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The Karrakatta Plate is the premier two year old event in Western Australia and is a feature race of Perth Autumn Racing Carnival.

Held at Ascot Racecourse in late March or early April, the 1200m sprint is a Group 2 race which is worth half a million dollars in prize money. As a set weights race, colts and geldings must carry 56.0kg while fillies must carry 54.0kg. Many youngsters will use this race to prepare for the Group 3 Sires Produce Stakes over 1400m in a few weeks time.

The Karrakatta Plate – WA Sires’ Produce Stakes double was last completed by Whispering Brook (2016).

The Karrakatta Plate 2018 ran on Saturday April 14, 2018 Ascot Racecourse and was won by the Simon Miller-trained Valour Road.

2018 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 14, 2018
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Set Weights C&G 56.0kg F 54.0kg
Status:	Group Two
Prize money:	$500,000

The Karrakatta Plate runs on the same day as Sydney hosts Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick and the key support act on the Karrakatta Plate card is the Group 3 WA Oaks (2400m) for the three-year-old staying fillies.

2018 Karrakatta Plate Results

• 1st: #1 Valour Road
• 2nd: #11 Lady Cosmology
• 3rd: #4 Lordhelpmerun

Check out the official Karrakatta Plate 2018 Results & Finishing Order below, trainer Simon Miller preparing the quinella with his Magic Millions winner Valour Road retaining an undefeated record with a half-length win over his better fancied stablemate, Supremacy Stakes winning filly Lady Cosmology.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	1	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Aaron Mitchell	–	7	56.5kg	$4.60
2	11	LADY COSMOLOGY	Simon A Miller	William Pike	0.5L	14	54.5kg	$4.20F
3	4	LORDHELPMERUN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun Mc Gruddy	1.25L	3	56.5kg	$10
4	15	BAM’S ON FIRE	Mark Forder	Ms Renee Forrest	4.25L	8	54.5kg	$20
5	2	CHIX PIC	David Harrison	Joseph Azzopardi	4.5L	13	56.5kg	$4.80
6	3	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	5L	6	56.5kg	$31
7	9	ASSETRO	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	6.5L	10	54.5kg	$11
8	10	NOCELLE	Daniel Morton	Shaun O’Donnell	6.75L	15	54.5kg	$26
9	17e	MARKET RULER	Simon A Miller	Jason Brown	6.75L	16	54.5kg	$61
10	13	COCKATIEL	Stephen Miller	Daniel Staeck	8.25L	5	54.5kg	$81
11	7	MOUTH KARATE	Simon A Miller	Ryan Hill	8.75L	12	56.5kg	$151
12	12	PRINCESS PIERRO	Trevor Andrews	Chris Parnham	9L	1	54.5kg	$17
13	16	FAIRTRUSIVE	Daniel Morton	Ms Jerry Noske	10L	4	54.5kg	$101
14	6	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	11L	9	56.5kg	$151
15	14	EMERALD ROSE	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	11.5L	11	54.5kg	$41
16	5	DRIFTSTAR	Simon A Miller	Peter Knuckey	14L	2	56.5kg	$17
–	8	AGENT PIPPA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Jarrad Noske	–	0	–	–

2018 Karrakatta Plate Odds

The Karrakatta Pate 2018 betting markets and links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below once released.

2018 Karrakatta Plate Field

The Karrakatta Plate field attracts a quality line-up of mainly Perth-trained two-year-old sprinters chasing a share in the half-a-million in prize money. Possible lead-up races into the Karrakatta Plate field each autumn including the Listed Perth Stakes (1100m) the fortnight before or the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) also held at Ascot two weeks earlier.

In 2017 the Karrakatta Plate winner Lucy Mae ran second in the Gimcrack Stakes in the lead-up and second in the W.A. Sires’ Produce Stakes next start behind Debellatio who improved on a third in the Karrakatta Plate that year.

The official Karrakatta Plate 2018 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

The 2018 Karrakatta Plate Final Field attracted a capacity 16 starters plus an emergency runner Market Ruler (17) drawn the outside alley. David Harrison’s undefeated grey Chix Pic chases a third win on the back of taking out the Perth Stakes by two and a half lengths, but has work to do from a double-digit alley (14).

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1x	VALOUR ROAD	Simon A Miller	Aaron Mitchell	8	56.5kg	74
2	11	CHIX PIC	David Harrison	Joseph Azzopardi	14	56.5kg	74
3	23×42	PLATOON	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	6	56.5kg	–
4	21	LORDHELPMERUN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun Mc Gruddy	3	56.5kg	66
5	14	DRIFTSTAR	Simon A Miller	Peter Knuckey	2	56.5kg	64
6	53	CUP NIGHT	Bernie Miller	Patrick Carbery	10	56.5kg	–
7	205	MOUTH KARATE	Simon A Miller	Ryan Hill	13	56.5kg	–
8	1×31	AGENT PIPPA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Jarrad Noske	7	54.5kg	70
9	1312	ASSETRO	Adam Durrant	Clint Johnston-Porter	11	54.5kg	68
10	11×5	NOCELLE	Daniel Morton	Shaun O’Donnell	16	54.5kg	70
11	1	LADY COSMOLOGY	Simon A Miller	William Pike	15	54.5kg	70
12	2×224	PRINCESS PIERRO	Trevor Andrews	Chris Parnham	1	54.5kg	–
13	325	COCKATIEL	Stephen Miller	Daniel Staeck	5	54.5kg	–
14	623×5247	EMERALD ROSE	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	12	54.5kg	–
15	2×33	BAM’S ON FIRE	Mark Forder	Ms Renee Forrest	9	54.5kg	–
16	152×8	FAIRTRUSIVE	Daniel Morton	Ms Jerry Noske	4	54.5kg	59
17e	1	MARKET RULER	Simon A Miller	TBA	17	54.5kg	58

Karrakatta Plate Prize Money
1st Place	$295,000
2nd place	$100,000
3rd place	$45,000
4th place	$20,000
5th place	$10,000
6th – 10th place	$5,000

Recent Karrakatta Plate Winners

A number of notable Perth gallopers won the Karrakatta Plate as two-year-olds including Hobart Jones and the gun filly Whispering Brook who backed-up to win the WA Sires’ before heading to Victoria for a third I the 2016 Thousand Guineas.

See below for a list of the Karrakatta Plate winners and placegetters going back to 2000.

Year	Results – Winner, 2nd Place, 3rd Place			Winning Time
2019	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
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	1:11.5
2013	Ms Funovits	Trichologist	Camporella	1:10.8
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