Ladbrokes Tip: The Karrakatta Plate is a key lead-up to the WA Sires’ Produce Stakes each autumn.
The Karrakatta Plate is a Group 2 race for two-year-olds run at Ascot Racecourse in Perth during the WA Autumn Racing Carnival on a Saturday in mid April each year.
2022 Karrakatta Plate winning filly Amelia’s Jewel. Photo: RWWA.
Contested over 1200m the juveniles’ sprint feature offers a juicy $500,000 in prize money and is now the sole Group status race on the card having previous been run on the same day as the Group 3 WA Oaks.
The premier race for two-year-olds during the Perth Autumn Carnival, the state’s best youngsters head into the race looking for a share in the lucrative prize pool.
Many of the best out of the Karrakatta Plate back-up at Ascot Racecourse over more distance in the Group 3 W.A. Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) and the latest to complete the double were Whispering Brook (2016) and Super Smink (2023).
From 2023 the Karrakatta Plate will run a week later than previously to accompany the now $5 million slot race – The Quokka.
The 2022 Karrakatta Plate winning filly Amelia’s Jewel was the first horse to secure a slot in the inaugural The Quokka field in 2023 where she ran a brave second to Overpass.
The latest edition of the Karrakatta Plate ran on Saturday April 20, 2024 at Ascot on The Quokka Day 2024 and saw the odds-on favourite Bustling ($1.75F) storm home for an over four-length win for the punters.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Results
The official Karrakatta Plate 2024 Results & Finishing Order will be announced below once the Group 2 race is run and won in Perth on Saturday April 20, 2024.
- 1st: TBD
- 2nd: TBD
- 3rd: TBD
The Daniel Morton-trained Frosted gelding Bustling ($1.75F), coming off a lead-up Perth Stakes win, continued his outstanding form with a runaway four length romp home off a gun ride by Blake Shinn to dominate the Karrakatta Plate 2024 results.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Odds
The top Karrakatta Plate 2024 odds on Perth’s best two-year-olds of the autumn will be provided below the week of the race.
Early market betting odds on the 2024 Karrakatta Plate will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.
Karrakatta Plate Race Info
- Date: Saturday April 20, 2024
- Track: Ascot Racecourse
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 2YOs – Set Weights
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $500,000
- First Run: 1900
Karrakatta Plate Betting
Karrakatta Plate betting odds favour two-year-olds with proven Perth form and non-maidens with a previous win at Ascot Racecourse already on the record.
Each autumn the Karrakatta Plate betting markets are dominated by the youngsters coming out of earlier WA lead-up races like the Listed Supremacy Stakes (1100m) and Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) in March.
The Gimcrack Stakes has been a great betting guide to the Karrakatta Plate in recent years with similar horses finishing in the money in both races. Amelia’s Jewel (2022) was the last juvenile to complete the Gimcrack Stakes – Karrakatta Plate double.
In 2023 the Gimcrack Stakes winner Live To Tell jump odds-on favourite in the Karrakatta Plate but went on to run second behind the Gimcrack runner-up Super Smink who turned the tables.
The Karrakatta Plate – WA Sires Produce Stakes betting double is also a popular one with punters each season.
Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80 in 2022) and Bustling ($1.75 in 2024) are the latest Karrakatta Plate favourites to salute for the punters.
Karrakatta Plate Field
The Karrakatta Plate race field attracts the top two-year-olds getting about in Perth during the autumn. Usually attracting a near-capacity field, the majority of the youngsters head into the half-a-million-dollar feature via an earlier Ascot run in the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) the previous month.
Whispering Brook (2016) followed by Amelia’s Jewel (2022) are the latest runners to take out the Gimcrack Stakes – Karrakatta Plate double.
The best performing juveniles in the Karrakatta Plate field return to the Ascot track two weeks later for the WA Sires’ Produce Stakes, Whispering Brook also winning the subsequent Group 3 in 2016.
Other recent Karrakatta Plate – WA Sires’ Produce Stakes double winners include Super Smink (2023), Luke’s Luck (2012), Motion Pictures (2010), Brava Fortune (2008) and Roman Time (2007).
