Class | Group 1 |
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Location | Eagle Farm Racecourse Brisbane, Australia |
Inaugurated | 1951 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Sponsor | Channel 7 (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,400 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three year old fillies |
Weight | Set weights - 56+1⁄2 kg |
Purse | A$700,000 (2025) |
The Queensland Oaks is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, at set weights, run over a distance of 2400 metres at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. [1]
The inaugural running of the race was run as the Queensland Oaks Stakes during the Christmas meeting at Eagle Farm on December 27, 1951 when short odds-on favourite Malt Maid was victorious. [2] By 1953 the race was run on the Queensland Cup race card in November. [3] The race was moved as part of the Brisbane Winter Carnival in 1973. [1]
Due to track reconstruction of Eagle Farm Racecourse for the 2014–15 racing season, the event was transferred to Doomben Racecourse with a shorter distance of 2200 metres. [4]
The following are previous winners of the Queensland Oaks. [5] [6] [7]
‡ Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic