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The 2023 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 Ottawa Stakes form from 2022 was franked with the winner Charm Stone returning the following autumn to win the Group 3 Quezette Stakes and also finish a credible fifth in the 2023 Golden Rose in Sydney.

The 2023 Ottawa Stakes ran at Flemington on Thursday November 9, 2023 as part of the VRC Oaks Day card and was won in style by the Richard & Chantelle Jolly-trained Karavas ($9). 

2023 Ottawa Stakes Results

• 1st: #4 Karavas ($9)
• 2nd: #7 Eneeza
• 3rd: #3 Arabian Summer

Richard & Chantelle Jolly’s Alabama Express filly Karavas ($9) made it a perfect two-from-two start to her career backing up from a successful debut in early October to travel to Flemington, stalk up on the outside the closing stages, and flash home for a one-length victory over beaten favourite Eneeza in the 2023 Ottawa Stakes results thanks to a perfectly-timed ride by Jake Toeroek.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Ottawa Stakes Betting Odds

The Ottawa Stakes 2023 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) and Charm Stone ($4.60 in 2023) are the latest favourites or equal-favourites in Ottawa Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

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2023 Ottawa Stakes Form Guide

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2023 Ottawa Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Ottawa Stakes 2023 Tips this VRC Oaks Day.

• To Win: #3 Arabian Summer ($7 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Typically open edition of the Ottawa Stakes to kick off Oaks Day at Flemington but happy to go with Arabian Summer to break her maiden status second-up off a promising debut. The Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained daughter of Too Darn Hot ran at Caulfield on October 18 to finish second to Coleman in the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m). Same distance against her own kind now. Was in front and full of speed on debut. Fitter now with experience. Can give them something to chase. Can win.

2023 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 Inglis Banner (1000m) at The Valley on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day.

The official 2023 Ottawa Stakes Final Field & Barriers are announced on the Monday before the race and will be published in full below as soon as released.

The Ottawa Stakes 2023 field features a smart line-up of two-year-old fillies led in betting by the rails-drawn Eneeza for Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman and the Team Hayes-trained Harpalee both on debut without an official trial.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Ottawa Stakes Nominations

Early nominations for the Ottawa Stakes in 2023 close the Friday prior to the race on the eve of Victoria Derby Day.

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