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Many a top drawer Perth youngster comes out of the WA Sires’ Produce Stakes run at Ascot on Saturday.

Bomber Bill was a famous winner so we must watch the 2022 WA Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday with interest.

2022 WA SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The WA Sires' Produce Stakes is Group 3 race for two-year-olds conducted by the Perth Racing at Ascot in Perth.

The WA Sires' Produce Stakes was first run in 1911 and has been a Group 3 race since 1991.

It was a Group 2 from 1979-1990 and has been run twice at Perth's Belmont racecourse in 2005 and 2010.

The WA Sires' Produce Stakes is run over 1400m under set weights conditions for two-year-olds.

The WA Sires' Produce Stakes has been won by 38 fillies since 1911.

Whispering Brook (2016), Luke's Luck (2012), Motion Pictures (2010), Brava Fortune (2008) and Roman Time (2007) have all won the Karrakatta Plate/WA Sires Produce Stakes double in recent years.

Watch Me Dance came back as a 3yo to win the WA Champion Fillies and WA Guineas.

The 2022 WA Sires' Produce Stakes was worth $200,000 in prizemoney.

Notable winners of the WA Sires' Produce Stakes include Eurthymic, Maple, Hyperion, Blue Stream, Maniana, Chestillion, Nicopolis, Nanna Tale, Our Pocket, Rare Sovereign, Send A Sign, Marooned Lady, Bomber Bill, Hardrada, Denmarket, God Has Spoken, Bliss Street, Luke's Luck, Whispering Brook, Watch Me Dance and Hoi An.

The 2021 WA Sires' Produce Stakes was won by Hoi An from Ex Sport Man and Liwa.