In 2021 the Karrakatta Plate winner Ex Sport Man ran second next-up in the WA Sires’, while Liwa ran second and third respectively in the same two events.
Karrakatta Plate nominations close in late February with the final field released on the Monday.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Field
The official Karrakatta Plate 2024 field will be announced below once final acceptances are taken by Perth Racing around the Monday of race week.
The rails-drawn Bustling coming off a lead-up Perth Stakes win heads the 13-horse 2024 Karrakatta Plate field this The Quokka Day.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Nominations
The early Karrakatta Plate 2024 nominations close on Monday the 19th of February, 2024 and will be detailed below once available.
2024 Karrakatta Plate nominations drew a bumper 81 hopeful two-year-olds including the Luke Fernie-trained Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic winner Big Shots.
|
Last 10 |
Horse |
Sex |
Age |
Trainer |
Ballot |
Weight |
Penalty |
Hcp Rating |
| 1 |
|
ACES TO WIN |
G |
2 |
Jim Taylor |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 2 |
|
ACROSS GENERATIONS |
C |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 3 |
|
BEYOND THE WALL |
C |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 4 |
26221x |
BIG SHOTS |
G |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
56.5kg |
|
74 |
| 5 |
|
BONDI BAY |
G |
2 |
Sharon Miller |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 6 |
|
BONDI’S SON |
G |
2 |
Mack Hall |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 7 |
|
BUSTLING |
G |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 8 |
|
DAYTONA PETE |
G |
2 |
Steve Wolfe |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 9 |
|
DESERT WAVES |
C |
2 |
Dion Luciani |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 10 |
|
EIGHTY MILE BEACH |
C |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 11 |
|
GOD’S GATE |
C |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 12 |
2x |
GOLD MAKER |
G |
2 |
Russell Stewart |
|
56.5kg |
|
62 |
| 13 |
|
HAVE A SESSION |
G |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 14 |
|
HORCRUX |
G |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 15 |
6x |
JACKPOT BINGO |
C |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 16 |
|
KEEP ITA MYSTERY |
C |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 17 |
|
KING HIT |
C |
2 |
Trevor Andrews |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 18 |
|
MEAN MACHINE |
C |
2 |
Darren McAuliffe |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 19 |
|
MUDDY WATERS |
G |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 20 |
|
NET ZERO |
C |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 21 |
11x5x |
ONEMORETWOMANY |
G |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
56.5kg |
|
72 |
| 22 |
|
PARISH PRINCE |
C |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 23 |
|
PLENTY OF WARNING |
G |
2 |
Campbell McCallum |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 24 |
|
PRINCE EPAULETTE |
G |
2 |
David Harrison |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 25 |
4x |
RISE TO GLORY |
G |
2 |
Susan Olive |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 26 |
|
SHMOOV MOOVA |
G |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 27 |
4x |
SIR DREAMALOT |
G |
2 |
Joshua Krispyn |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 28 |
3x |
SNIPER’S SON |
C |
2 |
Trevor Andrews |
|
56.5kg |
|
62 |
| 29 |
|
SPICE IS RIGHT |
G |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 30 |
|
VIVA MARCONI |
G |
2 |
Jim Taylor |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 31 |
|
WANT A WINNER |
C |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 32 |
|
WIND AND THE LION |
G |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
56.5kg |
|
|
| 33 |
|
AHH CHOUX |
F |
2 |
Louise Newman |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 34 |
|
AMERICAN ESCAPE |
F |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 35 |
|
ANABALLISTIC |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 36 |
|
APACHE ADIOS |
F |
2 |
Coreen Maynard |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 37 |
|
ARE YOU OK ANNIE |
F |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 38 |
|
AREDUET |
F |
2 |
Coreen Maynard |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 39 |
|
AT YOUR SERVICE |
F |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 40 |
|
BLUE ROCKET |
F |
2 |
Daniel & Ben Pearce |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 41 |
|
BRIEF ROMANCE |
F |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 42 |
8x |
BUBBLES IN RIO |
F |
2 |
David Harrison |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 43 |
|
CHAMPAGNE CATHAY |
F |
