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The Wakeful Stakes is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies contested at Flemington Racecourse.

Held the Saturday before the illustrious Melbourne Cup in late October or early November annually, the Wakeful Stakes is one of 9 Group status races that fill the card on Victoria Derby Day. VRC Derby Day is one of the only race meets in Australia where every race has Group status. There are four Group 1 races on the card: the Victoria Derby (2500m), Kennedy Cantala (1600m), Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

The Wakeful Stakes is a 2000m event for three-year-old fillies run under set weight conditions plus penalties. Worth $300,000 in total prize money it is an excellent lead-up race to the highly prestigious $1 million VRC Oaks (2500m) for three-year-old fillies the following Thursday.

The Wakeful Stakes results have been a good indication for the VRC Oaks over the years, with 14 fillies taking out the double since 1983, including most recently Kirramosa (2013), Aristia (2018) and Miami Bound (2019).

Victoria Derby Day on Saturday October 31, 2020 featured the 2020 Wakeful Stakes won by Victoria Quay. 

2020 Wakeful Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 31, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000
Inaugurated:	1932

2020 Wakeful Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Victoria Quay
• 2nd: #1 Personal
• 3rd: #10 Tyche Goddess

The progressive Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained Victoria Quay ($7) was eye-catching late in a fighting finish down the outside with the filly ridden to a narrow win over the favourite Personal ($3F) thanks to a gun ride by Jamie Kah. She will bypass the Kennedy Oaks and be saved for the Group 1 SA Oaks back home next winter.

Click here to read more on the 2020 Wakeful Stakes win by Victoria Quay. 

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	VICTORIA QUAY	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah		11	55kg		$7
	2	1	PERSONAL	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damien Oliver	0.3L	8	55kg		$3F
	3	10	TYCHE GODDESS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Kerrin McEvoy	1.8L	9	55kg		$51
	4	8	MIRAVALLE	Mark Newnham	Craig Williams	3.55L	13	55kg		$6
	5	6	SALTO ANGEL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	5.8L	14	55kg		$12
	6	2	STARELLE	Danny O’Brien	James McDonald	6.55L	6	55kg		$10
	7	3	SUCCEED INDEED	Leon & Troy Corstens	Mark Zahra	6.65L	4	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$9.50
	8	5	SILHOUETTE	James Cummings	John Allen	9.15L	3	55kg		$31
	9	4	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	11.65L	1	55kg		$8
	10	12	BLAZING LACE	Dan O’Sullivan	Michael Poy (a)	16.15L	2	55kg		$301
	11	7	PENSATO	James Cummings	William Pike	16.25L	5	55kg		$26
	12	14	MRS MURPHY (NZ)	Paul Rocke	Jake Noonan	21.25L	10	55kg		$301
	13	11	LADY DEVEREAUX	Clinton McDonald	Jordan Childs	24.25L	12	55kg		$301
	14	13	PROUD MARY	Michael Moroney	Daniel Stackhouse	30.25L	7	55kg		$201

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Wakeful Stakes Betting Odds

The top Wakeful Stakes 2020 odds and market links to the betting markets at Ladbrokes.com.au on the VRC Oaks lead-up race will be provided below the week of the race.

2020 Wakeful Stakes Field

The Wakeful Stakes field attracts a host of three-year-old fillies looking to back-up the next Thursday into the VRC Oaks field. Fillies competing in the Wakeful Stakes field may come via a number of earlier carnival races including the Group 2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) on Cox Plate Day the week before, the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) or the prestigious Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m).

The official Wakeful Stakes 2020 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before the race and will be provided in full below.

