The R1 million L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, along with the Paddock Stakes run on the same afternoon, are the first Gr1’s of the year and will be run on day 2 of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival on Saturday 9 January.
Entries close at 11:h00 on Monday 28 December, on which day the weights will be published.
Supp entries are open until 11h00 on Thursday 31 December.
Declarations close at 11h00 on Monday 4 January.
Two L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate candidates in Do It Again and Rainbow Bridge are great rivals in SA racing right now.
Their scorecard shows that they have met on 11 occasions. On 5 of those Do It Again has finished in front of Rainbow Bridge and on 6 occasions, Rainbow Bridge has beaten Do It Again to the line.
SA Champion Jockey Anthony Delpech and racing analyst Graeme Hawkins assess the 11 times these two horses have met.
Watch the clip below
