Overpass draws out: Winterbottom Stakes field and barrier draw

Here is the field and barrier draw for the 2023 Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Can Overpass do it again in the West on Saturday when he lines up in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot?

Quokka-winning hero Overpass has drawn an outside gate as he chases Western Australia’s other big feature sprint at Ascot on Saturday.

The Bjorn Baker-trained galloper will be attempting to give his trainer a third Group 1 success for 2023 when he starts from barrier 11 in the $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).

A field of 16 plus two emergencies was declared on Tuesday for the weight-for-age feature.

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Overpass is the $2.50 favourite to claim the Winterbottom Stakes ahead of Lindsey Smith’s sharp performer Triple Missile at $5.50 after drawing the inside gate.

The two three-year-olds, Placid Ark Stakes winner and runner-up, Ripcord and Oscar’s Fortune are both at $9.

Ripcord will start from barrier 7 while Oscar’s Fortune jumps from gate 13.

Leading local older sprinter Hot Zed, the winner of the Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes and Snowdome, the Group 3 Prince Of Wales winner fared vastly different in the barrier draw.

Hot Zed is a $15 chance after drawing barrier 2 while Snowdome drew the outside barrier of 18 and is at $11.

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Here is the field and barrier draw for the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes.

No. - Horse - Trainer - Jockey - Barrier - Weight

1 - OVERPASS - Bjorn Baker - Joshua Parr - 11 - 58.5kg

2 - RED CAN MAN - Steve Wolfe - Paul Harvey - 10 - 58.5kg

3 - SAVATOXL - Will Savage - Holly Watson - 8 - 58.5kg

4 - HOT ZED - Lou Luciani - Jason Whiting - 2 - 58.5kg

5 - RESORTMAN - Michael Lane - TBA - 9 - 58.5kg

6 - LAVERROD - Sean & Jake Casey - Jordan Turner - 15 - 58.5kg

7 - SNOWDOME - Neville Parnham - Chris Parnham - 18 - 58.5kg

8 - TRIPLE MISSILE - Lindsey Smith - TBA - 1 - 58.5kg

9 - PHANTA - Chris & Michael Gangemi - Brad Parnham - 17 - 58.5kg

10 - CLEMENCEAU - Chris & Michael Gangemi - Jarrad Noske - 14 - 58.5kg

11 - MAN CRUSH - Luke Fernie - Michael Poy - 12 - 58.5kg

12 - GO FORWARD - Chris & Michael Gangemi - Laqdar Ramoly - 6 - 58.5kg

13 - MY BELLA MAE - Dion Luciani - Patrick Carbery - 5 - 56.5kg

14 - FLYING MISSILE - Neville Parnham - Steven Parnham - 3 - 56.5kg

15 - RIPCORD - Luke Fernie - Clint Johnston-Porter - 7 - 54.5kg

16 - OSCAR’S FORTUNE - Dion Luciani - William Pike - 13 - 54.5kg

17e - CORN COB - Julia Martin - Austin Galati - 16 - 58.5kg

18e - VALENCY - Robyn Lockwood - TBA - 4 - 56.5kg

The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Perth is.

Tuesday – Partly cloudy. 25.
Wednesday – Partly cloudy. 25.
Thursday – Mostly sunny. 29.
Friday – Mostly sunny. 33.
Saturday – Mostly sunny. 28.

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