Overpass headlines Winterbottom Stakes 2023 field
The Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes will headline the third day of The Pinnacles at Ascot Racecourse this Saturday afternoon.
With 18 runners accepting for the $1.5 million feature, a full field of 16 is expected to compete in the 1200m contest.
Overpass heads the field and will return to Ascot for the first time since his success in the $4 million The Quokka in April.
The Bjorn Baker-trained gelding will carry the number one saddlecloth and will go into the race as the highest-rated runner, opening at the short quote of +160 with online bookmakers.
Damien Oliver will jump aboard the Lindsey Smith-trained Triple Missile (+400) in what is set to be one of the last Group 1 rides of his career.
The son of Smart Missile performed well down the straight at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival, running only a length behind Spacewalk in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes.
The only three-year-olds in this year’s Winterbottom Stakes will be the top two from the Placid Ark Stakes, with Ripcord (+600) and Oscar’s Fortune (+800) set to take on Group 1 level for the first time in their young careers.
Ripcord unleashed a finish that could rival the mighty Chautauqua in his prime as he launched from the back of the field to run over the top of Oscar’s Fortune when taking out the Placid Ark.
If one of the top four runners in the market doesn’t win, there is plenty of value to be found, with the likes of Snowdome (+1200), Hot Zed (+1200) and Red Can Man (+1600) coming through strong lead-up races such as the Prince Of Wales Stakes and Colonel Reeves Stakes.
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