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The Crown Oaks is Melbourne's premier blue ribbon event for three-year-old staying fillies during the Flemington four day spring racing carnival in Melbourne. It's the fillies equivalent of the Victoria Derby for colts & geldings and run over the same 2500 metres distance as the Derby. The race is restricted to fillies at set weights and was won in 2009 by the Bart Cumming's trained filly Faint Perfume from Valdemoro with Savsbelle third.

Prizemoney for Crown Oaks is $1,000,000, plus trophies valued at $5,000, and is one of the richest races for fillies in Australia. The Wakeful Stakes run over 2000 metres on Victoria Derby day is the traditional lead up to the Crown Oaks.

The Crown Oaks is held on the third day of the Flemington four day racing carnival and is always run on the Thursday, two days after the Melbourne Cup.

For more information about the 2010 Melbourne Cup day program please visit our 2010 Melbourne Cup page.

Crown Oaks info
Date:	Thursday November 4th, 2010
Track:	Flemington racecourse, Melbourne
Distance:	2500 metres
Race Type:	3yo Fillies Set Weights
Status:	Group 1
Prizemoney:	$1,000,000
2009 Winner:	Faint Perfume
2009 Crowd:	80,112

The Crown Oaks day itself is known as 'Ladie's Day' and there is almost as much action off the track as there is on it, with the annual holding of the 'Fashions on the Field", which ensures a huge crowd is always in attendance.

Make sure you take a keen interest in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes run at Flemington on Derby Day, as the Wakeful winner will more often than not win or run a place in the Crown Oaks.

The Crown Oaks has produced some quality winners with Samantha Miss (2008) winning the Princess Series during the Sydney spring carnival prior to a WS Cox Plate placing, before her Oaks success. Other notable winners in past years have been Magical Miss (2001), Special Harmony (2003) and Miss Finland in 2006.

The race is generally won by the classiest filly as the 2500 metres finds out the weaker fillies and class generally prevails in the run to the line.

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Spring Carnival Guide
The Wakeful Stakes on Derby day has proven a great form guide for this race with the Wakeful providing 10 Crown Oaks winners, 3 seconds, and 2 thirds in the past twenty years.

The most recent fillies to complete the Wakeful Stakes/Crown Oaks double have been Faint Perfume (2009), Serenade Rose (2005) and Hollow Bullet (2004), while Tuesday Joy(2006) and Timbourina (2003) both finished second in the Wakeful and then went on to win the Oaks.

Faint Perfume (2009) ran third in the Gr1 Thousand Guineas and then won the Wakeful Stakes on her way to winning this race and in recent times the Crown Oaks has been won by Samantha Miss (2008), Arapaho Miss (2007) and Miss Finland in 2006.

2009 Crown Oaks result
1. $1.65 Faint Perfume 55.5 M Rodd
2. $10.00 Valdemoro 55.5 N Hall
3. $41.00 Savsbelle 55.5 K Mc Evoy

Then followed:
4. $21.00 Well Rounded 55.5 D Dunn
5. $14.00 Miss With Attitude 55.5 Ms C Lindop
6. $11.00 Silent Surround 55.5 D Oliver
7. $201.00 Rhiannon's Joy 55.5 S King
8. $41.00 Zapurb 55.5 G Boss
9. $61.00 Money Angel 55.5 J Bowman
10. $151.00 Perfect Rhythm 55.5 G Schofield
11. $101.00 Princess Rage 55.5 M Pegus
12. $10.00 Melito 55.5 C Brown

Margins: Nk, 4-1/2 len
Time: 2:37.22

2009 Crown Oaks: Faint Perfume bided her time at the back of the field before coming down the middle of the track in the straight to prove the superior stayer from a gallant Valdemoro who fought it out strongly to finish less than a length from the winner, while Savsbelle battled on fairly 4.5L back to gain third place.

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Crown Oaks recent results

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Time
2009	Faint Perfume	Valdemoro	Savsbelle	2:37.2
2008	Samantha Miss	Miss Scarlatti	Allez Wonder	2:37.5
2007	Arapaho Miss	Serious Speed	Marjorie	2:36.8
2006	Miss Finland	Tuesday Joy	Anamato	2:37.2
2005	Serenade Rose	Florica Danica	Empress Lily	2:36.3
2004	Hollow Bullet	Kylikwong	Storm Alert	2:31.2
2003	Special Harmony	Dane Belltar	Timbourina	2:39.0
2002	Bulla Borghese	Lashed	Antique	2:36.3
2001	Magical Miss	Manang	Li Lo Lill	2:34.7
2000	Lovelorn	Lan Kwai Fong	Lolita Star	2:35.3
1999	Tributes	My Sienna	Shizu	2:34.3
1998	Grand Archway	Rose OWar	Zazabelle	2:37.7
1997	Kensington Palace	Only A Lady	Kilmore Quay	2:41.3
1996	My Brightia	Danendri	Derobe	2:35.9
1995	Saleous	Arctic Scent	Pontal Lass	2:39.6
1994	Northwood Plume	Wild Thunder	Captive	2:37.7
1993	Arborea	Oaks Day	Give Me A Buzz	2:38.9
1992	Slight Chance	Mahaya	Burst	2:39.5
1991	Richfield Lady	Indias Dream	Yodells	2:38.6
1990	Weekend Delight	Whisked	Triscay	2:38.1
1989	Tristanagh	La Tristia	Ochiltree	2:39.9
1988	Research	Riverina Charm	Chaleyer	2:35.8
1987	Sandys Pleasure	Tennessee Vain	St Klaire	2:41.8
1986	Diamond Shower	Shackle	Denita Gold	2:40.2
1985	My Tristrams Belle	Born To Be Queen	Dolcezza	2:45.5
1984	Spirit Of Kingston	Our Lafitte	Centaurea	2:41.9
1983	Taj Eclipse	Mapperley Heights	Rose Of Dudley	2:37.5
1982	Roms Stiletto	Home Maid	Confessions	2:39.6
1981	Rose Of Kingston	Queens Road	Copperama	2:36.9
1980	November Rain	Deck The Halls	Verdi	2:40.0
1979	Brava Jeannie	Delma Jay	Crown Queen	2:36.7
1978	Scomeld	Safe Harbour	Kapalaran	2:39.6
1977	Show Ego	Sun Sally	Princess Talaria	2:37.2
1976	Surround	Saviour	Of Two Cities	2:38.7
1975	Denises Joy	Ace Queen	Latin Model	2:45.4