Looking this year’s JRA Plate betting odds, field and tips? The experts at Neds have put together everything you need to know before this year’s race.

JRA Plate 2025 RESULTS

The official 2025 JRA Plate results will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday April 19, 2025. 

  1. #2 Bois D’Argent
  2. #7 Hezashocka
  3. #6 New Endeavour

The Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald trained Group 1 winning eight-year-old Bois D’Argent ($9) returned to his former glory second-up when rated perfectly by jockey Ethan Brown to enjoy a dominant two-length win in the 2025 JRA Plate results ahead of a trip to Brisbane for the Doomben Cup on May 24 – a race he won last year.

JRA Plate 2025 Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2025 JRA Plate will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit neds.com.au.

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JRA Plate Winners - Paths Of Glory | Photo: Steve Hart | Neds
2021 JRA Plate winner Paths Of Glory (pictured at Wyong). Photo: Steve Hart.

The JRA Plate – officially registered as the Japan Racing Association Plate – is a Group 3 quality handicap race contested over 2000m in mid-April on All Aged Stakes Day.

One of the final Group races of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, the event is open to all horses aged three-years-old and above and offers $250,000 in prize money.

Inaugurated in 1997, the JRA Plate has held Group 3 status since 2017 and has been won by plenty of quality staying types including Tie The Knot (1999) who went on to win the Group 1 Sydney Cup over two miles just five days later.

Other standout JRA Plate winners include that year’s subsequent Melbourne Cup champion Viewed (2008), Herculian Prince (2010), Kelinni (2013), and Tally (2018).

The JRA Plate now serves as a potential lead-up to bigger and better races held during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival including the Group 2 $1.2 million The Q22 (2200m).

The 2021 JRA Plate winner Paths Of Glory finished third to Zaaki in that year’s The Q22 results. Zaaki was originally second past the post in the JRA Plate results but was subsequently disqualified.

In 2022 the JRA Plate runner-up Numerian won the Gosford Cup – The Q22 double at his next two starts, while the third-placed mare Icebath returned to win the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington that spring.

The 2023 JRA Plate also produced that year’s Doomben Cup winner with Huetor improving on his lead-up third in the Sydney event to take out the Group 1 in Brisbane.

Dual Doomben Cup champ Huetor returned and won the 2024 JRA Plate in an upset at $15.

JRA Plate 2025 – quick information

  • Race Day: Saturday, April 19th, 2025
  • Track Location: Randwick Racecourse
  • Track Surface: Turf
  • Track Direction: Right-handed
  • Race Distance: 2,000 metres
  • Weight Conditions: Quality Handicap
  • Qualification: Three-year-olds & above
  • Type: Thoroughbred
  • Grade: Group 3
  • Operator: Australian Turf Club
  • Prize Purse: $250,000
  • Inaugural Race: 1997
  • 2025 JRA Plate Winner: Bois D’Argent

JRA Plate Betting 2025

New Ways to Bet at neds

There are many different ways to bet on the JRA Plate, and we have included some of the most popular options below:

Bet Type How To Place This Type Of Bet In This Year’s JRA Plate
Win Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will take first place in this year’s JRA Plate.
Place Bet Place your bet on the horse you think will place in the top three finishers at this year’s JRA Plate. Pays less than a win bet, but offers safer odds.
Each-Way Bet If your runner finishes 1st in the JRA Plate you will collect both the Win and the Place dividend. If your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd you will collect the Place dividend.
Quinella Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in any order, within the JRA Plate, in order to win the Quinella.
Exacta Bet You must select the runners that finish 1st and 2nd in the correct order, within the JRA Plate to win the Exacta.
Trifecta Bet You must select runners to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order, within the JRA Plate to win the Trifecta.
First Four You must select runners that finish 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th in the correct order, within the JRA Plate to win the First 4.
Quadrella Bet (Quaddie) You must select the winners of four nominated races to win the Quaddie. This means you would have to select three other races apart from the JRA Plate, in order to be eligible to place a Quaddie.

