2023 Vo Rogue Plate: Race History

Recent winners of the Vo Rogue Plate run at Doomben on Saturday have gone onto G1 success.

2023 VO ROGUE PLATE - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Vo Rogue Plate is a Group 3 race for three year old sprinters conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club.

The Vo Rogue Plate is run over 1400m under Set Weights conditions. It has been run over 1350m when run at Doomben until 2013. Was run at the Gold Coast in 2014/2015. It was a Listed Race from 2006 to 2008. It goes between Eagle Farm and Doomben.

The Vo Rogue Plate was first run in 2006 and was won by Sequential Charm.

The race is named after a champion Queensland WFA horse who had remarkable success, mainly in Melbourne winning multiple G1s including two famous Australian Cups.

Winning Rupert became a very hot property after his third impressive win ending in the Vo Rogue Plate but then couldn't continue on in the Magic Millions Guineas.

2012 winner Lucky Hussler would go on to win a William Reid Stakes and Toorak Handicap later in his career.

2017 winner Pierata would graduate to open class where he'd win a Missile Stakes and Sydney Stakes in the next 12 months and be placed in multiple G1s. The All Aged Stakes was his G1 success.

Alligator Blood won this race and later in the preparation took the G1 Australian Guineas at Flemington.

It is run for $300,000 in prizemoney.

Notable winners of the Vo Rogue Plate include Youthful Jack (2008), Lucky Hussler (2012), Winning Rupert (2016), Pierata (2017), Alligator Blood (2019) and Apache Chase (2021).

The 2022 Vo Rogue Plate was won by Fashion Legend from Count Da Beans and Stroll.