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The Group 1 Neds Oakleigh Plate is held during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse at the end of February each year. Raced over a short distance of 1100m, runners in the Oakleigh Plate field normally arrive via the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1100m) and the Australia Stakes (1200m) if they are not resuming in the Blue Diamond Stakes Day sprint.

As an open handicap race, the Oakleigh Plate attracts some of the strongest and fastest horse from around the country to win the $500,000 in prize money. Many of the best horses in this race will go on to race in the slightly longer Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) down the Flemington straight the following month.

The Oakleigh Plate is held alongside the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m). Recent winners of the Oakleigh Plate – Newmarket Handicap double include Lankan Rupee (2014) and Weekend Hussler (2008).

The Oakleigh Plate 2021 ran on Saturday February 20, 2021 and saw a dead heat result between Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky. 

2021 Oakleigh Plate
Date:	Saturday February 20, 2021
Track:	Caulfield Racecourse
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$500,000

2021 Oakleigh Plate Results

• 1st: #7 Celebrity Queen
• 1st: #15 Portland Sky 
• 3rd: #3 Kemalpasa

WA-trained mare Celebrity Queen ($9) and Matt Larie’s progressive colt Portland Sky ($10) hit the line simultaneously in a thrilling dead heat 2021 Oakleigh Plate result.

Click here to read more on the two official 2021 Oakleigh Plate winners.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	7	CELEBRITY QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike		3	53.5kg		$9
	1	15	PORTLAND SKY	Matt Laurie	Teodore Nugent (a)		5	50kg		$10
	3	3	KEMALPASA	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Damian Lane	0.2L	10	57kg		$41
	4	9	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Jye McNeil	0.3L	14	52kg		$11
	5	2	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	0.5L	1	57kg		$11
	6	14	SWORD OF MERCY	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Dean Holland	1L	6	52kg		$71
	7	1	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Ms Jamie Kah	1.1L	7	58kg		$14
	8	12	PROPHET’S THUMB	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Dean Yendall	2.6L	13	52kg		$11
	9	17	RANTING (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Michael Dee	2.7L	9	50kg		$41
	10	8	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Patrick Moloney	2.8L	12	52.5kg		$17
	11	5	MIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Mark Zahra	2.9L	16	54.5kg (cd 55kg)		$81
	12	18	ANDERS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	3L	17	50kg (cd 51kg)		$8.50
	13	10	GARNER	Gordon Richards	Daniel Moor	3.2L	2	52kg		$15
	14	11	HOW WOMANTIC	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Lachlan Neindorf (a)	3.3L	11	52kg		$91
	15	6	ANCESTRY	Phillip Stokes	Michael Poy	3.4L	4	53.5kg		$8F
	16	13	RIDING THE WAVE	Lindsey Smith	Will Price (a)	3.9L	8	52kg		$101
	17	4	STANDOUT	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Damien Oliver	4.1L	15	55.5kg		$17
	18	16	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	5.85L	18	50kg		$18

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

 

2021 Oakleigh Plate Odds

The latest Oakleigh Plate 2021 betting odds from Ladbrokes.com.au on the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes Day sprint clash will be available below the week of the race.

The last favourite in Oakleigh Plate betting to win was Russian Revolution ($4.60 in 2018).

2021 Oakleigh Plate Field

Each autumn the Oakleigh Plate Final Field attracts a star-studded line-up of short distance specialists, many of which are resuming off spring races or that kicked things off at Flemington the week prior in the Lightning Stakes over 1000m.

The 2021 Oakleigh Plate field will be provided here as soon as released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before the race.

The Oakleigh Plate 2021 final field features a strong line-up of 18 hopefuls led in betting by Ancestry first-up, while the returning Manikato Stakes placegetter from the spring Dirty Work has barrier one.

Click here to read more on the key horses in the 2021 Oakleigh Plate field & betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x2400x114x	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Ms Jamie Kah	7	58kg		109
2	8111x3413x	DIRTY WORK	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Kerrin McEvoy	1	57kg		107
3	x8x35311x2	KEMALPASA	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Damian Lane	10	57kg		107
4	x160x5528x	STANDOUT	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Damien Oliver	15	55.5kg		104
5	x11133x0x6	MIZZY	Anthony Cummings	Mark Zahra	16	54.5kg		106
6	1114x1111x	ANCESTRY	Phillip Stokes	Michael Poy	4	53.5kg		100
7	611x12122x	CELEBRITY QUEEN	Grant & Alana Williams	William Pike	3	53.5kg		104
8	8x466633x2	BOLD STAR	Gordon Richards	Patrick Moloney	12	52.5kg		98
9	x535x1344x	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	Jye McNeil	14	52kg		100
10	212x5462x3	GARNER	Gordon Richards	Daniel Moor	2	52kg		95
11	1118x120x6	HOW WOMANTIC	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Lachlan Neindorf (a)	11	52kg		89
12	825x3352x1	PROPHET’S THUMB	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Dean Yendall	13	52kg		100
13	121×412153	RIDING THE WAVE	Lindsey Smith	Will Price (a)	8	52kg		86
14	11233×1127	SWORD OF MERCY	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Dean Holland	6	52kg		90
15	1541×01	PORTLAND SKY	Matt Laurie	Teodore Nugent (a)	5	50kg		95
16	x1120x492x	HANSEATIC	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Damien Thornton	18	50kg		92
17	23x25318x	RANTING (NZ)	Leon & Troy Corstens	Michael Dee	9	50kg		91
18	x211x1130x	ANDERS	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Glen Boss	17	50kg		90

