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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). More 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.

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 Karrakatta Plate 2022 ran on Saturday April 2, 2022 Ascot Racecourse and was won in impressive fashion by the well-backed favourite Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80F). 

2022 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 2, 2022
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 1 of ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick that features the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) for two-year-olds. There was an exception to this in 2021 however with all the Sydney Autumn Carnival meetings from Golden Slipper Day onwards rescheduled a week later due to the heavy rainfall in Sydney.

2022 Karrakatta Plate Results

• 1st: #10 Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80F)
• 2nd: #16 Baby Paris
• 3rd: #14 Penny On The Queen

Simon Miller’s star filly Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80F) was ultra-impressive again, dominating the 2022 Karrakatta Plate results off a sustained run off a strong pace to still power away late and defeat her rivals by nearly three lengths.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	10	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery		15	54.5kg		$1.80F
	2	16	BABY PARIS	Colin Webster	Ms Jerry Noske	2.45L	6	54.5kg		$19
	3	14	PENNY ON THE QUEEN	Ashley Maley	Ms Lucy Warwick	3.57L	8	54.5kg		$31
	4	7	KOSTA’S CROWN	Sean & Jake Casey	Laqdar Ramoly (a)	3.61L	7	56.5kg		$14
	5	3	LEFT THE BUILDING	Luke Fernie	Chris Parnham	4.56L	4	56.5kg		$8
	6	1	MAN CRUSH	Luke Fernie	Brad Rawiller	5.12L	12	56.5kg		$21
	7	8	PLAYHOUSE PATRON	Bob McPherson	Paul Harvey	5.39L	14	56.5kg		$61
	8	15	LUCKY SUE	David Harrison	Jason Whiting	5.58L	5	54.5kg		$201
	9	17e	UNION JACK	Paul Jordan	Craig Staples	5.58L	13	56.5kg		$201
	10	2	STREET PARADE	Russell Stewart	Brad Parnham	6.69L	2	56.5kg		$10
	11	4	CAPRICORN MAN	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	8.24L	1	56.5kg		$19
	12	12	SHE’S GREYSFUL	Hayden Ballantyne	Chris Nicoll	8.56L	10	54.5kg		$26
	13	5	GALAXY AFFAIR	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Alan Kennedy	9.3L	16	56.5kg		$101
	14	6	SUNNY HONEY	David Harrison	Andrew Castle	10.35L	3	56.5kg		$101
	15	11	COSTUME PARTY	Luke Fernie	Ms Jade McNaught	13.75L	11	54.5kg		$51
	16	13	FIORUCCI MAMA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	23.78L	9	54.5kg		$26
		18e	SWEEP THE LEG	Luke Fernie			0
		9	ALL THE KING’S MEN	Trevor Andrews			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Karrakatta Plate Betting Odds

The Karrakatta Pate 2022 betting markets and links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below once released.

There was a notable upset in 2021 with the winner Ex Sport Man winning at Karrakatta Plate odds of $19.

Amelia’s Jewel ($1.80 in 2022) was the last favourite in Karrakatta Plate betting to salute for the punters.

2022 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) was the last two-year-old to complete the Gimcrack Stakes – Karrakatta Plate double.

The official Karrakatta Plate 2022 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

A capacity line-up of mainly local WA-trained two-year-olds faces off in the 2022 Karrakatta Plate final field this weekend at Ascot including Simon Miller’s undefeated, odds-on favourite Amelia’s Jewel coming off two impressive wins this autumn at the track including the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes on March 19 by nearly three lengths.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	61×4417	MAN CRUSH	Luke Fernie	Brad Rawiller	13	56.5kg		72
2	1×3332	STREET PARADE	Russell Stewart	Brad Parnham	2	56.5kg		70
3	3×1	LEFT THE BUILDING	Luke Fernie	Chris Parnham	4	56.5kg		74
4	521	CAPRICORN MAN	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	1	56.5kg		66
5	6166	GALAXY AFFAIR	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Alan Kennedy	18	56.5kg		65
6	1×8	SUNNY HONEY	David Harrison	Andrew Castle	3	56.5kg		66
7	263×3	KOSTA’S CROWN	Sean & Jake Casey	Laqdar Ramoly (a)	7	56.5kg		64
8	7625	PLAYHOUSE PATRON	Bob McPherson	Paul Harvey	16	56.5kg		62
9	4×554	ALL THE KING’S MEN	Trevor Andrews		9	56.5kg		60
10	11	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	17	54.5kg		76
11	1322×32	COSTUME PARTY	Luke Fernie	Ms Jade McNaught	12	54.5kg		66
12	5124	SHE’S GREYSFUL	Hayden Ballantyne	Steven Parnham	11	54.5kg		66
13	1225	FIORUCCI MAMA	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	10	54.5kg		66
14	3813	PENNY ON THE QUEEN	Ashley Maley	Ms Lucy Warwick	8	54.5kg		63
15	22379	LUCKY SUE	David Harrison	Jason Whiting	5	54.5kg		57
16	1	BABY PARIS	Colin Webster	Peter Knuckey	6	54.5kg		60
17e	65×23	UNION JACK	Paul Jordan	Craig Staples	15	56.5kg		61
18e	2	SWEEP THE LEG	Luke Fernie		14	56.5kg		61

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2022 Karrakatta Plate Nominations

Early nominations for the Karrakatta Plate in 2022 close on Monday February 21, 2022.

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 place-getters going back to 2000.

Year	Results – Winner, 2nd Place, 3rd Place			Winning Time
2022	Amelia’s Jewel	Baby Paris	Penny On The Queen	1:09.55
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	1:11.5
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