Northwood Plume Stakes
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History
The Northwood Plume Stakes is a Group 3 race run under Set Weights and Penalty conditions for four year old and up mares at Caulfield conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club.
The Northwood Plume Stakes is run over 1200m. It was first run in 2005 and was won by Crimson Reign.
The Northwood Plume Stakes began as a Listed race then was a Group 3 in 2013.
Several recent winners have subsequently won G1 races following their Caulfield win.
Not only did Tofane win the Begonia Belle on 2019 Derby day, she came back in the Autumn and ran great races until she secured the All Aged Stakes in April.
The registered name of the race is after the 1000 Guineas/VRC Oaks winner trained by Lee Freedman.
The Northwood Plume Stakes was worth $240,000 in 2025.
Notable winners of the Northwood Plume Stakes include Fiesta (2020), Tofane (2019), Winter Bride (2018), Sheidel (2016), Politeness (2015), Griante (2014), Avenue (2010), Belong To Many (2008) and Crimson Reign (2005).
The 2024 Northwood Plume Stakes was won by Aviatress from A Little Deep and Bizot.
Previous Northwood Plume Stakes Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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SHE'S BULLETPROOF
(AUS)
5M SHOOTING TO WIN (AUS) - OFFSHORE SHAM (AUS) SHAMARDAL (USA) |
BEN ALLEN | 58.0 | CHARLOTTE LITTLEFIELD | 9 |
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AVIATRESS
(AUS)
4M SMART MISSILE (AUS) - TWIN STAR ROCKET (AUS) BEL ESPRIT (AUS) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.0 | R & C JOLLY | 4 |
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SHE DANCES
(AUS)
4M STREET BOSS (USA) - CHARLESTON DANCER (AUS) LONHRO (AUS) |
LINDA MEECH | 56.0 | PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN | 7 |
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LITERARY MAGNATE
(AUS)
4M WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - FAMILY CREST (NZ) FASTNET ROCK (AUS) |
D YENDALL | 56.0 | MATTHEW WILLIAMS | 5 |
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DIRTY THOUGHTS
(AUS)
4M SO YOU THINK (NZ) - SHEER FANTAZEE (AUS) TESTA ROSSA (AUS) |
DANIEL MOOR | 56.0 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 7 |
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FIESTA
(AUS)
5M I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - NOW NOW (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 55.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 11 |
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TOFANE
(NZ)
4M OCEAN PARK (NZ) - BAGGY GREEN (AUS) GALILEO (IRE) |
D DUNN | 55.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 5 |
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WINTER BRIDE
(AUS)
4M NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - AMBERINO (AUS) PERUGINO (USA) |
RYAN MALONEY | 57.0 | TOBY EDMONDS | 8 |
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COOL PASSION
(AUS)
6M NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - HIAVANNA (AUS) MISTER C (USA) |
L CURRIE | 55.0 | TONY MCEVOY | 2 |
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SHEIDEL
(AUS)
5M HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) - LAVENTOUR (AUS) METAL STORM (FR) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 8 |
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POLITENESS
(AUS)
5M STREET SENSE (USA) - BERENGARIA (AUS) COMMANDS (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 57.0 | R W SMERDON | 9 |
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GRIANTE
(AUS)
4M GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - GRAND STRATEGY (AUS) STRATEGIC (AUS) |
D DUNN | 55.0 | DAVID BRIDEOAKE & DAVID FEEK | 11 |
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AEROBATICS
(AUS)
5M EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - GRILSE (USA) RAHY (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 58.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 12 |
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SERENE STAR
(AUS)
6M WESTERN VERSE (USA) - SERENE SNIP (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.0 | MICHAEL KENT | 6 |
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HINEMOA
(NZ)
6M ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - TITANIA (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
L CROPP | 54.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 5 |
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AVENUE
(AUS)
4M ANABAA (USA) - VIRAGE (AUS) KENMARE (FR) |
L NOLEN | 57.5 | PETER G MOODY | 9 |
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OUR LONA
(AUS)
4M INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - PRAV (AUS) SCRUPULES (IRE) |
M PEGUS | 53.0 | GWENDA JOHNSTONE | 6 |
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BELONG TO MANY
(AUS)
5M BELONG TO ME (USA) - FOIL (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
J WINKS | 56.5 | BARBARA JOSEPH | 16 |
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STORM SIGNAL
(NZ)
6M KELTRICE (AUS) - STORM OF WORDS (NZ) NASSIPOUR (USA) |
S W ARNOLD | 57.5 | PETER G MOODY | 13 |
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PERSONAL ENSIGN
(AUS)
4M RUBITON (AUS) - BLUE GUM GIRL (AUS) RANCHO RULER (AUS) |
J CASSIDY | 53.0 | MICK PRICE | 5 |
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CRIMSON REIGN
(AUS)
4M RED RANSOM (USA) - CRIMSON ROAD (USA) STRAWBERRY (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 58.0 | JASON MCLACHLAN | 7 |
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