Arrowfield Stud Plate
Arrowfield Stud Plate
Group One Betting Guide
| Date: | Saturday, September 27, 2024 |
| Location: | Te Rapa Racecourse |
| Prize Money: | $400,000 |
| Distance: | 1600m |
The Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) is a Group 1 thoroughbred race in New Zealand which acts as the second leg of the Hawke’s Bay Triple Crown in late September/early October.
Scheduled on the second day of the carnival, after the Tarzino Trophy and before the Livamol Classic, the Arrowfield Stud Plate is of vital importance to not only the local racing sectors, but it also gives punters a guide to which horses will travel to Australia.
As of 2022 the race was renamed to the Arrowfield Stud Plate.
The list of past champions is extensive and includes Starcraft, Seachange, Jimmy Choux and Mufhasa. Which budding champion will be next to etch its name into New Zealand racing history?
2025 Arrowfield Stud Plate Odds
Odds for Arrowfield Stud Plate as of September 24 – Courtesy of Neds
- Legarto Win $5.00 Place $2.05
- La Crique Win $5.00 Place $2.05
- El Vencedor Win $6.50 Place $2.40
- Quintessa Win $6.50 Place $2.40
- Waitak Win $9.00 Place $3.00
- Tuxedo Win $9.00 Place $3.00
- Sterling Express Win $12.00 Place $3.70
- Qali Al Farrasha Win $16.00 Place $4.50
- Ladies Man Win $19.00 Place $5.00
- Sharp ‘N’ Smart Win $35.00 Place $8.00
- Herbert Win $35.00 Place $8.00
- Whangaehu Win $41.00 Place $9.00
- Matscot Win $41.00 Place $9.00
- Habana Win $51.00 Place $11.00
- Val Di Zoldo Win $51.00 Place $11.00
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Latest Arrowfield Stud Plate News
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2025 Arrowfield Stud Plate Final Field
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Arrowfield Stud Plate previous fields
No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 
El Vencedor Stephen Marsh Joe Doyle 5 59kg 2 Puntura Robbie Patterson Craig Grylls 13 59kg 3 Mali Ston Darryn & Briar Weatherley Sam Weatherley 1 59kg 4 One Bold Cat Robbie Patterson Ryan Elliot 4 59kg 5 Gospodin Jim Pender Kate Hercock 11 59kg 6 Matscot Sharon Robertson & Alan Reeves Vinnie Colgan 2 59kg 7 Master Marko Kelvin Tyler Kelly Myers 9 59kg 8 Saint Bathans Andrew Forsman Billy Jacobson 15 59kg 9 Mustang ValleyAndrew ForsmanWarren Kennedy857kg10 Malt Time Shaun & Emma Clotworthy Ace Lawson-Carroll 14 57kg 11 Skew Wiff Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Opie Bosson 12 57kg 12 Faraglioni Josh Shaw Jonathan Riddell 10 57kg 13 Pearl Of Alsace Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray Matt Cartwright 6 57kg 14 Hi Yo Sass Bomb Kim Reid Sam Spratt 16 57kg 15 Lightning Jack (1E) Kelvin Tyler Harry Grace 3 59kg 16 Rolls (2E)Maddie RaymondN/A759kgNo. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Callsign Mav John Bary Jonathan Riddell 14 59kg 2 Justaskme Johnathan Parkes Allan Sharrock 15 59kg 3 He’s A Doozy Lisa Latta Kozzi Asano 7 59kg 4 Times Ticking Alby MacGregor Lisa Allpress 13 59kg 5 Chase Stephen Nickalls Sam Spratt 9 59kg 6 Sharp ‘N’ Smart Team Rogerson Michael McNab 3 58.5kg 7 Pier Darryn & Briar Weatherley Sam Weatherley 1 58.5kg 8 La CriqueSimon & Katrina AlexanderCraig Grylls857kg9 Mustang Valley Andrew Forsman Joe Doyle 6 57kg 10 Polly Grey Kylie Fawcett TBC 5 57kg 11 Campionessa Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Opie Bosson 11 57kg 12 Aromatic Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson Warren Kennedy 12 57kg 13 Malt Time Shaun & Emma Clotworthy Vinnie Colgan 4 57kg 14 LegartoKen & Bev KelsoRyan Elliot1056.5kg15 Mali Ston (1E) Darryn & Briar Weatherley Troy Harris 2 59kg No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Tiptronic Graham Richardson & Rogan Norvall Lisa Allpress 11 59kg 2 Vernanme Stephen Marsh Sam Weatherley 1 59kg 3 Defibrillate Graham Richardson& Rogan Norvall Opie Bosson 13 59kg 4 Demonetization Nigel Tiley Sam Spratt 10 59kg 5 Spring Tide John Bary Jonathan Riddell 9 59kg 6 Green Luck Paul Harris TBC 8 59kg 7 Deerfield Chrissy Bambry Chris Dell 2 59kg 8 Harlech Mike Moroney & Pam Gerard Michael McNab 5 59kg 9 Helena Baby John Bell Darren Danis 6 59kg 10 Masetto Stephen Marsh Ryan Elliot 14 59kg 11 Chase Stephen Nickalls Kate Hercock 4 59kg 12 White Noise Andrew Forsman Kelsey Hannan 7 58.5kg 13 La Crique Simon & Katrina Alexander Craig Grylls 3 56.5kg 14 Mustang Valley Andrew Forsman TBC 15 56.5kg 15 Soldier Boy (1E) Gavin Sharrock Ashvin Goindasamy 12 58.5kg
2024 Arrowfield Stud Plate Replay
1st – One Bold Cat (+1800)
2nd – Skew Wiff (-250)
3rd – Matscot (+810)
Recent Arrowfield Stud Plate runnings
