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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.

2026 Karrakatta Plate Results

Stay tuned for the official 2026 Karrakatta Plate results and finishing order at Ascot on Saturday April 18, 2026.

• 1st: No. 5 Afireofgidgeecoals ($31)
• 2nd: No. 1 Beatty
• 3rd: No. 7 Aurum Belle

Winning Margin: 0.88 lengths

Winning Time: 1:10.78

The 2026 Karrakatta Plate results saw a huge boilover with the progressive Daniel Morton-trained Too Darn Hot colt, Afireofgidgeecoals ($31), mow down his rivals in a huge late run inside the final 100m to make up all the ground and turn the tables on his last start conqueror in the Perth Stakes, Beatty, by nearly a length. Neville Parnham’s previously undefeated Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes winning filly Aurum Belle meanwhile ran third 1.7 lengths beaten.

2026 Karrakatta Plate Odds

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 most recently completed by Whispering Brook (2016), Super Smink (2023), and Bustling (2024).

Recently the gun filly Watch Me Dance improved on here Karrakatta Plate second to win the Sires’ next start. She also went on to do the Group 3 WA Champion Fillies’ – Group 2 WATC Derby double that spring.

Two-year-olds in the Karrakatta Plate field may have had an earlier Group 1 run interstate over the autumn in a race like the Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) held in late February.

The 2021 Karrakatta Plate form was franked with the winner Ex Sport Man going on to run second in the WA Sires’ Produce Stakes next start, while Liwa ran second and third respectively in each event.

The 2022 Karrakatta Plate form also went on to be franked by the winning filly Amelia’s Jewel who returned in the spring to win the Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) as well as beat home the older horses in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m).

The 2022 Karrakatta Plate winner Amelia’s Jewel was also the first horse to secure a slot in the inaugural running of the now $5 million slot-race The Quokka back in Perth the following April.

From 2023 the Karrakatta Plate runs in mid-April as a key support act to The Quokka.

The 2023 Karrakatta Plate form was franked with Super Smink winning the WA Sires’ next start and later finishing top three in a host of subsequent stakes races including a third in the WA Guineas that November.

Karrakatta Plate third placegetter Ripcord further franked the form in 2023 when running third in that summer’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) and second in the Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush.

The 2025 Karrakatta Plate form was franked with the runner-up, Just Too Fly, winning the WA Sires’ at his next start.

The Karrakatta Plate 2026 ran on Saturday April 18, 2026 at Ascot Racecourse and saw the progressive Daniel Morton-trained Afireofgidgeecoals ($31) score a boilover with a huge late upset over the beaten favourites. 

2026 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 18, 2026
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Set Weights C&G 56.0kg F 54.0kg
Status:	Group Two
Prize money:	$500,000

2026 Karrakatta Plate Betting

The Karrakatta Pate 2026 betting markets and links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided here at Races.com.au once released.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with the winner Ex Sport Man winning at Karrakatta Plate odds of $19, and again in 2026 with Afireofgidgeecoals saluting at $31!

Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80 in 2022) and Bustling ($1.75 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Karrakatta Plate betting to salute for the punters.

2026 Karrakatta Plate Form

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2026 Karrakatta Plate Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Karrakatta Plate 2026 Tips on the $500,000 event on The Quokka Day.

2026 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) or the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) also held at Ascot.

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.

Amelia’s Jewel (2022) and Talkanco (2025) are the last two-year-olds to complete the Gimcrack Stakes – Karrakatta Plate double.

In 2023 the Gimcrack Stakes form also held in the Karrakatta Plate with the winner Live To Tell running second to the runner-up Super Smink who turned the tables on her last start conqueror.

Bustling (2024) was the last youngster to complete the Perth Stakes – Karrakatta Plate double.

Afireofgidgeecoals (3rd in 2026) was the last Perth Stakes graduate to go on and win the Karrakatta Plate.

The official Karrakatta Plate 2026 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

The 2026 Karrakatta Plate final field features a capacity line-up of promising juveniles led in betting by the widely drawn but undefeated Neville Parnham-trained Group 3 Gimcrack winning Snitzel filly Aurum Belle chasing her fourth straight win.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11×1	BEATTY	Sean & Jake Casey	William Pike	1	57kg		76
2	1×32	HE’S A MACHINO	Sean & Jake Casey	Tyler Schiller	9	57kg		70
3	21×0	WOLF WHISTLE ZEL	Jim Taylor	Jason Brown	10	57kg		66
4	12×4	BOY CRUSH	Luke Fernie	Clint Johnston-Porter	3	57kg		67
5	913	AFIREOFGIDGEECOALS	Daniel Morton	Ms Lucy Fiore	2	57kg		64
6	32×2	ONE LAST RESORT	Sean & Jake Casey	Joey Azzopardi	17	57kg		62
7	111	AURUM BELLE	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	16	55kg		76
8	112	MARIA LUCIA	Sean & Jake Casey	Chris Parnham	5	55kg		74
9	124	RUTHLESS ANGEL	Daniel Morton	Luke Campbell	18	55kg		63
10	17	JEDI DREAM	Stefan Vahala	Shaun McGruddy	20	55kg		62
11	1	ROK ’N’ ROM	Josh Brown	Logan Bates (a)	13	55kg		62
12	1	STRIKING ALIBI	Luke Fernie	Ms Holly Watson	15	55kg		62
13	22	SNOW MONKEY	Simon A Miller	Tommy Berry	8	55kg		62
14	338	YAMANEX	Josh Brown	Steven Parnham	12	55kg		60
15	23	LADY TORQUE	Daniel Morton	John Allen	7	55kg		64
16	04515	DIXIE DOO	Sean & Jake Casey	Shaun O’Donnell	19	55kg		60
17e	2×8	CONSIGNMENT	Neville Parnham		6	57kg		64
18e	1	COS I AM	Daniel & Ben Pearce		14	55kg		58
19e	5	FAST BREAK	Kieran Regan		4	57kg
20e	6	STREET MONARCH	Mitchell Pateman		11	55kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2026 Karrakatta Plate Nominations

Early nominations for the Karrakatta Plate in 2026 close on a Monday in early March.

The 2026 Karrakatta Plate nominations attracted 73 hopeful two-year-olds including Sean & Jake Casey’s Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic winning filly Maria Lucia and her fellow two-time winning stablemate Beatty who won Ascot’s Crystal Slipper by a big margin in the spring.

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.

Talkanco (2025) was the last Karrakatta Plate winning filly.

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

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third	Time
2026	Afireofgidgeecoals	Beatty	Aurum Belle	1:10.78
2025	Talkanco	Just Too Fly	Snitzalatte	1:09.87
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