The Rough Habit Plate is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old with set weights, over a distance of 2,000 metres held at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$250,000.

History

It was named in honour of Rough Habit, a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman Sea. The inaugural running of the race was in 1993 as the Rough Habit 3YO Handicap.

Rough Habit Plate

The event is the first middle-distance race for three-year-olds during the winter carnival and is a prep leadup race for the 2400 metre Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm Racecourse in June.

Rough Habit Plate

Jockey Damien Oliver has won this race on five occasions: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008.

Rough Habit Plate

Six horses have won the Rough Habit Plate–Queensland Derby double: Tenor (1994), Dodge (1998), De Gaulle Lane (2001), Empires Choice (2007), Brambles (2012), Hawkspur (2013)

Grade

1996–2005 - Listed Race

2006 onwards Group 3

Distance

1993–2001 – 2020 metres

2002–2003 – 2200 metres

2004–2011 – 2020 metres

2012 – 2000 metres

2013 – 2100 metres

2014–2019 – 2000 metres

2020 – 2200 metres

2022 – 2143 metres

Venue

2013 - Eagle Farm Racecourse

2020 - Eagle Farm Racecourse

2022 - Eagle Farm Racecourse

Winners

2023 - Special Swey

2022 - Dark Destroyer

2021 - Criminal Defence

2020 - Ballistic Boy

2019 - Purple Sector

2018 - Dark Dream

2017 - Shocking Luck

2016 - Mackintosh

2015 - Sadler's Lake

2014 - Amexed

2013 - Hawkspur

2012 - Brambles

2011 - Fillydelphia

2010 - The Hombre

2009 - Rockdale

2008 - Mission Critical

2007 - Empires Choice

2006 - Belmonte

2005 - Activation

2004 - Russian Pearl

2003 - Bobs Boy

2002 - Distinctly Secret

2001 - De Gaulle Lane

2000 - Kincourt

1999 - Figurehead

1998 - Dodge

1997 - Marble Halls

1996 - Revenge

1995 - Juggler

1994 - Tenor

1993 - Square the Circle

See also

List of Australian Group races

Group races

References

Horse races in Australia

Sport in Brisbane