Oakleigh Plate

The Oakleigh Plate is a Group 1 horse race run over 1100m at Caulfield with a total purse of $750,000.

The popular sprint race generally features some of the best sprinters in Australia. The list of past winners features some huge names, including Fastnet Rock (2005) and Eagle Falls (2011).

The race is the middle peg of the Melbourne Autumn Carnival sprinting series, which also features the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap.

Race under handicap conditions, the Oakleigh Plate has only ever had five winners who have carried more than 55.5kg over the journey.

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2025 Oakleigh Plate Final Field

Horsebetting.com.au will update this page when the 2025 Oakleigh Plate field is released.

Previous Oakleigh Plate Fields

Many a sprinting superstar have taken out the time-honoured Oakleigh Plate.

• 2024 Oakleigh Plate field
  

  1. Kallos (15)

  • T: James Cummings
  • J: Blake Shinn
  • W: 58kg
  • F: 1×771
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Brown
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Medaglia D’oro (USA)
  • Dam: Calliope

  +1200
  +290

  

  2. Asfoora (11)

  • T: Henry Dwyer
  • J: Mitchell Aitken
  • W: 57.5kg
  • F: 2×912
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Flying Artie
  • Dam: Golden Child

  +500
  +125

  

  3. Skew Wiff (3)

  • T: Mark Walker
  • J: Craig Williams
  • W: 55.5kg
  • F: x5161
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Savabeel
  • Dam: Starvoia

  +2000
  +450

  

  4. Sghirripa (13)

  • T: Shane & Cassie Oxlade
  • J: Craig Newitt
  • W: 55kg
  • F: 11311
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Grey
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Lonhro
  • Dam: Wonder I Do

  +800
  +200

  

  5. Chain Of Lightning (10)

  • T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
  • J: Carleen Hefel
  • W: 53.5kg
  • F: x07x4
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Grey
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Fighting Sun
  • Dam: Magic Art

  +3000
  +650

  

  6. Najem Suhail (8)

  • T: Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
  • J: Celine Gaudray
  • W: 53.5kg
  • F: 22213
  • Age: 6YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Starspangledbanner
  • Dam: Sophie’s Spirit

  +1500
  +360

  

  7. Recommendation (4)

  • T: Ciaron Maher
  • J: Declan Bates
  • W: 53.5kg
  • F: 32132
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Shalaa (IRE)
  • Dam: Advise (USA)

  +1600
  +380

  

  8. Benedetta (5)

  • T: Jason Warren
  • J: Daniel Stackhouse
  • W: 53kg
  • F: x4311
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Hellbent
  • Dam: Whatalovelyday

  +800
  +200

  

  9. Brudenell (6)

  • T: Kris Lees
  • J: Daniel Moor
  • W: 52kg
  • F: 1615x
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Russian Revolution
  • Dam: Knit ‘n’ Purl

  +2600
  +550

  

  10. Hypothetical (9)

  • T: Anthony & Sam Freedman
  • J: Michael Dee
  • W: 52kg
  • F: 4×122
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Pride of Dubai
  • Dam: Fitna

  +1100
  +270

  

  11. Lempicka (14)

  • T: Ken & Kasey Keys
  • J: Blaike McDougall
  • W: 52kg
  • F: x7111
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Mare
  • Sire: Rich Enuff
  • Dam: Hot Art

  +4000
  +850

  

  12. Mornington Glory (7)

  • T: Gavin Bedggood
  • J: Dean Yendall
  • W: 52kg
  • F: 51122
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Brown
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Shalaa (IRE)
  • Dam: Crowned Glory

  +2600
  +550

  

  13. Queman (2)

  • T: Shane & Cassie Oxlade
  • J: Harry Coffey
  • W: 52kg
  • F: 1×711
  • Age: 5YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Mint Lane (USA)
  • Dam: Langreen

  +1700
  +400

  

  14. Rey Magnerio (12)

  • T: Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock
  • J: Joe McNeil
  • W: 52kg
  • F: 12111
  • Age: 4YO
  • Color: Brown
  • Sex: Gelding
  • Sire: Magnus
  • Dam: Luchardo

  +1100
  +270

  

  15. King’s Gambit (1)

  • T: Peter & Paul Snowden
  • J: Jamie Kah
  • W: 50kg
  • F: x13x3
  • Age: 3YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Colt
  • Sire: I Am Invincible
  • Dam: Sultry Feeling

