 but did not have its prize money hit seven figures until 2015.

The race concludes the trilogy of group 1 races ran on three consecutive weekends worth $1 million at Ascot – the only racetrack in the world that can boast this record.


2024 Northerly Stakes betting odds

Amelia's Jewel
Patrick Carbery salutes as Amelia’s Jewel claims the 2022 Group 1 Northerly Stakes. Photo: Western Racepix

Odds for the 2024 Northerly Stakes are not available.


Best Northerly Stakes bookmakers

Given the race is the final Group 1 of the three-week Perth summer racing carnival, the preceding pair of races – the Railway Stakes and the Winterbottom Stakes – take precedence in the market.

Once the Winterbottom Stakes is run and won and bookmakers get a better idea of which horses will be taking part in the Northerly Stakes, markets begin to emerge and punters get a chance to invest their hard earned cash on the race.

The bookies we trust the most are listed below and we recommend anyone interested in betting on the Northerly Stakes to visit any of these sites:

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Betting on the Northerly Stakes

The Railway Stakes and the Northerly Stakes have been two of the showpiece events in Western Australian racing for over 20 years, so it stands to reason that owners and trainers would put a premium on doing the double at Ascot.

However, winning two group 1 races in as many weeks is no easy feat.

Just four horses – Better Loosen Up (1989), Old Comrade (2001), Modem (2004), Sniper’s Bullet (2009) – have saluted in both races in a single year.

Winning the Northerly Stakes on multiple occasions is no walk in the park either.

Family Of Man (1976 and 1978), Summer Beau (1996 and 1997), Old Comrade (2000 and 2001), Niconero (2006 and 2008), and Playing God (2010 and 2011) are the only horses who have saluted more than once in the race.

No horse has won the race three or more times.


2024 Northerly Stakes field

Horsebetting will update this page when the 2024 Northerly Stakes field is released.


Previous Northerly Stakes Fields

Plenty of Group 1 superstars of the West have won the Northerly Stakes. Check out the previous fields here.

  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Zaaki
    Annabel Neasham
    James McDonald
    10
    59kg
    2 Silks
    Trix Of The Trade
    Colin Webster
    Troy Turner
    7
    59kg
    3 Silks
    Zoumon
    Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
    Damien Oliver
    15
    59kg
    4 Silks
    Marocchino
    Lou Luciani
    Jason Whiting
    3
    59kg
    5 Silks
    Dom To Shoot
    Sean & Jake Casey
    Jarrad Noske
    1
    59kg
    6 Silks
    Forgot You
    Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
    Paul Harvey
    13
    59kg
    7 Silks
    Casino Seventeen
    Grant & Alana Williams
    Shaun McGruddy
    16
    59kg
    8 Silks
    Mojo Rhythm
    Mitchell Pateman
    Holly Watson
    4
    59kg
    9 Silks
    River Rubicon
    Steve Wolfe
    Alan Kennedy
    9
    59kg
    10 Silks
    Bustler
    Neville Parnham
    Brad Parnham
    5
    58.5kg
    11 Silks
    Alsephina
    Grant & Alana Williams
    William Pike
    6
    57kg
    12 Silks
    Searchin’ Roc’s
    Jim Taylor
    Jason Brown
    12
    57kg
    13 Silks
    The Velvet Queen
    Darren McAuliffe
    Patrick Carbery
    11
    57kg
    14 Silks
    Be Optimistic
    Luke Fernie
    Clint Johnston-Porter
    2
    57kg
    15 Silks
    Zipaway
    Neville Parnham
    Steven Parnham
    14
    52kg
    16 Silks
    A Lot Of Good Men
    Trevor Andrews
    Chris Parnham
    8
    52kg
  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Cascadian
    James Cummings
    James McDonald
    12
    59kg
    2 Silks
    Dom To Shoot
    Sean & Jake Casey
    Paul Harvey
    7
    59kg
    3 Silks
    Bad Wolf
    Ashley Maley
    Natasha Faithfull
    3
    59kg
    4 Silks
    Startrade
    Daniel Morton
    Chris Nicoll
    8
    59kg
    5 Silks
    Kaptain Kaos
    Michael Grantham
    Lucy Warwick
    13
    59kg
    6 Silks
    God Has Chosen
    Donna Riordan
    Shaun O’Donnell
    10
    59kg
    7 Silks
    Ironclad
    Will Clarken
    Brad Rawiller
    11
    59kg
    8 Silks
    Last Of The Line
    Stephen Miller
    Brad Parnham
    3
    59kg
    9 Silks
    Notorious One
    Chris & Michael Gangemi
    Laqdar Ramoly
    15
    59kg
    10 Silks
    Trix Of The Trade
    Colin Webster
    Troy Turner
    16
    58.5kg
    11 Silks
    Alaskan God
    Daniel Morton
    Chris Parnham
    6
    58.5kg
    12 Silks
    Steinem
    Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
    John Allen
    4
    57kg
    13 Silks
    Searchin’ Roc’s
    Jim Taylor
    Kyra Yuill
    14
    56.5kg
    14 Silks
    Treasured Star
    Adam Durrant
    William Pike
    5
    56.5kg
    15 Silks
    Bustler
    Neville Parnham
    Steven Parnham
    9
    52kg
    16 Silks
    Amelia’s Jewel
    Simon Miller
    Patrick Carbery
    1
    50kg
  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Regal Power
    Grant & Alana Williams
    Patrick Carbery
    8
    59kg
    2 Silks
    Trap For Fools
    Lindsey Smith
    Brad Rawiller
    7
    59kg
    3 Silks
    Neufbosc
    Neville Parnham
    Jason Brown
    1
    59kg
    4 Silks
    Too Close The Sun
    Lindsey Smith
    Joseph Azzopardi
    10
    59kg
    5 Silks
    Platoon
    Neville Parnham
    Steven Parnham
    5
    59kg
    6 Silks
    Notorious One
    Chris & Michael Gangemi
    Clint Johnston-Porter
    6
    59kg
    7 Silks
    Western Empire
    Grant & Alana Williams
    William Pike
    9
    58.5kg
    8 Silks
    Dance Music
    Simon Miller
    Brad Parnham
    2
    57kg
    9 Silks
    Kissonallforcheeks
    Daniel Morton
    Chris Parnham
    4
    56.5kg
    10 Silks
    Searchin’ Roc’s
    David Harrison
    Kyra Yuill
    3
    50kg

