This Saturday Perth’s premier racecourse at Ascot will be home to the 123^rd running of the time-honoured $500,000 Group 1 WATC Derby (2400m).

Fifteen top three-year-old gallopers will contest the 2010 Schweppes WATC Derby including two runners from the stables of local trainer Neville Parnham.

Parnham has his Blackfriars colt God Has Spoken jumping from barrier three beside stablemate Bridgestone in gate four.

Pentire colt Bridgestone is currently paying $4.60 through [iasbet] for his first win over a distance greater than 1800m, while last year’s Group 1 Kingston Town Stakes runner-up God Has Spoken is at $6.

The hot favourite heading into the WATC Derby is the Wally Mitchell-trained Brother Mak. Son of boom sire Zabeel, Brother Mak has enjoyed great success this autumn including his impressive last start win in the Listed Melvista Stakes (2200m).

Starting from barrier seven on Saturday, Brother Mak is paying $3.70 for a win with [iasbet].

The Fred Kersley-trained Zentrate who ran a close second to Brother Mak in the Melvista Stakes is also backing up with a run in the WATC Derby. At generous odds of $12, Zentrate will jump from barrier six on Saturday with Daniel Staeck aboard.

Other runners to watch include last Saturday’s talented Group 3 WA Oaks winner Impressive Jeuney (barrier 10), and the David Hayes-trained Victorian raider Chartreux drawn ideally on the rails in barrier one.

Sydney’s Randwick racecourse is also set to host a terrific day’s racing headlined by the $400,000 Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) and featuring three other Group 1 races.

The Ascot meeting on Saturday boasts a great eight-event card with the 2010 WATC Derby running as race seven.

For more of the latest news on the 2010 Western Australian Derby click on the race name.

2010 Schweppes WATC Derby Final Field & Barrier Draw

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight (kg)
1	GOD HAS SPOKEN	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	3	56
2	BRIDGESTONE (NZ)	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	4	56
3	CHARTREUX	David Hayes	Brad Rawiller	1	56
4	ZENTRATE	Fred Kersley	Daniel Staeck	6	56
5	BROTHER MAK (NZ)	Wally Mitchell	Patrick Carbery	7	56
6	SMART TWISTER	Lindsey Smith	Alan Kennedy	2	56
7	FOUR FLOORS	Darren McAuliffe	Paul King	15	56
8	CAMPOBELLO	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	13	56
9	GUEST WING	Shane A Edwards	William Pike	9	56
10	BAG OF NAILS	Simon A Miller	John Claite	12	56
11	HEAR THE DRUMS	Brett Pope	Noel Rudland	14	56
12	BENCONI	Tony Noonan	Link Robertson	11	56
13	IMPRESSIVE JEUNEY	Darren McAuliffe	Shaun O’Donnell	10	54
14	BROCCOLETTA	Len Morton	Troy Turner	5	54
15	TEST CASE	Ivan Haggerty	Jason Brown	8	54