Oakleigh Plate Winners
From 1884, all the way up to 2025, we have all of the Oakleigh Plate winners listed from past editions of the Group 1 sprint race held at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Stakes Day.

View additional details of the past Oakleigh Plate winners from 2000 – 2025 including the winning Oakleigh Plate trainers, jockeys, weights carried to victory and successful barriers.
Versatile Australian galloper Malua was the inaugural Oakleigh Plate winner in 1884.
Sprinters to complete the Oakleigh Plate / Lighting Stakes (Black Caviar Lighting) double include Fastnet Rock (2005) Schillaci (1992), Placid Ark (1987), and Dual Choice (1971).
Recent winners of the Oakleigh Plate / Newmarket Handicap Group 1 sprint double include Lankan Rupee (2014), Weekend Hussler (2008), Schillaci (1992), and Placid Ark (1987).
In 2021 there was a dead-heat for first with two official Oakleigh Plate winners – Celebrity Queen and Portland Sky. Portland Sky was the first three-year-old Oakleigh Plate winner since Starspangledbanner (2010).
There has been two multiple Oakleigh Plate winners with Dual Choice (1971, 1972) and Aurie’s Star (1937, 1939).
Other notable Oakleigh Plate winners throughout history include Wakeful (1901), San Domenico (1949), Power Duke (1960), Zephyr Bay (1975), Weekend Hussler (2008), Sheidel (2017), and Booker (2019).
The undefeated 2022 Oakleigh Plate winner Marabi backed up off a lead-up victory in the Group 2 Australia Stakes and took her winning streak to seven straight.
The 2023 Oakleigh Plate winner was the Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted-trained Queenslander Uncommon James ($9) who improved on a second to Lofty Strike in the Rubiton Stakes to turn the tables on his last start conqueror in the Group 1.
There was an upset Oakleigh Plate winner in 2024 with the Shane & Cassie Oxlade-trained South Australian, Queman ($17), fighting it out in a narrow thriller with fellow 52kg lightweight Hypothetical to salute at a big price and hand jockey Harry Coffey his second career Group 1 winning ride.
The 2025 Oakleigh Plate winner is TBD and will be known when the Blue Diamond Stakes Day sprint feature runs at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday the 22nd of February 2025.
oakleigh plate WINNERS 2000 – the present
Year | Horse – Age/Gender | Jockey | Weight (kgs) | Trainer/s | Barrier |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
QUEMAN (AUS) 5G | HARRY COFFEY | 52 | SHANE & CASSIE OXLAD | 2 | |
UNCOMMON JAMES (AUS) 4G | BEN THOMPSON | 53.5 | STEVEN O’DEA & MATTHEW HOYSTED | 13 | |
MARABI (AUS) 5M | BEN ALLEN | 54.0 | CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE | 2 | |
(Dead Heat) |
PORTLAND SKY (AUS) 3C | TEODORE NUGENT | 50.0 | MATT LAURIE | 5 |
(Dead Heat) |
CELEBRITY QUEEN (AUS) 4M | WILLIAM PIKE | 53.5 | G & A WILLIAMS | 3 |
PIPPIE (AUS) 4M | LINDA MEECH | 52.0 | J & C MEAGHER | 14 | |
BOOKER (AUS) 4M | D YENDALL | 52.0 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 14 | |
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS) 4H | M J ZAHRA | 56.5 | P & P SNOWDEN | 10 | |
SHEIDEL (AUS) 5M | J MOREIRA | 53.0 | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 3 | |
FLAMBERGE (AUS) 6G | DAMIAN LANE | 58.0 | PETER G MOODY | 15 | |
SHAMAL WIND (AUS) 5M | D DUNN | 54.0 | R W SMERDON | 14 | |
LANKAN RUPEE (AUS) 4G | C NEWITT | 56.0 | MICK PRICE | 7 | |
MRS ONASSIS (AUS) 5M | K MCEVOY | 52.5 | GERALD RYAN | 11 | |
WOORIM (AUS) 6G | D J BROWNE | 55.5 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 8 | |
EAGLE FALLS (AUS) 5G | DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 | D A HAYES | 9 | |
