Craven Plate 2026 Betting Odds & Race Preview

This season the 2026 Craven Plate ran on Saturday, October 24, 2026 as part of Spring Champion Stakes Day in Sydney holding Group 2 status for the first time and saw the Chris Waller-trained track specialist Lindermann ($2.25F) secure a historic three-peat.

The Craven Plate 2026 is one of the standout middle-distance betting features of the Sydney Spring Carnival, with the historic Randwick race enjoying added prestige following its Group 2 upgrade. Run over 1800m, the event regularly attracts a classy mix of proven weight-for-age performers, Group race winners, and emerging spring contenders, creating competitive markets and strong form lines for punters to assess. Whether you’re searching for the latest Craven Plate odds 2026, analysing Craven Plate betting 2026 markets, or looking for value among the field, Ladbrokes has you covered with up-to-date odds, betting insights, market movers, field information, and expert analysis for one of Sydney’s premier spring racing contests.

2026 Craven Plate Results

The official Craven Plate 2026 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

The 2026 Craven Plate results saw popular Chris Waller veteran Lindermann ($2.25F) further enhance his outstanding Randwick record with a historic third consecutive victory in the Group 2 feature over 1800m. The seven-year-old son of Lonhro controlled the race from the front under Nash Rawiller before kicking strongly in the straight to defeat fellow Group 1 winner Tom Kitten by a length, with Eliyass another half-length away in third. Stopping the clock in 1:48.66 with a slick 34.15-second final 600m, Lindermann recorded his 10th career win and pushed his earnings beyond $6.1 million, adding to an already decorated résumé that includes the 2023 Rosehill Guineas. The victory completed a rare Craven Plate hat-trick after his previous successes in 2024 and 2025, while bookmakers reacted by trimming his 2026 Champions Stakes quote from $26 into $17 at Ladbrokes, with a return trip to Flemington now firmly on the radar after another trademark display of toughness and consistency.

2026 Craven Plate Race Replay

2026 Craven Plate Odds & Finishing Order

The season’s top Craven Plate 2026 odds and betting market links will be available below as soon as open followed by the official finishing order after the event.

Craven Plate Tips

Top Craven Plate tips include looking for proven weight-for-age horses, runners with a strong Randwick record and any standout stars down in grade.

Last start winners make a nice bet in the Craven Plate tipping as do single-figure fancies in the markets.

2026 Craven Plate Predictions & Best Bets

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Craven Plate 2026 betting tips and Randwick racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the stayers to back and sack in the potential Cox Plate lead-up this spring.

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Craven Plate Tips & Predictions 2026: Best Bets

23 Oct • Darren Cole

We have Craven Plate tips and predictions for the Group 2 1800m race at Randwick on Saturday. Craven Plate odds have Lindermann and Tom Kitten battling for favouritism, but there could be an upset on the cards. PLYMOUTH (3) is our top pick with Craven Plate predictions, and he could upset the more-fancied runners. The Hayes-trained gelding has been competing against quality opposition and looks capable of producing a much stronger performance over 1800m, and having two runs under his belt this preparation means he’s ready to fire. The step to this distance gives him the chance to soak up…

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The Craven Plate is a lucrative middle-distance, weight-for-age staying feature holding Group 2 status as of 2026 and offering $750,000 in prize money at Royal Randwick on Spring Champion Stakes Day in late October annually.

Held towards the tail end of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival, Spring Champion Stakes Day is headlined by the Group 1 $2 million Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) for VRC Derby hopefuls, the Group 2 $2 million The Invitation (1400m) for the mares, and the Group 3 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m).

Open to horses aged three-years-old and above, the Craven Plate is contested over 1800m at weight-for-age, having had its distance dropped from 2000m ahead of the 2022 race.

Run and won since 1867, the race has held Group 3 status from 1993-2025 before its Group 2 upgrade in 2026.