Thousand Guineas runner-up Personal heads the 2020 Wakeful Stakes field of fillies on Derby Day stepping-up in distance in the potential VRC Oaks lead-up.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	2130×522	PERSONAL	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damien Oliver	8	55kg		94
2	2×5528	STARELLE	Danny O’Brien	James McDonald	6	55kg		73
3	3×3146	SUCCEED INDEED	Leon & Troy Corstens	Mark Zahra	4	55kg		70
4	1×4465	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jye McNeil	1	55kg		65
5	4313×755	SILHOUETTE	James Cummings	John Allen	3	55kg		64
6	8222	SALTO ANGEL (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damian Lane	14	55kg		72
7	5x4x2314	PENSATO	James Cummings	William Pike	5	55kg		66
8	0x1766	MIRAVALLE	Mark Newnham	Craig Williams	13	55kg		64
9	412	VICTORIA QUAY	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	11	55kg		64
10	1033	TYCHE GODDESS	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Kerrin McEvoy	9	55kg		62
11	816	LADY DEVEREAUX	Clinton McDonald	Jordan Childs	12	55kg		62
12	08×4317990	BLAZING LACE	Dan O’Sullivan	Michael Poy (a)	2	55kg		60
13	405	PROUD MARY	Michael Moroney	Daniel Stackhouse	7	55kg		56
14	649	MRS MURPHY (NZ)	Paul Rocke	Jake Noonan	10	55kg		58

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Wakeful Stakes History

The Wakeful Stakes was first run in 1932 when Protea won the inaugural race. It started as a principal event run over ten furlongs and remained the same until 1973 when the distance was converted into 2000m with Australia’s adoption of the metric system. In 1979 the Wakeful Stakes was elevated to Group 2 status.

Many fine fillies have contested the race and high quality Wakeful Stakes winners include Miami Bound (2019), Aristia (2018), Zarita (2007) and Tuesday Joy (2006). Wakeful Stakes results, winners and placegetters since 2000 are listed below.

Wakeful Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Victoria Quay	2 minutes 1.96 seconds
	2nd	Personal
	3rd	Tyche Goddess
2019 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Miami Bound	2 minutes 4.48 seconds
	2nd	Vegas Jewel
	3rd	Palumbo
2018 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Aristia	2 minutes 1.36 seconds
	2nd	Qafila
	3rd	El Dorado Dreaming
2017 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Luvaluva	2 minutes 3.99 seconds
	2nd	Glam Guru
	3rd	Rimraam
2016 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Tiamo Grace	2 minutes 4.44 seconds
	2nd	Sebring Dream
	3rd	Missrock
2015 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Ambience	2 minutes 4.7 seconds
	2nd	Beluga Blue
	3rd	Muzyka
2014 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Thunder Lady	2 minutes 3.4 seconds
	2nd	Abduction
	3rd	Fenway
2013 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Kirramosa	2 minutes 5.15 seconds
	2nd	May’s Dream
	3rd	Solicit
2012 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Zydeco	2 minutes 2.8 seconds
	2nd	Maraatib
	3rd	Transonic
2011 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Atlantic Jewel	2 minutes 4.98 seconds
	2nd	Rahveel
	3rd	Dowager Queen
2010 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Brazilian Pulse	2 minutes 4.27 seconds
	2nd	Placement
	3rd	Heartsareforlove
2009 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Faint Perfume	2 minutes 3.25 seconds
	2nd	Silent Surround
	3rd	Melito
2008 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Rocha	2 minutes 5.5 seconds
	2nd	Miss Scarlatti
	3rd	Estee
2007 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Zarita	2 minutes 5.8 seconds
	2nd	Riva San
	3rd	Katherine Gold
2006 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Tuesday Joy	2 minutes 2.7 seconds
	2nd	J’adane
	3rd	Anamato
2005 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Serenade Rose	2 minutes 2.5 seconds
	2nd	Astronomia
	3rd	Zenarta
2004 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Hollow Bullet	2 minutes 2.1 seconds
	2nd	Storm Alert
	3rd	Mango Daiquiri
2003 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Timbourina	2 minutes 5.5 seconds
	2nd	Special Harmony
	3rd	Dane Beltar
2002 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Hierogram	2 minutes 2.9 seconds
	2nd	Its Who Deanie
	3rd	Lashed
2001 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Quays	2 minutes 1.2 seconds
	2nd	Gold Lottery
	3rd	Li Lo Lill
2000 Wakeful Stakes	1st	Lolita Star	2 minutes 4.7 seconds
	2nd	Lang Kwai Fong
	3rd	Tanith