This Saturday, while the Royal Randwick Racecourse sees the illustrious Sydney Cup Day take place, Perth’s Ascot Racecourse will be host to the highly regarded Western Australian Oaks Day.
One of the races to form the race card is the $500,000 Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m), and this year the event has seen an incredible 89 two-year-olds nominated for the fantastic race.
One locally based gelding coming into the 2010 Karrakatta Plate on good form is Riosand.
One locally based gelding coming into the 2010 Karrakatta Plate on good form is Riosand.
The Joe Byrne-trained horse recently won the Perth Stakes (1100m) at Ascot, and saw several nominations for Saturday’s race finish behind him including Big Josh and The Pupster, who finished second and third respectively.
The highly regarded Peter Moody has four nominated in Saturday’s race – Curtana, Miss Gai Flyer, Willow Creek and Master Harry.
Willow Creek won the Group 2 Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at the Rosehill Racecourse last month, while Master Harry beat stable mate Curtana in March at Flemington in the Streets Ice Cream Stakes (1000m), and are his two strongest entrants.
Also taking place on Saturday at Ascot will be the $250,000 Group 3 Western Australian Oaks (2400m).