  +340
  -117.65
• 2023 Oakleigh Plate field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Roch ‘N’ Horse	Mike Moroney	Jamie Mott	10	58kg
  2		Lombardo	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	8	57kg
  3		Masked Crusader	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ben Melham	16	57kg
  4		The Astrologist	Leon & Troy Corstens	Blake Shinn	13	56.5kg
  5		King Of Sparta	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	3	56.5kg
  6		Zoustyle	Tony Gollan	Ethan Brown	20	55kg
  7		Marine One	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	5	54kg
  8		Uncommon James	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson	14	53.5kg
  9		Asfoora	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	6	53kg
  10		Lofty Strike	Julius Sandhu	Craig Newitt	11	53kg
  11		Chain Of Lightning	Peter Moody	Craig Williams	2	52.5kg
  12		Shooting For Gold	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Jaden Lloyd	4	52.5kg
  13		I Am Me	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	1	52kg
  14		Mileva	Phillip Stokes	Dean Holland	7	52kg
  15		Star Patrol	Clinton McDonald	Michael Dee	9	52kg
  16		Zapateo	James Cummings	Daniel Moor	12	52kg
  17		Shamino (1E)	Phillip Stokes	Kayla Crowther	15	52kg
  18		Oxley Road (2E)	Peter Moody	Patrick Moloney	18	52kg
  19		Triple Missile (3E)	Lindsey Smith	TBC	19	52kg
  20		Bless Her (4E)	Clayton Douglas	TBC	17	52kg

• 2022 Oakleigh Plate field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Wild Ruler	Peter & Paul Snowden	Mark Zahra	6	58kg
  2		Zoutori	Mathew Ellerton	Damian Lane	12	58kg
  3		Jonker	Tony Gollan	Jim Byrne	10	57.5kg
  4		Bella Nipotina	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	10	54kg
  5		Marabi	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ben Allen	2	54kg
  6		Oxley Road	Peter Moody	Blaike McDougall	9	52.5kg
  7		Away Game	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Linda Meech	5	52kg
  8		Malkovich	Bjorn Baker	Craig Newitt	4	52kg
  9		Minhaaj	John O’Shea	Kerrin McEvoy	1	52kg
  10		Poland	Mike Moroney	Michael Poy	8	52kg
  11		Streetcar Stranger	David Jolly	Paul Gatt	13	52kg
  12		Ingratiating	James Cummings	Craig Williams	11	50kg
  13		General Beau	Mathew Ellerton	Matthew Cartwright	7	50kg

• 2021 Oakleigh Plate field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Zoutori	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Jamie Kah	7	58kg
  2		Dirty Work	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	1	57kg
  3		Kemalpasa	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Damian Lane	10	57kg
  4		Standout	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Damien Oliver	15	55.5kg
  5		Mizzy	Anthony Cummings	Mark Zahra	16	54.5kg
  6		Ancestry	Phillip Stokes	Michael Poy	4	53.5kg
  7		Celebrity Queen	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3	53.5kg
  8		Bold Star	Gordon Richards	Patrick Moloney	12	52.5kg
  9		Brooklyn Hustle	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Jye McNeil	14	52kg
  10		Garner	Gordon Richards	Daniel Moor	2	52kg
  11		How Womantic	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Lachlan Neindorf	11	52kg
  12		Prophet’s Thumb	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Dean Yendall	13	52kg
  13		Riding The Wave	Lindsey Smith	Dean Yendall	13	52kg
  14		Sword Of Mercy	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Dean Holland	6	52kg
  15		Portland Sky	Matt Laurie	Teo Nugent	5	50kg
  16		Hanseatic	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	18	50kg
  17		Ranting	Leon & Troy Corstens	Michael Dee	9	50kg
  18		Anders	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	17	50kg

