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The 2020 Ottawa Stakes is a key support act on Oaks Day at Flemington held on the first Thursday of November, two days after Melbourne Cup Day featuring the ‘Race That Stops A Nation’.

Run under set weights, the Ottawa Stakes is restricted to two-year-old fillies. It is run over a brief sprinter’s distance of 1000m and pays $200,000 prize money.

The Ottawa Stakes shares a race program with the Group 1 $1 million Kennedy Oaks (2500m) for three-year-old fillies along with the Group 3 Red Roses Stakes.

The majority of juvenile fillies in the Ottawa Stakes field are making their debuts and it is a huge thrill for connections to have a starter on the country’s most popular day of racing. Plenty of the best fillies out of the Ottawa Stakes go on to contest tougher races over their career. The 2016 Ottawa Stakes third placed Madeenaty finished third in the following year’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast, while the 2015 runner-up Prompt Response would go on to win in Group 2 company.

The Debutant Stakes at Caulfield can serve as a nice lead-up race into this, while some of the best out of the Ottawa Stakes may return the following autumn for a shot at the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).

The 2020 Ottawa Stakes ran at Flemington on Thursday November 5, 2020 and was won by debutant Dosh.

Ottawa Stakes 2020
Date:	Thursday November 5, 2020
Track:	Flemington Racecourse
Distance:	1000m
Race Type:	2YO Fillies Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 3
Prize Money:	$200,000

2020 Ottawa Stakes Results

• 1st: #9 Dosh
• 2nd: #12 Nice For What
• 3rd: #6 Butter Blonde

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	DOSH	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs		8	56kg		$5.50EF
	2	12	NICE FOR WHAT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	0.1L	11	56kg		$7.50
	3	6	BUTTER BLONDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	1.1L	4	56kg		$8
	4	1	FAKE LOVE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	1.2L	2	56kg		$5.50EF
	5	10	FABRIKKA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	1.3L	7	56kg		$31
	6	2	TEMPEST CHARM	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jye McNeil	2.55L	9	56kg		$7.50
	7	11	LOVIN’ FEELIN’	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	2.65L	10	56kg		$16
	8	3	MORTAL WITNESS	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Michael Dee	2.85L	6	56kg		$20
	9	7	DESIRED	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	4.1L	5	56kg		$14
	10	5	NAPLES	James Cummings	John Allen	4.2L	1	56kg		$8
	11	4	CLOUDY	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	5.7L	3	56kg		$15
		14	SINGLE TAIL (NZ)	John McArdle	Jamie Mott		0
		13	PAPER DRAGON (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Michael Poy (a)		0
		8	AUTUMN ROSE	John McArdle	Kerrin McEvoy		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Ottawa Stakes Odds

The Ottawa Stakes 2020 betting odds on the young fillies racing as one of the key Kennedy Oaks Day support races will be available below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as available.

Dosh ($5.50 in 2020) was the last favourite or equal-favourite in Ottawa Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2020 Ottawa Stakes Field

The Ottawa Stakes field usually attracts promising, unraced two-year-old fillies.

Possible lead-up races for the fillies that aren’t debuting on Oaks Day include the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Caulfield Guineas Day in mid-October, the Listed Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) at Randwick in Sydney in late September or for the eligible runners in the lucrative Restricted Listed $250,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) at The Valley on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

The official 2020 Ottawa Stakes Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Monday before the race and will be published in full below as soon as released.

Ciaron Maher & David Eustace’s Debutant Stakes winning filly Fake Love in barrier two leads the 2020 Ottawa Stakes field and betting markets this Cup Carnival.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1	FAKE LOVE	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Mark Zahra	2	56kg		72
2	3	TEMPEST CHARM	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Jye McNeil	11	56kg		64
3	4	MORTAL WITNESS	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Michael Dee	7	56kg		63
4	3	CLOUDY	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	3	56kg		64
5	3	NAPLES	James Cummings	John Allen	1	56kg		64
6	1	BUTTER BLONDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Williams	4	56kg		63
7	1	DESIRED	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Luke Currie	5	56kg		63
8		AUTUMN ROSE	John McArdle	Kerrin McEvoy	13	56kg
9		DOSH	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	9	56kg
10		FABRIKKA	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	8	56kg
11		LOVIN’ FEELIN’	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jamie Kah	12	56kg
12		NICE FOR WHAT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Hugh Bowman	14	56kg
13		PAPER DRAGON (NZ)	Henry Dwyer	Michael Poy (a)	10	56kg
14		SINGLE TAIL (NZ)	John McArdle	Jamie Mott	6	56kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Ottawa Stakes History

The Ottawa Stakes was inaugurated in 1978 and two editions of the race were held that year. The next year it was made a listed race, whereas previously it had ran as a principal event.

The Ottawa Stakes was not run between 1986 and 1990. Following its return, it was regularly sponsored, with the sponsor often changing yearly. Some of the various names that the Ottawa Stakes has been known by include the Beck’s Bier Stakes, Toyota Victoria Stakes, Subaru Stakes, Myer Stakes, Jayco Stakes, Schiavello Stakes and 7News Plate.

Following the 2013 edition, the Ottawa Stakes was upgraded to Group 3.

Notable Ottawa Stakes winners include Specify (1978), Catalina Queen (1983), Bright Light (1995), True Jewels (2000) and Villa Verde (2012). Ottawa Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Ottawa Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2020 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Dosh	58.98 seconds
	2nd	Nice For What
	3rd	Butter Blonde
2019 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Aryaaf	58.53 seconds
	2nd	Muntaseera
	3rd	Marchena
2018 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Bella Rosa	59.61 seconds
	2nd	Lankan Star
	3rd	Champagne Boom
2017 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Setsuna	58.24 seconds
	2nd	Roobeena
	3rd	Aristocratic Miss
2016 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Invincible Star	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Lucky Louie
	3rd	Madeenaty
2015 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Concealer	57.3 seconds
	2nd	Prompt Response
	3rd	Missrock
2014 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Antelucan	57.8 seconds
	2nd	Thurlow
	3rd	Dagny
2013 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Oakleigh Girl	57.5 seconds
	2nd	Top Dolly
	3rd	Singularity
2012 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Villa Verde	56.7 seconds
	2nd	Purrific
	3rd	Thump
2011 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Applegate	58.5 seconds
	2nd	Snitzerland
	3rd	Alezan Thunder
2010 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Spectrolite	59.3 seconds
	2nd	Military Grace
	3rd	Dinner Date
2009 Ottawa Stakes	1st	She’s Got Gears	58.6 seconds
	2nd	Shaaheq
	3rd	Crystal Lily
2008 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Rostova	58.8 seconds
	2nd	I’m A Smarty Pants
	3rd	Dancescape
2007 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Hips Don’t Lie	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Marveen
	3rd	Emma Princess
2006 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Royal Asscher	57.7 seconds
	2nd	Beauty School
	3rd	Love’s Great
2005 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Follow The Till	57.9 seconds
	2nd	Satin Robes
	3rd	Catechuchu
2004 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Red Hot Mama	58.3 seconds
	2nd	Sharna Myst
	3rd	Jestajewel
2003 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Flying Firebird	58.6 seconds
	2nd	Little Chloe
	3rd	Courtney’s Cuddles
2002 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Rinky Dink	57.6 seconds
	2nd	Arena Star
	3rd	Lanquin
2001 Ottawa Stakes	1st	Flashed	Unknown
	2nd	Che Bella Mia
	3rd	Fuji Dancer
2000 Ottawa Stakes	1st	True Jewels	Unknown
	2nd	Twin Peaks
	3rd	Karla Keys