Oakleigh Plate: Date, how to watch, past winners & more

The Oakleigh Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred race which takes place at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne every February.

Raced over a distance of 1100m, the Oakleigh Plate is one of Victoria's most famous sprint races and always attracts a strong field of speedsters.

The race takes place in between two more major sprint races at the Melbourne Autumn carnival, the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap.

The Oakleigh Plate is an open handicap and is on the same card as the Blue Diamond Stakes and Futurity Stakes, which makes for a bumper day of action at Caulfield.

Oakleigh Plate date

The Oakleigh Plate takes place in late February and the 2025 edition will be held on Saturday 22nd February.

Oakleigh Plate time

The exact start time for the Oakleigh Plate has yet to be announced but it is usually Race 9 on a high-class card at Caulfield.

Oakleigh Plate venue

The Oakleigh Plate returned to Caulfield for the 2024 edition of the race, having been staged at Sandown 12 months earlier while Caulfield underwent some track improvements.

Sandown also stepped in back in 1996, while during World War II the race took place at Flemington.

How to watch the Oakleigh Plate

The Oakleigh Plate is shown free-to-air on Channel 7 and will also be broadcast on Sky Racing.

Oakleigh Plate prize money

There is a total prize pot of $750,000 for the Oakleigh Plate, with the winner taking home $450,000.

Oakleigh Plate history

The Oakleigh plate is steeped in history and was first raced way back in 1884, when it was won by a horse named Malua, who went on to win the Newmarket Handicap in the same year.

The only back-to-back wins came in 1971 and 1972 when Dual Choice took the honours.

Oakleigh Plate previous winners

The 2024 Oakleigh Plate was won by Queman, with Harry Coffey on board, as the Shane & Cassie Oxlade charge edged home in a tight finish with Hypothetical.

There have been some famous winners of the Oakleigh Plate in recent years, most notably Lankan Rupee in 2014, Weekend Hussler in 2008 and Fastnet Rock in 2005.

Both Lankan Rupee and Weekend Hussler went on to complete the Oakleigh Plate-Newmarket Handicap double.

Oakleigh Plate odds

Estriella is the current strong market leader for the 2025 Oakleigh Plate at 3.25, with Rey Magnerio next at 6.50 and I Am Me available at 7.50.

Espionage and Jimmysstar are both priced at 9.00, with Ostraka an 11.00 shot.

Any odds displayed were correct at the time of writing and are subject to fluctuation.