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!
2010 Burswood-Winterbottom Stakes
Hadabeclorka caused a huge boilover in the Winterbottom Stakes only 10 months after finishing last but one in the Perth Cup, hugging the rails under William Pike to scoot up the inside and take out the big race for Bunbury-based trainer Brent Larsson at odds of 41.00.
2016 Peters Investments-Kingston Town Classic
Darren Weir put $5,000 on the Stone Motherless bar after watching his entire, Stratum Star, record his second Group One victory in a controversial race that resulted in Scales of Justice’s jockey, Douglas Whyte, receiving a one-month suspension for failing to ride out his mount to the line.