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Hyperion Stakes

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PERFECT JEWEL was the winner of a Hyperion Stakes.
PERFECT JEWEL was the winner of a Hyperion Stakes. Picture: Racing Photos.

The Hyperion Stakes is a Group 3 feature race conducted by the Western Australia Turf Club at Belmont Park racecourse in Perth.

The Hyperion Stakes was first run in 1972 at Perth's Ascot racecourse over five furlongs (1000m) and has been run under weight-for-age conditions since 1973.

The distance of the Hyperion Stakes varied between 1000m and 1500m from 1973 until 2010. Since 2011 the Hyperion Stakes has been run over 1600m.

Until 2004 the Hyperion Stakes was run at Ascot. It was run at Belmont in 2005 and returned to Ascot from 2006 until 2010. The Hyperion Stakes has been run at Belmont since 2011.

The Hyperion Stakes became a Group 3 race in 1980.

The 2023 Hyperion Stakes was run over 1600m for prizemoney of $200,000.

Scales Of Justice had won the Railway in the Spring and in his 2017 winter campaign took out the Hyperion and Strickland Stakes.

Material Man won the Perth Cup and then came back for the big Perth winter treble of the Belmont Sprint/Hyperion/Strickland Stakes.

Then in 2019, Gatting caused an upset beating the short elect Galaxy Star. He showed that was no fluke heading to Melbourne and again upsetting in the G1 Makybe Diva Stakes at 100-1.

Winners of the Hyperion Stakes include the dual victors Cambana Lad (1974/75), Heron Bridge (1984/1986) and Marasco (2008/2010).

Other notable winners include Asian Beau, Sky Filou, Barrosa Boy, Jungle Hero, Jacks Or Better, Island Morn, Willoughby, Star System, Old Fashion, King Kool Kat, Luckygray, Elite Belle, Fuchsia Bandana, Scales Of Justice, Material Man, Gatting and Perfect Jewel.

The 2023 Hyperion Stakes was won by Startrade from Dom To Shoot and Bustler.


Racing and Sports

Previous Hyperion Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
STARTRADE (AUS) 6G
TRADE FAIR (GB) - STARTEGO (AUS) STAR PAK (AUS)
MICHAEL POY 59.0 D MORTON 6
KAPTAIN KAOS (AUS) 4G
DEMERIT (AUS) - VELVET STRIKE (AUS) COMMANDS (AUS)
CHRIS PARNHAM 59.0 MICHAEL GRANTHAM 3
VALOUR ROAD (AUS) 5G
FROST GIANT (USA) - MELBA AVENUE (AUS) STREET SENSE (USA)
B RAWILLER 59.0 SIMON A MILLER 4
PERFECT JEWEL (AUS) 5M
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - STAR ENCOUNTER (AUS) JEUNE (GB)
P CARBERY 57.0 ADAM DURRANT 13
GATTING (AUS) 5G
HARD SPUN (USA) - STUBBORN (AUS) LONHRO (AUS)
LEE NEWMAN 59.0 DARREN MCAULIFFE 1
MATERIAL MAN (AUS) 6G
VITAL EQUINE (IRE) - DEL LIRIO (AUS) HUSSONET (USA)
LUCY FIORE 59.0 JUSTIN WARWICK 1
SCALES OF JUSTICE (AUS) 4G
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - BEYMATILLA (AUS) UMATILLA (NZ)
D J STAECK 59.0 LINDSEY SMITH 4
WINK AND A NOD (AUS) 6M
MCFLIRT (NZ) - THE WESTERLY WIN (AUS) DANEWIN (AUS)
LUCY FIORE 57.0 JUSTIN WARWICK 7
FUCHSIA BANDANA (AUS) 4M
TRADE FAIR (GB) - FUCHSIA LADY (AUS) JEUNE (GB)
JARRAD NOSKE 57.0 DARREN MCAULIFFE 2
ELITE BELLE (AUS) 5M
CANNY LAD (AUS) - MISSISSIPPI BELLE (AUS) MAROONED (GB)
WILLIAM PIKE 57.0 GRANT WILLIAMS 1
BLACK TYCOON (AUS) 7G
BLACKFRIARS (AUS) - DAME FONTAINE (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE)
T TURNER 59.0 JUSTIN WARWICK 8
LUCKYGRAY (AUS) 4G
BRADBURY'S LUCK (AUS) - DAMAH LADY (AUS) MUKADDAMAH (USA)
S O'DONNELL 59.0 G P POLETTI 4
KING KOOL KAT (AUS) 7G
KING CUGAT (USA) - AFFAIRE EN OR (AUS) DIEU D'OR (AUS)
DUNCAN MILLER 59.0 I S GLADING 1
MARASCO (AUS) 7G
SCENIC (IRE) - BLUEGRASS BELLE (AUS) IS IT TRUE (USA)
D J STAECK 59.0 FRED KERSLEY 4
TARZI (AUS) 6G
DESERT PRINCE (IRE) - MAJESTIC (AUS) TWIG MOSS (FR)
S PARNHAM 59.0 NEVILLE PARNHAM 4
MARASCO (AUS) 5G
SCENIC (IRE) - BLUEGRASS BELLE (AUS) IS IT TRUE (USA)
P J HARVEY 59.0 FRED KERSLEY 4
NO QUESTIONS (AUS) 4M
XAAR (GB) - SORBONIERE (AUS) KENMARE (FR)
J BROWN 56.5 T M ANDREWS 2
LOCAL LEGEND (AUS) 4G
RORY'S JESTER (AUS) - SPECTRUM (AUS) OLD SPICE (AUS)
P J HARVEY 58.0 J W PRICE 9
AMBERS HALO (AUS) 5M
DON'T SAY HALO (USA) - AMBER'S JINX (AUS) SERHEED (USA)
J WHITING 55.5 A D MATHEWS 5
LAKESIDE RHYTHM (AUS) 5G
CORPORATE RAIDER (AUS) - LORET LANDZICHT (HOL) SHAMARAA (AUS)
S O'DONNELL 58.0 PAULA WAGG 2
DEDICATED MISS (AUS) 6M
MUKADDAMAH (USA) - PASHARETTE (AUS) KAORU STAR (AUS)
J F MILLER 55.5 GEOFF DURRANT 9
TRIBULA (AUS) 5M
TRIBU (AUS) - TABULA (AUS) DYNAMO (NZ)
J BROWN 55.5 A H MORTIMER 5
OLD FASHION (AUS) 4G
METAL STORM (FR) - MATILDA WALTZ (AUS) JEVINGTON (AUS)
S J MILLER 58.0 V A BROCKMAN 1
COUNTRY BLAZER (AUS) 5G
LOMOND BAY (NZ) - HONEY WINGS (AUS) HAULPAK (AUS)
J J BROWN 58.0 JIM P TAYLOR 4
DEVILISH DEALER (AUS) 3G
MILITARY PLUME (NZ) - CLUB FLUSH (AUS) LIPMAN (AUS)
M SESTICH 56.0 P H JORDAN 3

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