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Australian Oaks 2024 Results: Autumn Angel Beats Zardozi on the Back-Up

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The ATC Australian Oaks, also referred to as the ATC Oaks, is a Group 1 race for the best three-year-old staying fillies in the country. Held annually one week after the Australian Derby, the Australian Oaks is a 2400m classic race held at Royal Randwick Racecourse. As a set weights race, all entrants carry 56kg with $1 million in total prize money on offer.

The 2020 Australian Oaks prizemoney was reduced to $500,000 due to the COVID-19 outbreak before going back to $1 million for 2021.

The Australian Oaks takes place during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival and is held on one of the carnival’s biggest Group 1 race days. Conducted on the second Saturday in April on Day 2 of ‘The Championships’ the ATC Oaks is one of four Group 1 races on the card. The meeting also features the lucrative Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), the Group 1 $2 million Sydney Cup (3200m), and the Group 1 $1 million Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m).

There are a number of different lead-up races for fillies in the Australian Oaks field to come via including the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) run the Saturday before and the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill in late March. The latest fillies to complete the Vinery Stud Stakes – ATC Oaks double are the Chris Waller-trained duo of Verry Elleegant (2019) followed by Hungry Heart (2021).

Colette (2020) became the first Adrian Knox – Australian Oaks double winner on the quick back-up since Royal Descent (2013). Colette also went on to take out the second edition of Sydney’s now $10 million The Golden Eagle that November.

In 2024 the Adrian Knox Stakes also produced the Australian Oaks winner with Autumn Angel improving on her lead-up second to win the Group 1 on the quick back-up.

The 2022 Australian Oaks form was franked with the runner-up Gypsy Goddess going on to win the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) in Brisbane two runs later as well as finish third in the $10 million The Golden Eagle (1500m) during the spring.

The 2024 ATC Australian Oaks ran at Royal Randwick on Saturday April 13, 2024 on Day 2 of Sydney’s ‘The Championships’ and was won in an exciting finish by the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman-trained Autumn Angel on the quick back-up. 

2024 Australian Oaks Results

• 1st: #5 Autumn Angel ($6)
• 2nd: #3 Zardozi
• 3rd: #1 Orchestral

Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman enjoyed their second Group 1 success as a partnership following last weekend’s TJ Smith victory. They claimed an exciting victory in the 2024 Australian Oaks results with The Autumn Sun filly Autumn Angel ($6) on the quick back-up holding off the spring’s VRC Oaks champ Zardozi and last start Vinery winner Orchestral in the 2400m classic.

Click here to read more on the good Australian Oaks 2024 win by Moody’s filly Autumn Angel.

2024 Australian Oaks Results & Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Australian Oaks Betting Odds

The latest Australian Oaks 2024 betting odds courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au for the autumn are available in full below.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with El Patroness winning the ATC Oaks at $26 odds.

Pennyweka ($4.80EF in 2023) was the last favourite in Australian Oaks betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 AUSTRALIAN OAKS ODDS (Final Field)

2024 Australian Oaks Form Guide

Stay tuned for our exclusive ATC Oaks 2024 Form Guide & Betting Preview to be published the week of the race.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2024 AUSTRALIAN OAKS FORM GUIDE

2024 Australian Oaks Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Australian Oaks 2024 Tips on the million-dollar staying showdown for three-year-old fillies this autumn.

• To Win: #1 Orchestral ($1.60 at time of publish) – BET NOW

While her odds-on favouritism doesn’t offer much betting value, it’s hard to imagine Orchestral being defeated in her current form. Fresh off a dominant victory in the NZ Derby (nearly a four-length win) and a seamless transition to Australian racing with a win in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes, she looks unstoppable. The Vinery Stud has proven to be a strong form line for the ATC Oaks in the past, and Orchestral appears poised to continue that trend. With a perfect storm of conditions – barrier three, James McDonald in the saddle, and a suitable track – her quest to extend her winning streak to six over the 2400m distance seems almost preordained. Orchestral is simply unbeatable in this form.

2024 Australian Oaks Field

Every autumn the Australian Oaks field attracts the season’s most promising fillies with the potential to run out a strong mile and a half (2400m). Racing NSW release the ATC Oaks final field on the Tuesday before the race runs as part of the stellar Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day action.

The official 2024 Australian Oaks field & barriers will be released on the Tuesday of race week and detailed in full below.

The Australian Oaks 2024 final field features a small but class line-up of fillies led in betting by Kiwi raider Orchestral coming off a Vinery victory down under and chasing win number six on the trot.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2024 Australian Oaks field and betting markets.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Australian Oaks First Acceptances

After the early entries close in February the Australian Oaks first declarations or acceptances are taken a month later in early March further narrowing down the list of potential runners in that season’s ATC Oaks field.

The Australian Oaks 2024 first acceptances close at midday on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. 

The 2024 Australian Oaks first acceptances drew 57 three-year-old fillies with current markets led by the New Zealand Derby winner Orchestral who is tipped for a big autumn down under.

2024 Australian Oaks Nominations

The Australian Oaks nominations close on a Monday in early-mid February around eight weeks before the Group 1 autumn feature is run and won. Usually Racing NSW receives over 100 ATC Oaks nominations at early entry stage.

The 2024 Australian Oaks nominations close on Tuesday the 13th of February, 2024. 

One hundred and twenty one aspiring fillies have thrown their hats in the ring for the 2024 Australian Oaks. Leading the charge is the reigning queen, Zardozi, dominant VRC Oaks winner in the spring for Godolphin. From across the Tasman, the classy Orchestral arrives with an impressive Kiwi resume, ready to challenge for international glory. Other leading contenders include the consistent Roll On High, trained by the red-hot Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman pairing. This daughter of Shamus Award boasts impressive staying power and could spring a surprise on the big day.

ATC Australian Oaks History

First won by Uralla in 1912, the ATC Oaks was originally named the Adrian Knox Stakes until 1956. The race has undergone several distance changes with the field of horses running over 1 mile (approximately 1600m) between 1922 and 1945 and between 1946 and 1955 the event was raced over 10 furlongs (2000m).

Jockey Glen Boss celebrated his fourth win in the Australian Oaks aboard Colette in 2020.

In 2023 the Australian Oaks was won by the visiting New Zealand Oaks winning filly Pennyweka.

Recent Australian Oaks Winners

See below for a full list of Australian Oaks winners & results going back to 2000.

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