The Pinnacles
The Pinnacles is Western Australia's premier racing carnival with four chances to compete for $1.5 million across consecutive Saturdays at Ascot.
In excess of $10.5 million is up for grabs across the five days of the carnival, including three at Group 1 level, the Railway Stakes, Winterbottom Stakes and Northerly Stakes. A further 16 black-type races are offered with plenty of options for your champions, whether fillies, mares, colts, or geldings, over a significant variety of distances.
The Pinnacles is designed to be a celebration of racing and the best that WA has to offer.
Interested in travelling your horse to Perth? See our guide below
Five Fabulous Saturdays at Ascot
“The biggest and the best happens in the West and The Pinnacles carnival has taken Australia by storm. The quality of racing along with the prizemoney on offer and the wonderful hospitality of Perth Racing makes it a very attractive carnival for Adrian and I to target.”
Gai Waterhouse, Waterhouse/Bott partnership, Trainers of ZOUMON
Perth Racing have been outstanding and made the trip a seamless exercise. The facilities and tracks have been excellent and the hospitality even better. My team, my clients and I can't wait to get back!"
Bjorn Baker, Trainer of OVERPASS
“Our first experience of the Perth Carnival was exceptional. The team at Perth Racing, the track conditions and hospitality were second to none. Our horses and travelling staff were very well looked after, and we’re already looking forward to coming back.”
Annabel Neasham, Trainer of ZAAKI & NUMERIAN
Risk-Free Shot at Perth Riches
Our acclaimed Equine All Stars Incentive Scheme subsidises the travel costs of selected Group race runners from outside Western Australia and assists visiting horses in other black type races.
The scheme not only provides connections of runners in The Pinnacles (supported by TABtouch) and Perth Cup with effectively risk-free shots at glory in those highly prized contests but also slashes the expenses associated with travelling a galloper to compete in one or more of the other 16 black type events – five of which are restricted to fillies and mares - during The Pinnacles and the last four Saturdays of the Ascot Racing Carnival.
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 WA.
The agreement empowers Racing WA to rebate agreed monies if the incentivised horse places first to tenth inclusive in the Railway Stakes, the WA Guineas, the Winterbottom Stakes, the Northerly Stakes, The Gold Rush and/or Perth Cup.
Get in touch with our team
Our dedicated Pinnacles concierge team Grant Burns & Vinny Meens are available for all enquiries relating to flights, stabling, transport and the Equine All Star scheme.
Racing WA
Vinny Meens - Thoroughbred Operations Manager
vinny.meens@rwwa.com.au
(+61) 0420 995 470
Perth Racing
Grant Burns
grant@premiumbloodstock.com.au
(+61) 0410 683 47