Winterbottom Stakes Odds - Quokka winner an outright favourite

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: 27 Nov 2023

Alex Marsh 27 Nov 2023

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The Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes is Western Australia's premier sprint race
Worth $1.5 million, this event is contested over 1200m at Ascot
The 2023 edition will be run on Saturday, December 2

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Overpass heads the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes market. (Getty)

Overpass has been freshened up following a disappointing second-up performance in The Everest, which he arrived to after a solid return in the Group 2 Shorts, where Private Eye got the better of him late.

The Bjorn Baker-trained sprinter is no stranger to Perth, with the son of Vancouver taking out the inaugural running of The Quokka back in April and that $4 million dollar feature is also contested over the Ascot 1200m.

Overpass is the outright favourite to win the 2023 Winterbottom Stakes and $3.50 is his quote via BlueBet

Triple Missile ($6) returns to the west after eight runs in Victoria for trainer Lindsey Smith, who prepared Glory Hunter to win the 2007 Winterbottom Stakes.

A talented six-year-old with a big turn-of-foot, Triple Missile has won four races at Ascot and he bettered the times of the 2021 Winterbottom Stakes when saluting over this track/trip two years ago.

Damien Oliver will ride the gelding in what will be one of the champion jockey's last Group 1 engagements before retirement.

Ripcord ($8) caught the eye with a brilliant last-start victory in the Listed Placid Ark Stakes on November 18, where he reeled in Oscar's Fortune ($9), a galloper who was unbeaten from four outings before that clash.