Windsor Park Plate Day

What: The biggest day of the thoroughbred racing season so far.

Where: Hastings.

When: First race at 12.20pm today.

Highlights: $ 200,000 Windsor Park Plate, $ 100,000 Hawke’s Bay Guineas.

The Punt: Avantage the one to beat over Two Illicit in the Windsor Park; Need I Say More should win the Guineas.

Today’s other meetings: Riccarton races, first race 11.30am; Randwick gallops, featuring Kiwi mare Probabeel; Cambridge harness, first race 4.18pm.