2021 Karrakatta Plate | Field & Odds

The Karrakatta Plate is a Group 2 race worth $500,000 run at Ascot Racecourse in Perth each autumn.

2021 Karrakatta Plate Results

1st: #1 Ex Sport Man
2nd: #10 Liwa
3rd: #15 Pat's Got Sass

Karrakatta Plate News

Gimcrack Fillies Head 2021 Karrakatta Plate Field & Betting

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 Karrakatta Plate 2021 ran on Saturday April 3, 2021 Ascot Racecourse and was won in an upset by Ex Sport Man ($19).

2021 Karrakatta Plate
Date:	Saturday April 3, 2021
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.

2021 Karrakatta Plate Results

1st: #1 Ex Sport Man
2nd: #10 Liwa
3rd: #15 Pat’s Got Sass

The Steve Wolfe-trained Playing God gelding Ex Sport Man ($19) returned to winning form with a narrow upset in the 2021 Karrakatta Plate results defeating Liwa with the beaten favourite Pat’s Got Sass in third.

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	1	EX SPORT MAN	Steve Wolfe	Troy Turner		1	56.5kg	$19
2	10	LIWA	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	0.13L	8	54.5kg	$14
3	15	PAT’S GOT SASS	David Harrison	Jason Whiting	0.32L	2	54.5kg	$5.50F
4	9	FATALE FEMME	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	2.71L	10	54.5kg	$51
5	7	HEAVENLY WATERS	Roy Rogers	Ms Lucy Warwick	3.28L	5	54.5kg	$21
6	11	FLYING MISSILE	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	3.44L	11	54.5kg	$7
7	5	DIAMOND BLUE	Ted Martinovich	Ms Jade McNaught	5.94L	12	56.5kg	$61
8	13	MICHELADA	Simon A Miller	William Pike	6.37L	15	54.5kg	$18
9	14	SIX CARAT	Paul Jordan	Craig Staples	6.84L	9	54.5kg	$81
10	16	SNEAKY CHANCE	Trevor Andrews	Peter Knuckey	7.07L	14	54.5kg	$41
11	12	ULTIMATE COMMAND	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	7.6L	6	54.5kg	$19
12	8	HOI AN	Roy Rogers	Clint Johnston-Porter	8.01L	16	54.5kg	$7
13	4	SPIN THE KNIFE	Luke Fernie	Jason Brown	9.19L	7	56.5kg	$12
14	2	HE’S GOLD	Ted Martinovich	Mitchell Pateman	11.7L	3	56.5kg	$11
15	3	STORM WHISPER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	21.69L	4	56.5kg	$10
16	6	POLICIERE	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	27.6L	13	54.5kg	$12
	18e	FEATHERWEIGHT	Daniel Morton			0
	17e	BE OPTIMISTIC	Luke Fernie			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Karrakatta Plate Odds

The Karrakatta Pate 2021 betting markets and links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below once released.

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2021 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 2021 field and barriers will be provided below the week of the race once Perth Racing released the final acceptances.

The 2021 Karrakatta Plate final field features a capacity line-up of two-year-olds including Hoi An, Policiere and Pat’s Got Sass who ran the trifecta in the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the Karrakatta Plate 2021 field and odds.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	2216	EX SPORT MAN	Steve Wolfe	Shaun McGruddy	1	56.5kg	74
2	0x9211	HE’S GOLD	Ted Martinovich	Mitchell Pateman	4	56.5kg	74
3	12×2	STORM WHISPER	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	5	56.5kg	70
4	17	SPIN THE KNIFE	Luke Fernie	Jason Brown	8	56.5kg	66
5	370×333	DIAMOND BLUE	Ted Martinovich	Ms Jade McNaught	13	56.5kg	62
6	411×62	POLICIERE	Daniel & Ben Pearce	Joseph Azzopardi	14	54.5kg	70
7	142206	HEAVENLY WATERS	Roy Rogers	Ms Lucy Warwick	6	54.5kg	67
8	3131	HOI AN	Roy Rogers	Clint Johnston-Porter	17	54.5kg	70
9	11×80	FATALE FEMME	Sean & Jake Casey	Jordan Turner	11	54.5kg	66
10	56×414	LIWA	Simon A Miller	Patrick Carbery	9	54.5kg	70
11	322×1	FLYING MISSILE	Neville Parnham	Chris Parnham	12	54.5kg	62
12	14×5	ULTIMATE COMMAND	Neville Parnham	Brad Parnham	7	54.5kg	62
13	10	MICHELADA	Simon A Miller	William Pike	16	54.5kg	62
14	41x	SIX CARAT	Paul Jordan	Craig Staples	10	54.5kg	62
15	13	PAT’S GOT SASS	David Harrison	Jason Whiting	2	54.5kg	62
16	73349	SNEAKY CHANCE	Trevor Andrews	Peter Knuckey	15	54.5kg	58
17e	838	BE OPTIMISTIC	Luke Fernie		3	54.5kg	61
18e	245	FEATHERWEIGHT	Daniel Morton		18	56.5kg	62

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Karrakatta Plate Nominations

