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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 2020 ran on Saturday April 4, 2020 Ascot Racecourse and was won by Ima Single Man. 

2020 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 4, 2020
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.

2020 Karrakatta Plate Results

• 1st: #5 Ima Single Man
• 2nd: #7 Watch Me Dance
• 3rd: #4 Dark Assault

The Chris Gangemi-trained Gingerbread Man gelding Ima Single Man took his career record up to two-from-two with an upset win in the Karrakatta Plate 2020 results. It was a thrillingly tight finish in the two-year-olds feature with only three quarters of a length separating the first four past the post, all three in the trifecta jumping at double-figures while the odds-on favourite Gemma’s Son only managed to run fourth.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	5	IMA SINGLE MAN	Chris Gangemi	Jordan Turner	–	10	57.5kg	$12
2	7	WATCH ME DANCE	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	0.07L	9	55.5kg	$11
3	4	DARK ASSAULT	Roy Rogers	Jarrad Noske	0.38L	3	57.5kg	$41
4	1	GEMMA’S SON	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	0.73L	7	57.5kg	$1.50F
5	6	STARFIELD IMPACT	Mike Santich	Jason Whiting	1.88L	14	55.5kg	$11
6	8	AMERICAN CHOICE	Simon A Miller	William Pike	2.15L	6	55.5kg	$19
7	12	SOLAIA	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	2.78L	5	55.5kg	$17
8	2	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Patrick Carbery	4.1L	8	57.5kg	$21
9	10	JUSTHANDY	Bob McPherson	Clint Johnston-Porter	4.26L	11	55.5kg	$101
10	9	OUR DANNI	Luke Fernie	Ms Lucy Warwick	5.62L	12	55.5kg	$81
11	11	PRECAUTIONARY	Fred Kersley	Shaun O’Donnell	5.63L	13	55.5kg	$81
12	13	COME MAGIC	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	6.56L	4	55.5kg	$91
13	14	TIME SCALE	Simon A Miller	Joseph Azzopardi	7.29L	1	55.5kg	$71
14	3	BROOKLYN PIER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	9.38L	2	57.5kg	$81

2020 Karrakatta Plate Odds

The Karrakatta Pate 2020 betting markets and links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below once released.

2020 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.

The official Karrakatta Plate 2020 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

The 2020 Karrakatta Plate final field features 14 two-year-olds led in betting by the dominant odds-on favourite Gemma’s Son. David Harrison’s class Snippetson colt is four-from-four over his career to date including three Ascot wins and comes off a dominant Listed Perth Stakes victory.

Click here to read more on the Gemma’s Son-dominated Karrakatta Plate 2020 field and odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1111	GEMMA’S SON	David Harrison	Paul Harvey	7	57.5kg	79
2	5121	DOM TO SHOOT	Sean & Jake Casey	Patrick Carbery	8	57.5kg	71
3	1×4	BROOKLYN PIER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	2	57.5kg	66
4	6×3642	DARK ASSAULT	Roy Rogers	Jarrad Noske	3	57.5kg	66
5	1	IMA SINGLE MAN	Chris Gangemi	Jordan Turner	10	57.5kg	64
6	4213×11	STARFIELD IMPACT	Mike Santich	Jason Whiting	14	55.5kg	77
7	1312	WATCH ME DANCE	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	9	55.5kg	69
8	3213×24	AMERICAN CHOICE	Simon A Miller	William Pike	6	55.5kg	66
9	12×379	OUR DANNI	Luke Fernie	Ms Lucy Warwick	12	55.5kg	64
10	2×42	JUSTHANDY	Bob McPherson	Clint Johnston-Porter	11	55.5kg	58
11	4256	PRECAUTIONARY	Fred Kersley	Shaun O’Donnell	13	55.5kg	58
12	15	SOLAIA	Darren McAuliffe	Chris Parnham	5	55.5kg	58
13	6×3	COME MAGIC	Dion Luciani	Brad Parnham	4	55.5kg	58
14	43	TIME SCALE	Simon A Miller	Joseph Azzopardi	1	55.5kg	56

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
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