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 SGIO-Winterbottom Stakes
A nose was all that separated Takeover Target and Apache Cat at the end of the best known edition of the Winterbottom Stakes, Joe Janiak’s rags-to-riches sprinter getting the better of Greg Eurell’s galloper in a heart-stopping, head-bobbing finish featuring two greats.
2011 GR Engineering-Kingston Town Classic
Playing God recaptured his best form to win the Kingston Town Classic, thereby becoming the fifth thoroughbred to take out multiple editions of the Group One event, matching the race achievements of Family Of Man, Summer Beau, Old Comrade and Niconero.