Arrowfield Stud Plate

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Arrowfield Stud Plate
Group I race
LocationHastings Racecourse
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Hawke's Bay Racing
Race information
Distance1600m (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
Weight Weight for Age
Purse NZ$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:

Contents

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:

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
2024 [5] 1One Bold Cat 59 [6] Ryan ElliotRobbie Patterson1:35.49 (good)Skew Wiff 57Matscot 59
2023 [7] 1Mustang Valley 57Joe DoyleAndrew Forsman1:40.52 (heavy)Malt Time 57Callsign Mav 59
2022 [8] 1La Crique 56.5Craig GryllsSimon & Katrina Alexander, Matamata1:35.32 (soft)Mustang Valley 56.5Prise De Fer 59
2021 [9] 1Callsign Mav 59Jonathan RiddellJohn Bary, Hastings1:36.28 (good)Prise De Fer 59Gino Severini 59
2020 [10] 1 Melody Belle 57Troy Harris Jamie Richards, Matamata1:33.88 (good) Avantage 57Callsign Mav 58.5
2019 [11] 1 Melody Belle 57 Opie Bosson Jamie Richards, Matamata1:34.17 (good)Sultan of Swing 59Mongolian Marshall 59
2018 [12] 1 Melody Belle 56.5Shafiq Rusof Jamie Richards, Matamata1:35.39 (dead)Savvy Coup 56.5Wyndspelle 59
2017 [13] 1 Gingernuts 58.5 Opie Bosson Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards, Matamata1:40.15 (slow)Close Up 59 Kawi 59
2016 [14] 1 Kawi 59Leith InnesAlan Sharrock, New Plymouth1:35.52 (dead)Mime 56.5Rasa Lila 57
2015 [15] (raced at Trentham)1Julinsky Prince 59 Johnathan Parkes Fraser Auret, Marton1:37.81 (dead)Allez Eagle 59Platinum Witness 56.5
2014 [16] 1Pure Champion 59Craig Grylls Lance O'Sullivan & Andrew Scott, Matamata1:34.28 (dead)I Do 57Soriano 57
2013 [17] 1Xanadu 57Michael ColemanKen & Bev Kelso, Matamata1:35.60 (good) Mufhasa 59Nashville 59
2012 [18] 1 Mufhasa 59Samantha SprattStephen McKee1:34.88 (good)Fleur de Lune 57Xanadu 56.5
2011 [19] 1 Jimmy Choux 58.5Jonathan RiddellJohn Bary, Hastings1:34.05 (good) Mufhasa 59Hold It Harvey 59
2010 [20] 1Wall Street 59Michael ColemanJeff Lynds, Awapuni1:41.24 (slow)Fritzy Boy 59Keep The Peace 56.6
2009 [21] 1Daffodil 56.5Hayden TinsleyKevin Gray, Awapuni1:39.78 (slow)Sarrera 59Sterling Prince 59
2008 [22] 1 Princess Coup 56.5 Opie Bosson Mark Walker, Matamata1:36.71 (dead) Nom du Jeu 58.5Fritzy Boy 58.5
2007 [23] 1 Seachange 56.5Gavin McKeonRalph Manning, Cambridge1:35.89 (good) Sir Slick 59 Princess Coup 56
2006 [24] 1 Seachange 56Gavin McKeonRalph Manning, Cambridge1:34.37 (good) Darci Brahma 58.5Hurrah 59
20051 Miss Potential 56 [25] Reese JonesBill Borrie1:35.73 (good)Irish Rover 58.5Magnetism 57
20042 Starcraft 57 [26] Glen Boss Garry Newnham, Queensland1:36.31 (firm) Miss Potential 56Irish Rover 58.5
2003 (raced at Otaki)2Irish Rover [27] 58David WalkerEddie Carson1:36.1 (easy) Miss Potential 56Tit For Taat 56
20022Hello Dolly 56.5 [28] Andrew CalderW G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge [29] 1:38.06 (soft)Hail 56Cent Home 58
20013Hello Dolly 56Hayden TinsleyW G (Bill) Wills, Cambridge [30] 1:35.91 (soft)Cinder Bella 56Hill Of Grace 56
20003The Message 58.5Linda BallantyneJohn Ralph [31] 1:35.09 (good)Cinder Bella 58Aerosmith 56

See also

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