Winterbottom Stakes 2022 Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 22 Nov 2022 10:59

Bets.com.au Staff 22 Nov 2022

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The barrier draw has been completed for the 2022 Winterbottom Stakes
This Group One will be contested on Saturday, November 26
Full field available below

Vilana has drawn barrier 12 in the 2022 Winterbottom Stakes. (Getty)

A strong eastern brigade has travelled west, with Robert Heathcote, James Cummings, Leon & Troy Corstens and Will Clarken all accepting with runners in the 2022 Winterbottom Stakes, while jockeys Damien Oliver, Jamie Kah, Ben Melham and Todd Pannell also venture to Perth for Saturday's bumper Ascot card.

Godolphin has dual representation through Paulele (barrier 16) and the in-form Vilana (barrier 12), with the latter having won two of three starts this spring, including a last start Hunter triumph.

The son of Hallowed Crown finished midfield in his only Group 1 attempt to date via this year's Stradbroke Handicap, whereas Paulele has placed three time at this level.

Rob Heathcote is no stranger to the Winterbottom Stakes, having won this feature twice with champion sprinter Buffering, and the Queensland trainer saddles up early favourite Rothfire (barrier 3), who arrives of a 1.2 length defeat in the Champions Sprint.

The Astrologist (barrier 2) and Beau Rossa (barrier 8) round out the visiting acceptances.

Leading the way among the locals is 2020 Winterbottom Stakes winner Elite Street (barrier 7), with the six-year-old suffering a bleed in last year's edition when finishing third as favourite.

The son of Street Boss is expected to improve off a fourth-place first-up finish in the Colonel Reeves Stakes, which he did contest off no lead-up trials.

Daniel Morton also prepares Kissonallforcheeks (barrier 14), who returns to Western Australia after spending the spring under Nick Ryan, who trained her to win the Group 2 Let's Elope Stakes second-up.

Owner Bob Peters is aiming for back-to-back victories in this sprint feature, with Stageman (barrier 5) his sole runner, a gelding that finished second behind Graceful Girl in last year's edition

In-form Western Australian mares This'll Testya (barrier 9), Miss Conteki (barrier 13) and Sniparoochy (barrier 1) have accepted, while unbeaten filly My Bella Mae (barrier 10) is the only three-year-old in the line up.

A capacity line-up of 16 (and one emergency) make up the final field for the 2022 Winterbottom Stakes.

Winterbottom Stakes 2022 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Rothfire	Robert Heathcote	Damien Oliver	3	58.5kg	$4.60
2	Vilana	James Cummings	Jamie Kah	12	58.5kg	$5.50
3	Paulele	James Cummings	Ben Melham	16	58.5kg	$7.50
4	Elite Street	Daniel Morton	Brad Rawiller	7	58.5kg	$6.50
5	The Astrologist	Leon & Troy Corstens	William Pike	2	58.5kg	$13
6	Massimo	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Brad Parnham	11	58.5kg	$31
7	Red Can Man	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	17	58.5kg	$17
8	Stageman	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	5	58.5kg	$51
9	Indian Pacific	Neville Parnham	Paul Harvey	15	58.5kg	$41
10	Beau Rossa	Will Clarken	Todd Pannell	8	58.5kg	$31
11	Hot Zed	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	6	58.5kg	$81
12	Kissonallforcheeks	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	14	56.5kg	$26
13	Miss Conteki	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	13	56.5kg	$10
14	This'll Testya	Mitchell Pateman	Lucy Warwick	9	56.5kg	$14
15	Sniparoochy	Stephen Miller	Jason Brown	1	56.5kg	$26
16	My Bella Mae	Dion Luciani	Steve Parnham	10	51.5kg	$13
17e	Titan Blinders	Chris & Michael Gangemi	Shaun O'Donnell	4	58.5kg	$101

Odds courtesy of TopSport & correct at 10pm on 22/11/2022.

Winterbottom Stakes Winners

The Winterbottom Stakes is Perth's major sprint race, a WFA Group One run over 1200m at Ascot Racecourse.

Worth $1.5 million, the Winterbottom is one of three Group One races contested over three weekends in Perth and it helps form a main part of the new Pinnacles series.

After boosting its prize pool to seven figures, this race has seen horses from all around Australia come and compete with Voodoo Lad, Viddora and Buffering all winning from invading states, while past champions in Takeover Target and Ortensia have also travelled and saluted in this feature.

Hey Doc (2019), Elite Street (2020) and Graceful Girl (2021) have won the last three editions of the Winterbottom Stakes.