Karrakatta Plate prize money
The Karrakatta Plate is worth AU$500,000 for the 2026 running . That makes it the 260th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 51st richest in Australia.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
What the Karrakatta Plate is
Group 2 · 1,200 metres · Turf · Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia
- Racecourse
- Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 2
- Distance
- 1,200 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Two year old
- First run
- 1900
We hold the total fund for the Karrakatta Plate and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Every Karrakatta Plate winner
127 runnings, 1900 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Afireofgidgeecoals | ||
| 2025 | Talkanco | ||
| 2024 | Bustling | ||
| 2023 | Super Smink | ||
| 2022 | Amelia's Jewel | ||
| 2021 | Ex Sport Man | ||
| 2020 | Ima Single Man | ||
| 2019 | Dig Deep | ||
| 2018 | Valour Road | ||
| 2017 | Lucy Mae | ||
| 2016 | Whispering Brook | ||
| 2015 | Lucky Street | ||
| 2014 | Hobart Jones | ||
| 2013 | Ms Funovits | ||
| 2012 | Luke's Luck | ||
| 2011 | Night War | ||
| 2010 | Motion Pictures | ||
| 2009 | Gold Rocks | ||
| 2008 | Brava Fortune | ||
| 2007 | Roman Time | ||
| 2006 | Canny Jack | ||
| 2005 | No Questions | ||
| 2004 | Redwoldt | ||
| 2003 | Diffraction | ||
| 2002 | Confront | ||
| 2001 | Born Priceless | ||
| 2000 | Metal Master | ||
| 1999 | Climb The Vine | ||
| 1998 | Bomber Bill | ||
| 1997 | ¶Umah | ||
| 1996 | Alabama Whirly | ||
| 1995 | Daney Boy | ||
| 1994 | Jacks Or Better | ||
| 1993 | race not held | ||
| 1992 | Dynamic Beau | ||
| 1991 | Lady Kariba | ||
| 1990 | Umatilla | ||
| 1989 | Highpak | ||
| 1988 | Hold That Smile | ||
| 1987 | Parlez Doux | ||
| 1986 | Golden Unicorn | ||
| 1985 | Blue Kristy | ||
| 1984 | Vain Marceau | ||
| 1983 | Scornvale | ||
| 1982 | Top Post | ||
| 1981 | Cheeky Trot | ||
| 1980 | Anyone Home | ||
| 1979 | Oaksana Boy | ||
| 1978 | Elegant Shell | ||
| 1977 | Rare Sovereign | ||
| 1976 | Burgess Queen | ||
| 1975 | Bodega | ||
| 1974 | Super Red | ||
| 1973 | Vain Prince | ||
| 1972 | Miss Sunnytime | ||
| 1971 | Solid Gold | ||
| 1970 | Sans Sabre | ||
| 1969 | Tricr | ||
| 1968 | Par Avion | ||
| 1967 | La Trice | ||
| 1966 | Aquatic Star | ||
| 1965 | Haze | ||
| 1964 | Nanna Tale | ||
| 1963 | Little Roderick | ||
| 1962 | Son O' Minx | ||
| 1961 | Astra Vista | ||
| 1960 | Carol Vista | ||
| 1959 | Autumn Vista | ||
| 1958 | Queen Of The Nile | ||
| 1957 | Spherical | ||
| 1956 | Sanvista | ||
| 1955 | Lady Orator | ||
| 1954 | Hyperical | ||
| 1953 | Cunderdin | ||
| 1952 | Tangle | ||
| 1951 | Copper Beech | ||
| 1950 | Count Cimbrone | ||
| 1949 | Fawzia | ||
| 1948 | Nanette | ||
| 1947 | Barlowerie | ||
| 1946 | Churinga | ||
| 1945 | Mayette | ||
| 1944 | Dream Valley | ||
| 1943 | race not held | ||
| 1942 | Sky Borne | ||
| 1941 | Jean James | ||
| 1940 | Ruby | ||
| 1939 | Romanette | ||
| 1938 | Loyalist | ||
| 1937 | Beaufiler | ||
| 1936 | Gay Balkan | ||
| 1935 | Casey | ||
| 1934 | Modulus | ||
| 1933 | Gay Gipsy | ||
| 1932 | Esmeroic | ||
| 1931 | Riveret | ||
| 1930 | Chiliad | ||
| 1929 | Gallant Airman | ||
| 1928 | Three Stripes | ||
| 1927 | Dawn Of Youth | ||
| 1926 | Chrysene | ||
| 1925 | Kongoni | ||
| 1924 | Jolly Odd | ||
| 1923 | Lace Girl | ||
| 1922 | His Double | ||
| 1921 | Yanda | ||
| 1920 | Easingwold | ||
| 1919 | Mount Prophecy | ||
| 1918 | Eurythmic | ||
| 1917 | Eudios | ||
| 1916 | Green Lord | ||
| 1915 | Bardeur | ||
| 1914 | Welkin Queen | ||
| 1913 | Hathor | ||
| 1912 | Lucky Beggar | ||
| 1911 | Miss Bob | ||
| 1910 | Mousme | ||
| 1909 | Louvima | ||
| 1908 | Jolly Beggar | ||
| 1907 | Thorina | ||
| 1906 | Romulus | ||
| 1905 | Simelle | ||
| 1904 | Betsy Burke | ||
| 1903 | Hurley Burley | ||
| 1902 | San Toy | ||
| 1901 | race not held | ||
| 1900 | Willie |
0 of the 127 runnings name the rider, 0 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Karrakatta Plate in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | A D Hollindale StakesGold Coast Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 251 | AJC St LegerRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 252 | Alister Clark StakesCaulfield or Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 253 | Bendigo CupBendigo Racecourse, Bendigo, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 254 | Breeders ClassicRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 255 | Carbine Club StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 256 | Challenge StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 257 | Geelong CupGeelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 258 | Gloaming StakesRosehill Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 259 | John F. Feehan StakesMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 261 | Peter Young StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 262 | The Bart CummingsFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 263 | The Damien OliverFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 264 | WA GuineasAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$500,000 | AU$500,000 |
| 265 | New Zealand 1000 GuineasRiccarton Park | New Zealand | AU$499,981 | NZ$600,000 |
| 266 | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders StakesTrentham, Ellerslie, Te Aroha or Te Rapa | New Zealand | AU$499,981 | NZ$600,000 |
| 267 | Perryville StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | AU$497,368 | $350,000 |
| 268 | Queen's VaseAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | AU$496,125 | £262,500 |
| 269 | Prix de RoyallieuLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
| 270 | Prix du CadranLongchamp Racecourse | France | AU$484,615 | €300,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Karrakatta Plate in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Australia
291 races, 51st of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Geelong Cup | Geelong Racecourse, Geelong, Australia | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| Gloaming Stakes | Rosehill Racecourse | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| John F. Feehan Stakes | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| Peter Young Stakes | Caulfield Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| The Bart Cummings | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 3 | AU$500,000 |
| The Damien Oliver | Flemington Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
| WA Guineas | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$500,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Karrakatta Plate prize money?
AU$500,000, for the 2026 running.
Where does the Karrakatta Plate rank among the richest races in the world?
260th of 997. 259 races pay more, the nearest of them A D Hollindale Stakes. In Australia it is 51st of 291.
When was the Karrakatta Plate first run?
1900. This page holds 127 runnings, from 1900 to 2026.
How far is the Karrakatta Plate?
1,200 metres, on turf, at Ascot Racecourse, Perth, Western Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money