2023 Northerly Stakes result


1stDom To Shoot (+2000)
2ndZaaki (-250)
3rdZipaway (+370)

Recent Northerly Stakes winners

  • Dom To Shoot ($21.00) has toppled Zaaki ($2.60) and Zipaway ($17.00) in a tight photo finish in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes to give his trainers Sean & Jake Casey and rider Jarrad Noske their first Group 1 victory. The six-year-old gelding was given a peach of a ride by Jarrad Noske from barrier one, as he allowed the race to unfold and ease his way off the fence upon settling. Marocchino ($26.00) set a solid tempo throughout, with the race favourite Zaaki settling on his back, while the Neville Parnham-trained gallopers, Zipaway and Bustler ($7.00) settled just off the top two. The Annabel Neasham-trained favourite took the lead at the top of the home straight and kicked clear with 250m to go; however, Zipaway and Dom To Shoot were letting rip with their finishing bursts on the outside. Under the urgings of Noske, the son of Shooting To Win lunged at Zaaki and got his nose down right on the line to claim his first Group 1 victory of his 40-start career.
  • WA’s superstar three-year-old filly got her crowning moment in the 2022 Northerly Stakes when getting the better of a genuine Group 1 field which Godolphin’s Cascadian. Having drawn barrier one, Patrick Carbery was kick to get the filly off the fence and from there, the race was all but over. She quickened nicely in the home straight and despite being eased down with 50m to go, still put a length on her closest rival in dominant fashion.
  • All eyes were on Railway Stakes winner Western Empire and William Pike who were looking to claim two Group 1’s in a fortnight. However, it was the other Grant & Alana Williams runner Regal Power who managed to cause a massive upset having produced a stunning turn of foot from the rear of the field. Having travelled three wide with no cover, Western Empire was always going to be vulnerable late and despite not winning since his success in the 2019 All Star Mile, it was Regal Power who claimed the final Group 1 of the 2021 Australian racing calendar.
  • All the crowd were hoping for a fairytale ending of watching Inspirational Girl and William Pike claim both the Railway Stakes and the Kingston Town Classic in the same year however things did not seem to go the way it was planned as Inspirational Girl got stuck at the back of pack while stablemate Truly Great took the moment to shine with Chris Parnham on his back as he had the perfect run on sitting midfield until it was time to strike, winning by 1.89 lengths over Inspirational Girl.
  • Neville Parnham enlisted the services of his son Steven Parnham and it proved the winning move where the up and coming filly proved too strong for her rivals after getting the run of the race behind the leaders. The result was under a lenghthm but in the concluding stages it was a victory that never looked in doubt.
  • The writing was on the wall for a history making win for Arcadia Queen when William Pike elected to take the ride on the filly. Travelling beautifully in the run Pike unleashed the WA Guineas winner at the turn and she gapped the field, recording one of the most dominant wins in the race’s history.
  • The market didn’t give Pounamu much of a chance heading into the Kingston Town Classic but maybe it should have after the Alan Matthews-trained gelding won his second group race in three starts. Settling towards the back of the field with a sharp tempo up front, the grey balanced up beautifully heading into the straight and under a brilliant Patrick Carbery ride the $26 outsider hit the front in the shadows of the post in a strong Classic field.
  • The 2016 Kingston Town Stakes came down to a two-horse battle as Scales Of Justice looked to have the race parceled by, but jockey Douglas Whyte didn’t ride his runner out fully and Stratum Star dive-bombed it late. The win continued the stellar run of Darren Weir who added another Group one to his tally.
  • The 2015 running of the Kingston Town Classic was arguably the greatest finish in the race’s history. Home town hero Perfect Reflection and fellow Western Australian Delicacy were well back in the field at the 400m but surged to the front as the line drew close locked in a fierce battle. The pair stretched away from the field to lock horns in an epic battle that Perfect Reflection won in a photo. Truly one for the ages.
  • Moriarty came across to Perth from Sydney carrying the weight of expectation given champion trainer Chris Waller was chasing his tenth group 1 win of the 2014/15 season. Moriatry, alongside Disposition, was the $4.50 favourite pre-race and the market looked to have the race spot on as the pair separated from the field in the latter stages of the race. Disposition looked to have the Waller runner’s measure but in the last 50m Moriatry found an additional effort to win in a photo finish.
  • Three-year-old Ihtsahymn came into the race as one of the top elects in the market and looked to have the race won after he sped away from dual Kingston Town Classic winner Playing God at the 300m mark. Ihtsahymn raced clear of the field and did enough to hold out a fast finishing race favourite Lucky Grey to record the solitary group 1 win of his career.