- Robbie Patterson had his sights set on the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) for One Bold Cat, but the gelding showed he can be just as impressive at a mile with a powerful victory in the 2024 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. One Bold Cat burst onto the scene with a decisive win in the Group 3 Counties Cup (2100m) last November, and he continued to feature prominently in the top-flight staying contests, placing behind Legarto and Campionessa in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Returning as a six-year-old, the son of The Bold One showed positive signs finishing into third over 1200m in August before a string of abandonments, firstly at New Plymouth and then last Saturday’s Arrowfield meeting at Hastings. Patterson was hopeful his work behind the scenes would prove enough to feature in the Group 1 contest. Any question of that was firmly put to rest, with One Bold Cat jumping positively from barrier four before settling in the second half of the field under Ryan Elliot. As the field turned for home, $2.90 race favourite Skew Wiff pounced to the lead and maintained that position for much of the home straight, before the bounding strides of One Bold Cat came chasing and caught the mare just short of the line, with the final margin a long head. South Islanders Matscot and Lightning Jack, who paid $41 and $77 respectively on the tote, put in huge performances to fill the first four, less than a length behind One Bold Cat.
- A year on from a breakthrough spring campaign that announced her arrival on the Group One stage, Mustang Valley did it again in the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday. The daughter of Vanbrugh began last season with a rating of 70, but a spectacular five-length romp on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival thrust her into the spotlight. In her next three starts, she won the Group 3 Metric Mile (1600m), ran a strong-finishing second in the Arrowfield Stud Plate and romped home by five and a quarter lengths in the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m). Mustang Valley is coming into her own again at the same time 12 months later, having resumed with an eye-catching sixth in the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) before scoring an easy win over 1400m at New Plymouth on September 16. Deteriorating track conditions extinguished the hopes of some Arrowfield Stud Plate contenders, and even prompted the scratchings of Legarto and La Crique, but they only strengthened Mustang Valley’s claims. By the time the gates opened at just after 4pm on Saturday afternoon, she had come right into red-hot favouritism at $2.30. Ridden by Joe Doyle, Mustang Valley broke well from her midfield gate at the tricky Hastings 1600m start point. She slid forward and settled in fifth and well away from the rail. Doyle released the brakes coming down the side of the track, and by the time the field rounded the home turn, Mustang Valley had swooped around the outside and taken the lead. The 2021 winner Callsign Mav chased hard towards the inside, with 50-to-one longshot Malt Time producing a career-best performance to join in out wide. But Mustang Valley had their measure, driven to the line by Doyle and scoring by a length and a quarter from Malt Time. Callsign Mav finished another three-quarters of a length away in third.
- It may have taken an extra seven days to come to fruition but Matamata mare La Crique got a deserved success at the highest level when she took out the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. The four-year-old daughter of Vadamos had been a heavily backed favourite to take the race at Hastings the previous weekend but with heavy rain forcing the abandonment of that meeting, connections had to wait an extra week before lining up in the Group One feature on their home track after it was transferred to the Matamata meeting. Trainer Katrina Alexander, who prepares the mare in conjunction with husband Simon for owners John and Jan Cassin, had exuded a quiet confidence leading into the race but even she was taken back by the demolition job her charge wreaked on her rivals. Settled beautifully in an early trailing position by regular pilot Craig Grylls, La Crique travelled beautifully before easing up on the inside of pacemaker Deerfield to assume control at the 600m mark. Grylls pushed the button on La Crique as he rounded the home bend and soon had race favourite Imperatriz ($1.80) and the pursuing pack off the bit as they attempted to chase her down. Maintaining a powerful gallop to the line, La Crique won comfortably by four lengths from Mustang Valley ($15) who ran home resolutely to shade Prise De Fer ($15) for second, with Imperatriz weakening out to finish a well beaten eighth.
- Hometown hero Callsign Mav booked his ticket for a shot at the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley when he took out the second leg of the Hawke’s Bay triple crown on Saturday, the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The John Bary-trained son of Atlante had scored in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) a fortnight ago and went into Saturday’s contest as the warm $1.80 favourite to make it two Group One wins in succession.
- The old adage “Form is temporary but class is permanent” was well to the fore Saturday 3rd October at Hastings race course when NZ’s Glamour Mare and Queen Of the Turf, Melody Belle, put in an outstanding galloping performance to take out the Group One Windsor Park Plate for the third year in succession. After returning home from Sydney after a couple of sub par performances in the early Spring, the pre race question on everybody’s lips was “can she return to her best?” That she did, getting the better of the up and coming Avantage in a stirring duel down the Hastings straight.