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Oakleigh Plate Nominations

The 2021 Oakleigh Plate nominations will be published below on the Monday before Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

Twenty sprinters make-up the Oakleigh Plate 2021 nominations with the progressive Phillip Stokes-trained Adelaide raider Ancestry the all-in favourite at Ladbrokes.com.au.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1114x1111x	ANCESTRY	G	4	Phillip Stokes	100
2	x211x1130x	ANDERS	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	90
3	8x466633x2	BOLD STAR	G	5	Gordon Richards	98
4	x535x1344x	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold	100
5	27942184×1	CALYPSO REIGN	G	4	David Jolly	70
6	611x12122x	CELEBRITY QUEEN	M	4	Grant & Alana Williams	104
7	8111x3413x	DIRTY WORK	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	107
8	212x5462x3	GARNER	G	4	Gordon Richards	95
9	x1120x492x	HANSEATIC	C	3	Anthony & Sam Freedman	92
10	1118x120x6	HOW WOMANTIC	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	89
11	x8x35311x2	KEMALPASA	G	5	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	107
12	x11133x0x6	MIZZY	M	5	Anthony Cummings	106
13	25208x125x	MUNTASEERA	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	80
14	1541×01	PORTLAND SKY	C	3	Matt Laurie	95
15	825x3352x1	PROPHET’S THUMB	M	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	100
16	23x25318x	RANTING (NZ)	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens	91
17	121×412153	RIDING THE WAVE	G	5	Lindsey Smith	86
18	x160x5528x	STANDOUT	H	4	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
19	11233×1127	SWORD OF MERCY	M	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	90
20	x2400x114x	ZOUTORI	G	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	109

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Oakleigh Plate History

The Oakleigh Plate was first won by Malua in 1884 and has since been a tough race to win twice with only two horse managing a double victory. Dual Choice took out the Oakleigh Plate title in two consecutive years in 1971 and 1972, following the non-successive wins of Aurie’s Star (1937 & 1939).

The Oakleigh Plate resulted in a dead heat for first place twice in a row firstly by Merab and First Arrow in 1931 and then Blematic and Umbertana in 1932, and again in 2021 with Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky. Notable recent Oakleigh Plate winners include subsequent star sires Fastnet Rock (2005) and Snitzel (2006), along with Lankan Rupee (2014) and Flamberge (2016).

Below are the Oakleigh Plate Results & Winners going back to 2000.

Recent Oakleigh Plate Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Oakleigh Plate (Dead Heat)	1st	Celebrity Queen	1 minute 02.70 seconds
	1st	Portland Sky
	3rd	Kemalpasa
2020 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Pippie	1 minute 01.93 seconds
	2nd	Zoutori
	3rd	Crystal Dreamer
2019 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Booker	1 minute 01.94 seconds
	2nd	Encryption
	3rd	Eduardo
2018 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Russian Revolution	1 minute 03.00 seconds
	2nd	Snitty Kitty
	3rd	Hellbent
2017 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Sheidel	1 minute 02.11 seconds
	2nd	Faatinah
	3rd	Extreme Choice
2016 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Flamberge	1 minute 2.5 seconds
	2nd	Fell Swoop
	3rd	Heatherly
2015 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Shamal Wind	1 minute 02.3 seconds
	2nd	Under The Louvre
	3rd	Fast ‘N’ Rocking
2014 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Lankan Rupee	1 minute 02.7 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Knoydart
2014 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Lankan Rupee	1 minute 02.7 seconds
	2nd	Spirit Of Boom
	3rd	Knoydart
2013 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Mrs Onassis	1 minute 03.2 seconds
	2nd	Facile Tigre
	3rd	Spirit Of Boom
2012 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Woorim	1 minute 03.4 seconds
	2nd	Elite Falls
	3rd	Facile Tigre
2011 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Eagle Falls	1 minute 02.2 seconds
	2nd	Avenue
	3rd	Hinchinbrook
2010 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Starspangledbanner	1 minute 3.16 seconds
	2nd	Here De Angles
	3rd	Arinos
2009 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Swiss Ace	1 minute 2.8 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Secret
	3rd	Typhoon Zed
2008 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Weekend Hussler	1 minute 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Magnus
	3rd	Tramuntana
2007 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Undue	1 minute 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Poets Voice
	3rd	Magnus
2006 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Snitzel	1 minute 4.4 seconds
	2nd	Virage De Fortune
	3rd	Takeover Target
2005 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Fastnet Rock	1 minute 2.5 seconds
	2nd	Segments
	3rd	Legally Bay
2004 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Reactive	1 minute 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Ancient Song
	3rd	Suit
2003 Oakleigh Plate	1st	River Dove	1 minute 4.5 seconds
	2nd	North Boy
	3rd	Choisir
2002 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Sudurka	1 minute 2.5 seconds
	2nd	Mistegic
	3rd	Straight Ace
2001 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Miss Kournikova	1 minute 2 seconds
	2nd	Miss Pennymoney
	3rd	Show A Heart
2000 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Sports	1 minute 4.5 seconds
	2nd	Falvelon
	3rd	Rancho Spark