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The Race History of the 2019 Gimcrack Stakes at Ascot on Saturday shows it isn’t always the best Karrakatta guide.

Whispering Brook was one good enough to take both races. Could the 2019 Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) at Ascot on Saturday provide another?

2019 GIMCRACK STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Gimcrack Stakes is a two-year-old fillies race conducted by the Western Australia Turf Club at Ascot racecourse in Perth.

The Gimcrack Stakes is run under set weights and penalty conditions over 1100m. It was first run in 1978 and was run in divisions.

It is named after a famous old English racehorse and is a lead into the Karrakatta Plate.

From 1997 it was moved into the Autumn of 1998.

The Gimcrack Stakes started as a Listed race but became Group 3 from 2015.

Initially the race was over 1000m but from 1999 was held over 1100m. In 2005 it was 1200m but resorted to 1100m afterwards.

Twice the race was run in divisions in 1978 and 1980.

It was run in 2005 at Belmont.

In 2019 the Gimcrack Stakes is worth $150,000.

Notable winners of the Gimcrack Stakes include Haulpress, Hold That Smile, Pluton, Lady Belgrave, For Your Eyes Only, Darlington Abbey, Fuld’s Bet and Whispering Brook.

The 2018 Gimcrack Stakes was won by Agent Pippa from Assetro and Bam’s On Fire.