Lancashire Plate

The Lancashire Plate was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to Thoroughbreds aged two years and over. It was run over seven furlongs at Manchester Racecourse in September from 1888 to 1893. It was one of the most valuable races in the country and its winners included Classic victors Seabreeze, Donovan and La Fleche.

Lancashire Plate
Horse race
Painting by James Walsham Baldock showing Seabreeze winning the first running of the Lancashire Plate
LocationManchester Racecourse
Manchester, England
Inaugurated1888
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance1888-91: 7 fur (1,408 m)
1892-93: 1 mile (1609 m)
SurfaceTurf
QualificationTwo-years-old and up
Weight7 st 5 lb (2 yo);
9 st 3 lb (3 yo);
9 st 9 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies, mares and geldings
Penalties
Various (see History)
Purse£11,000

History

The Lancashire Plate was first run on 22 September 1888 over seven furlongs at Manchester Racecourse. The prize money was made up of £11,000 added to a sweepstakes of £20 each. The weights were 7 st 5 lb for two-year-olds, 9 st 3 lb for three-year-olds and 9 st 9 lb for four-year-olds, with mares and geldings being allowed to carry 3 lb less. Horses that had won more than £1,000 (excluding handicaps) once had to carry a 4 lb penalty and winners of either £1,000 once or £2,000 twice had to carry a 7 lb penalty. Any horse who had won the 2000 Guineas, Derby or St. Leger had to carry an extra 10 lb.[1] The purse was increased to £12,000 in 1889,[2] but reduced back to £11,000 in 1890, when the subscription was reduced to £5.[3] In 1892 the distance of the race was increased to one mile and the purse was reduced to 10,000[4] The prize money was reduced again to £8,000 in 1892.[5] The Lancashire Plate was last run in 1893 and the following season was replaced by the Prince Edward Handicap worth £2,000.[6]

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse won this race more than once

Leading jockey:

  • no jockey won this race more than once

Leading owner (2 wins):

Fastest winning time (7 furlongs) – Seabreeze (1888), 1m 29.4s

Fastest winning time (1 mile) – Raeburn (1893), 1m 48.6s

Widest winning margin – La Fleche (1892), 3 lengths

Shortest winning margin – Signorina (1891), ½ length

Longest odds winner – Signorina (1891), 6/1

Shortest odds winner – Donovan (1889), 4/6

Most runners – 24 (1888)

Fewest runners – 4 (1893)

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
 Ref.
1888 Seabreeze 3 William Robinson James Jewitt 5th Baron Calthorpe 1:29.4 [1]
1889 Donovan 3 Fred Barrett George Dawson 6th Duke of Portland 1:39.2 [2]
1890 Amphion 4 Tom Cannon Mr. Chandler General Byrne 1:29.8 [7]
1891 Signorina 4 Fred Webb Chevalier Ginistrelli Chevalier Ginistrelli 1:34.8 [3]
1892 La Fleche 3 George Barrett John Porter Baron de Hirsch 1:50.2 [4]
1893 Raeburn 3 John Watts 6th Duke of Portland 1:48.6 [5]
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See also

References
  1. "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 2 June 1888. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 14 November 1889. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  3. "MANCHESTER". Otago Witness. 19 November 1891. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  4. "MANCHESTER". Otago Witness. 10 November 1892. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  5. "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 23 November 1893. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  6. "English Sporting Notes". Star. 22 November 1894. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  7. "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 22 September 1890. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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