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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.

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 $4 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 Karrakatta Plate 2023 ran on Saturday April 15, 2023 Ascot Racecourse and was won in emphatic fashion by the Daniel Morton-trained Super Smink ($4.40).  

2023 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 15, 2023
Track:	Ascot Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	2YO Set Weights C&G 56.0kg F 54.0kg
Status:	Group Two
Prize money:	$500,000

2023 Karrakatta Plate Results

• 1st: #7 Super Smink ($4.40)
• 2nd: #6 Live To Tell
• 3rd: #2 Ripcord

Dan Morton’s smart Super One filly Super Smink ($4.40) improved on her lead-up second in WA’s Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes to fly home and dominate the 2023 Karrakatta Plate results with a big two length win over the beaten odds-on favourite Live To Tell.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	SUPER SMINK	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham		6	54.5kg		$4.40
	2	6	LIVE TO TELL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	2.12L	9	54.5kg		$1.90F
	3	2	RIPCORD	Luke Fernie	Paul Harvey	5.36L	8	56.5kg		$16
	4	10	BRAVE STRIKE	Simon A Miller	Ms Holly Watson (a)	6.09L	2	54.5kg		$51
	5	9	WILEY GIRL	Simon A Miller	William Pike	6.53L	5	54.5kg		$6.50
	6	3	ALOTOFBANTER	Simon A Miller	Joshua Parr	6.74L	12	56.5kg		$19
	7	11	BONNY ROCK	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	7.2L	10	54.5kg		$81
	8	1	SNOW PRINCE	Sean & Jake Casey	Clint Johnston-Porter	9.02L	13	56.5kg		$21
	9	13	DUBLIN RED	Luke Fernie	Mrs Lucy Fiore	11.42L	3	54.5kg		$81
	10	4	BLUE LAGOON	Susan Olive	Joseph Azzopardi	11.73L	1	56.5kg		$91
	11	8	SHELL BELL	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	13.36L	11	54.5kg		$21
	12	12	ECSTASY OF GOLD	Greg Cave	Ms Jade McNaught	15.87L	4	54.5kg		$151
	13	5	CATCH THE RED EYE	Susan Olive	Ms Kyra Yuill	16.75L	7	56.5kg		$201

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Karrakatta Plate Betting Odds

The Karrakatta Pate 2023 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.

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2023 Karrakatta Plate Form

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2023 Karrakatta Plate Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Karrakatta Plate 2023 Tips on the $500,000 event on The Quokka Day.

• To Win: #6 Live To Tell ($1.90 at time of publish) 

No value in the odds-on favourite but impossible to tip against Simon Miller’s flying Territories filly who is two-from-two this prep and looking every chance at the hat-trick. Two back she broke her maiden status at her second career start winning the Supremacy Stakes fresh before a narrow win from out wide in the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes over 1100m. She needs to rise again going up to the six furlongs now and think she can do just that.

2023 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.

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.

The official Karrakatta Plate 2023 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

The 2023 Karrakatta Plate final field features a class field of promising young two-year-olds led in betting by the in-form Simon Miller-trained Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes winning filly Live To Tell chasing a third win on the trot and Dan Morton’s narrow runner-up in the same key lead-up Super Smink.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	123	SNOW PRINCE	Sean & Jake Casey	Clint Johnston-Porter	13	56.5kg		68
2	1	RIPCORD	Luke Fernie	Paul Harvey	8	56.5kg		74
3	12	ALOTOFBANTER	Simon A Miller	Joshua Parr	12	D56.5kg		70
4	3×72	BLUE LAGOON	Susan Olive	Joseph Azzopardi	1	56.5kg		61
5	7×9	CATCH THE RED EYE	Susan Olive	Ms Kyra Yuill	7	56.5kg
6	2×11	LIVE TO TELL	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	9	54.5kg		76
7	312	SUPER SMINK	Daniel Morton	Chris Parnham	6	54.5kg		72
8	4421×1	SHELL BELL	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	11	54.5kg		68
9	21	WILEY GIRL	Simon A Miller	William Pike	5	54.5kg		62
10	19	BRAVE STRIKE	Simon A Miller	Ms Holly Watson (a)	2	54.5kg		62
11	222	BONNY ROCK	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	10	54.5kg		60
12	5×3655	ECSTASY OF GOLD	Greg Cave	Ms Jade McNaught	4	54.5kg		54
13	0	DUBLIN RED	Luke Fernie	Mrs Lucy Fiore	3	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Karrakatta Plate Nominations

Early nominations for the Karrakatta Plate in 2023 close on Monday February 20, 2023.