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) 3C | D NIKOLIC | 52.0 | LEON CORSTENS | 6 | |
SWISS ACE (AUS) 4H | K POPE | 54.0 | MICK MAIR | 18 | |
WEEKEND HUSSLER (AUS) 3G | B RAWILLER | 53.0 | R S MCDONALD | 10 | |
UNDUE (AUS) 5G | S W ARNOLD | 57.0 | SHANE CLARKE | 14 | |
SNITZEL (AUS) 3C | C NEWITT | 51.5 | GERALD RYAN | 4 | |
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) 3C | G BOSS | 57.0 | PAUL PERRY | 6 | |
REACTIVE (AUS) 5M | M PUMPA | 52.0 | BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH | 1 | |
RIVER DOVE (AUS) 4M | S BASTER | 51.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 10 | |
SUDURKA (AUS) 5H | N RAWILLER | 55.5 | BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH | 13 | |
MISS KOURNIKOVA (AUS) 3F | B PREBBLE | 52.0 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 6 | |
SPORTS (AUS) 5G | D NIKOLIC | 55.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 10 |
COMPLETE LIST OF PAST oakleigh plate WINNERS
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2025 | TBD |
2024 | Queman |
2023 | Uncommon James |
2022 | Marabi |
2021 | Celebrity Queen / Portland Sky
(Dead Heat) |
2020 | Pippie |
2019 | Booker |
2018 |
Russian Revolution
|
2017 | Sheidel |
2016 | Flamberge |
2015 | Shamal Wind |
2014 | Lankan Rupee |
2013 | Mrs Onassis |
2012 | Woorim |
2011 | Eagle Falls |
2010 |
Starspangledbanner
|
2009 | Swiss Ace |
2008 |
Weekend Hussler
|
2007 | Undue |
2006 | Snitzel |
2005 | Fastnet Rock |
2004 | Reactive |
2003 | River Dove |
2002 | Sudurka |
2001 | Miss Kournikova |
2000 | Sports |
1999 | Dantelah |
1998 |
Singing The Blues
|
1997 | Spartacus |
1996 | Drum |
1995 | Khaptingly |
1994 | Kenvain |
1993 | Mookta |
1992 | Schillaci |
1991 | With Me |
1990 | Scarlet Bisque |
1989 | Clay Hero |
1988 | Snippets |
1987 | Placid Ark |
1986 | Coal Pak |
1985 | Mr. Illusion |
1984 |
Mighty Avalanche
|
1983 | Sans Rival |
1982 | Harpagus |
1981 |
Gleaming Waters
|
1980 | Turf Ruler |
1979 | Mistress Anne |
1978 | Hartbalm |
1977 | Merger |
1976 | Kentland |
1975 | Zephyr Bay |
1974 | Tontonan |
1973 | Zambari |
1972 | Dual Choice |
1971 | Dual Choice |
1970 | Alrello |
1969 | Iga Ninja |
1968 | Magic Ruler |
1967 | Marmion |
1966 | Citius |
1965 | Time And Tide |
1964 | Pardon Me |
1963 | Kilshery |
1962 | New Statesman |
1961 | Gay Saba |
1960 | Power Duke |
1959 | Gold Stakes |
1958 | Dubbo |
1957 | Adelina |
1956 | Lucky Stride |
1955 | Dicast |
1954 | Birdwood |
1953 | Winlake |
1952 | Cromwell |
1951 | Regal Scout |
1950 | Spitfire |
1949 | San Domenico |
1948 | Tahmoor |
1947 | Kind Link |
1946 | Delina |
1945 | Ava |
1944 | Burberry |
1943 | Millais |
1942 | High Title |
1941 | Zonda |
1940 | Unishak |
1939 | Aurie’s Star |
1938 | Pamelus |
1937 | Aurie’s Star |
1936 | Belle Silhouette |
1935 | Arachne |
1934 | First Money |
1933 | Ibrani |
1932 | Blematic Umbertana |
1931 | Merab First Arrow |
1930 | Figure |
1929 | Day Dreamer |
1928 | Euston |
1927 | Baringhup |
1926 | Perspective |
1925 | Adrift |
1924 | Royal Thought |
1923 | Chelidon |
1922 | Wish Wynne |
1921 | not held |
1920 | Molly’s Robe |
1919 | Cielo |
1918 | Poitrina |
1917 | Woorak |
1916 | Tullia |
1915 | Brattle |
1914 | Popinjay |
1913 | Burri |
1912 | Queen Of Scots |
1911 | Blairgour |
1910 | Celerity |
1909 | Irishman |
1908 | Bright Steel |
1907 | Beresina |
1906 | Wandin |
1905 | Abington |
1904 | Silenus |
1903 | Pendant |
1902 | Drawbridge |
1901 | Wakeful |
1900 | Veneda |
1899 | Stand Off |
1898 | Resolute |
1897 | So And So |
1896 | Coil |
1895 | Wakawatea |
1894 | Moorite |
1893 | Lord Hopetoun |
1892 | Camoola |
1891 | Wild Rose |
1890 | Titan |
1889 | Nectarine |
1888 | My Lord |
1887 | Surprise |
1886 | William Tell |
1885 | Marie Louise |
1884 | Malua |