Placid Ark Stakes: Date, how to watch, past winners, latest odds and more

The Placid Ark Stakes is a Listed thoroughbred horse race that takes place at Ascot racecourse in Western Australia each November.

The Placid Ark Stakes is for horses aged three years old and is raced under Set Weights & Penalties conditions.

Raced over 1200m and with $500,000 in prize money up for grabs, the Placid Ark Stakes attracts a strong field of sprinters.

Here is everything you need to know about the Placid Ark Stakes.

Placid Ark Stakes date

The Placid Ark Stakes launches the Ascot Pinnacles Carnival each year and the 2024 edition of the race will take place on Sunday 16th November.

Placid Ark Stakes time

The exact start time for the Placid Ark Stakes has yet to be announced.

Placid Ark Stakes venue

The Placid Ark Stakes always takes place at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia.

Placid Ark Stakes how to watch

The Placid Ark Stakes will be shown free-to-air on Channel 7 and also via the 7plus app.

Placid Ark Stakes prize money

The Placid Ark Stakes received a boost when the total amount of prize money was increased to a cool $500,000.

The winner will receive $274,000, second $93,000 and third place $44,000.

The top 10 all receive prize money, with sixth through to 10th all taking home $9,000 for their efforts.

Placid Ark Stakes history

The Placid Ark Stakes was first raced in 1999 and was won by a horse by the name of Fly My Kite.

The race is named after the sprinting great Placid Ark, whose career came to a premature end in 1988.

Placid Ark became the first horse to win the Group 1 treble of the Lightning Stakes, Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap.

In 2010 Placid Ark was inducted into the WA Racing Hall of Fame.

The race has grown in stature over the years and now launches the Ascot Pinnacles Carnival each year.

Placid Ark Stakes past winners

Ripcord was the winner of the 2023 Placid Ark Stakes for trainer Luke Fernie and jockey Clint Johnston-Porter.

Other notable winners of the Placid Ark Stakes include Let It Slip in 2015, Watermans Bay in 2011 and Metallic Storm in 2005.

Placid Ark Stakes odds

Repossession and Wind And The Lion are both priced at 4.50 to win the 2024 edition of the Placid Ark Stakes.

September Born is available at 6.00, while Magna’s Choice is 7.00.