Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 Betting Odds & Race Preview

The latest edition of the Northwood Plume Stakes ran on Saturday, October 10, 2026 as part of Caulfield Guineas Day 2026 and was won in an impressive 1.5 length romp home by the class Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained four-year-old Point Barrow ($3.10).

The Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 is a key sprint race for mares held during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, with the Group 3 1200m feature at Caulfield attracting a quality line-up of female gallopers chasing valuable black-type success and bigger spring targets. A proven form race for contenders bound for events including the Empire Rose Stakes, the race offers punters plenty of betting opportunities each year. Stay up to date with the latest Northwood Plume Stakes odds 2026, betting markets, field information, expert tips, form analysis, and race news at Ladbrokes, your home of Northwood Plume Stakes betting 2026.

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Results

The complete Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be listed below once the race takes place on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

Point Barrow ($3.10) further enhanced her growing reputation as one of the spring’s premier sprint mares with a dominant victory in the 2026 Northwood Plume Stakes results at Caulfield, charging home from the back of the field under Mark Zahra to defeat Naifah by 1½ lengths, with favourite Bridal Waltz a head away in third. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained daughter of Blue Point produced her trademark explosive finish to score in 1:09.67, registering her seventh win from just 12 starts and her third Group 3 success. Freedman indicated the mare could now be aimed at the Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on November 7, while Zahra described her turn of foot as “exhilarating” after another perfectly timed ride. Following the impressive performance, Ladbrokes shortened Point Barrow’s Champions Sprint 2026 odds from $17 into $9, with the progressive four-year-old emerging as a genuine contender for elite-level sprint honours during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Race Replay

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Odds & Finishing Order

The season’s best Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 betting odds and links to our markets on the field will be available right here as soon as released so stay tuned for the best Group 3 Caulfield odds online followed by the official finishing order after the event.

Northwood Plume Stakes Tips

Good Northwood Plume Stakes tips include backing mares coming off a top three run in Group 2 or 3 grade over the 1200m distance in Melbourne and backing any previous Caulfield winners.

Backing mares at longer Northwood Plume Stakes odds is another good tip with plenty of recent upsets including Tofane ($19 in 2019) and Literary Magnate ($15 in 2022).

Ladbrokes Tip: The Tristarc Stakes is a nice next-up target for mares out of the Northwood Plume Stakes

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Predictions & Best Bets

Our insider Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 betting tips and Group 3 Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race, so you know what mares to get behind at the best odds on Caulfield Guineas Day.

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Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 Tips, Predictions & Best Bets

8 Oct • Darren Cole

We have Northwood Plume Stakes tips and predictions for the Group 3 1200m race at Caulfield on Saturday. Northwood Plume Stakes odds are available, and it paints a picture of a two-horse race between the favourites. It was a huge win from POINT BARROW (13) last time out, and she is good enough to reproduce that effort. She settled back at Caulfield before coming with a big late run, and it was good seeing her back to her best. She is a Group 1-level mare who has six wins from 11 starts, and she has been a good bet throughout her…

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The Northwood Plume Stakes is a Group 3 sprint race for mares contested on Caulfield Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in mid-October each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The meeting features three Group 1 races including the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for three-year-old milers.

The other majors on the card are the Group 1 Might And Power Stakes (2000m) and the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m). Along with the three elite levels there are also two Group 2 support acts with the Schillaci Stakes (1100m) for sprinters and the Herbert Power Stakes run over the mile and a half (2400m).

Offering a $240,000 in total prize money, the Northwood Plume Stakes is another top Caulfield Guineas Day race and is run at set weights plus penalties over 1200m.

One of the newer events run during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the Northwood Plume Stakes was inaugurated in 2005 and serves as a nice lead-up into the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup Day.

The event is named in honour of the 1994 Thousand Guineas – VRC Oaks double winning filly Northwood Plume.

Northwood Plume Stakes Race Info

• Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1200m
• Conditions: Set Weights + Penalties – Mares only
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $240,000
• First Run: 2005

Northwood Plume Stakes Betting

Northwood Plume Stakes betting is led by in-form mares coming off good earlier lead-up runs in similar grade Melbourne races including the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) which is currently known as the Courtza Stakes, Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) and Group 2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m).

Winter Bride (2018) and Point Barrow (2026) are the latest mares to complete the How Now Stakes – Northwood Plume Stakes double.

Winter Bride ($4.80 in 2018) was also the last favourite in Northwood Plume Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

There was an upset in 2022 with Literary Magnate winning the Northwood Plume Stakes at odds of $15.

Northwood Plume Stakes Field

The Northwood Plume Stakes race field attracts a quality line-up of mares coming off runs in Melbourne.

The best mares out of the Northwood Plume Stakes field may head to Flemington on VRC Derby Day for the Group 3 Begonia Belle Stakes (1200m) with both Tofane (2019) and Fiesta (2020) recently completing the double.

Northwood Plume Stakes nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday and final acceptances are out on the Wednesday.

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Field

The official Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 Final Field & Barriers on the Caulfield Guineas Day event will be provided in full below once announced on the Wednesday of race week so stay tuned to see the list of mares set to face off in the sprint feature.

The Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 final field features a quality line-up of mares including the consistent Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Bridal Waltz coming off three straight second placings and her last start Group 3 How Now Stakes conqueror Point Barrow with a nasty gate to overcome.

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Nominations

The Northwood Plume Stakes 2026 early entries are taken on the Monday leading-up to the event.

Northwood Plume Stakes Form Guide

The Northwood Plume Stakes form guide features all the essential stats and info including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, weights and lead-up runs of the horses in the field.

In recent years the Northwood Plume takes form has stacked-up in tougher Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival features including in 2016 when the Northwood Plume Stakes winner Sheidel went on to run second in Perth’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) that summer and take out the following year’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in the autumn of 2017.

The 2019 Northwood Plume Stakes form was franked with the winner Tofane going on to win the next year’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) in Sydney along with the 2021 Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap – Tattersall’s Tiara double in Brisbane.

The form out of the 2021 race held when the third placed mare Nudge went on to finish second in that spring’s $1 million The Gong (1600m).

In 2023 Rose Quartz improved on a Northwood Plume second to win the How Now Stakes that prep as well as finishing third to King Of Sparta in the $1 million Magic Millions Snippets in January of 2024 at the Gold Coast.

2026 Northwood Plume Stakes Form Guide

A link to our insider Northwood Plume Stakes Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Past Northwood Plume Stakes Results

The Northwood Plume Stakes race results date back to 2005 with the first mare to win the event being Crimson Reign.

Notable recent Northwood Plume Stakes winners include Avenue (2010), Sheidel (2016), Tofane (2019), Fiesta (2020) and Point Barrow (2026).

Sheidel holds the current 1200m Northwood Plume Stakes race record winning in 2016 in a time of 1 minute 09:04 seconds.

Recent Northwood Plume Stakes Winners

Recent Northwood Plume Stakes winners and placegetters dating back to the race’s inauguration in 2005 are detailed in the below table.