SERIOUS PL AY 23 NOVEMBER | 30 NOVEMBER | 7 DECEMBER ASCOT RACECOURSE PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA perthracing.com.au ASCOT RACING CARNIVAL 30 BLACK TYPE RACES DATE PRIZEMONEY RACE STATUS DISTANCE AGE SEX CONDITIONS Saturday 12 October $100,000 3YO Classic N/A 1,000m 3YO O SWP Saturday 19 October $150,000 Northerly Stakes G3 1,400m 3UP O SWP $100,000 RS Crawford Stakes LR 1,000m 3UP O SWP Saturday 26 October $100,000 Belgravia Stakes LR 1,200m 3YO O SWP Saturday 2 November $150,000 Asian Beau Stakes G3 1,400m 3UP O HCP $150,000 Prince of Wales Stakes G3 1,000m 3UP O SWFA Tuesday 5 November $100,000 Burgess Queen Stakes LR 1,400m 3YO F SWP Saturday 9 November $250,000 Lee Steere Stakes G2 1,400m 3UP O SWFA $100,000 Fairetha Stakes LR 1,400m 3YO C&G SWP Saturday 16 November $150,000 Colonel Reeves Stakes G3 1,100m 3UP O SWP $150,000 RJ Peters Stakes G3 1,500m 3UP O HCP $200,000 WA Champion Fillies Stakes G3 1,600m 3YO F SW $100,000 Ascot Gold Cup LR 1,800m 3UP O HCP Saturday 23 November $1,000,000 Kirin-Railway Stakes G1 1,600m 3UP O HCP The TABtouch Masters $500,000 Sky Racing-WA Guineas G2 1,600m 3YO O SW $100,000 Carbine Club of WA Stakes LR 1,400m 3UP O SWP $100,000 Jungle Mist Classic LR 1,200m 3UP F&M SWP $100,000 Placid Ark Stakes LR 1,200m 3YO O SWP $100,000 Crystal Slipper Stakes N/A 1,100m 2YO O SW Saturday 30 November $1,000,000 Crown Perth-Winterbottom Stakes G1 1,200m 3UP O SWFA The TABtouch Masters $100,000 Tattersall’s Cup LR 2,100m 3UP O HCP $100,000 Country Championship: The Road to Ascot N/A 1,200m 3UP O HCP $100,000 Westspeed Platinum Series Final N/A 1,400m 4UP O HCP Saturday 7 December $1,000,000 Magic Millions-Kingston Town Classic G1 1,800m 3UP O SWFA The TABtouch Masters $200,000 AJ Scahill Stakes G3 1,400m 3UP O SWFA $100,000 Jungle Dawn Classic LR 1,400m 3UP F&M SWP $100,000 Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic LR 1,400m 3YO O SWP Saturday 14 December $100,000 GA Towton Cup LR 2,200m 3UP O HCP Saturday 21 December $250,000 Ted van Heemst Stakes G2 2,100m 3UP O SWFA $100,000 Starstruck Classic LR 1,600m 3UP F&M SWP Saturday 28 December $100,000 ATA Stakes LR 2,200m 3UP O HCP Saturday 4 January $400,000 TABtouch-Perth Cup G2 2,400m 3UP O HCP $150,000 La Trice Classic G3 1,800m 3UP F&M SWP $100,000 Summer Scorcher LR 1,000m 3UP O HCP • KEY G1 Group One 2YO Two-year-olds only O Open HCP Handicap G2 Group Two 3YO Three-year-olds only C&G Colts and geldings only SWFA Standard weight for age G3 Group Three 3UP Three-year-olds and upwards F Fillies only SW Set weights LR Listed N/A Not applicable F&M Fillies and mares only SWP Set weights and penalties 2 THE TABTOUCH MASTERS SERIOUS HORSEPLAY Big money. Black type. Brilliant hospitality. Perth Racing invites you to experience serious horseplay at The TABtouch Masters, this year’s fourth edition of the world’s only single-track thoroughbred festival featuring a Group One race worth at least $1,000,000 on three consecutive Saturdays. More than $5,000,000 is up for grabs across the three days of The TABtouch Masters, with the Kirin-Railway Stakes, the Crown Perth-Winterbottom Stakes and the Magic Millions-Kingston Town Classic each boasting prizemoney totalling seven figures. Eleven of the 27 races that comprise The TABtouch Masters carry black type status, including the $500,000 Group Two Sky Racing- WA Guineas for three-year-old gallopers of either sex and two $100,000 Listed events restricted to mares and three-year-old RAILWAY STAKES fillies. The Jungle Mist Classic and the Jungle Dawn Classic are two of the Ascot Racing Carnival’s four black type contests - one at Group Three grade and three at Listed level - for big girls only. The fact interstate/international participation in The TABtouch Masters has increased year on year since 2016 is attributable to Perth Racing’s Equine All Stars Incentive Scheme, which not only provides connections of Railway Stakes, Winterbottom Stakes, Kingston Town Classic and WA Guineas runners with effectively risk-free shots at glory in those four highly prized races but also slashes the expenses associated with travelling a galloper to compete in one or more of the festival’s other major events. You can read about the acclaimed scheme on pages four and five. Visiting gallopers have won four of the nine Group One races staged under The TABtouch Masters banner, including every edition of the Winterbottom Stakes. Also, in three of the last four seasons, Group One victors at Ascot Racecourse have taken out Magic Millions contests at Gold Coast shortly thereafter, indicating WINTERBOTTOM STAKES chasing riches in Western Australia in November and December is a wonderful way to prepare for Queensland in January. Nominations for the Railway Stakes, the Winterbottom Stakes, the Kingston Town Classic and