The Group 1 VRC Crown Oaks (2500m) headlines the third day of the Flemington carnival in what looks a fairly strong edition of the staying classic, according to Racing and Sports ratings.
Using Racing and Sports historical data, we can see which horses have the ratings profile to measure up to the typical winning standard of the VRC Oaks over the past ten years, which can be seen below.
Rating
|
Horse
|
Year
|
114
|
JAMEKA
|
2015
|
111
|
ZARDOZI
|
2023
|
110
|
MIAMI BOUND
|
2019
|
110
|
SHE'S EXTREME
|
2022
|
110
|
LASQUETI SPIRIT
|
2016
|
109
|
PERSONAL
|
2020
|
108
|
SET SQUARE
|
2014
|
108
|
PINOT
|
2017
|
108
|
ARISTIA
|
2018
|
105
|
WILLOWY
|
2021
|
Jameka is clearly the best Oaks winner of the past ten years, and that rating certainly stood up over her career as she went on to win a Caulfield Cup rated 124.
Just last year, Zardozi was outstanding winning the Oaks having run second in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Victoria Derby Day, and she returned a year later with a very brave fourth in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
This year, we have four fillies already up to the lowest rated recent Oaks winner and one already up to a typical Oaks, which suggests the winning standard this year will be on the high side.
Treasurethe Moment will go into Thursday as the highest rated horse having run to 109 on the Racing & Sports ratings to win Saturday’s Wakeful Stakes – the highest rated Wakeful winner in some time.