2 |
George Dupre |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 44 |
3x |
CHAMPAGNE COAST |
F |
2 |
Ryan Hill |
|
54.5kg |
|
56 |
| 45 |
|
CLEANEMUP |
F |
2 |
Dion Luciani |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 46 |
|
COME ON EMMA |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 47 |
|
DANDY’S GEM |
F |
2 |
David Harrison |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 48 |
51x4x |
DEFINE BEAUTIFUL |
F |
2 |
Trevor Andrews |
|
54.5kg |
|
62 |
| 49 |
|
DEMIQUAVER |
F |
2 |
Smiley Chan |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 50 |
|
DIAMOND DANCER |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 51 |
|
DIVINE IMPACT |
F |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 52 |
3x |
EARTHSTORM |
F |
2 |
Russell Stewart |
|
54.5kg |
|
56 |
| 53 |
|
FUN IN HOLLYWOOD |
F |
2 |
Susan Olive |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 54 |
|
GOLD FLAKES |
F |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 55 |
1x |
GOLDEN KATHLEEN |
F |
2 |
Russell Stewart |
|
54.5kg |
|
62 |
| 56 |
1x10x |
GOLDEN VALE |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
67 |
| 57 |
|
HEAVY METAL |
F |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 58 |
|
HOT JELLY SHOT |
F |
2 |
Ashley Maley |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 59 |
|
INNER JOY |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 60 |
|
JINAISALLCLASS |
F |
2 |
Chris Calthorpe |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 61 |
|
KLEVA CONNED |
F |
2 |
Ashley Maley |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 62 |
|
LATORIO |
F |
2 |
Alby Beckett |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 63 |
5x7x |
LIVE LUCKY |
F |
2 |
Dion Luciani |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 64 |
5152x |
MADHI GIRL |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
66 |
| 65 |
|
MAGNIQUE |
F |
2 |
Simon A Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 66 |
|
MIGHTY HOSANNA |
F |
2 |
Jim Taylor |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 67 |
7x |
MYZOOM |
F |
2 |
Neville Parnham |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 68 |
|
NOVALIE |
F |
2 |
Robyn Lockwood |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 69 |
8x |
PASS THE BUBBLES |
F |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 70 |
|
PAT’S LAST BANG |
F |
2 |
Ashley Maley |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 71 |
0x |
PRETEY ROYAL |
F |
2 |
Sharon Miller |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 72 |
|
PROVE ME WRONG |
F |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 73 |
|
REAL DELUXE |
F |
2 |
Dion Luciani |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 74 |
|
RIGHTY OH |
F |
2 |
Ryan Hill |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 75 |
|
SAXON JEWEL |
F |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 76 |
21147x |
SINFUL LIVING |
F |
2 |
Daniel & Ben Pearce |
|
54.5kg |
|
67 |
| 77 |
2x |
SIREN ASSAULT |
F |
2 |
Sean & Jake Casey |
|
54.5kg |
|
58 |
| 78 |
3x2x |
THIS’LL SHOW YA |
F |
2 |
Mitchell Pateman |
|
54.5kg |
|
58 |
| 79 |
|
WILD GOSSIP |
F |
2 |
Daniel Morton |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 80 |
|
YUWILL BE THE ONE |
F |
2 |
Luke Fernie |
|
54.5kg |
|
|
| 81 |
|
ZARIMBI |
F |
2 |
Gary Crispin |
|
54.5kg |
|
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Karrakatta Plate Tips
Karrakatta Plate tips include looking for previous winners at the Ascot track at least over 1100m and two-year-olds coming off a top three run in the Gimcrack Stakes from a fortnight earlier.
Fillies have a credible record over the boys in the race and also make a good Karrakatta Plate betting tip if the form is right. Amelia’s Jewel (2022) and Super Smink (2023) are the last Karrakatta Plate winning fillies.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Tips
Our insider Karrakatta Plate 2024 Ascot betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the Perth youngsters to back this autumn.
- To Win: #6 Siren Assault ($5 at time of publish) – BET NOW
Rich Enuff’s progeny is going great guns and he’s got a daughter in this lucrative Group 2 who looks nice value to make it a hat-trick. Sean & Jake Casey’s filly, Siren Assault, comes into this event on the back of two lead-up wins at the track including the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes on April 6. She’s got a 50% winning strike rate from her four previous runs at the course and is deserving of a shot in this 1200m event. Needs to extend, but the winning margin last time out suggests the distance is a non-issue. Gimcrack form has held up in the Karrakatta Plate plenty of times in recent years, she’s got options from gate eight, and Chris Parnham retains the ride. Ticks plenty of boxes.