the WA Guineas close at 12:00 Australian Western Standard Time on Monday 14 October. Your guide to these four races is on pages six to nine inclusive, while the back page includes contact details for key Perth Racing and Racing and Wagering Western Australia personnel. The TABtouch Masters is part of Perth Racing’s commitment to iconic events that bring people together to share unique racing and non-racing experiences. Nearly 70,000 people enjoyed serious horseplay during the first three editions of The TABtouch Masters so check out this year’s travel and hospitality packages on pages 10 and 11 because you do not have to be connected to a competing galloper to experience extraordinary in Western Australia. Ascot Racecourse is where horseplay lives. Perth Racing looks KINGSTON TOWN CLASSIC forward to welcoming you to its superb riverside track for The TABtouch Masters and three days of serious horseplay. 3 EQUINE ALL STARS INCENTIVE SCHEME SUBSIDISED TRAVEL FOR VISITING HORSES Perth Racing’s acclaimed Equine All Stars Incentive Scheme subsidises the travel costs of Group One and Group Two runners from outside Western Australia and assists visiting horses in other black type races. The scheme not only provides connections of Kirin- Railway Stakes, Sky Racing-WA Guineas, Crown Perth- Winterbottom Stakes and/or Magic Millions-Kingston Town Classic runners with effectively risk-free shots at glory in those four highly prized contests but also slashes the expenses associated with travelling a galloper to compete in one or more of the other 14 black type events - four of which are restricted to mares and three-year-old fillies - during PRIZED ICON The TABtouch Masters and the last four Saturdays of the Ascot Racing Carnival. perthracing.com.au Participation in the scheme is not compulsory but, to access its benefits, a representative of the incentivised horse must enter into an agreement with Perth Racing and Racing and Wagering Western Australia. The agreement empowers RWWA to rebate agreed monies if the incentivised horse places first to 10th inclusive in the Railway Stakes, the WA Guineas, the Winterbottom Stakes and/ or the Kingston Town Classic. Rebates do not apply to other races but the scheme delivers fewer benefits to incentivised horses which do not run in the Railway Stakes, the WA Guineas, the Winterbottom Stakes and/or the Kingston Town Classic. BENEFITS TO RUNNERS IN RAILWAY STAKES, WA GUINEAS, WINTERBOTTOM STAKES AND/OR KINGSTON TOWN CLASSIC HORSE INTERSTATE- NEW ZEALAND- HONG KONG-, JAPAN- OR BASED HORSE BASED HORSE SINGAPORE-BASED HORSE Flight from country of origin to Melbourne N/A Yes Yes Post-arrival quarantine in Australia * N/A N/A Yes Charter flight from Melbourne to Perth ** Yes Yes Yes Quarantine inspection at Perth Airport Yes Yes Yes Transport from Perth Airport to stabling *** Yes Yes Yes Transport from stabling to Perth Airport Yes Yes Yes Flight from Perth to Melbourne Yes Yes Yes Flight from Melbourne to country of origin N/A Yes Yes HUMAN $5,000 travel/accommodation allowance (GST inclusive) Yes Yes Yes per incentivised horse in the Railway Stakes final field **** $5,000 travel/accommodation allowance (GST inclusive) Yes Yes Yes per incentivised horse in the WA Guineas final field **** $6,000 travel/accommodation allowance (GST inclusive) Yes Yes Yes per incentivised horse in the Winterbottom Stakes final field **** $7,000 travel/accommodation allowance (GST inclusive) Yes Yes Yes per incentivised horse in the Kingston Town Classic final field **** * Subject to Perth Racing sourcing access to a quarantine facility; ** Perth Racing will organise a charter flight from Melbourne to Perth (likely to be on Sunday 17 November); *** Perth Racing will assist with meeting stabling requests but its Equine All Stars Incentive Scheme does not cover any stabling costs; **** Perth Racing will assist with travel bookings, particularly those pertaining to hotel accommodation; only one travel/accommodation allowance per incentivised horse will apply in 4 the event of that galloper making the final field of more than one of the Railway Stakes, the WA Guineas, the Winterbottom Stakes and/or the Kingston Town Classic EQUINE ALL STARS INCENTIVE SCHEME SUBSIDISED TRAVEL FOR VISITING HORSES REBATES FROM RUNNERS IN RAILWAY STAKES, WA GUINEAS, WINTERBOTTOM STAKES AND/OR KINGSTON TOWN CLASSIC PLACE INTERSTATE-BASED HORSE NEW ZEALAND- HONG KONG-, JAPAN- OR BASED HORSE SINGAPORE-BASED HORSE First $30,000 $42,000 $54,000 Second $20,000 $28,000 $36,000 Third $15,000 $21,000 $27,000 Fourth $10,000 $14,000 $18,000 Fifth $5,000 $7,000 $9,000 Sixth to 10th $2,500 $3,500 $4,500 RWWA will deduct the agreed rebate(s) from the ownership group’s share of the prizemoney; multiple rebates will apply in the event of an incentivised horse placing first to