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VRC Oaks Day News
The 2025 VRC Oaks Day is contested on a Thursday in early to mid-November two days after the world-class Melbourne Cup is run and won as part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Formerly known as Crown Oaks Day and from 2017 onwards run as Crown Oaks Day for sponsorship, VRC Oaks Day is Day 3 of the Melbourne Cup Carnival and is referred to as ‘Ladies Day’. As much about the trackside fashion as the spring racing, VRC Oaks Day is of course headlined by the three-year-old fillies facing off in the Group 1 $1 million VRC Oaks (2500m).
2025 VRC Oaks Day will take place on Thursday November 6, 2025.
The VRC Oaks, now the Crown Oaks, is the only Group 1 race on the day but VRC Oaks Day still features plenty of other popular betting races.
Major 2025 VRC Oaks Day Races
- Group 1 $1 million VRC Crown Oaks (2500m)
- Group 3 $300,000 Red Roses Stakes (1100m)
2025 VRC Oaks Day Race Schedule*
The official VRC Oaks Day races and times will be available below during Melbourne Cup week.
Race 1 (12:40pm) – $150,000 TCL Trophy (1700 METRES)
Race 2 (1:15pm) – Listed $1750,000 Racing and Sports Century Stakes (1000 METRES)
Race 3 (1:50pm) – $150,000 Good Friday Appeal Trophy (2000 METRES)
Race 4 (2:30pm) – $350,000 Inglis Bracelet (1600 METRES)
Race 5 (3:10pm) – $150,000 Off The Track Plate (1800 METRES)
Race 6 (3:50pm) – $500,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600 METRES)
Race 7 (4:30pm) – Group 3 $300,000 3AW Red Roses Stakes (1100 METRES)
Race 8 (5:10pm) – Group 1 $1,000,000 Crown Oaks (2500 METRES)
Race 9 (5:50pm) – Listed $175,000 Channel 9 Chester Manifold Stakes (1600 METRES)
*All times quoted are local (AEDT) and subject to change.
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