Past Northerly Stakes winners list

Northerly Stakes Past Winners
Year Horse Jockey Trainer
2022 Dom To Shoot Jarrad Noske Sean & Jake Casey
2022 Amelia’s Jewel Patrick Carbery Simon Miller
2021 Regal Power Patrick Carbery Grant & Alana Williams
2020 Truly Great Chris Parnham Grant & Alana Williams
2019 Kay Cee Steven Parnham Neville Parnham
2018 Arcadia Queen William Pike Grant & Alana Williams
2017 Pounamu Patrick Carbery Alan Mathews
2016 Stratum Star Damian Lane Darren Weir
2015 Perfect Reflection William Pike Grant Williams
2014 Moriarty Douglas Whyte Chris Waller
2013 Ihtsahymn Steven Parnham Fred Kersley
2012 Luckygray Shaun O’Donnell Gino Poletti
2011 Playing God Steven Parnham Neville Parnham
2010 Playing God Steven Parnham Neville Parnham
2009 Sniper’s Bullet Damien Oliver Tracey Bartley
2008 Niconero Brad Rawiller David Hayes
2007 Megatic Paul Harvey Alby Beckett
2006 Niconero Brad Rawiller David Hayes
2005 Early Express Jason Whiting Peter Giadresco
2004 Modem Paul Harvey Trevor Andrews
2003 True Steel Clint Harvey Maxine Payne
2002 Blevvo Peter Farrell David Harrison
2001 Old Comrade Paul Harvey Paul Harvey
2000 Old Comrade Paul Harvey Paul Harvey

Northerly Stakes past winners (pre-2000)

Northerly Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000
Year Horse
1999 St Clemens Belle
1998 Old Nick
1997 Summer Beau
1996 Summer Beau
1995 Forge On
1994 Island Morn
1993 Credit Account
1992 Red Javelin
1991 Old Role
1990 Bar Landy
1989 Better Loosen Up
1988 Vo Rgoue
1987 Doodlakine Lass
1986 Military Plume
1985 Rant And Rave
1984 Importune
1983 Bounty Hawk
1982 Kingston Town
1981 Little Imagele
1980 Sovereign Red
1979 Mighty Kingdom
1978 Family Of Man
1977 Stormy Rex
1976 Family Of Man
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