How To Bet On The JRA Plate in 2025

  1. Login at neds.com.au
  2. Make a deposit, using your credit card, PayPal or other safe electronic method
  3. Make sure to check out form guide, once it’s released
  4. Decide what kind of bet you’re going to place (Win, Place, Each-Way, Trifecta + more betting options, please read our section on JRA Plate Betting above).
  5. Select the horse(s) for the race.

Which Horse Will Win The JRA Plate in 2025

The best way to pick which horse will win the JRA Plate in 2025 is to take into account their lead-up form from the autumn, assess the barriers and look for the proven Group performers in Sydney. 

Additional factors to consider when picking the JRA Plate winner include: 

  • Class Runners – Plenty of Group 1 or 2 winners have taken out the event down in grade so looking for the class horses in the mix is a top betting tip.
  • Lead-Up – The Group 2 Chairman’s Quality (2600m) serves as a strong lead-up into the JRA Plate. The last JRA Plate winner to come off that race was Paths Of Glory (3rd in 2021).
  • Favourite Factor – Favourites in JRA Plate betting have a strong strike-rate in the race.

JRA Plate Favourites 2025

Favourites in 2025 JRA Plate betting include recent Group 1 Ranvet Stakes third placed Fawkner Park on the quick back-up off an eighth in the Queen Elizabeth, Gary Portelli’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile third placegetter Encap, and the imported Klondike making his Australian race debut for John O’Shea & Tom Charlton. 

There have been a number of recent upsets in JRA Plate betting including Huetor ($15 in 2024), Grey Lion ($41 in 2019) and Tally ($26 in 2018).

JRA Plate 2025 Field

The official 2025 JRA Plate field of final acceptances is announced on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in full below once announced. 

The 2025 JRA Plate final field features a quality line-up of potential Brisbane Winter Carnival bound gallopers led in betting by recent Group 1 Ranvet Stakes third placegetter Fawkner Park.

JRA Plate 2025 Tips

Favourite: #1 Fawkner Park ($3.80 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Best Bet: #1 Fawkner Park to salute for the punters (see above) – BET NOW

Best Roughie: #14 Flying Bandit ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Our exclusive 2025 JRA Plate tips will be detailed above the week of the race and a full betting preview published on the Neds Blog.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 ALL AGED STAKES DAY PREVIEW & TIPS

JRA Plate Race Day 2025

The 2025 JRA Plate takes place as part of 2025 All Aged Stakes Day at Royal Randwick running on Saturday April 19th, 2025. The meeting features six Group races in total with the JRA Plate held on the same day as the:

JRA Plate Barrier Draw 2025

The 2025 JRA Plate barrier draw will be released to the public a few days before the race and will be published in our above JRA Plate Field section. 

JRA Plate Nominations 2025

The 2025 JRA Plate nominations close at 11 AM on the Monday of race week.

Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 30x7x85377 ALMANIA (IRE) G 9 Kris Lees 93
2 343x080x04 BEHTAR (FR) G 6 Peter Snowden 80
3 4313x00x36 BOIS D’ARGENT (GB) G 8 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 108
4 960046×869 BOLD MAC (NZ) G 7 Richard Collett 94
5 714053×743 ENCAP G 4 Gary Portelli 104
6 31x051x438 FAWKNER PARK (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald
7 1x25211x31 FLYING BANDIT G 4 Kerry Parker 79
8 519×000442 FOUJITA SAN G 5 Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes
9 7105x06x77 HEZASHOCKA (NZ) G 7 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 100
10 2008x600x8 JIMI HENDRIX (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 93
11 247x41615x KLONDIKE (GB) G 5 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 104
12 3568x9909x MILITARY MISSION (IRE) G 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 101
13 8x0047x270 MOLLY BLOOM (NZ) M 4 Chris Waller 99
14 950x63646x NAVAL COLLEGE (GB) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 100
15 2x03790x62 NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) G 5 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 102
16 463×963215 PALMETTO (NZ) G 6 John Sargent 104
17 313491×845 PERICLES G 5 James Cummings 110
18 2x36610x89 PORT LOCKROY H 4 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 107
19 031716×530 REDSTONE WELL (IRE) G 6 Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 97
20 2110x0x300 SCARLET OAK M 4 Chris Waller 92
21 0x601x6020 SOUNDS OF HEAVEN (GB) M 5 Joseph Pride 95
22 2267×08774 TOURISTIC (GB) G 6 Peter Snowden
23 9080x761x9 VIRTUOUS CIRCLE (NZ) G 5 Liam Howley 100

