Platelet is a retired multiple Group 1 winning mare who was trained by Ballarat-based trainer Darren Weir who during her racing career won $1,396,250.
The highlight of her career was winning the Group 1 South Australian Robert Sangster – Goodwood[4] sprint double which only the champion Black Caviar has been able to achieve.
[6] Her second foal was the highest priced Exceed and Excel yearling ever sold at $1.8m[7] Platelet was born on 2 November 2008 from the Dracula mare Bloodlette.
She won her second start at Geelong and continued to improve finishing her first campaign as the winner of the Group 3 Throughbred Club Stakes at MRC with the record of 6: 2-2-2.
She returned in the Autumn to complete her most successful campaign with Victory in both Group 1 Sprint races in Adelaide (the Sangster and The Goodwood)[10] repeating the feat of Black Caviar the year before.