Races: The Masters of WA Racing is a celebration of the last 10 years of the Railway Stakes, the Kingston Town Classic and the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot Racecourse.
From Friday 1 December to Friday 8 December – the day before the final Saturday of The TABtouch Masters – Perth Racing invites you to participate in a dynamic online poll to rank the 30 races featured on the Races: The Masters of WA Racing. Inspired by Facebook’s predecessor, the Mark Zuckerberg-developed Facemash, it is easy, fun and addictive.
Below you see images and synopses pertaining to two of the 30 races featured on the Races: The Masters of WA Racing. Click the image of the race you think was the better of the two. The system will serve you with random head-to-head battles on which you can vote until you choose to stop voting. Behind the scenes, the system will rank the races based on the results of the head-to-head battles on which you and your fellow fans vote.
Which was the better of these two races? Click the relevant image to cast your vote!
2008 Go For 2&5-Kingston Town Classic
Niconero won the Kingston Town Classic both before and after its name change to honour the legendary three-time WS Cox Plate champion, justifying favouritism in the 2008 edition two years after breaking through for the first of his five career Group One successes.
2010 Carlton Draught-Railway Stakes
Gathering capitalised on his feather weight of 52 kilograms to lead all the way in the Railway Stakes under Craig Williams, registering a 2.3-length win over Famous Roman to deliver interstate Group One success to trainer John Thompson and the Patinack Farm Racing operation.