Booker claims Oakleigh Plate

February 23, 2019 5:08 pm.

Booker has held on to win the half-a-million-dollar Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caufield.

The complexion of the 1100m race changed completely in the dying stages, with Encryption beating Eduardo for second in a photo finish

Boom sprinter Nature Strip, who was clear-cut pre-race favourite to win his first Group One race, was out of the placings.