Crown Oaks
The Crown Oaks is a fillies only event that takes place on a Thursday, 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 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 a race for fillies only.
| 2012 Crown Oaks race details | |||
| Date | Thursday 3rd November 2012 | Race Time: | TBA |
| Track: | Flemington racecourse | Status: | Group 1 |
| Distance: | 2500 metres | Conditions: | 3yo Fillies Set – Weights |
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. Both Faint Perfume (2009) and Brazilian Pulse (2010) both won the Wakeful Stakes & Crown Oaks double to prove the premier staying fillies of that spring.
The Victoria Turf Club (VRC) administers racing at Flemington race track and the Crown Oaks is one of the highlights of the fabulous Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, along with the Emirates Stakes to come on the final day of the Flemington carnival.
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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.
2012 Crown Oaks Day Races and Times.
The 2012 Crown Oaks will run as Race 7 on the card and at Flemington racecourse on Thursday 8th November 2011, two days after Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 3rd November, 2011.
| Race # | Time | Status | Race name | Distance |
| Race 1 | 12.20pm | Stakes | Handicap | 1800m |
| Race 2 | 1.00am | Listed | Crown Promenade Stakes | 1100m |
| Race 3 | 1.40pm | Stakes | Handicap | 1700m |
| Race 4 | 2.20pm | Listed | Tcl Electronics Stakes | 1200m |
| Race 5 | 3.10pm | Stakes | All Greys 1400 | 1400m |
| Race 6 | 3.45pm | Listed | Myer Fashion Stakes | 1800m |
| Race 7 | 4.25pm | Group 1 | Crown Oaks | 2500m |
| Race 8 | 5.15pm | Listed | Century Stakes | 1100m |
| Race 9 | 5.50pm | Stakes | La Vie En Rose Vase | 1600m |
2011 Oaks Day attracted 71,659 fans to Flemington racecourse to see classy filly Mosheen score an outstanding win from Dowager Queen second and Roma Giaconda third.
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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