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Held during the famous Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the 2019 Kennedy Oaks, registered as the VRC Oaks, is the leading event for three-year-old fillies and is their equivalent of the Victoria Derby held five days earlier on the first day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Taking place on the first Thursday of November, the Kennedy Oaks is held exactly two days after the Melbourne Cup every year at Flemington Racecourse.

This Group 1 event is one of the most lucrative races for fillies in the country with stakes set at over $1 million. The Kennedy Oaks is raced over 2500m and the competing three-year-olds all carry set weights of 55.5kg. As the feature race of Kennedy Oaks Day it attracts much attention from the spectators and punters. Kennedy Oaks Day itself is also known as “Ladies Day” and sees the Fashions on the Field competition take place, ensuring a large crowd attendance each year.

The 2019 VRC Kennedy Oaks ran on Thursday November 7, 2019 and was dominated by Miami Bound for this year’s Melbourne Cup winning trainer Danny O’Brien. 

VRC Oaks 2019
Date:	Thursday November 7, 2019
Racecourse:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2500m
Conditions:	Three-year-old Fillies at Set Weights (55.5kg)
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$1 million
Inaugurated:	1861

A traditional lead-up race to the Kennedy Oaks 2019 is the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) held the week before, and the Wakeful Stakes winner often continues on to claim victory or at least place in the VRC Oaks. Miami Bound (2019) and Aristia (2018) are the latest fillies to complete the Wakeful Stakes – VRC Oaks double. Other good races to watch earlier on, if you are interested in taking advantage of the more generous betting odds offered on the fillies for the Kennedy Oaks before the running of the Wakeful Stakes, include the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) or the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m). Both of these races are often used as a final lead up to the Oaks for the runners.

The 2500m distance of the Kennedy Oaks often proves difficult for the lower quality fillies, and the winner is more often than not an elite turf champion. Notable winners include Samantha Miss (2008), Miss Finland (2006), Special Harmony (2003) and Magical Miss (2001).

2019 Kennedy Oaks Results

• 1st: #1 Miami Bound
• 2nd: #10 Never Listen
• 3rd: #2 Moonlight Maid

Miami Bound ($4.20) dominated the Kennedy Oaks 2019 results with a powerhouse 3.25 length win over outsider Never Listen ($41), while Moonlight Maid ($4.80) finished a further two lengths back third in a strung-out trifecta. Winning trainer Danny O’Brien was over the moon having won the Melbourne Cup just two days earlier with homegrown hero Vow And Declare.

Read more on the dominant Kennedy Oaks 2019 winner Miami Bound.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight	SP
1	1	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	–	7	55.5kg	$4.20
2	10	NEVER LISTEN	John Ramsey	Darryl McLellan	3.25L	5	55.5kg	$41
3	2	MOONLIGHT MAID	Mitchell Freedman	Ben Melham	5.25L	10	55.5kg	$4.80
4	8	BEAUTY BOLT	Grahame Begg	James McDonald	6.25L	3	55.5kg	$16
5	3	GAMAY	Archie Alexander	Ryan Moore	6.75L	1	55.5kg	$3.80F
6	4	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	6.85L	14	55.5kg	$5
7	7	PRESENTLY	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	7.85L	12	55.5kg	$201
8	14	STICK ’EM UP	John Sargent	Tommy Berry	8.25L	4	55.5kg	$31
9	6	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	10L	6	55.5kg	$41
10	11	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Jye McNeil	10.4L	8	55.5kg	$201
11	9	AMAZING PEACE	Paul Perry	Nash Rawiller	11.4L	2	55.5kg	$18
12	5	FOXBOROUGH	John Sargent	Tim Clark	13.65L	9	55.5kg	$51
13	12	OCEAN MISS	David & Coral Feek	Michael Walker	18.65L	11	55.5kg	$61
14	15	VICTORY APPROACH	Michelle Payne	Ms Michelle Payne	93.65L	13	55.5kg	$101
–	13	APICIUS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	–	0	–	–

2019 Kennedy Oaks Betting

VRC Oaks betting is very popular, as everyone is still very enthusiastic about racing in the days after the Melbourne Cup. Our Kennedy Oaks betting pages are your guide to the many types of VRC Oaks bets you can make, with information on picking and placing a VRC Oaks trifecta, a VRC Oaks exacta, a VRC Oaks quinella, or a VRC Oaks First Four bet.