Many superstar stayers have won the Craven Plate over the event’s long history including Tim Whiffler (1807-71), Carbine (1890), Wakeful (1902), Gloaming (1919, 1922, 1924), Phar Lap (1929-31), Flight (1943, 1945), Tulloch (1960), Ming Dynasty (1978), Tie The Knot (1999), Mummify (2005), and Happy Clapper (2019).

In 2026, Lindermann secured a historic three-peat winning the race for the third consecutive year.

Craven Plate Race Info

• Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
• Track: Randwick Racecourse
• Distance: 1800m
• Conditions: Weight-for-age
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $750,000
• First Run: 1867

Craven Plate Betting

Craven Plate betting markets are led by in-form staying types with good lead-up form in similar class races in Sydney.

Proven weight-for-age horses sit high up the Craven Plate betting markets each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and any Group 1 performed gallopers down in grade are usually kept at short Craven Plate odds.

Think It Over ($1.75 in 2021) for his successful title defence, Cascadian ($1.75 in 2022) and Lindermann ($1.35 in 2025 & $2.25 in 2026) for his second and third victories are the latest Craven Plate betting favourites to salute for the punters.

Craven Plate Field

The Craven Plate field attracts a quality line-up of weight-for-age horses that may be eyeing a trip south for the Melbourne features.

Some of the better horses out of the Craven Plate field may stay in Sydney for a run in the Rosehill Gold Cup on Golden Eagle Day, an event the 2019 Craven Plate runner-up Tally won the inaugural edition of.

Think It Over (2021) was the last horse to complete the Craven Plate – Rosehill Gold Cup double.

The Craven Plate final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week following the early nominations taken the Monday leading-up to the race.

2026 Craven Plate Final Field & Barrier Draw

The official Craven Plate 2026 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week.

The 2026 Craven Plate final field features a quality line-up of middle-distance gallopers led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained Lindermann coming off a Group 2 Hill Stakes second behind Cox Plate contender Attrition and who is unbeaten at the track and trip.

2026 Craven Plate Nominations

The early Craven Plate 2026 Nominations are taken the Monday prior to the race.

Craven Plate Form Guide

The Craven Plate form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the 1800m showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the runners in the field.

In recent years the Craven Plate form has gone on to stack-up in bigger races including when the 2020 winner Think It Over went on to run third in that spring’s $1 million The Gong before winning the following year’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes.

In 2021 Think It Over won the Hill Stakes before his second Craven Plate victory. He further franked the form winning the Rosehill Gold Cup next-up before returning in 2022 for a top autumn campaign that included a Group 1 Australian Cup second in Melbourne and victory in Sydney’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).

Cascadian (2022) and Lindermann (2025) are the latest horses to do the Hill Stakes – Craven Plate Sydney spring double.

Cascadian franked the 2022 Craven Plate form in the autumn of 2023 with a The All-Star Mile second, Group 1 Australian Cup victory and third in the All Aged Stakes.

The 2024 Craven Plate form was franked with the winner, Lindermann, going on to run top three in a host of subsequent Group 1 events as well as win the lucrative $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes in the spring of 2025. Lindermann returned in the 2025 Craven Plate and saluted in the race for a second time.

2026 Craven Plate Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Craven Plate 2026 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Past Craven Plate Results

The Craven Plate race results and finishing order are announced on Spring Champion Stakes Day, the same day Melbourne hosts its coveted Cox Plate Day program.

As well as the Craven Plate winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.

In the early years many of the country’s best horses dominated the Craven Plate results including the likes of The Barb, Phar Lap, Peter Pan, Tim Whiffler, Carbine, Chatham, Windbag, and Tulloch.

Miss Marielle (2009) was the last Craven Plate winning mare.

Adventurous (1996) was the last three-year-old Craven Plate winner.

No filly has won the Craven Plate since Tea Rose (1944).

Lindermann (2024-26) is the made history securing three straight victories.

Recent Craven Plate Winners

Recent Craven Plate winners and placegetters dating back to the year 1988 are detailed in the below table.