Oakleigh Plate 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: Barriers account for little in the Oakleigh Plate with double digits producing plenty of recent winners.

The Group 1 Oakleigh Plate is one of three elite level Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival races that traditionally runs at Caulfield Racecourse as part of Blue Diamond Stakes Day annually in late February. An open handicap sprint the clash takes place over 1100m and offers $750,000 in total prize money.

2022 Oakleigh Plate winner Marabi. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Running at the same meeting as the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) the event attracts a capacity field of 18 sprinters.

Many Oakleigh Plate horses come out of a run a week earlier in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) run down the Flemington straight. The last horse to complete the Oakleigh Plate – Lightning Stakes double was Fastnet Rock (2005).

The latest edition of the Oakleigh Plate ran on Saturday February 25, 2024 at Caulfield Racecourse and was won in a narrow upset by the Shane & Cassie Oxlade-trained Queman ($17) from South Australia. 

2024 Oakleigh Plate Results

The official Oakleigh Plate 2024 Winner & Full Results will be published below on Saturday February 25, 2024.

• 1st: #13 Queman
• 2nd: #10 Hypothetical
• 3rd: #12 Mornington Glory

The lightweights fought it out in the Oakleigh Plate 2024 results on Blue Diamond Day with top honours going to the gutsy South Australian raider Queman ($17) who beat home Hypothetical by a short half-head on the back of a lead-up Black-Type win at the track on Australia Day.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Odds

The latest Oakleigh Plate odds for 2024 will be updated below the week of the race so bookmark this page to view the best available Group 1 racing odds on the autumn sprint.

Oakleigh Plate Race Facts

• Date: Saturday February 25, 2024
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1100m
• Conditions: Open Handicap
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $750,000
• First Run: 1884

Oakleigh Plate Betting

Oakleigh Plate betting is usually an open affair with plenty of mixed form leading up to the race.

Recent Oakleigh Plate winners who won their last Group lead-up include Lankan Rupee (2014), Shamal Wind (2015), Marabi (2022) who took out the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) at the Valley, with last start winners often dominating the markets, and Queman (2024) who won the Listed W.J. Adams at the track the month before.

Wide barrier draws don’t often have an impact on the Oakleigh Plate odds as plenty of winners have drawn wide including Uncommon James (13 in 2023), Pippie (14 in 2020), Booker (14 in 2019), Russian Revolution (10 in 2018), Flamberge (15 in 2016), Shamal Wind (14 in 2015), Mrs Onassis (11 in 2013), and Swiss Ace (18 in 2009).

Pippie ($12) was the last double-figure winner in Oakleigh Plate 2020 betting until 2021 when Portland Sky ($10) ran a dead-heat to share the top prize with Celebrity Queen ($9.50).

Marabi ($2.60 in 2022) was the last favourite in Oakleigh Plate betting to salute.

There was another notable upset in 2024 with Queman saluting at Oakleigh odds of $17.

Oakleigh Plate Field

A maximum of 18 starters line-up in the Oakleigh Plate race field and the race recently ran at capacity in 2018 when the favourite Russian Revolution saluted, 2019 when Booker scored an upset win and again in 2020 when Pippie became the second mare to salute from barrier 14 in as many years.

There was yet another 18-starter Oakleigh Plate field in 2021 when Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky ran a dead-heat for first.

Oakleigh Plate nominations close the Monday before the race followed by the final field of acceptances out on the Wednesday.

Lankan Rupee (2014) is one of the few recent favourites in Oakleigh Plate betting to salute for the punters. Photo: Race Horse Photos Australia.

The Oakleigh Plate field often features star stallions in the making and has been won by the likes of Snitzel (2006) and Fastnet Rock (2005).

Many horses also run first-up in the Oakleigh Plate field. Alternatively, any three-year-olds in the event may have had an earlier autumn lead-up in the Group 3 Manfred Stakes (1200m). Portland Sky (2021), who dead-heated with Celebrity Queen in the Oakleigh Plate – was the last to do the double.

The Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) held a fortnight earlier makes an excellent Oakleigh Plate lead-up. In 2023 the same two horses ran one-two in both the Rubiton and Oakleigh Plate. Lofty Strike one the Rubiton and was second in the Oakleigh, while Uncommon James improved on his Rubiton Stakes second to turn the tables in the Group 1.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Field

The official Oakleigh Plate 2024 final field is announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday leading-up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day and will be announced in full below.

Team Snowden’s returning Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes winning colt, King’s Gambit, drawn the rails fresh headlines the 15-starter Oakleigh Plate 2024 final field on Blue Diamond Day this weekend in Melbourne.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Nominations

The Oakleigh Plate 2024 nominations close the Monday leading-up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day, the full list of potential runners to be made available below.

