Maribyrnong Plate 2023

Maribyrnong Plate is a key support act on Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November!

The Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate is a 1000m sprint race held at Flemington Racecourse on the first Tuesday of November annually as part of the iconic Melbourne Cup Day card at headquarters.

The meeting is of course headlined by the world-famous Group 1 $8.41 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) and also features the Group 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m).

A set weights race offering $200,000, the Maribyrnong Plate is open only to two-year-old horses and many make their racing debut in front of 100,000 plus spectators on Australia’s biggest day of racing.

The time-honoured Maribyrnong Plate has been run and won since 1871 and is currently sponsored by Darley.

The latest edition of the Maribyrnong Plate took place on Tuesday November 7, 2023 on Lexus Melbourne Cup Day 2023 and saw Zac Purton steer the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Dublin Down ($11) to an upset win.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Results

2023 Maribyrnong Plate winner Dublin Down was strong late down the outside in the first on Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #2 Dublin Down
• 2nd: #4 Blue Stratum
• 3rd: #7 Odinson

The time-honoured 2023 Maribyrnong Plate kicked off Melbourne Cup Day racing and was won in an upset by the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Dublin Down at 10/1.

For the fourth straight year experience prevailed with Exceedance colt Dublin Down breaking his maiden status at his third start.

He was fourth on debut here in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial two back and came off a second at Bendigo.

Ridden by Zac Purton, who has the 2023 Melbourne Cup ride on Absurde for Willie Mullins later today, Dublin Down charged late to run down the wayward stablemate Blue Stratum and take out the Group 3 in a quinella for stable who also won the race in 2016 and 2017.

Odinson on debut for the Maher/Eustace stable completed the trifecta in third.

The official Maribyrnong Plate 2023 Results & Finishing order including the Maribyrnong Plate winner will be available below once the race takes place on Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday November 7, 2023.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Odds

The season’s latest Maribyrnong Plate 2023 betting odds on the field juvenile runners will be available as soon as released so stay tuned for access to the best markets on the Melbourne Cup Day Group 3 this spring.

Maribyrnong Plate Info

• 2023 Race Name: Darley Maribyrnong Plate
• Date: Tuesday November 7, 2023
• Track: Flemington Racecourse
• Distance: 1000m
• Conditions: 2YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $200,000
• First Run: 1871

Maribyrnong Plate Betting

Odds for the Maribyrnong Plate are displayed shortly after the final field is released on the Wednesday prior to the race but most of the betting is done on the Saturday with the number of bets increasing as it gets closer to start time.

The Maribyrnong Plate odds displayed by bookies are determined by the lead up form over the Spring Carnival of all the runners and may include races in Melbourne as well as the Sydney Carnival. The prices on individual horses range from the favourite who would have been winning or running around the placings and could be as short as $3 and range up to $51 to $101 for those horses that have been running near to last than first.

Maribyrnong Plate betting is big business as the punters enjoy bets on Melbourne Cup Day.

Brereton ($6EF in 2021) was the last favourite or equal favourite in Maribyrnong Plate betting to win.

In 2022 there was a notable upset with Krakarib winning at 25/1, while in 2023 Dublin Down won at Maribyrnong Plate odds of $11.

Maribyrnong Plate Tips

Tips for the Maribyrnong Plate are dominated by any two-year-olds with previous race experience and any non-maidens in the field.

Typically the colts and geldings make a better Maribyrnong Plate betting tip with Real Stolle (2011) and Vinicunca (2018) the last fillies to win.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Maribyrnong Plate 2023 tips and selections on what two-year-old will enjoy a Melbourne Cup Day victory will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned.

• To Win: #1 Admitted ($4.40 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Sticking with a proven early winner, this James Cummings-trained Brazen Beau colt won his debut at Bendigo in style posting a 1.5 length over the 1000m with 58kg a fortnight ago. Big plus getting James McDonald on the saddle second-up as he heads to the big city. Confidence of that successful first run, drawn well in gate six, same weight and distance so if he handles the straight he can win again here.

Maribyrnong Plate Field

The final field for the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate is made up of young two-year-old horses, many stepping out to the races for the first time.

Juveniles in the Maribyrnong Plate field may have had a previous start in a race like the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield in early October. Brereton (2nd in 2021) was the last Debutant Stakes graduate to continue on and win the Maribyrnong Plate.

The Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes taking place four weeks earlier is the other key lead-up into the Maribyrnong Plate final field. Krakarib (6th in 2022) and Dublin Down (4th in 2023) are the latest Trial graduates to back-up and win the Group 3 on Melbourne Cup Day.

Maribyrnong Plate nominations close the Wednesday before the race with final acceptances on the Friday before VRC Derby Day runs on the Saturday to kick off the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Field

The official 2023 Maribyrnong Plate Final Field & Barrier Draw will be published below once announced on the Friday before the race.

Melbourne Cup Day 2023 kicks off with the two-year-olds facing off in the Maribyrnong Plate 2023 final field where the James Cummings-trained Admitted, to be ridden by James McDonald second-up, is the only non-maiden in the event.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Nominations

The early Maribyrnong Plate 2023 Nominations close the Wednesday leading up to 2023 Melbourne Cup Day, the entries to be published in full right here once released by Racing Victoria.

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Maribyrnong Plate Form Guide

The Maribyrnong Plate form guide shows all the must know race facts and stats on the horses in the field including their lead-up runs, strike-rate at the track / distance and the Maribyrnong Plate barrier draw.

The Maribyrnong Plate form has often been worth following into the next year’s autumn carnival including when the 2019 third placed Tagaloa went on to win the 2020 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes.

The 2022 Maribyrnong Plate runner-up Little Brose franked the form the following autumn with his Blue Diamond win in 2023.

2023 Maribyrnong Plate Form Guide

A link to the full 2023 Maribyrnong Plate Form Guide will be provided below once the field is out.

Maribyrnong Plate Results

The Maribyrnong Plate race results display the full finishing order of all the runners, their starting prices and weights along with the winning margins and times.

Notable Maribyrnong Plate winners in recent years include Bel Esprit (2001), Boomwaa (2013), and Finance Tycoon (2020).

Past Maribyrnong Plate Winners

Recent Maribyrnong Plate winners and place-getters dating back to the year 1998 are detailed in the below table.