Moonee Valley Oaks

Winners and Past Results

The Moonee Valley Oaks is a Group 2, middle distance, set weight race that is open only to three year old fillies. It is held at the Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne , during the Moonee Valley Autumn Racing Carnival in February. Free $250 Bet That Can't Lose

This 1600 meter race, hosted by Moonee Valley Racing Club offer a purse of $200,000. The race has been run under many names since its inception in 1998. In 1998 it was conducted as a Listed Race over a 2040 meter distance and called the Moonee Valley Oaks. From 1999-2000 it was a run as a Group 3 race, keeping the name and distance unchanged. In 2002, it was upgraded to Group 2. In 2005, it was known as the Woodstock Mile and held over a distance of 1600 metres. In 2006, it was renamed as Woodstock Classic, and run over 1500 meters. From 2007 onwards, the race has been called the Hollylodge Classic, and only from 2010 was it held over 1600 meters.

A lot of people regard this race to be the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic. The inaugural race, in 1998 was a dead heat between Kensington Palace and Champagne.

This race typically attracts fillies who are aiming to compete in races such as the Group 12000 M Australasian Oaks and the Group 3 2500 M SA Oaks at Morphettville during the Adelaide racing carnival in March. Some runners will also aim for a berth in the 1600 metre Group 2 Kewney Stakes at Flemington on Super Saturday. The level weight conditions of the race usually benefit the better performing fillies, with classier fillies making it to the podium.  

2012 Moonee Valley Oaks

Pre-race favourite Empress Rock made it look nice and easy, with the filly largely untroubled in winning this Group 2 feature over 1600 metres. The filly, who brought winning form into this race, strolled to an early lead and controlled the pace nicely, switching off slightly in the middle stages of the race and looking very relaxed at every marker. As they rounded the turn, Empress Rock went up a gear and went from cruise control to top speed, running away from the field and going to the post nearly four lengths clear of Total Attraction and Our Miss Jones, who never really had a chance once Empress Rock increased tempo.

2012 Moonee Valley Oaks result

1. Empress Rock
2. Total Attraction
3. Our Miss Jones

Then came:

4. Rahveel
5. Outdoor
6. Torah
7. Ametsis
8. Twilighting
9. Two Sugars