The 2023 Karrakatta Plate nominations attracted 73 hopeful two-year-olds including the Sean & Jake Casey-trained Brave Halo who ran fourth in the $2 million Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes and Simon Miller’s early favourite Territories filly Live To Tell.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	111x4x	BRAVE HALO	C	2	Sean & Jake Casey	1	56.5kg
2	31	SUPER SMINK	F	2	Daniel Morton	2	54.5kg		70
3	12	SNOW PRINCE	G	2	Sean & Jake Casey	3	56.5kg		68
4	4421x	SHELL BELL	F	2	Dion Luciani	4	54.5kg		63
5	321x	MORE SPECIAL	F	2	Paul Jordan	5	54.5kg		62
6	15x	SOARING SOLO	F	2	Colin Webster	6	54.5kg		64
7	22x	HAPPY AS LARRY	G	2	Paul Jordan	7	56.5kg		63
8	42x	MISS ROCKJOY	F	2	Susan Olive	8	54.5kg		58
9	5×3655	ECSTASY OF GOLD	F	2	Greg Cave	9	54.5kg		54
10	5108	LEADING TADDY	G	2	Ashley Maley	10	56.5kg		62
11	2x	LIVE TO TELL	F	2	Simon A Miller	11	54.5kg		58
12	3x	PLATINUM SHOT	F	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	12	54.5kg		58
13	3x	AUSPICIOUS	F	2	Stephen Miller	13	54.5kg		56
14	4x	CHARLIE JANE	F	2	David Harrison	14	54.5kg
15	6×80	TWIST OF GOLD	F	2	Luke Fernie	15	54.5kg		54
16	3x	BLUE LAGOON	G	2	Susan Olive	16	56.5kg		60
17	6×0	RUBICK LASS	F	2	David Harrison	17	54.5kg
18	7x	CATCH THE RED EYE	G	2	Susan Olive	18	56.5kg
19	6x	DANEA ROCK	F	2	Bob McPherson	19	54.5kg
20	6x	ODIN OMEN	G	2	Ashley Maley	20	56.5kg
21	0x	RUBICK DELIGHT	F	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	21	54.5kg
22	8x	THUMPER GOLD	F	2	Luke Fernie	22	54.5kg
23	6x	WARRALEA LASS	F	2	Steve Wolfe	23	54.5kg
24		ALL PLAY	G	2	Trevor Andrews	24	56.5kg
25		ALOTOFBANTER	G	2	Simon A Miller	25	56.5kg
26		ALWAYS AWESOME	G	2	Simon A Miller	26	56.5kg
27		AUGMENT (NZ)	F	2	Simon A Miller	27	54.5kg
28		AUTO SPARK	F	2	Dion Luciani	28	54.5kg
29		BEEN OUR ANGEL	C	2	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	29	56.5kg
30		BOLTA	G	2	Dion Luciani	30	56.5kg
31		BONDI BUBBLES	G	2	David Harrison	31	56.5kg
32		BRAVE SHOT	C	2	Grant & Alana Williams	32	56.5kg
33		BRAVE SPIRIT	C	2	Steve Wolfe	33	56.5kg
34		BRAVE STRIKE	F	2	Simon A Miller	34	54.5kg
35		CABLE ROCK	G	2	Sean & Jake Casey	35	56.5kg
36		CAPTAIN CALICO	G	2	Ray Malpass	36	56.5kg
37		CHOIXWAY	G	2	Jim Taylor	37	56.5kg
38		COVENTRY BLITZ	F	2	Steve Wolfe	38	54.5kg
39		DELICATE RULER	C	2	Jim Taylor	39	56.5kg
40		DUBLIN RED	F	2	Luke Fernie	40	54.5kg
41		EASY MONEY	F	2	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	41	54.5kg
42		FURLANETTO	F	2	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	42	54.5kg
43		GARRISON BOY	G	2	Tara Itzstein	43	56.5kg
44		GYPSY LEE ROSE	F	2	Vernon Brockman	44	54.5kg
45		HOT NOVA	F	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	45	54.5kg
46		HOT PUDDIN	G	2	David Harrison	46	56.5kg
47		I DREAMED A DREAM	G	2	Steve Wolfe	47	56.5kg
48		KHUTOS	G	2	Grant & Alana Williams	48	56.5kg
49		LADY DERRINGER	F	2	Anthony Oram	49	54.5kg
50		LUCKY LILY	F	2	Monica Tyson	50	54.5kg
51		MIRRORSCHINO	C	2	Trevor Andrews	51	56.5kg
52		MISS DE BEERS	F	2	Meryl Hayley	52	54.5kg
53		NEVER THE TWAIN	F	2	Sean & Jake Casey	53	54.5kg
54		NOSIRRAH	G	2	David Harrison	54	56.5kg
55		ONE PUNCH	G	2	Russell Stewart	55	56.5kg
56		OUTSIDE THE FLAGS	G	2	Luke Fernie	56	56.5kg
57		PHENCE SITTER	F	2	Steve Wolfe	57	54.5kg
58		PROSPECTOR’S PICK	G	2	Simon A Miller	58	56.5kg
59		RIPCORD	C	2	Luke Fernie	59	56.5kg
60		RUMBA RHYTHM	F	2	Luke Fernie	60	54.5kg
61		SANCTIONS	F	2	David Harrison	61	54.5kg
62		SAPPHIRE STREET	F	2	Daniel Morton	62	54.5kg
63		SCORPION RULER	F	2	Joshua Krispyn	63	54.5kg
64		SECRET GIRL	F	2	Vernon Brockman	64	54.5kg
65		SEEYOUATTHESESSION	G	2	Simon A Miller	65	56.5kg
66		SPREAD THE RUMOUR	C	2	Luke Fernie	66	56.5kg
67		STOLEN VALOUR	G	2	Russell Stewart	67	56.5kg
68		STYLISH LORD	G	2	Russell Stewart	68	56.5kg
69		SUNSET DREAMING	F	2	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	69	54.5kg
70		WAYNE THE PAIN	G	2	Misty Bazeley	70	56.5kg
71		WEAPONS HOT	C	2	Luke Fernie	71	56.5kg
72		WICKED VENOM	G	2	Rhys Radford	72	56.5kg
73		WILEY GIRL	F	2	Simon A Miller	73	54.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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	WINNER	2ND	3RD	TIME
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