- Melody Belle cruised to her eighth Group 1 victory, equalling the record held by Mufhasa (NZ) for wins at the elite level in New Zealand. Sole ownership of that record could be hers, when she will also attempt another unprecedented feat – a clean sweep of the Hastings spring weight-for-age features. No horse has ever won the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy over 1400 metres, the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate over 1600 metres and the G1 Livamol Classic over 2040 metres in the same season.
- Melody Belle came into the 2018 Windsor Park Plate as a well supported favourite and she didn’t let backers down in the feature. Settling just behind the speed the horse was unleashed at the top of the straight and streaked away to win comfortably in the end in front of Savvy Coup and Wyndspelle.
- Class four-year-old Gingernuts showed its superior quality when beating a quality field at Hastings for the second leg of the triple crown. The Te Akau-raced gelding settle near the back of the field before switching to the outside in the straight and fighting to the line in front of Tarzino Trophy winner Close Up. Kawi was squeezed up late in the race, but was never a winning chance. Read report here.
- Kawi came into the 2016 Windsor Plate as the dominating favourite and although it wasn’t an easy victory, it got the job done. The Allan Sharrock-trained six-year-old was the $1.70 favourite and had to pull out all the stops to defeat Mime by a long head. Noted wet tracker Rasa Lila handled the dry conditions with the disappointment of the race going to the Australian-performed Capella.
- The 2015 edition of the Windsor Park Plate was abandoned at Hastings and instead run on October 24 at Trentham. Much to the disappointment of most of the connections, the race was run a month later which put pay to some spring aspirations of the well-performed runners. Julinsky Prince was the victor on the dead 6 track in Wellington which wasn’t playing like your typical hard Hastings surface. The $16.90 winner defeated a handy field, but most of the top spring chances bypassed the running. Julinsky Prince then went on to win the Zabeel Classic.
- Pure Champion caused an upset in 2014 when winning at odds of $17.30. The O’Sullivan/Scott-trained runner was considered to be more of a staying type, but it showed a good turn-of-foot coming into the straight to upset the favourite on the line. The eight-year-old was a former Hong Kong runner and the first Asian runner to win a Hastings Triple Crown race. It defeated race favourite I Do by a half-neck and in behind them was the likes of 2017 Winter Cup winner Nashville, Sacred Star and Veyron. 2013 winner Xanadu couldn’t repeat its efforts of the previous year.
- Xanadu was a star three-year-old, but it was able to stretch its career out a little further by taking out the Windsor Park Plate at five. The Ken and Kev Kelso-trained mare was used to running as the short priced favourite, but punters were able to secure $8.40 for the talented type. The field was one of the best in recent history which included 2012 champion Mufhasa, Nashville, Final Touch and Survived. The rain that fell at Hastings on the day caused great concern for the track safety and the meeting was abandoned following the running of the Windsor Park Plate.
Arrowfield Stud Plate past winners list
| Arrowfield Stud Plate Past Winners | |||
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| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2024 | One Bold Cat | Ryan Elliot | Robbie Patterson |
| 2023 | Mustang Valley | Joe Doyle | Andrew Forsman |
| 2022 | La Crique | Craig Grylls | Simon & Katrina Alexander |
| 2021 | Callsign Mav | Jonathan Riddell | John Bary |
| 2020 | Melody Belle | Troy Harris | Jamie Richards |
| 2019 | Melody Belle | Opie Bosson | Jamie Richards |
| 2018 | Melody Belle | Shafiq Rusof | Jamie Richards |
| 2017 | Gingernuts | Opie Bosson | Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards |
| 2016 | Kawi | Leith Innes | Allan Sharrock |
| 2015 | Julinsky Prince | Jonathan Parkes | Fraser Auret |
| 2014 | Pure Champion | Craig Grylls | Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott |
| 2013 | Xanadu | Michael Coleman | Ken & Bev Kelso |
| 2012 | Mufhasa | Sam Spratt | Stephen McKee |
| 2011 | Jimmy Choux | Jonathan Riddell | John Bary |
| 2010 | Wall Street | Michael Coleman | Jeff Lynds |
| 2009 | Daffodil | Hayden Tinsley | Kevin Gray |
| 2008 | Princess Coup | Opie Bosson | Mark Walker |
| 2007 | Seachange | Gavin McKeon | Ralph Manning |
| 2006 | Seachange | Gavin McKeon | Ralph Manning |
| 2005 | Miss Potential | Reese Jones | Bill Borrie |
| 2004 | Starcraft | Glen Boss | Garry Newham |
| 2003 | Irish Rover | David Walker | Eddie Carson |
| 2002 | Hello Dolly | Andrew Calder | Bill Wills |
| 2001 | Hello Dolly | Hayden Tinsley | Bill Wills |
| 2000 | The Message | Linda Ballantyne | John Ralph |
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