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The Group 1 Ladbrokes Oakleigh Plate is held during the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival and is traditionally run 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.

*In 2023 the Blue Diamond Stakes Day program ran at Sandown’s Ladbrokes Park Lakeside course. 

As an open handicap race, the Oakleigh Plate attracts some of the strongest and fastest horse from around the country to win the $750,000 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 2023 ran on Saturday February 25, 2023 at Ladbrokes Park Lakeside (Sandown) and was won in an upset by Queensland raider Uncommon James ($9) for Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted.  

2023 Oakleigh Plate
Date:	Saturday February 25, 2023
Track:	Ladbrokes Park Lakeside (Sandown)
Distance:	1100m
Race Type:	Open Handicap
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$750,000

2023 Oakleigh Plate Results

• 1st: #8 Uncommon James ($9)
• 2nd: #10 Lofty Strike
• 3rd: #9 Asfoora

Brisbane trainers Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted celebrated their first Group 1 success in the Oakleigh Plate 2023 results with ultra-consistent Cable Bay four-year-old Uncommon James ($9), coming off a Group 2 Rubiton Stakes second, given a perfectly-timed ride by jockey Ben Thompson to win the Blue Diamond Day sprint feature.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	8	UNCOMMON JAMES	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson		13	53.5kg		$9
	2	10	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Craig Newitt	0.75L	10	53kg		$6.50F
	3	9	ASFOORA	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	0.95L	6	53kg		$7.50
	4	5	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	1.05L	3	55.5kg		$13
	5	6	ZOUSTYLE	Tony Gollan	Ethan Brown	1.45L	16	55kg		$21
	6	15	STAR PATROL	Clinton McDonald	Michael Dee	1.95L	8	52kg		$9.50
	7	13	I AM ME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	2.15L	1	52kg		$8.50
	8	11	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	Peter G Moody	Craig Williams	2.65L	2	52.5kg		$7
	9	7	MARINE ONE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Harry Coffey	2.85L	5	54kg		$26
	10	1	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Jamie Mott	4.1L	9	58kg		$21
	11	12	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Jaden Lloyd (a)	4.4L	4	52.5kg		$51
	12	16	ZAPATEO	James Cummings	Daniel Moor	4.5L	11	52kg		$10
	13	4	THE ASTROLOGIST	Leon & Troy Corstens	Blake Shinn	4.7L	12	56.5kg		$41
	14	3	MASKED CRUSADER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ben Melham	5.1L	15	57kg		$19
	15	14	MILEVA	Phillip Stokes	Dean Holland	7.1L	7	52kg		$91
	16	17e	SHAMINO	Phillip Stokes	Ms Kayla Crowther	7.5L	14	52kg		$101
		19e	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith			0
		20e	BLESS HER	Clayton Douglas			0
		2	LOMBARDO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall		0
		18e	OXLEY ROAD	Peter G Moody	Patrick Moloney		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Oakleigh Plate Betting Odds

The latest Oakleigh Plate 2023 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) followed by Marabi ($2.60 in 2022).

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2023 Oakleigh Plate Form Guide

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2023 Oakleigh Plate Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Oakleigh Plate 2023 Tips on the Group 1 sprint this Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

• To Win: #5 King Of Sparta ($8.50 at time of publish) 

Going for the fit horse in the race with King Of Sparta still value chasing a third win on the trot. The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained I Am Invincible four-year-old gets the run of the race from barrier three with John Allen riding on 55.5kg. The horse has been kept fresh since his Magic Millions Sprint win over 1200m at the Gold Coast in mid-January carrying 59kg to a 1.5 length win. He is a noted first-up performer, has been kept fit with a subsequent barrier trial at Rosehill and has previous winning form over the shorter distance. Looks in well weight-wise and ticks a few boxes at a nice price.

2023 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 2023 Oakleigh Plate field will be provided here as soon as released by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before the race.

The Ladbrokes Oakleigh Plate 2023 final field features a capacity line-up of sprinters including returning VRC Classic winning mare Roch ‘N’ Horse who was scratched from last week’s Black Caviar Lightning and the Henry Dwyer-trained favourite Asfoora also resuming.

