La Trice Classic News

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The La Trice Classic is a Group 3 race for fillies & mares run at Ascot Racecourse as part of the summer’s Perth Cup Day meeting.

Run over 1800m the staying showdown offers $200,000 in total prize money as of 2024 and is a set weights plus penalties event.

Perth Cup Day currently takes place during the first week of the New Year and features a number of feature races including the Group 2 $1,000,000 Perth Cup (2400m).

The La Trice Classic is the other Group status race on the program and attracts a class line-up of female gallopers.

Fillies and mares in the La Trice Classic field have a number of lead-up races available to them during the Perth Summer Racing Carnival including the Listed Starstruck Classic (1600m) held a fortnight before over mile or the Group 3 A.J. Scahill Stakes (1400m) from mid-December. Dance Music (2021), Beret (2022), and Alsephina (2023) are the latest runners to complete the Starstruck Classic – La Trice Classic double.

The race is traditionally the last of the campaign for the runners.

Alsephina franked the 2022 La Trice Classic form returning in the spring / summer of 2023 to run well in a host of races including a second in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m).

The La Trice Classic 2024 ran at Ascot Racecourse on Monday January 1, 2024 as part of Perth’s New Year’s Day race card and was won in a return to winning form by the talented Grant & Alana Williams-trained Yonga Lass ($2.60). 

2023 La Trice Classic Results

• 1st: #8 Yonga Lass ($2.60)
  
• 2nd: #9 Fine Touch
• 3rd: #7 Forever Dreaming

Grant & Alana’s in-form Universal Ruler mare, Yonga Lass ($2.60), atoned for her last start loss in the Starstruck Classic returning to winning form to add to her top Ascot track record in the 2024 La Trice Classic results after letting down at the top of the straight and making up late ground to win.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2024 La Trice Classic Betting Odds

Below the La Trice Classic 2024 odds on the Group 3 Perth Cup Day support act for fillies and mares complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au to lock in your La Trice Classic betting tips at the best price this summer will be published as soon as available.

Beret ($2.35 in 2022) and Alsephina ($2.15 in 2023) are the latest favourites in La Trice Classic betting to salute for the punters.

2024 La Trice Classic Field

The La Trice Classic field attracts a smart field of locally-trained fillies and mares chasing a summer Group win before heading out to the paddock or dropping down in grade for a January run.

The Jungle Dawn and Jungle Mist Classic races held at Ascot during November earlier in the Perth Summer Racing Carnival make nice lead-ups into the La Trice Classic field on Perth Cup Day.

The official 2024 La Trice Classic field & barriers are due out the week of the race and will be published below as soon as released by Perth Racing.

La Trice Classic History

The La Trice Classic was first contested in 2003 and won by Fortune Streak. Since then some nice types have taken out the summer showdown including Belle Bizarre (2006), Impressive Jeuney (2009), and Elite Belle (2014).

The event started as a Listed race before gaining its current Group 3 status in 2014. It has been held as part of the Perth Cup Day card since 2011. The race was not run in 2012 and two 2008 editions of the La Trice Classic took place, one in December and one in January. There are also two 2016 editions of the La Trice Classic (January & December), leading to no 2017 running with the next edition taking place in January of 2018.

Recent La Trice Classic Winners

See below for the full La Trice Classic results & winners going back to 2003.