The first major racing event of 2019 is the running of the 158th Queen’s Plate and third year of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Racing Festival, which takes place on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 January 2019.
Legal Eagle after the Green Point Stakes (Pic – Chase Liebenberg Photography)
The final field will be declared on Thursday 27 December.
See the Hollywoodbets ante-post market – click here
| 9 | Legal Eagle | (7G) | 60 | 123 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 8 | Do It Again | Accepted | (4G) | 60 | 120 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 6 | Undercover Agent | (4C) | 60 | 120 | A | Brett Crawford | |
| 11 | Hat Puntano (ARG) | (5H) | 60 | 112 | A | Joey Ramsden | |
| 4 | Rainbow Bridge | (4G) | 60 | 110 | A | Eric Sands | |
| 2 | $Amazing Strike | (7G) | 60 | 107 | BA | Eric Sands | |
| 1 | Infamous Fox (AUS) | Accepted | (4G) | 60 | 103 | A | Candice Dawson |
| 5 | Mujallad (AUS) | (4G) | 60 | 90 | CAT | Mike de Kock | |
| 12 | Buffalo Bill Cody (IRE) | (4C) | 59.5 | 108 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 10 | Snowdance | Accepted | (4F) | 57.5 | 114 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 3 | Soqrat (AUS) | (3C) | 55 | 118 | A | Mike de Kock | |
| 7 | Twist Of Fate | (3C) | 55 | 115 | A | Joey Ramsden | |
| (12) | |||||||
Recent Gr2 Green Point Stakes winner Legal Eagle will be bidding to match the irrepressible Pocket Power who won this prestigious mile four times for Mike Bass in the first decade of this century.
The three horses who finished within a neck of the champion in the Green Point Stakes are among the entries.
Mike de Kock is expected to run Soqrat and emerging hope, Buffalo Bill Cody.
He said: “The Queen’s Plate really is the race it’s hyped up to be, all the very best milers are going be in there. The race will show us where we stand. It will be a contest of truly top horses and it certainly is something to look forward to.”