Early nominations for the Karrakatta Plate in 2021 are now out with a bumper 56 juveniles entered for the lucrative autumn feature led by WA Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Ex Sport Man.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	221	EX SPORT MAN	G	2	Steve Wolfe	1	56.5kg	74
2	1422	HEAVENLY WATERS	F	2	Roy Rogers	2	54.5kg	68
3	411x	POLICIERE	F	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	3	54.5kg	66
4	11x	FATALE FEMME	F	2	Sean & Jake Casey	4	54.5kg	66
5	6351	PIXIE CHIX	F	2	David Harrison	5	54.5kg	62
6	10	MICHELADA	F	2	Simon A Miller	6	54.5kg	62
7	41x	SIX CARAT	F	2	Paul Jordan	7	54.5kg	62
8	14x	ULTIMATE COMMAND	F	2	Neville Parnham	8	54.5kg	62
9	1	SPIN THE KNIFE	G	2	Luke Fernie	9	56.5kg	66
10	322x	FLYING MISSILE	F	2	Neville Parnham	10	54.5kg	60
11	12x	STORM WHISPER	G	2	Neville Parnham	11	56.5kg	64
12	7334	SNEAKY CHANCE	F	2	Trevor Andrews	12	54.5kg	58
13	83	BE OPTIMISTIC	F	2	Luke Fernie	13	54.5kg	61
14	31x	HOI AN	F	2	Roy Rogers	14	54.5kg	58
15	24x	GREEN AND SHADY	G	2	Luke Fernie	15	56.5kg	62
16	2×4	HEAR ME SING	G	2	Steve Wolfe	16	56.5kg	62
17	2	FEATHERWEIGHT	G	2	Daniel Morton	17	56.5kg	62
18	2	HE’S A SIZZLER	G	2	Daniel Morton	18	56.5kg	62
19	036	ORCHILLA	F	2	Robyn Lockwood	19	54.5kg	56
20	540	SNIPPAGEM	F	2	Roy Rogers	20	54.5kg	56
21	370x	DIAMOND BLUE	G	2	Ted Martinovich	21	56.5kg	60
22	3	SAFETY FUSE	F	2	Daniel Morton	22	54.5kg	56
23	3	SECRET LAIR	C	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	23	56.5kg	60
24	56×4	LIWA	F	2	Simon A Miller	24	54.5kg	56
25	58x	EXTORIO	F	2	Mike Santich	25	54.5kg
26	9x	BUSTER’S FORCE	C	2	David Harrison	26	56.5kg
27	0x9	HE’S GOLD	G	2	Ted Martinovich	27	56.5kg
28	8	LA GALEXIA	F	2	Daniel Morton	28	54.5kg
29	9x	RISING COMMODITY	F	2	Simon A Miller	29	54.5kg
30	9x	SOCKOFF	F	2	Dion Luciani	30	54.5kg
31	6	WARPIPES	G	2	Daniel Morton	31	56.5kg
32		AWESOME RIVAL	F	2	Daniel O’Connor	32	54.5kg
33		BUTTERFLY HOUSE	F	2	Dean White	33	54.5kg
34		DEFENDING	G	2	Daniel & Ben Pearce	34	56.5kg
35		FOREVER AUTUMN	C	2	Trevor Andrews	35	56.5kg
36		I’M NOT FOR SALE	G	2	Colin Webster	36	56.5kg
37		I’M SO LUCKY	C	2	Trevor Andrews	37	56.5kg
38		KEMPY GOLD	F	2	Simon A Miller	38	54.5kg
39		KENTUCKY BLUE	G	2	Neville Parnham	39	56.5kg
40		MAGICAL GEM	G	2	Vernon Brockman	40	56.5kg
41		MR HUMBERFLOOB	G	2	Luke Fernie	41	56.5kg
42		MY FURY	F	2	Darren McAuliffe	42	54.5kg
43		PAT’S GOT SASS	F	2	David Harrison	43	54.5kg
44		PRAY AGAIN	C	2	Neville Parnham	44	56.5kg
45		SILENT IMPRESSION	C	2	Luke Fernie	45	56.5kg
46		SILVER BUGG	F	2	Stephanie Bakranich	46	54.5kg
47		SIMPLE LOGIC	C	2	Neville Parnham	47	56.5kg
48		STARS APLENTY	G	2	Colin Webster	48	56.5kg
49		STORY BOOK	F	2	Trevor Andrews	49	54.5kg
50	0x	TAHITIAN RED	F	2	Hayden Ballantyne	50	54.5kg
51		TRIX OF THE TRADE	G	2	Colin Webster	51	56.5kg
52		VALENCY	F	2	Robyn Lockwood	52	54.5kg
53		WAR GEM	C	2	Neville Parnham	53	56.5kg
54		WINNING ACES	G	2	Jim Taylor	54	56.5kg
55		WRITTEN EXCEED	C	2	Trevor Andrews	55	56.5kg
56		WUHAN WARRIOR	G	2	Hayden Ballantyne	56	56.5kg

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 placegetters going back to 2000.

Year	Results – Winner, 2nd Place, 3rd Place			Winning Time
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