Windsor Park Plate

Arrowfield Stud 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$300,000 (2022)

The Arrowfield Stud Plate is a New Zealand Thoroughbred horse race run at Hastings Racecourse in Hawke's Bay. The race is registered as the Horlicks Plate and has been previously known as:

  • the Windsor Park Plate. In 2022 the race sponsor and naming rights changed from the Windsor Park Stud to the Arrowfield Stud.[1]
  • the Stoney Bridge Stakes from 2004 to 2008.[2]
  • the Glenmorgan Generous Stakes, in 2003, when it was raced at Otaki.
  • the Glenmorgan Hawkes Bay Challenge Stakes.

It is run over a distance of 1600m in late September or early October. It was a Group 3 race until 2001 and Group 2 until 2004.

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

Other major races run during the carnival are:

  • the 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 Hawke's Bay Guineas.

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.

In 2022 the scheduled meeting at Hastings was cancelled and the race was moved to the following week and raced at Matamata.[3][4]

Recent results

Year
 Group
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
 Second
 Third
2023[5] 1 Mustang Valley 57 Joe Doyle Andrew Forsman 1:40.52 (heavy) Malt Time 57 Callsign Mav 59
2022[6] 1 La Crique 56.5 Craig Grylls Simon & Katrina Alexander, Matamata 1:35.32 (soft) Mustang Valley 56.5 Prise De Fer 59
2021[7] 1 Callsign Mav 59 Jonathan Riddell John Bary, Hastings 1:36.28 (good) Prise De Fer 59 Gino Severini 59
2020[8] 1 Melody Belle 57 Troy Harris Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:33.88 (good) Avantage 57 Callsign Mav 58.5
2019[9] 1 Melody Belle 57 Opie Bosson Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:34.17 (good) Sultan of Swing 59 Mongolian Marshall 59
2018[10] 1 Melody Belle 56.5 Shafiq Rusof Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:35.39 (dead) Savvy Coup 56.5 Wyndspelle 59
2017[11] 1 Gingernuts 58.5 Opie Bosson Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards, Matamata 1:40.15 (slow) Close Up 59 Kawi 59
2016[12] 1 Kawi 59 Leith Innes Alan Sharrock, New Plymouth 1:35.52 (dead) Mime 56.5 Rasa Lila 57
2015[13] (raced at Trentham) 1 Julinsky Prince 59 Jonathan Parkes Fraser Auret, Marton 1:37.81 (dead) Allez Eagle 59 Platinum Witness 56.5
2014[14] 1 Pure Champion 59 Craig Grylls Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott, Matamata 1:34.28 (dead) I Do 57 Soriano 57
2013[15] 1 Xanadu 57 Michael Coleman Ken & Bev Kelso, Matamata 1:35.60 (good) Mufhasa 59 Nashville 59
2012[16] 1 Mufhasa 59 Samantha Spratt Stephen McKee 1:34.88 (good) Fleur de Lune 57 Xanadu 56.5
2011[17] 1 Jimmy Choux 58.5 Jonathan Riddell John Bary, Hastings 1:34.05 (good) Mufhasa 59 Hold It Harvey 59
2010[18] 1 Wall Street 59 Michael Coleman Jeff Lynds, Awapuni 1:41.24 (slow) Fritzy Boy 59 Keep The Peace 56.6
2009[19] 1 Daffodil 56.5 Hayden Tinsley Kevin Gray, Awapuni 1:39.78 (slow) Sarrera 59 Sterling Prince 59
2008[20] 1 Princess Coup 56.5 Opie Bosson Mark Walker, Matamata 1:36.71 (dead) Nom du Jeu 58.5 Fritzy Boy 58.5
2007[21] 1 Seachange 56.5 Gavin McKeon Ralph Manning, Cambridge 1:35.89 (good) Sir Slick 59 Princess Coup 56
2006[22] 1 Seachange 56 Gavin McKeon Ralph Manning, Cambridge 1:34.37 (good) Darci Brahma 58.5 Hurrah 59
2005 1 Miss Potential 56[23] Reese Jones Bill Borrie 1:35.73 (good) Irish Rover 58.5 Magnetism 57
2004 2 Starcraft 57[24] Glen Boss Garry Newnham, Queensland 1:36.31 (firm) Miss Potential 56 Irish Rover 58.5
2003 (raced at Otaki) 2 Irish Rover[25] 58 David Walker Eddie Carson 1:36.1 (easy) Miss Potential 56 Tit For Taat 56
2002 2 Hello Dolly 56.5[26] Andrew Calder W G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge[27] 1:38.06 (soft) Hail 56 Cent Home 58
2001 3 Hello Dolly 56 Hayden Tinsley W G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge[28] 1:35.91 (soft) Cinder Bella 56 Hill Of Grace 56
2000 3 The Message 58.5 Linda Ballantyne John Ralph[29] 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.

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