The Oakleigh Plate 2024 nominations attracted 20 classy autumn sprinters including the Henry Dwyer-trained Asfoora out to atone for her first-up second as the beaten odds-on favourite in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes, the upset Rubiton winner Kallos for the Godolphin stable, and the resuming Peter & Paul Snowden-trained colt King’s Gambit.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Oakleigh Plate Tips

Favourites in the Oakleigh Plate tips have a poor recent record with only four saluting for the punters from 2008 – 2024, the most recent being Russian Revolution (2018) and Marabi (2022).

A good Oakleigh Plate tip is to look at the better weighted runners in the race as only four horses have carried more than 55.5kg to victory from 2008-2024.

In-form mares are also worth including in Oakleigh Plate tipping with seven winning from 2013 – 2024 including most recently Booker (2019) who also ran fourth in the 2018 Oakleigh Plate results, Pippie (2020), Celebrity Queen (2021) who had to share top honours with Portland Sky after running a dead-heat, and Marabi (2022).

2024 Oakleigh Plate Tips

The insider Ladbrokes’ Oakleigh Plate 2024 tips and betting selections will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the short-distance specialists to back in the showdown.

• To Win: #4 Sghirripa ($9.50 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Intriguing edition of the Oakleigh and going for value with an upset from the in-form but widely-drawn Sghirripa. The classy, grey Lonhro four-year-old from South Australia is a proven Group winner in Melbourne having won Flemington’s Group 3 Standish Handicap down the straight in style last time out in mid-January. His efforts there were an enormous three-length romp home, and he has now won four of his past five starts. Runs well fresh and has been kept that way for his toughest test yet on Saturday. Up notably in grade, but has been working his way through well. Big winning trial at home has him spot on. Distance specialist who needs to answer a few questions, but deserving of a chance and can surprise.

Oakleigh Plate Form Guide

The Oakleigh Plate form guide shows punters the saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys and trainers of all of the horses in the field.

This information can be used to guide Oakleigh Plate betting taking into account form facts including the excellent strike rate of sprinters drawn wider than barrier 10 and the poor record of favourites being successful.

The 2023 Oakleigh Plate served as a springboard for top-tier performances. Uncommon James ran second in Sydney’s The Galaxy next-up franking the form, while the runner-up Lofty Strike later mirrored his success with a second placing in the Newmarket Handicap. This duo’s subsequent achievements underscore the Oakleigh Plate’s ability to identify elite sprinters over the autumn carnival.

Oakleigh Plate Form Facts

• Favourites in Oakleigh Plate betting have a poor recent record with Lankan Rupee ($4 in 2014), Russian Revolution ($4.60 in 2018) and Marabi ($2.60 in 2022) the only ones to salute since Weekend Hussler (2008).
• Fastnet Rock (2005) was the last winner coming off a lead-up victory to get the job done until Lankan Rupee (2014), Shamal Wind (2015), Portland Sky (2021) who ran a dead-heat with Celebrity Queen, Australia Stakes winning mare Marabi (2022), and Listed W.J. Adams winner at the track Queman (2024).
• Upset Oakleigh Plate results are common with plenty of roughie winners including Flamberge (30/1 in 2016) and Queman ($17 in 2024).
• Seven of the 16 Oakleigh Plate winners from 2009-24 jumped from a double-digit barrier most recently Uncommon James (13 in 2023).
• Seven mares have won since Reactive (2004), most recently Sheidel (2017), Booker (2019), Pippie (2020), Celebrity Queen (2021, dead heat with Portland Sky), and Marabi (2022).

2024 Oakleigh Plate Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Oakleigh Plate 2024 form guide will be provided below once final acceptances are taken the Wednesday leading-up to Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

Oakleigh Plate Results

The Oakleigh Plate race results and finishing order of the entire field is out when the event runs on Blue Diamond Stakes Day. The winning Oakleigh Plate quinella, trifecta, margins and times are all released as part of the results.

Recent Oakleigh Plate results show plenty of roughie shot winners scoring upsets including Eagle Falls ($21 in 2011), Woorim ($21 in 2012), Flamberge ($31 in 2016), Booker ($18 in 2019), and Queman ($17 in 2024).

The 2021 Oakleigh Plate results saw a dead-heat with Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky declared co-champions.

Marabi (2022) was the last Oakleigh Plate winning mare.

Portland Sky (2021) was the last three-year-old Oakleigh Plate winner.

Past Oakleigh Plate Winners

Past Oakleigh Plate winners and place-getters going back to 1933 are detailed in the below table.