Windsor Park Plate

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Windsor Park Plate
Group I race
LocationHastings Racecourse
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteHawke's Bay Racing
Race information
Distance1600m (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
WeightWeight for Age
PurseNZ$220,000 (2021)

The Windsor Park Plate is a New Zealand Thoroughbred horse race run at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke's Bay. The race is registered as the Horlicks Plate. It is run over a distance of 1600m in late September.

The current race sponsor is the Windsor Park Stud.

It is the second of the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown of Group 1 weight-for-age races. The others are:

  • the 1400m Challenge Stakes currently known as the Tarzino Trophy, and
  • the 2040m Spring Classic.

A major supporting race run on the same day is the Gold Trail Stakes (currently the Windsor Park Stud and Hawke's Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes) for three-year-old fillies at Group 3 level. This race marks the beginning of the New Zealand Filly of the Year series.

The race was previously named the Stoney Bridge Stakes from 2004 to 2008.[1]

In 2003, when it was raced at Otaki, the race had been called the Glenmorgan Generous Stakes and prior to that the Glenmorgan Hawkes Bay Challenge Stakes.

It was a Group 3 race until 2001 and Group 2 until 2004.

In the COVID 19 affected 2020/21 season the Windsor Park Plate was raced on 3 October 2020. The same meeting held the Hawke's Bay Guineas whereas the Hawke's Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes was held a fortnight earlier on September 19 along with the Tarzino Trophy.

Recent Winners of the Windsor Park Plate and its predecessors[]

Year
 Group
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
 Second
 Third
2021 1 Callsign Mav 59 Jonathan Riddell John Bary, Hastings 1:36.28 Prise De Fer 59 Gino Severini 59
2020 1 Melody Belle 57 Troy Harris Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:33.88 Avantage 57 Callsign Mav 58.5
2019 1 Melody Belle 57 Opie Bosson Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:34.17 Good Sultan of Swing 59 Mongolian Marshall 59
2018 1 Melody Belle 56.5 Shafiq Rusof Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:35.39 Dead Savvy Coup 56.5 Wyndspelle 59
2017 1 Gingernuts 58.5 Opie Bosson Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:40.15 Slow Close Up 59 Kawi 59
2016 1 Kawi 59 Leith Innes Alan Sharrock, New Plymouth 1:35.52 Dead Mime 56.5 Rasa Lila 57
2015 (raced at Trentham) 1 Julinsky Prince 59 Jonathan Parkes Fraser Auret, Marton 1:37.81 Dead Allez Eagle 59 Platinum Witness 56.5
2014 1 59 Craig Grylls Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott, Matamata 1:34.28 Dead I Do 57 Soriano 57
2013 1 57 Michael Coleman Ken & Bev Kelso, Matamata 1:35.60 Good Mufhasa 59 Nashville 59
2012 1 Mufhasa 59 Samantha Spratt Stephen McKee 1:34.88 Good Fleur de Lune 57 Xanadu 56.5
2011 1 Jimmy Choux 58.5 Jonathan Riddell John Bary, Hastings 1:34.05 Good Mufhasa 59 Hold It Harvey 59
2010 1 Wall Street 59 Michael Coleman Jeff Lynds, Awapuni 1:41.24 Slow Fritzy Boy 59 Keep The Peace 56.6
2009 1 56.5 Hayden Tinsley Kevin Gray, Awapuni 1:39.78 Slow Sarrera 59 Sterling Prince 59
2008 1 Princess Coup 56.5 Opie Bosson Mark Walker, Matamata 1:36.71 Dead Nom du Jeu 58.5 Fritzy Boy 58.5
2007 1 Seachange 56.5 Gavin McKeon Ralph Manning, Cambridge 1:35.89 Good Sir Slick 59 Princess Coup 56
2006 1 Seachange 56 Gavin McKeon Ralph Manning, Cambridge 1:34.37 Good Darci Brahma 58.5 Hurrah 59
2005 1 Miss Potential 56 Reese Jones Bill Borrie 1:35.73 Flat Irish Rover 58.5 Magnetism 57
2004 2 Starcraft 57 Glen Boss Garry Newnham, Queensland 1:36.31 Firm Miss Potential 56 Irish Rover 58.5
2003 (raced at Otaki) 2 Irish Rover[2] 58 David Walker Eddie Carson 1:36.1 Easy Miss Potential 56 Tit For Taat 56
2002 2 Hello Dolly 56.5 Andrew Calder W G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge[3] 1:38.06 Flat Hail 56 Cent Home 58
2001 3 Hello Dolly 56 Hayden Tinsley W G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge[4] 1:35.91 Flat Cinder Bella 56 Hill Of Grace 56
2000 3 The Message 58.5 Linda Ballantyne John Ralph[5] 1:35.09 Good Cinder Bella 58 Aerosmith 56

See also[]

A table listing winners of all 3 of the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown is included in Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand, along with tables showing the recent winners of other major New Zealand races.

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/racing/2882983/Daffodil-springs-ahead
  2. ^ https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/horse/irish-rover/182064
  3. ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=2847249
  4. ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=217514
  5. ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/racing/4188306/Veteran-sends-the-right-Message
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