The VRC Oaks 2019 betting odds will be provided by Ladbrokes.com.au below complete with links for you to back your VRC Oaks tips at the right price closer to the Melbourne Cup Carnival 2019.

2019 Kennedy Oaks Field

The 2019 Kennedy Oaks field will be released by Racing Victoria on the Monday of race week, one day before Melbourne Cup Day, and will be published below.

The 2019 Kennedy Oaks Final Field features 15 fillies including last Saturday’s Wakeful Stakes winner Miami Bound (8) and the Moonee Valley Vase runner-up Moonlight Maid (11).

Update: #13 Apicus has been scratched from the VRC Oaks 2019 field.

Read more on the Miami Bound-led Kennedy Oaks 2019 field & odds.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	3×11341	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	8	55.5kg	70
2	14×412	MOONLIGHT MAID	Mitchell Freedman	Ben Melham	11	55.5kg	85
3	6×2121	GAMAY	Archie Alexander	Ryan Moore	1	55.5kg	81
4	1122	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	15	55.5kg	75
5	4232×6335	FOXBOROUGH	John Sargent	Tim Clark	10	55.5kg	68
6	14246	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	7	55.5kg	65
7	8x223x108	PRESENTLY	Ken Keys	Dwayne Dunn	13	55.5kg	63
8	1×1055	BEAUTY BOLT	Grahame Begg	James McDonald	3	55.5kg	67
9	687×4131	AMAZING PEACE	Paul Perry	Nash Rawiller	2	55.5kg	65
10	85×5513461	NEVER LISTEN	John Ramsey	Darryl McLellan	5	55.5kg	64
11	x6665x1059	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Jye McNeil	9	55.5kg	61
12	144	OCEAN MISS	David & Coral Feek	Michael Walker	12	55.5kg	63
13	76×8510	APICIUS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	6	55.5kg	62
14	0x8351	STICK ’EM UP	John Sargent	Tommy Berry	4	55.5kg	62
15	072	VICTORY APPROACH	Michelle Payne	Ms Michelle Payne	14	55.5kg	57

2019 Kennedy Oaks Nominations

The official Kennedy Oaks Nominations for 2019 close in late September and will be provided below as soon as announced by Racing Victoria.

The 2019 Kennedy Oaks Nominations attracted 95 three-year-old fillies including Mark Newnham’s Hinchinbrook filly Celestial Falls who leads early betting on the Melbourne Cup Carnival feature.

View the full Kennedy Oaks 2019 Nominations now.

Kennedy Oaks Odds

The Kennedy Oaks odds on the possible three-year-old fillies to face off in the million dollar classic open at bookmakers around the country as soon as the VRC Oaks nominations close in late September. The VRC Oaks odds firm as the race date approaches so for value check out the all-in odds for the 2019 VRC Oaks below.

Kennedy Oaks Form Guide

A great resource to use when placing your bets is a VRC Oaks form guide, but you may have trouble using one if you are a beginner punter. Never fear, our VRC Oaks form guide page is here to inform you of what the various details on a form guide mean for each horse and how to use a form guide to improve your betting.

One thing to look for on the Kennedy Oaks form guide is a last start winner with seven saluting between 2009 – 2019 including Pinot (2017) who backed up from a Group 3 Ethereal Stakes (2000m) victory on Caulfield Cup Day, and Aristia (2018) and Miami Bound (2019) who both completed the Wakeful Stakes – VRC Oaks double.

Kennedy Oaks Tips

While you might like to rely on the VRC Oaks tips you get from the paper, you will do much better if you come up with your own tips. With that in mind, our VRC Oaks tips page is designed to give you the basic knowledge you need to start coming up with sensible VRC Oaks tips based on horse records, lead up races and other information.

Free Bets on Kennedy Oaks

You may not know this, but it is possible to get free bets on the VRC Oaks when you bet at an online bookie. New members at sites like Ladbrokes.com.au are offered special bonus bets as a reward for joining, and these can be used for wagers on major races. Take a look at some of the online bookmakers we feature if you want some free VRC Oaks bets.