Oakleigh Plate 2024 Betting Tips - Raiders are tipped

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: 23 Feb 2024

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Alex Marsh 23 Feb 2024

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The Oakleigh Plate will be run on Saturday's Caulfield meeting
This famous sprint is the last of three Group 1's on the February 24 program
A competitive field has been assembled
Preview & tips are included below

Sghirripa winning the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse on Boxing Day. (Getty)

Contested under handicap conditions, the Oakleigh Plate is the premier sprint race run at Caulfield.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Tips
2024 Oakleigh Plate Field & Odds

One of the more famous sprints in Australia, this 1100m Group 1 dash is generally a competitive affair and once again, an open race awaits punters on Saturday.

King's Gambit just holds favourtism for the 2024 Oakleigh Plate, with $5.50 his quote via Picklebet

2024 Oakleigh Plate Tips

2024 Oakleigh Plate Best Bet - Sghirripa

This gelding one of the more promising sprinters to come out of South Adelaide in recent years and he continues to furnish with racing, having won his last two attempts.

Those two outings have been in Melbourne, which includes a Listed triumph over this track/trip before producing a career-best performance up the straight at Flemington.

As a galloper who was still doing plenty wrong as he was working through the grades, that last start Group 3 Standish Handicap performance stood out in terms of professionalism.

A wide gate isn't that big of negative one-turn sprint circuit and with Sghirripa having shown his versatility this season, he doesn't need to get into a early speed battle here.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Next Best Bet - King's Gambit

Although he wasn't the most genuine, I've always felt that King's Gambit is the most talented sprinter in his crop, with Team Snowden colt spelled after a Group 3 win in spring.

He defeated the subsequent Coolmore Stud winner (Ozzmosis) in that last start triumph and this three-year-old was scratched from that Group 1 due to an elevated temperature.

With a Group 1 win still needed for his stallion resume, the Oakleigh Plate looks a clear target assignment for King's Gambit, who bolted in at Caulfield on debut as a juvenile.

The son of I Am Invincible has always been a good trialler and he's completed two Sydney hit-outs leading into this fresh tilt, where he carries just 50kg in the famous sprint handicap.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Value Bet - Kallos

While he looks poorly in at the top of the weights with no Group 1 credentials, this Godolphin sprinter couldn't have been more impressive first-up in the Rubiton Stakes.

Asfoora is predicted to improve from that return outing, however, with Kallos meeting that mare 1kg better off from a soft one-length win, I'm not sure why he's nearly triple her quote.

The future appeared unclear after a sole spring flop in September, but he was tipped straight out after that return performance and James Cummings has turned him around.

Track pattern will be crucial, as he's likely to be back and look to chime in late under Blake Shinn, although he'll relish a strong tempo, especially if the wider lanes are in play.

2024 Oakleigh Plate Field & Odds

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Kallos	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	15	58kg	$15
2	Asfoora	Henry Dwyer	Mitchell Aitken	11	57.5kg	$6.75
3	Skew Wiff (NZ)	Mark Walker	Craig Williams	3	55.5kg	$23
4	Sghirripa	Shane & Cassie Oxlade	Craig Newitt	13	55kg	$9.50
5	Chain Of Lightning	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Carleen Hefel	10	53.5kg	$31
6	Najem Suhail	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Celine Gaudray (a)	8	53.5kg	$16
7	Recommendation	Ciaron Maher	Declan Bates	4	53.5kg	$17
8	Benedetta	Jason Warren	Daniel Stackhouse	5	53kg	$8.50
9	Brudenell	Kris Lees	Daniel Moor	6	52kg	$18
10	Hypothetical	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Michael Dee	9	52kg	$14
11	Lempicka	Ken & Kasey Keys	Blaike McDougall	14	52kg	$101
12	Mornington Glory	Gavin Bedggood	Dean Yendall	7	52kg	$26
13	Queman	Shane & Cassie Oxlade	Harry Coffey	2	52kg	$16
14	Rey Magnerio	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jye McNeil	12	52kg	$10
15	King's Gambit	Peter & Paul Snowden	Jamie Kah	1	50kg	$5.50

Odds courtesy of Picklebet & correct on 22/02/2024.

Verdict

Our tips for the 2024 Oakleigh Plate are:

Sghirripa

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