Windsor Park Plate
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.
| Group I race | |
| Location | Hastings Racecourse Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
|---|---|
| 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$200,000 (2019) |
It is the second of the Hawkes Bay Triple Crown of the three Group 1 weight-for-age races. The others are:
- the 1400m Challenge Stakes, 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 2004 it was a Group 2 race, but from 2005 a Group 1 race. In 2003, when it was raced at Otaki, the race had been called the Glenmorgan Generous Stakes and prior to that the Hawkes Bay Challenge Stakes for Group 3 until 2002 when it was changed to Group 2.
Recent Winners of the Windsor Park Plate and its predecessors
| Year |
Group | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | Melody Belle |
| 2018 | 1 | Melody Belle |
| 2017 | 1 | Gingernuts |
| 2016 | 1 | Kawi |
| 2015 | 1 | Julinsky Prince |
| 2014 | 1 | Pure Champion |
| 2013 | 1 | Xanadu |
| 2012 | 1 | Mufhasa |
| 2011 | 1 | Jimmy Choux |
| 2010 | 1 | Wall Street |
| 2009 | 1 | Daffodil |
| 2008 | 1 | Princess Coup |
| 2007 | 1 | Seachange |
| 2006 | 1 | Seachange |
| 2005 | 1 | Miss Potential |
| 2004 | 2 | Starcraft |
| 2003 | 2 | Irish Rover (raced at Otaki) |
| 2002 | 2 | Hello Dolly |
| 2001 | 3 | Hello Dolly |
| 2000 | 3 | The Message |
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.