Crown Oaks
The Crown Oaks is a fillies only event that takes place two days after the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne in early November. Crown Oaks Day is known as ‘Ladies Day’ and is the third race day of the exciting four day 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival in Melbourne.
The Crown Oaks is the female equivalent of the AAMI Victoria Derby and is run over the same 2500 metres distance at level weights, except the Crown Oaks is for females only offering $1Million in prizemoney.
| 2010 Crown Oaks race details | |||
| Date | Thursday 4th November | Race Time: | 2:55pm |
| Track: | Flemington racecourse | Status: | Group 1 |
| Distance: | 2500 metres | Conditions: | 3yo Fillies Set – Weights |
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Our best staying fillies generally contest the Crown Oaks aiming for Blue Riband Group 1 glory and the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes over 2000 metres on Derby Day has traditionally proven the best guide to this race. The Bart Cumming’s trained Faint Perfume won the Wakeful Stakes & Crown Oaks double in 2009 to prove herself the premier staying filly of the spring.
The Victoria Turf Club (VRC) administers racing at Flemington race track and the Crown Oaks is one of the highlights of the fabulous 2010 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival along with the Emirates Stakes held on the final day of the Flemington carnival.
Other prestigious races held before the Flemington carnival are the $2.5Million Caulfield Cup and $3Million WS Cox Plate which both take place in October.
2010 Crown Oaks Day Races and Times.
The 2010 Crown Oaks is Race 6 on the card and fillies will fly the gates at 2:55pm AEST Melbourne time at the expansive Flemington racecourse on Thursday 4th November, two days after the Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 2nd November.
| Race # | Time | Status | Race name | Distance |
| Race 1 | 11.10am | Stakes | Handicap | 1800m |
| Race 2 | 11.50am | Listed | Crown Promenade Stakes | 1100m |
| Race 3 | 12.35pm | Stakes | Handicap | 1700m |
| Race 4 | 1.20pm | Listed | Tcl Electronics Stakes | 1200m |
| Race 5 | 2.05pm | Stakes | All Greys 1400 | 1400m |
| Race 6 | 2.55pm | Group 1 | Crown Oaks | 2500m |
| Race 7 | 3.40pm | Listed | Myer Fashion Stakes | 1800m |
| Race 8 | 4.25pm | Listed | Century Stakes | 1100m |
| Race 9 | 5.10pm | Stakes | La Vie En Rose Vase | 1600m |
Oaks Day attracted 80,112 fans to Flemington racecourse in 2009 to see Faint Perfume score a memorable Oaks win over Valdemoro and Savsbelle.
Crown Oaks History
The Crown Oaks is the oldest fillies classic in Australia and dates way back to 1859.
The race distance changed from 12 furlongs to 2400m when the metrics system was introduced in the early seventies and one year later the race would become 2500 metres to provide a longer run out of the straight before the first turn.
Briesis (1876) is one of the most memorable Oaks winners as she was good enough to gain victory in both the Victoria Derby and the Melbourne Cup. Quality female gallopers Light Fingers (1964), Surround (1976), Rose Of Kingston (1981), Special Harmony (2003) and Miss Finland (2006) have all been Oaks winners.
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