Windsor Park Plate
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Group I race | |
Location | Hastings Racecourse Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Hawke's Bay Racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1600m (1 mile) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Weight | Weight for Age |
Purse | NZ$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 |
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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[]
- ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/racing/2882983/Daffodil-springs-ahead
- ^ https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/horse/irish-rover/182064
- ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=2847249
- ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=217514
- ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/racing/4188306/Veteran-sends-the-right-Message
- Horse races in New Zealand