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.
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.
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. 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).
Jockey Damien Oliver has won this race on five occasions: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008.
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
Other venues 2013 - Eagle Farm Racecourse 2020 - Eagle Farm Racecourse 2022 - Eagle Farm Racecourse
Winners The following are winners of the race.
2026 - Kilman 2025 - Imperialist 2024 - Tannhauser 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 Doomben 10,000 Chairman's Handicap (BRC) Spirit Of Boom Classic List of Australian Group races Group races
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