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Queensland Oaks

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Inaugurated
  
1951

Track
  
Right-handed

Distance
  
2,200 m

Purse
  
500,000 AUD (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Qualification
  
Three year old fillies

Sponsor
  
Location
  
Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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The Queensland Oaks is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, at set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prize money is A$500,000.

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Race history

The inaugural running of the race was run as the Queensland Oaks Stakes during the Christmas meeting at Eagle Farm on December 27, 1951 when short odds-on favourite Malt Maid was victorious. By 1953 the race was run on the Queensland Cup race card in November. The race was moved as part of the Brisbane Winter Carnival in 1973.

Race grade

  • 1951–1979 - Principal race
  • 1980 onwards - Group 1 race
  • Race distance

  • 1951–1972 - 1 12 miles
  • 1973–1982 - 2400 metres
  • 1983 - 2432 metres
  • 1984–2014 - 2400 metres
  • 2015 - 2200 metres
  • Race venue

    Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season the event is transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a shorter distance of 2200 metres.

  • 2015 - Doomben Racecourse
  • References

    Queensland Oaks Wikipedia