The RJ Peters Stakes is a Group 3 quality handicap race held each year at Ascot racecourse in Perth, Western Australia during the Perth summer racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 1500 metres and worth $125,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 RJ Peters Stakes was won by Westriver Kevydonn from Tranquility with Grey Monarch third.
The RJ Peters Stakes is a quality handicap over 1500m and provides an ideal lead up race to the major event of the Perth summer racing carnival, the Gr1 Railway Stakes over 1600m the following week at the same track.
Generally attracting horses who may have elected to contest the Gr3 Asian Beau Stakes earlier in the carnival, gallopers from this event who are looking for more distance may head towards a race like the Gr1 Kingston Town Classic in December, also at Ascot.
Westriver Kevydonn (2011) won a BM74+ Handicap over 1400m at Ascot prior to winning this event and recent RJ Peters Stakes winners include God Has Spoken (2010) and Elliotto (2009).
2011 RJ Peters Stakes result
1. $3.00 Westriver Kevydonn 53.0 Patrick Carbery
2. $3.50 Tranquility 53.0 William Pike
3. $13.00 Grey Monarch 53.0 Troy Turner
then followed
4. $3.30 Rafferty 53.0 Jason Whiting
5. $7.00 Xaaravid 55.0 Peter Knuckey
6. $51.00 Keytomoney 53.5 Ms Kyra Yuill
7. $19.00 Tarzi 57.0 Steven Parnham
8. $51.00 Dino Mak 53.0 Craig Staples
Margins: Short hd, 1 3/4 len Time: 1:28.90
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