The Lee Steere Classic is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds held each November 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 $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Lee Steere Classic was won by Night War from Watermans Bay with Born To Excel third.
The Lee Steere Classic is a set weights three-year-old race that suits horses who may have previously run in the WA Guineas held earlier in the carnival under similar race conditions.
Mostly local horses contest this race and the field usually attracts 3yo gallopers who may have contested the WA Guineas beforehand and the shorter trip of this race suits those three-year-olds who found the 1600m of the Guineas too far.
The last horse to win the WA Guineas & Lee Steere Classic double was Classy Dresser back in 1993. Stormy Nova (2004), Changing Lanes (2003) and Dexian (2001) all ran placings in the WA Guineas before winning this race.
Night War (2011) ran second in the listed Placid Ark Stakes over 1200m at Ascot prior to winning this race and recent Lee Steere Classic winners include Playcidium Mint (2010) and Dino Mak (2009).
2011 Lee Steere Classic result
1. $3.60 Night War 54.0 Patrick Carbery
2. $4.00 Watermans Bay 56.0 Troy Turner
3. $4.00 Born To Excel 56.0 William Pike
then followed
4. $8.00 Venetian Prince 56.0 Jarrad Noske
5. $31.00 Pure Heaven 54.0 Steven Parnham
6. $7.50 Almachino 54.0 Brad Parnham
7. $61.00 Murphy’S Red Boy 56.0 Alan Kennedy
8. $71.00 Temples 56.0 Jason Brown
9. $41.00 Tax A Million 56.0 Takahide Ikenushi
10. $21.00 Gracetown 56.0 Paul Harvey
Margins: Long head, 3/4 len Time: 1:23.75
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