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

JRA Plate Weights 2025

Quality handicap conditions apply to this race. Final weights are announced at 4 PM on the Tuesday of race week with the official 2025 JRA Plate weights on the final acceptors to be published in our above JRA Plate Field section.

Huetor (59kg in 2024) was the last JRA Plate topweight to win.

2025 JRA Plate Topweight:

  • #1 Fakwner Park (60kg)

JRA Plate Acceptances 2025

2025 JRA Plate final acceptances must be declared before 9 AM on the Wednesday of race week and will be published in our above JRA Plate Field section. 

JRA Plate Jockeys 2025

The final riders’ announcement is at 12 PM on the Wednesday of race week with the official 2025 JRA Plate jockeys to be published in our above JRA Plate Field section. 

JRA Plate Scratchings 2025

2025 JRA Plate scratchings close at 7:30 AM on Saturday the 19th of April 2025. 

JRA Plate Prize Money 2025

The 2025 JRA Plate prize purse is worth $250,000 in total, distributed from places first through to tenth.

Place Prize Money
1st $140,000
2nd $46,250
3rd $22,400
4th $11,000
5th $6,100
6th $4,000
7th $3,500
8th $3,500
9th $3,500
10th $3,500

JRA Plate Race Number 2025

The 2025 JRA Plate race number is scheduled as Randwick Race 6 at 2:25pm (AEDT) on Saturday the 19th of April 2025. There are ten races in total that day at Randwick Racecourse. 

JRA Plate Form Guide 2025

The final form guide will be available the week of the race. You can check below for a link to our full 2025 JRA Plate Form Guide following final acceptances. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2025 JRA PLATE FORM GUIDE

JRA Plate Stakes Live 2025

You can watch or listen to the 2025 JRA Plate live, across the following mediums.

Pay television: Sky Racing 1 (channel 526 on Foxtel)

Radio: Radio Sport National

Free to air television: 7 Network

Streaming: Racing NSW

JRA Plate Winners

Winners of the JRA Plate going back to the year 2011 are displayed in the table below. 

Year Winner Second Third Time
2025 Bois D’Argent Hezashocka New Endeavour 2:02.85
2024 Huetor Goldman Hezashocka 2:07.36
2023 Diamil Bankers Choice Huetor 2:05.1
2022 Polly Grey Numerian Icebath 2:08.0
2021* Paths Of Glory Hang Man Polly Grey 2:01.4
2020 Life Less Ordinary Greysful Glamour Shared Ambition 2:04.2
2019 Grey Lion Emperor’s Way All Too Soon 2:01.6
2018 Tally Nettoyer Rising Red 2:01.1
2017 Top Of My List Sons Of John Rudy 2:09.9
2016 Guardini Index Linked Havana Cooler 2:03.9
2015 Gypsy Diamond Leebaz Singing Flame 2:05.6
2014 Spillway Danchai Slow Pace 2:05.5
2013 Kelinni Fibrillation Pirate Bay 2:08.6
2012 Western Symbol Herculian Prince Larry’s Never Late 2:03.7
2011 Hawk Island Galizani Vintedge 2:07.9

*Zaaki was officially second past the post in the 2021 JRA Plate but was subsequently disqualified.