The Vo Rogue Plate is a Group 3 race that is now held at either Eagle Farm or Doomben Racecourse in late December or early January during the Queensland Summer Racing Carnival.

Currently raced over 1300m at Eagle Farm, the Vo Rogue Plate is restricted to three-year-olds and is held under set weight conditions. It pays a lucrative $300,000 total prize money and attracts a class line-up of young horses each Christmas racing season.

The Vo Rogue Plate formerly shared a race program with the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Plate (1200m), which is held under the same conditions but for two-year-olds before being moved to its own feature race meeting from 2021 onwards.

The other key races on Vo Rogue Plate Day, also known as Magic Millions Qualifier Day, include the $300,000 The Buffering for Magic Millions Cup hopefuls, the $125,000 Shoot Out (2000m) and the Listed Nudgee Stakes (1200m) for fillies and mares chasing the Magic Millions Fillies & Mares ballot exemption.

Following the Vo Rogue Plate, many horses head to the paddock to rest up during January, which is a quiet month for racing. Some will return to racing during the autumn, while yet others will hold off until the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Some also choose to race during the Magic Millions Carnival in January if they are Magic Millions graduates and run in the Restricted Listed $3 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m).

Pierata (2017/18), Boomsara (2018/19), and Fashion Legend (2022/23) are the latest Vo Rogue Plate winners to back up and win the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas. 

The 2019 Vo Rogue Plate winner Alligator Blood won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas next start but was later disqualified due to a positive swab for a banned substance. Alligator Blood also franked the Vo Rogue Plate form going on to win the 2020 Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne the following autumn.

The 2021 Vo Rogue Plate winner Apache Chase scored an upset at 16/1 before running a next-up Magic Millions Guineas fourth. He further franked the form over the following year with a host of strong Black-Type runs and Group race victories and also finished fourth in Sydney’s $7.5 million The Golden Eagle.

There was no 2020 edition of the Vo Rogue Plate with the event moved from December 2020 to January 2021.

There was also two editions of the Vo Rogue Plate in 2022 with the race held on New Year’s Day in January and the end of December on New Year’s Eve.

The 2024 Vo Rogue Plate runs on Saturday December 28, 2024 at Eagle Farm Racecourse. 

2024 Vo Rogue Plate Results

• 1st: TBD
• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD

2024 Vo Rogue Plate Betting

The latest Vo Rogue Plate 2024 betting odds on the three-years-old Group 3 summer showdown will be available at Ladbrokes.com.au for you to back your best Vo Rogue Plate betting tips at the right price and also published here at Races.com.au.

Alligator Blood ($1.35 in 2019) was the last favourite in Vo Rogue Plate betting to salute for the punters.

There was a notable upset in the December edition of the 2022 Vo Rogue Plate with subsequent Magic Millions Guineas winner Fashion Legend saluting at $18 odds.

The 2023 Vo Rogue Plate winner Cifrado also jumped at double-figures as an $11 shot.

2024 Vo Rogue Plate Form Guide

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2024 Vo Rogue Plate Tips

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2024 Vo Rogue Plate Field

The Vo Rogue Plate field is usually announced on the Wednesday prior to the race. Most years, the Vo Rogue Plate field will contain some genuinely talented three-year-olds who have already amassed a fair bit of black-type racing experience.

The 2024 Vo Rogue Plate field will be provided below the week of the race once announced by Racing Queensland.

2024 Vo Rogue Plate Nominations

Nominations for the Vo Rogue Plate 2024 are announced just before Christmas about a week out from the key Magic Millions Guineas lead-up.

Vo Rogue Plate History

The Vo Rogue Plate is a relatively new race. Inaugurated in 2006, it was quickly upgraded to Group 3 in 2009.

Due to scheduling changes, there were two editions of the race in 2008, and none in 2007.

The race is named after champion galloper Vo Rogue. Vo Rogue was an impressive thoroughbred, often charging to the front of the field to lead for the entire race before finishing impressively. He had an extensive career, with a total of 83 starts. Of those, he won 26, including an impressive six Group 1 victories.

There was officially no 2020 edition of the race with the event moved from that December to January of 2021.

The 2022 Vo Rogue Plate moved to Doomben Racecourse on New Year’s Day over 1350m. There was officially two editions of the Vo Rogue Plate in 2022 with the race also taking place in late December on New Year’s Eve.

Notable Vo Rogue Plate winners include Graceful Anna (2009), Lucky Hussler (2012), Winning Rupert (2016), Pierata (2017) whose impressive subsequent career would include wins in the 2019 Group 1 All Aged Stakes, and the following season’s Australian Guineas champion Alligator Blood (2019).

In 2024 the Vo Rogue Plate distance was reduced to 1300m.

Vo Rogue Plate results, placegetters and winning times are provided below.

Vo Rogue Plate Winners