Lancashire Plate

Lancashire Plate

Horse race
Painting by James Walsham Baldock showing Seabreeze winning the first running of the Lancashire Plate
Location	Manchester Racecourse Manchester, England
Inaugurated	1888
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance	1888-91: 7 fur (1,408 m) 1892-93: 1 mile (1609 m)
Surface	Turf
Qualification	Two-years-old and up
Weight	7 st 5 lb (2 yo); 9 st 3 lb (3 yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies, mares and geldings Penalties Various (see History)
Purse	£11,000

The Lancashire Plate was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to Thoroughbreds aged two years and over. It was run over seven furlongs at Manchester Racecourse in September from 1888 to 1893. It was one of the most valuable races in the country and its winners included Classic victors Seabreeze, Donovan and La Fleche.

History

The Lancashire Plate was first run on 22 September 1888 over seven furlongs at Manchester Racecourse. The prize money was made up of £11,000 added to a sweepstakes of £20 each. The weights were 7 st 5 lb for two-year-olds, 9 st 3 lb for three-year-olds and 9 st 9 lb for four-year-olds, with mares and geldings being allowed to carry 3 lb less. Horses that had won more than £1,000 (excluding handicaps) once had to carry a 4 lb penalty and winners of either £1,000 once or £2,000 twice had to carry a 7 lb penalty. Any horse who had won the 2000 Guineas, Derby or St. Leger had to carry an extra 10 lb.^[1] The purse was increased to £12,000 in 1889,^[2] but reduced back to £11,000 in 1890, when the subscription was reduced to £5.^[3] In 1892 the distance of the race was increased to one mile and the purse was reduced to 10,000^[4] The prize money was reduced again to £8,000 in 1892.^[5] The Lancashire Plate was last run in 1893 and the following season was replaced by the Prince Edward Handicap worth £2,000.^[6]

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse won this race more than once

Leading jockey:

• no jockey won this race more than once

Leading owner (2 wins):

• 6th Duke of Portland – Donovan (1889), Raeburn (1893)

Fastest winning time (7 furlongs) – Seabreeze (1888), 1m 29.4s

Fastest winning time (1 mile) – Raeburn (1893), 1m 48.6s

Widest winning margin – La Fleche (1892), 3 lengths

Shortest winning margin – Signorina (1891), ½ length

Longest odds winner – Signorina (1891), 6/1

Shortest odds winner – Donovan (1889), 4/6

Most runners – 24 (1888)

Fewest runners – 4 (1893)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Ref.
1888	Seabreeze	3	William Robinson	James Jewitt	5th Baron Calthorpe	1:29.4	[1]
1889	Donovan	3	Fred Barrett	George Dawson	6th Duke of Portland	1:39.2	[2]
1890	Amphion	4	Tom Cannon	Mr. Chandler	General Byrne	1:29.8	[7]
1891	Signorina	4	Fred Webb	Chevalier Ginistrelli	Chevalier Ginistrelli	1:34.8	[3]
1892	La Fleche	3	George Barrett	John Porter	Baron de Hirsch	1:50.2	[4]
1893	Raeburn	3	John Watts		6th Duke of Portland	1:48.6	[5]

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

1. "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 2 June 1888. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 14 November 1889. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
3. "MANCHESTER". Otago Witness. 19 November 1891. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
4. "MANCHESTER". Otago Witness. 10 November 1892. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
5. "RACING IN ENGLAND". Otago Witness. 23 November 1893. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
6. "English Sporting Notes". Star. 22 November 1894. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
7. "SPORTING INTELLIGENCE". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 22 September 1890. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)