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!
2009 Go For 2&5-Kingston Town Classic
Sniper’s Bullet became the fourth and most recent thoroughbred to capture the Railway Stakes-Kingston Town Classic double when, under Damien Oliver, he shot to the front at the top of the Ascot Racecourse straight and won convincingly after jumping from the widest gate.
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.