2024 Oakleigh Plate result

Recent runnings of the Oakleigh Plate

• 2024: Coffey lifts Queman to Oakleigh Plate success
  Queman ($17.00) produced a late burst to secure victory in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield, giving Shane & Cassie Oxlade their first Group 1 success as a training partnership. The Adelaide based galloper has continued to improve throughout the preparation, with this being his fourth win at start five of the campaign, slowly creeping through the grades to culminate in a tough Group 1 victory. The five-year-old son of Mint Lane had to fight off the canvas to secure the win, as Hypothetical ($12.00) attempted to make every post a winner from the outset under Michael Dee, just being claimed in the shadows of the post. The race favourites were nowhere to be seen with 300m to travel, with the quinella pair clearing out on their respective rivals, while the likes of King’s Gambit ($3.90), Benedetta ($7.00) and Sghirripa ($7.00) never really looked like figuring in the finish. While Queman and Hypothetical sat down to fight it out, late runs did come, but it was all in vein as Mornington Glory ($41.00) filled out the trifecta to give even more value to exotic players.
• 2023: Thompson lands maiden Group 1 aboard Uncommon James
  Ben Thompson and Uncommon James have recorded their first Group 1 victory together in the Oakleigh Plate at Sandown, with the Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted-trained gelding defeating the fast finishing Lofty Strike and Asfoora. Zoustyle took off from the barriers and led at a breakneck tempo, clearing out by about six lengths by the home corner, but he couldn’t sustain that tempo and he started to slow and fall in a hole, Thompson was sitting quietly on Uncommon James and when he asked for an effort the gelding let down with a very nice turn of foot. Last start the Cable Bay gelding was a heavily backed favourite in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes, where he was beaten by just under a length by Lofty Strike, however, he was able to flip the script second-up. If you stuck with Uncommon James after his fresh run, you were laughing to the bank as he jumped as a $9.50 chance with online bookmakers.
• 2022: Marabi runs her rivals into the ground
  The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Marabi ran her rivals into the ground in the 2022 Oakleigh Plate. Having settled outside race leader Malkovich and going along at rapid sectionals, Marabi showed her class when sprinting clear in the Group 1. Despite the official margin being just a half-length back to Away Game in second, the win felt a lot more comfortable for the mare who took her career record to seven wins from as many starts. Alongside a miaden Group 1 success for Marabi, it was also a first win at the highest level for jockey Ben Allen who had partnered Marabi in all but one of her previous six career starts.
• 2021: The Judge Can Not Split Portland Sky & Celebrity Queen
  As always the Oakleigh Plate was run at a breakneck speed, and when Portland Sky and Celebrity Queen paired off in the shadows of the winning post the judge couldn’t split them. When returning to the mounting yard young Teo Nugent was still unsure whether he had rode his first Group 1 winner or not, whereas William Pike was as cool as a cucumber after his ride on Celbrity Queen. After a five minute wait the judge could not split the pair and the spoils were shared.
• 2020: Pippie gets her Group 1 glory
  Pippie was far too speedy for her rivals in the 2020 Oakleigh Plate with the 52kgs and an all the way victory proving the right formula. Linda Meech knew that if she got to the front on the mare she’d be hard to run down and despite the official margin back to Zoutori only being half a length, it was much more comfortable of a victory than what that portrays.
• 2019: Booker powers home to claim the Oakleigh Plate
  The pre-race chatter was about Nature Strip heading into 2019 but the star sprinter’s race was run at the 200m mark, allowing the off-pacers to lay their claims. Booker was running in the middle of the pack but produced a powerful run the final 100m to win, holding off the fast-finishing Encryption and the brave Eduardo.
• 2018: Perfectly timed run by the Russian
  Russian Revolution was the easing favourite coming into the Oakleigh Plate but those who followed the Snowden runner into the Plate were not disappointed. The horse looked to be traveling smoothly coming up to the turn but when Snitty Kitty threatened to run away with the race and Mark Zahra had to push the button. Eventually Russian Revolution wore down the Kitty and won by half a length.
• 2017: All the way for Sheidel
  Sheidel was well-backed in the lead-up for the 2017 Oakleigh Plate and the punters got it right on the money. The Lindsay Park-trained mare went forward from the barrier and led them a merry chase. Faatinah tried to close the gap in the straight with race favourite Extreme Choice closing in from well back, but Sheidel had too much in hand in scoring a one-length victory. Read the report here.
• 2016: Moody floors the Bookies
  Flamberge defied the bookmakers to record a famous victory for Peter Moody and Damien Lane. Jumping at $31 from barrier 15, Flamberge sat in fourth place for much of the run before accelerating to the lead in the straight. It was challenged hard by Fell Swoop ($14) but held on to win by a half head, with Heatherly, the $3.70 favourite, holding on for third after leading the field for much of the race.
• 2015: Shamal Wind blows them away
  It was a famous 1-2 for Aquanita and Robert Smerdon Shamal Wind beating home Under The Louvre. Shamal Wind looked to be out of the race sitting fourth last but a blistering final 400m helped the $10 shot beat home stablemate Under The Louvre ($17) while Fast ’N’ Rocking ($18) was a nose third.
• 2014: Froggy gets the Rupee
  Craig Newitt steered Lankan Rupee to a sensational victory which was largely because of a withering run on the straight. Sitting pretty behind leaders Kuroshio and Minaj, Lankan Rupee got the perfect run before powering away at the 400m mark. Spirit of Boom ran home well but was over a length second. Knoydart ($5) ran on well to claim third. Spirit Of Boom jumped at $18 while Lankan Rupee had eased out to $4 on the track.
• 2013: Mrs Onassis proves to quick for her rivals
  Mrs Onassis ($16) was too good with jockey Kerrin McEvoy expertly setting up the win after jumping from barrier 12. He immediately crossed with the Gerry Harvey-owned horse to sit outside the leader Adebisi. Despite doing much of the heavy lifting throughout the race, Mrs Onassis beat home Facile Tigre ($15), while Spirit Of Boom ($11) ran on nicely to finish third.
• 2012: Woorim storms home to claim the Oakleigh Plate
  Woorim, trained by Robert Heathcote, came from the clouds to win the 2012 running of the Oakleigh Plate. The $21 shot, trained by Robert Heathcote, defeated the John O’Shea-trained Elite Falls ($51) and Facile Tigre, who was well back in third.

Past winners of the Oakleigh Plate

Winners of the Oakleigh Plate Pre 2000

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