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Some good young stayers have taken out the Rough Habit Plate run at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Hawkspur did the double but the 2020 Rough Habit Plate (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday is now a one off race.
2020 Rough Habit Plate: Nominations
2020 ROUGH HABIT PLATE - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Rough Habit Plate is Group 3 race for three-year-olds conducted by the Brisbane Racing Club.
The Rough Habit Plate was introduced in 1993 as a major lead-up race to the Queensland Derby and is named after the champion New Zealand galloper who won 11 Group One races including the Queensland Derby and two Stradbroke Handicaps in Brisbane.
The inaugural Rough Habit Plate was run as a handicap. It has been run set weight conditions since 1994.
The distance of the Rough Habit Plate has been 2000m since 2012 with the exception of 2013 when it was run over 2100m at Eagle Farm and in 2020 at 2200m. The distance has varied over the years from 2020m (1993-2001), 2200m (2002-2003/2020), and 2020m (2004-2011).
The Rough Habit Plate became a Listed race in 1996 and has been Group 3 since 2006.
The Rough Habit Plate-Queensland Derby double has been won seven times by Tenor (1994), Dodge (1998), De Gaulle Lane (2001), Empires Choice (2007), Brambles (2012), Hawkspur (2013) and Dark Dream (2018).
The only filly to win the Rough Habit Plate has been Fillydelphia in 2011.
Damien Oliver rode the winner of the Rough Habit Plate five times between 1997 and 2008. Blake Shinn has ridden two recent winners of the Rough Habit Plate for trainer Chris Waller (Sadler's Lake/Mackintosh).
Waller also trained the 2013 winner Hawkspur (Jim Cassidy).
The 2020 Rough Habit Plate was run over 2200m for prizemoney of $175,000 – reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Notable winners of the Rough Habit Plate include Tenor, Juggler, Marble Halls, Dodge, De Gaulle Lane, Bobs Boy, Belmonte, Empires Choice, Rockdale, The Hombre, Brambles, Amexed, Hawkspur, Sadler's Lake and Dark Dream.
The 2019 Rough Habit Plate was won by Purple Sector from A Man To Match and Dealmaker.