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Oakleigh Plate

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QUEMAN winning the Sportsbet Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield in Australia.
QUEMAN winning the Sportsbet Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

The Oakleigh Plate is a Group 1 race for open class horses and is the middle peg of the Victorian Autumn Sprint Triple Crown usually run over 1100m at Caulfield.

First run in 1884, the Oakleigh Plate was first won by Malua.

The Oakleigh Plate is a handicap run on the same day as the G1 Blue Diamond and the G1 Futurity Stakes.

It was run at Sandown in 1996, when won by Drum, due to the reconstruction of Caulfield. Similarly it was held at Sandown in 2023 due to track renovations.

The Oakleigh Plate follows the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes run the week before and leads into the Newmarket Handicap before the sprinters head to Sydney for the TJ Smith Stakes.

The Lightning Stakes/Oakleigh Plate double has been done by the likes of Fastnet Rock (2005) Schillaci (1992), Placid Ark (1987) and Dual Choice (1971).

The Oakleigh Plate/Newmarket Hcp double has been done in recent years by the likes of Lankan Rupee (2014), Weekend Hussler (2008), Schillaci (1992) and Placid Ark (1987).

It was worth $750,000 in 2024.

Fillies and mares have a top record such as Marabi, Celebrity Queen, Pippie, Booker, Sheidel, Shamal Wind, Mrs Onassis, Reactive, River Dove and Miss Kournikova since 2000.

2020 was the first time in Australian racing history that two female jockeys ran the quinella in a G1 (Linda Meech & Jamie Kah).

The running in 2021 was notable as the first Dead Heat in a G1 in Australia for many, many years as Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky shared the spoils.

Three year olds used to win the Oakleigh Plate for fun however Portland Sky in 2021 was the first since Starspangledbanner in 2010.

Other notable winners of the Oakleigh Plate include Malua, Wakeful, Heroic, Aurie's Star, San Domenico, Time And Tide, Dual Choice, Tontonan, Zephyr Bay, Mistress Anne, Placid Ark, Snippets, With Me, Schillaci, Fastnet Rock, Snitzel, Weekend Hussler, Starspangledbanner, Lankan Rupee, Russian Revolution and Pippie.

The 2024 Oakleigh Plate was won by Queman from Hypothetical and Mornington Glory.


Racing and Sports

Previous Oakleigh Plate Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
QUEMAN (AUS) 5G
MINT LANE (USA) - LANGREEN (AUS) CLANGALANG (AUS)
HARRY COFFEY 52.0 SHANE & CASSIE OXLADE 2
UNCOMMON JAMES (AUS) 4G
CABLE BAY (IRE) - PICKABEE (AUS) JET SPUR (AUS)
BEN THOMPSON 53.5 S O'DEA & M HOYSTED 13
MARABI (AUS) 5M
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - NAKAAYA (AUS) TIGER HILL (IRE)
BEN ALLEN 54.0 C MAHER & D EUSTACE 2
PORTLAND SKY (AUS) 3C
DEEP FIELD (AUS) - SKY RUMBA (AUS) SHREWD RHYTHM (AUS)
TEODORE NUGENT 50.0 MATT LAURIE 5
CELEBRITY QUEEN (AUS) 4M
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - CELEBRITY MISS (AUS) MORE THAN READY (USA)
WILLIAM PIKE 53.5 G & A WILLIAMS 3
PIPPIE (AUS) 4M
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - COUPE EXPRESS (AUS) NE COUPEZ PAS (USA)
LINDA MEECH 52.0 J & C MEAGHER 14
BOOKER (AUS) 4M
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - NOONDIE (AUS) FLYING SPUR (AUS)
D YENDALL 52.0 MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA 14
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS) 4H
SNITZEL (AUS) - BALLET D'AMOUR (USA) STRAVINSKY (USA)
M J ZAHRA 56.5 P & P SNOWDEN 10
SHEIDEL (AUS) 5M
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) - LAVENTOUR (AUS) METAL STORM (FR)
JOAO MOREIRA 53.0 D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 3
FLAMBERGE (AUS) 6G
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - RAZOR BLADE (AUS) BLAZING SWORD (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE 58.0 PETER G MOODY 15
SHAMAL WIND (AUS) 5M
DUBAWI (IRE) - FIREMAID (USA) MACHIAVELLIAN (USA)
D DUNN 54.0 R W SMERDON 14
LANKAN RUPEE (AUS) 4G
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ESTELLE COLLECTION (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA)
C NEWITT 56.0 MICK PRICE 7
MRS ONASSIS (AUS) 5M
GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - MISS JAKEO (AUS) UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA)
K MCEVOY 52.5 GERALD RYAN 11
WOORIM (AUS) 6G
SHOW A HEART (AUS) - WABBLE (AUS) CANADIAN SILVER (CAN)
D J BROWNE 55.5 ROBERT HEATHCOTE 8
EAGLE FALLS (AUS) 5G
HUSSONET (USA) - DESINA (AUS) DESERT KING (IRE)
DAMIEN OLIVER 57.0 D A HAYES 9
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) 3C
CHOISIR (AUS) - GOLD ANTHEM (AUS) MADE OF GOLD (USA)
D NIKOLIC 52.0 LEON CORSTENS 6
SWISS ACE (AUS) 4H
SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - RAPID SERVE (USA) CARSON CITY (USA)
K POPE 54.0 MICK MAIR 18
WEEKEND HUSSLER (AUS) 3G
HUSSONET (USA) - WEEKEND BEAUTY (AUS) HELISSIO (FR)
B RAWILLER 53.0 R S MCDONALD 10
UNDUE (AUS) 5G
COMMANDS (AUS) - INFLUENCE (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS)
S W ARNOLD 57.0 SHANE CLARKE 14
SNITZEL (AUS) 3C
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - SNIPPETS' LASS (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS)
C NEWITT 51.5 GERALD RYAN 4
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) 3C
DANEHILL (USA) - PICCADILLY CIRCUS (AUS) ROYAL ACADEMY (USA)
G BOSS 57.0 PAUL PERRY 6
REACTIVE (AUS) 5M
GEIGER COUNTER (USA) - VICTORY RIVER (AUS) SALIERI (USA)
M PUMPA 52.0 BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH 1
RIVER DOVE (AUS) 4M
HURRICANE SKY (AUS) - RIDE THE RAPIDS (AUS) RIVER ROUGH (NZ)
S BASTER 51.5 MATHEW ELLERTON 10
SUDURKA (AUS) 5H
PERUGINO (USA) - MY SPARKLING STAR (AUS) COPPER KINGDOM (USA)
N RAWILLER 55.5 BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH 13
MISS KOURNIKOVA (AUS) 3F
MR GREELEY (USA) - ON CENTRE COURT (AUS) CENTURY (AUS)
B PREBBLE 52.0 MATHEW ELLERTON 6
SPORTS (AUS) 5G
ZEDITAVE (AUS) - OLYMPIC FLAME (AUS) BUENA SHORE (USA)
D NIKOLIC 55.0 JOHN HAWKES 10

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