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Railway form often emanates from the Race History of the 2018 Asian Beau Stakes run at Ascot on Saturday.

Luckygray did the double back in 2011. Will the 2018 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday be a good guide?

2018 ASIAN BEAU STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Asian Beau Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Handicap conditions for the sprinters at Ascot conducted by Perth Racing.

The Asian Beau Stakes is run over 1400m. It was first run in 1982 and was won by Nitro Lad.

The race is named after a top sprinter miler Asian Beau winning races like the Railway and Winterbottom.

Early editions of the Asian Beau Stakes were over six furlongs but since 1993 has been at 1400m.

The Asian Beau Stakes was a Listed Race from 1985 then a Group 3 from 1999.

2003 running was at Belmont racecourse.

In 2011 Luckygray won the Asian Beau Stakes before the Railway Stakes his next run.

Pounamu began a prep with a win in the Asian Beau before taking the Kingston Town and Ted Van Heemst.

The Asian Beau Stakes is worth $150,000 in 2018.

Notable winners of the Asian Beau Stakes include Pounamu (2017), Real Love (2015), Luckygray (2011), Gilded Venom (2008), El Presidente (2007), Idyllic Prince (2006), Old Fashion (2001), Umah (1999), Willoughby (1998), Bold Extreme (1996), Asian Incline (1993), Medicine Kid (1989), Fimiston (1986) and Coal Pak (1985).

The 2017 Asian Beau Stakes was won by Pounamu from Variation and Whispering Brook.