Frank Packer Plate
Encyclopedia
The Frank Packer Plate is an Australian Jockey Club
Group 3
Thoroughbred
horse race for three-year-olds at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse
, Sydney
in April. Total prizemoney is A$125,000
Australian Jockey Club
The Australian Jockey Club was founded in January 1842. It morphed from the former Australian Racing Committee set up in May 1840 to set the standards for racing in the colony...
Group 3
Group One
Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for three-year-olds at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Randwick Racecourse
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in April. Total prizemoney is A$125,000
Past winners
- 2011 Shootoff
- 2010 Dariana
- 2009 Yallingup
- 2008 Rockwood
- 2007 Carnegie House
- 2006 Dream Machine
- 2005 Afraah
- 2004 Red Terror
- 2003 Clangalang
- 2002 Arlington Road
- 2001 Spurred On
- 2000 Freemason
- 1999 Franklin River
- 1998 Dodge
- 1997 Might and PowerMight and PowerMight and Power was a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999. As a four-year-old, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and returned at five to become only the second horse in the history of...
- 1996 Mr Piper
- 1995 Juggler
- 1994 Espinosa
- 1993 Play Or Pay
- 1992 In The Event
- 1991 Bold Rancher
- 1990 Stargazer
- 1989 Royal Pardon
- 1988 Serestrina
- 1987 Never Quit
- 1986 Swift Cheval
- 1985 Spritely Native
- 1984 Pleasant Star
- 1983 Chiamara
- 1982 Dalmacia
- 1981 Shaybisc
- 1980 Lauriat