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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 Crown Oaks over the years, with 13 fillies taking out the double since 1983, including most recently Kirramosa (2013) and Aristia (2018).

Victoria Derby Day on Saturday November 2, 2019 featured the 2019 Wakeful Stakes won by the Danny O’Brien-trained Miami Bound.

2019 Wakeful Stakes
Date:	Saturday November 2, 2019
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	3YO Fillies – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300 000
Inaugurated:	1932

2019 Wakeful Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Miami Bound
• 2nd: #5 Vegas Jewel
• 3rd: #12 Palumbo

The Danny O’Brien-trained Miami Bound put her best foot forward for a 2019 Kennedy Oaks run next Thursday with a narrow but dominant win in the Wakeful Stakes 2019 Results ridden to victory by record-breaking jockey Damien Oliver. Miami Bound defeated the lightly-raced Vegas Jewel with Palumbo adding value to the trifecta as a roughie hope in a distant third just ahead of the beaten favourite Flit for Godolphin.

Read more on the 2019 Wakeful Stakes win by Kennedy Oaks-bound Miami Bound.

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Barrier	Weight
1	2	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	–	6	55kg	$8
2	5	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	0.3L	5	55kg	$3.70
3	12	PALUMBO	Grahame Begg	Ms Linda Meech	6.3L	7	55kg	$26
4	1	FLIT	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	6.5L	9	58kg	$2.90F
5	3	FOXBOROUGH	John Sargent	Michael Walker	7.25L	10	55kg	$26
6	6	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	7.55L	12	55kg	$14
7	10	MAGAZINE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	9.55L	3	55kg	$31
8	7	TISANE	James Cummings	Craig Williams	10.3L	2	55kg	$26
9	8	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Mark Zahra	10.4L	4	55kg (cd 55.5kg)	$41
10	9	WALKING FLYING (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	11.15L	8	55kg	$16
11	4	ORIENTAL LILY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	11.9L	1	55kg	$10
12	11	APICIUS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	26.9L	11	55kg	$61

2019 Wakeful Stakes Betting Odds

The top Wakeful Stakes 2019 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.

2019 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 2019 Field & Barriers are announced by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday before the race and will be provided in full below.

The 2019 Wakeful Stakes Final Field attracted a dozen three-year-old fillies with Godolphin’s last start Thousand Guineas winner Flit the dominant favourite.

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	312×291	FLIT	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	9	58kg	104
2	3×1134	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	Damien Oliver	6	55kg	70
3	4232×633	FOXBOROUGH	John Sargent	Michael Walker	10	55kg	68
4	66×2212146	ORIENTAL LILY	Peter & Paul Snowden	Dwayne Dunn	1	55kg	66
5	112	VEGAS JEWEL (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Jordan Childs	5	55kg	75
6	1424	SILENT SOVEREIGN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Jamie Kah	12	55kg	65
7	242221	TISANE	James Cummings	Craig Williams	2	55kg	61
8	8x6665x105	SONG BROCADE	John Sadler	Mark Zahra	4	55kg	61
9	44×413	WALKING FLYING (NZ)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Jye McNeil	8	55kg	63
10	9×13	MAGAZINE (NZ)	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	John Allen	3	55kg	65
11	76×851	APICIUS	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Stephen Baster	11	55kg	62
12	831	PALUMBO	Grahame Begg	Ms Linda Meech	7	55kg	62

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 Zarita (2007) and Tuesday Joy (2006). Wakeful Stakes results, winners and placegetters since 2000 are listed below.

Wakeful Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
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