JRA Plate
JRA Plate
Group Three Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, February 8, 2025 |
| Location: | Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria |
| Prize Money: | $200,000 |
| Distance: | 1600m |
The JRA Plate is a Group 3 race for milers, conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield Racecourse.
First run in 1977 and won by Ngawyni, the JRA Plate is held over 1600m under set weights and penalties conditions. In 2025, The JRA Plate is offering a purse of $200,000.
Initially a Principal race until 1979, The JRA Plate was elevated to Group 2 status until 2002 before being downgraded to Group 3 from 2003 onwards.
The JRA Plate distance has varied over the years, ranging from 1400m to 2000m. Once an important lead-up to the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m), it has since shifted in prominence.
Notable winners include Hyperno (1978), Super Impose (1989), Northerly (2001), Apache Cat (2007), and Avilius (2019), with several of these Carlyon Cup winners achieving Group 1 success later in their campaigns.
As of 2025, the race is known as the JRA Plate, having been run as the TS Carlyon Cup until 2024.
The 2024 TS Carlyon Cup was claimed by Yonce, who triumphed over Foxy Cleopatra and Young Werther.
2025 JRA Plate betting odds
Odds for the JRA Plate as of February 7, 2025 – Courtesy of Neds
- Marble Arch Win $4.20 Place $1.75
- Chorlton Lane Win $4.40 Place $1.80
- Munhamek Win $6.50 Place $2.30
- Elphinstone Win $9.50 Place $3.00
- Wings Of Song Win $10.00 Place $3.10
- Howgoodareyou Win $10.00 Place $3.10
- Duke De Sessa Win $12.00 Place $3.50
- Windstorm Win $13.00 Place $3.70
- Warmonger Win $18.00 Place $4.80
- Buffalo River Win $21.00 Place $5.50
- Torranzino Win $26.00 Place $6.00
- Dashing Duchess Win $61.00 Place $12.00
How to bet on the JRA Plate
Australian horse racing bookmakers will have betting on the JRA Plate available. Many of them will open an early market so you can wager on the race a week or so in advance.
Unlike many of the bigger races the acceptances are only done a few days before the race so you won’t find a futures market weeks in advance, like major group 1s like the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate.
Aussie bookies like Picklebet offer all of the usual bet types on the race and you will have the option of using ‘boosted odds’ at some of them.
This simply means you place your win bet and use the boosted odds option, which could send a $10 shot out to $15. This provides great value and is as good a reason as any to bet online.
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JRA Plate News
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Previous JRA Plate Fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
Young Werther Danny O’Brien Damian Lane 4 57kg 2 Loft Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Currie 2 57kg 3 Paperboy Gavin Bedggood Michael Dee 3 57kg 4 Yonce Ciaron Maher John Allen 5 55kg 5 Unusual Culture Ciaron Maher Craig Williams 6 55kg 6 Foxy Cleopatra Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Blake Shinn 1 55kg 7 Kind Gesture Michael Kent Ms Jamie Kah 7 55kg
2024 JRA Plate result
1st – Yonce (+250)
2nd – Foxy Cleopatra (+130)
3rd – Young Werther (NTD)
Recent runnings of the JRA Plate:
- Yonce ($3.30) held off all challengers in the (1600m) Group 3 Carlyon Cup at Caulfield. The lightly raced six-year-old mare was third-up in a campaign after suffering a lengthy setback and had only recently returned from the paddock after 626 days off the scene. Two moderate performances at this course at Listed level were both clearly short of her best journey, with the 1100m and 1400m proving too sharp for the daughter of Proisir. That simply wasn’t the case in Group 3 company, as Yonce was able to recapture the form that allowed her to storm to victory on six consecutive occasions in her last preparation. John Allen utilised her early speed to cross to the lead from gate five and was able to steal a few cheap sectionals, staving off her rivals all the way to the wire.
- Pounding delivered a dominant performance to claim victory in the 2023 T.S. Carlyon Cup (Gr 3, 1600m) at Sandown. Settling midfield early under Jamie Kah, the Peter Moody-trained gelding unleashed a powerful turn of foot in the straight to defeat a quality field, showcasing his versatility and class.
- In his Australian debut, Earlswood clinched victory in the 2022 T.S. Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield. Guided by jockey Damian Lane, Earlswood settled midfield before launching a decisive move in the straight, overtaking the well-fancied Callsign Mav near the post to win by a short head. Spanish Mission finished strongly to secure third place, just a half-neck behind.
Previous winners of the JRA Plate
| JRA Plate Past Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | Yonce | John Allen | Ciaron Maher |
| 2023 | Pounding | Jamie Kah | Peter Moody |
| 2022 | Earlswood | Damian Lane | Maddie Raymond |
| 2021 | Best of Days | Damien Oliver | James Cummings |
| 2020 | Miss Siska | Damian Lane | Grahame Begg |
| 2019 | Avilius | Kerrin McEvoy | James Cummings |
| 2018 | Gailo Chop | Mark Zahra | Darren Weir |
| 2017 | Burning Front | Brad Rawiller | Darren Weir |
| 2016 | Burning Front | Brad Rawiller | Darren Weir |
| 2015 | Smokin’ Joey | Chris Parnham | Wez Hunter |
| 2014 | Chase the Rainbow | Craig Williams | Rick Hore-Lacy |
| 2013 | Budriguez | Craig Williams | David Jolly |
| 2012 | Manighar | Luke Nolen | Peter G Moody |
| 2011 | Lord Pyrus | Craig Williams | Judy Mawer |
| 2010 | Rightfully Yours | Craig Newitt | Mick Price |
| 2009 | Time Matters | Steven Arnold | Darren Weir |
| 2008 | Publishing | Steven Arnold | John Sadler |
| 2007 | Apache Cat | Glen Boss | Greg Eurell |
| 2006 | Live in Vain | Luke Nolen | Peter G Moody |
| 2005 | Niagara Falls | Steven King | Peter G Moody |
| 2004 | La Sirenuse | Brady Cross | Tony McEvoy |
| 2003 | No Deposit | Nash Rawiller | Robert Smerdon |
| 2002 | Piper Star | Scott Seamer | Roger James |
| 2001 | Northerly | Greg Childs | Fred Kersley |
| 2000 | Skoozi Please | Jim Cassidy | Graeme Rogerson |
JRA Plate winners pre-2000
| JRA Plate Past Winners Pre 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Horse | ||
| 1999 | Thackeray | ||
| 1998 | Delinquent | ||
| 1997 | Peep On The Sly | ||
| 1996 | Toil | ||
| 1995 | Starstruck | ||
| 1994 | Station Hand | ||
| 1993 | Veandercross | ||
| 1992 | Cool Credit | ||
| 1991 | Prince Salieri | ||
| 1990 | Marwong | ||
| 1989 | Super Impose | ||
| 1988 | Black Charleston | ||
| 1987 | Cossack Warrior | ||
| 1986 | The Vagrant | ||
| 1985 | Astrolin | ||
| 1984 | Admiral Lincoln | ||
| 1983 | Trissaro | ||
| 1982 | Granite King | ||
| 1981 | Mr. Independent | ||
| 1980 | There You Go | ||
| 1979 | Marceau | ||
| 1978 | Hyperno | ||
| 1977 | Ngawyni | ||
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