Karrakatta Plate Form Guide
The Karrakatta Plate form guide features all the must know facts including saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys, trainers and the lead-up form of the horses in the field. Looking at the form for the race, two-year-olds that ran well in the earlier Gimcrack Stakes over 100m less distance at the same track two weeks prior is key.
Wide Karrakatta Plate barriers have produced a number of recent winners including Amelia’s Jewel (15 of 16 in 2022), so it is more a case of looking for class and consistency over gate draws when doing the form on the Group 2 feature.
The 2022 Karrakatta Plate form was franked that spring with the winner Amelia’s Jewel returning to take out both the Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) and the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m).
In 2023 the Karrakatta Plate third placegetter Ripcord went on to finish in the money in a host of tougher races that year including his Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes second and Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush third in the summer.
2024 Karrakatta Plate Form Guide
A link to our comprehensive Karrakatta Plate 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.
Karrakatta Plate Results
The Karrakatta Plate race results have been dominated by consistent two-year-olds in good form in earlier Perth autumn lead-up races and the fillies have more than held their own over the colts and geldings.
Notable recent Karrakatta Plate winners include Bustling (2024), Amelia’s Jewel (2022), Whispering Brook (2016), Hobart Jones (2014), Luke’s Luck (2012), and Motion Pictures (2010).
Recent Karrakatta Plate Winners
Past Karrakatta Plate winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
Time |
| 2024 |
Bustling |
Earthstorm |
Blue Rocket |
1:09.06 |
| 2023 |
Super Smink |
Live To Tell |
Ripcord |
1:10.2 |
| 2022 |
Amelia’s Jewel |
Baby Paris |
Penny On The Green |
1:09.5 |
| 2021 |
Ex Sport Man |
Liwa |
Pat’s Got Sass |
1:10.3 |
| 2020 |
Ima Single Man |
Watch Me Dance |
Dark Assault |
1:10.3 |
| 2019 |
Dig Deep |
Tinsnip |
Miss West Coast |
1:11.5 |
| 2018 |
Valour Road |
Lady Cosmology |
Lordhelpmerun |
1:10.4 |
| 2017 |
Lucy Mae |
Achernar Star |
Debellatio |
1:10.3 |
| 2016 |
Whispering Brook |
Spangled Impact |
Saul’s Special |
1:11.1 |
| 2015 |
Lucky Street |
Mystic Maid |
Showy Chloe |
1:10.6 |
| 2014 |
Hobart Jones |
Vitalism |
Jezpark |
1:11.4 |
| 2013 |
Ms Funovits |
Trichologist |
Camporella |
1:10.7 |
| 2012 |
Luke’s Luck |
Keeper Quiet |
Miss Solis |
1:11.2 |
| 2011 |
Night War |
Benny’s Halo |
Rebel Call |
1:11.5 |
| 2010 |
Motion Pictures |
Miss Gai Flyer |
Absolute Pleasure |
1:10.3 |
| 2009 |
Gold Rocks |
Wolfe Dream |
Dontrocktheboat |
1:10.4 |
| 2008 |
Brava Fortune |
Grand Nirvana |
Pegase |
1:10.7 |
| 2007 |
Roman Time |
Scenic Blast |
Jestatune |
1:10.5 |
| 2006 |
Canny Jack |
Oroya Gold |
Paris Petard |
1:10.3 |
| 2005 |
No Questions |
Hantu |
Ripped |
1:11.9 |
| 2004 |
Redwoldt |
Metaldale |
Refemme |
1:11.5 |
| 2003 |
Diffraction |
Shout From Maroof |
Yarraman |
1:10.5 |
| 2002 |
Confront |
Zoometric |
Femme |
1:11.0 |
| 2001 |
Born Priceless |
Brocky’s Dream |
Classic Cut |
1:11.7 |
| 2000 |
Metal Master |
Simon Said |
King Of The Kites |
1:10.8 |