Click here to read more on the key sprinters in the 2023 Oakleigh Plate field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	7210x4221x	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Jamie Mott	10	58kg		115
2	5x61621x0x	LOMBARDO	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Dean Yendall	8	57kg		109
3	579x63900x	MASKED CRUSADER	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Ben Melham	16	57kg		109
4	3x6463681x	THE ASTROLOGIST	Leon & Troy Corstens	Blake Shinn	13	56.5kg		108
5	19x6146x11	KING OF SPARTA	Peter & Paul Snowden	John Allen	3	55.5kg		106
6	5x39x2332x	ZOUSTYLE	Tony Gollan	Ethan Brown	20	55kg		105
7	7x110121x4	MARINE ONE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace		5	54kg		103
8	211x111x2	UNCOMMON JAMES	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Ben Thompson	14	53.5kg		102
9	1113x1711x	ASFOORA	Henry Dwyer	Jye McNeil	6	53kg		105
10	11x347x1	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Craig Newitt	11	53kg		107
11	1x111310x3	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	Peter G Moody	Craig Williams	2	52.5kg		104
12	444317×252	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	Jaden Lloyd (a)	4	52.5kg		100
13	11146×1111	I AM ME	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Ms Jamie Kah	1	52kg		102
14	147x16274x	MILEVA	Phillip Stokes	Dean Holland	7	52kg		100
15	0x1112x3x1	STAR PATROL	Clinton McDonald	Michael Dee	9	52kg		98
16	421x16144x	ZAPATEO	James Cummings	Daniel Moor	12	52kg		102
17e	3493421721	SHAMINO	Phillip Stokes	Ms Kayla Crowther	15	52kg		98
18e	x230x706x0	OXLEY ROAD	Peter G Moody	Patrick Moloney	18	52kg		97
19e	4x411x42x7	TRIPLE MISSILE	Lindsey Smith		19	52kg		97
20e	3x4585206x	BLESS HER	Clayton Douglas		17	52kg		92

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Oakleigh Plate Nominations

The 2023 Oakleigh Plate nominations will be published below on the Monday before Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

The Oakleigh Plate 2023 nominations attracted 26 autumn sprinters led in all-in betting by the flying Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained mare I Am Me chasing a fifth straight win and the returning Henry Dwyer-trained Group 2 Caulfield Sprint winner Asfoora.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1113x1711x	ASFOORA	M	4	Henry Dwyer	105
2	3x4585206x	BLESS HER	M	6	Clayton Douglas	92
3	1x111310x3	CHAIN OF LIGHTNING	M	4	Peter G Moody	104
4	240x2436x8	GENERATION	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	101
5	11146×1111	I AM ME	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	102
6	19x6146x11	KING OF SPARTA	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	106
7	11x347x1	LOFTY STRIKE	C	3	Julius Sandhu	107
8	5x61621x0x	LOMBARDO	G	6	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	109
9	579x63900x	MASKED CRUSADER	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	109
10	147x16274x	MILEVA	M	5	Phillip Stokes	100
11	038×342512	ON THE LEAD	G	5	Richard & Will Freedman	90
12	x230x706x0	OXLEY ROAD	H	5	Peter G Moody	97
13	518x4158x2	QUEEN OF THE BALL	F	3	Michael Freedman	86
14	2×11	RICH FORTUNE	F	3	Jerome Hunter	84
15	7210x4221x	ROCH ’N’ HORSE (NZ)	M	6	Michael Moroney	115
16	0x738915x6	ROCKETING BY	G	5	David Pfieffer	105
17	3493421721	SHAMINO	G	7	Phillip Stokes	98
18	0x709702x8	SHELBY SIXTYSIX	G	6	Danny Williams	95
19	444317×252	SHOOTING FOR GOLD	G	5	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	100
20	180×891714	SNAPPER (NZ)	G	5	Michael Moroney	96
21	0x1112x3x1	STAR PATROL	G	4	Clinton McDonald	98
22	3x6463681x	THE ASTROLOGIST	G	6	Leon & Troy Corstens	108
23	4x411x42x7	TRIPLE MISSILE	G	5	Lindsey Smith	97
24	211x111x2	UNCOMMON JAMES	G	4	Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted	102
25	421x16144x	ZAPATEO	M	4	James Cummings	102
26	5x39x2332x	ZOUSTYLE	G	7	Tony Gollan	105

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).

In 2023 the Oakleigh Plate was run and won at Sandown Racecourse with Caulfield undergoing renovations.

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

Recent Oakleigh Plate Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Uncommon James	1 minute 01.57 seconds
	1st	Lofty Strike
	3rd	Asfoora
2022 Oakleigh Plate	1st	Marabi	1 minute 02.23 seconds
	1st	Away Game
	3rd	Oxley Road
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