AJ Scahill Stakes
The AJ Scahill Stakes is a Group 3 weight-for-age race held annually each December at Ascot racecourse in Perth, Western Australia during the Perth summer racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1400 metres and worth $250,000 in prize money. The 2019 AJ Scahill Stakes was won by The Celt from Valour Road with Abdicator third.
Held alongside the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic, the AJ Scahill Stakes is the last weight-for-age sprint event of the Perth summer carnival.
AJ Scahill Stakes info
| Date: | Saturday 4th December 2021 |
| Track: | Ascot racecourse, Perth |
| Distance: | 1400 metres |
| Race Type: | Weight-for-age |
| Status: | Group 3 |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
| 2019 Winner: | The Celt |
The AJ Scahill Stakes is raced under weight-for-age conditions and suits those horses who may have previously contested races like the Gr2 Lee Steere Stakes or Gr2 Winterbottom Stakes that are raced under the same weighted conditions. The Gr2 RJ Peters Stakes is another possible lead up race for horses considering tackling this event.
Tarzi (2007) ran second in the Lee Steere Stakes, then ran unplaced in the Railway Stakes before winning this race that year, while Takeover Target (2008) won the Winterbottom Stakes before scoring in this event.
Any gallopers who contested the earlier weight-for-age sprint races during the carnival will consider lining up in this race and any of them who have performed well under weight-for-age conditions previously can be relied upon to do much the same again.
Arcadia Prince (2018) captured a BM72+ race over 1400m at Ascot before stepping up to group winner in quality style for trainer Adam Durant.
Recent AJ Scahill winners include Silverstream (2017) and Vega Magic (2016).
2019 AJ Scahill Stakes result
1. $26.00 The Celt 59.0 Clint Johnston-Porter
2. $9.00 Valour Road 59.0 Chris Parnham
3. $31.00 Abdicator 59.0 Mitchell Pateman
then followed
4. $4.00 Stageman 59.0 William Pike
5. $31.00 Profit Street 59.0 Peter Hall
6. $2.00 Flirtini 57.0 Paul Harvey
7. $61.00 Disposition 59.0 Jarrad Noske
8. $26.00 Wrinkly 59.0 Brad Parnham
9. $26.00 Flow 59.0 John Allen
10. $7.50 Arcadia Prince 59.0 Damien Oliver
11. $151.00 Baraki Beats 59.0 Colin Haddon
Margins: 0.44 len, 1.38 len
Time: 1:23.64
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AJ Scahill Stakes winners & placegetters
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Time |
| 2019 | The Celt | Valour Road | Abdicator | 1:23.6 |
| 2018 | Arcadia Prince | Great Shot | Red Publisher | 1:24.6 |
| 2017 | Silverstream | Properantes | Django | 1:24.3 |
| 2016 | Vega Magic | Chocolate Holic | First Among Equals | 1:23.0 |
| 2015 | Watermans Bay | Magnifisio | Respondent | 1:24.5 |
| 2014 | Watermans Bay | Magnifisio | Antique Belle | 1:23.3 |
| 2013 | Conservatorium | Luke's Luck | Power Princess | 1:24.1 |
| 2012 | Power Princess | Waratah's Secret | Conservatorium | 1:23.7 |
| 2011 | Grand Nirvana | Waratah's Secret | Grey Monarch | 1:22.4 |
| 2010 | Waratah's Secret | Hadabeclorka | Elliotto | 1:21.8 |
| 2009 | Proart | Tarzi | Elliotto | 1:22.1 |
| 2008 | Takeover Target | Tarzi | Royal Lott | 1.22.8 |
| 2007 | Tarzi | Glory Hunter | Grasspatch Girl | 1:24.0 |
| 2006 | Marasco | Mansion House | Hartley's Dream | 1:22.7 |
| 2005 | Arctic Park | Star Laser | Is Amazing | 1:22.2 |
| 2004 | Avenida Madero | Eastern Standard | Who Did It | 1:22.0 |
| 2003 | Hot Shot Brother | Kame's Hope | Kaprats | 1:23.3 |
| 2002 | Kensyl Bay | Irish Pride | Early Express | 1:23.1 |
| 2001 | (Jan) Lizzy Long Leg | Master Park | Star System | 1:24.0 |
| 2001 | (Dec) Tribula | Lady Belvedere | Exit Lane | 1:25.6 |
| 2000 | Terwilliger | Willoughby | Jevanswer | 1:10.8 |
| 1999 | Double Blue | Jacks Or Better | Summer Beau | 1:24.0 |
| 1998 | Willoughby | Wolf Pack | Jacks Or Better | 1:22.2 |
| 1997 | Bold Extreme | Bradson | Century Blazer | 1:24.1 |
| 1996 | Island Morn | Century Blazer | Wabasso | 1:22.5 |
| 1995 | Calypso | Sudden Burst | Doctor Golly | 1:24.3 |
| 1994 | Brave Kite | Chantes Path | King Diamond | 1:24.6 |
| 1993 | Yilgangie Gold | Straight No Ice | Pago Escort | 1:23.0 |
| 1992 | Pago Escort | Blonde Jev | Hard Act | 1:22.7 |
| 1991 | Strip The Moon | Century God | Scorndale | 1:22.5 |
| 1990 | Medicine Kid | Carry A Smile | Island Gossip | 1:22.9 |
| 1989 | Westall | Stylish Lord | Hanging On | 1:22.8 |
| 1988 | Miss Muffet | Jev Power | Race For Pleasure | 1:23.3 |
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