Australasian Oaks 2022

Ladbrokes Tip: The Auraria Stakes held at the same track earlier in the autumn is the key lead-up to the Australasian Oaks

The Australasian Oaks – formerly known as the Schweppes Oaks due to sponsorship – is one of two Group 1 races held at Morphettville Racecourse on Robert Sangster Stakes Day during the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival in late April or early May.

Open to three-year-old fillies the set weights race is conducted over 2000m and attracts a field of both local and interstate talent each season. Offering just over $500,000 in total prize money the Australasian Oaks has been dominated by favourites in recent years and has a capacity of 16 starters.

The 2020 Australasian Oaks prize money was cut to $400,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Group 3 Auraria Stakes (1800m) held over 200m shorter a fortnight earlier also at Adelaide’s premier track is the key lead-up providing a host of recent Australasian Stakes winners. Sopressa (2018) was the last filly to complete the double.

The latest edition of the Australasian Oaks ran on Saturday April 30, 2022 and was won by the now very valuable Deep Impact filly Glint Of Hope ($13). 

Australasian Oaks Race Info

• Date: Saturday April 30, 2022
• Track: Morphettville Racecourse
• Distance: 2000m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $500,000
• First Run: 1982

2022 Australasian Oaks Results

The official Australasian Oaks 2022 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday April 30, 2022.

• 1st: #10 Glint Of Hope ($13)
• 2nd: #2 Barb Raider
• 3rd: #6 My Whisper

The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young-trained Deep Impact filly Glint Of Hope ($13) was strong late holding off the on-pace Barb Raider in an upset Australasian Oaks 2022 result while the beaten Peter & Paul Snowden-trained favourite My Whisper ($2.70F) only managed to run a close third.

Australasian Oaks Betting

Favourites have a strong recent record with the shortest-priced in Australasian Oaks betting saluting seven times from 2006 – 2022 most recently Toffee Tongue ($5 in 2020) and Princess Jenni ($3.30 in 2019). There was a huge upset in 2021 however with Media Award ($61) becoming the first double-figure winner in the race since 2010, while in 2022 Glint Of Hope won at 12/1 while the favourite My Whisper ($2.70) ran third.

Australasian Oaks odds are traditionally dominated by fillies coming off a top four run in the lead-up with the last winner to run worse than fourth in her final start being Anamato (2007) who improve on a 12th in Sydney’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m).

Interstate visitors have a strong record against the locals and often feature highly in Australasian Oaks betting markets, including in 2018 when the Darren Weir-trained Sopressa led an all-Victorian Australasian Oaks trifecta and in 2020 with Chris Waller enjoying his second victory with Toffee Tongue.

2022 Australasian Oaks Odds

The season’s top Australasian Oaks odds online will be available here as soon as Australasian Oaks betting 2022 is open so stay tuned to see the price on your selections for the Group 1 in Adelaide.

Australasian Oaks Field

Australasian Oaks winner Delicacy (2015) went on to beat the boys in that year’s SA Derby. Photo Credit: Jenny Barnes.

The Australasian Oaks field has a capacity of 16 starters and from 2003 – 2022 was run under capacity just four times.

The only time the Australasian Oaks field was run with under 10 starters in the past 30 years was when Episode defeated just eight rivals back in 1999.

Australasian Oaks nominations close the week prior, with the final field of acceptances and barrier draw released on the Tuesday of race week.

Plenty of interstate talent features in the Australasian Oaks field each year and visiting mares from outside of Adelaide boast an excellent record in the race including: the 2017 win by the Sydney-trained Egg Tart for trainer Chris Waller; the 2018 victory of the Darren Weir-trained Sopressa who backed-up from a lead-up win in Adelaide’s Group 3 Auraria Stakes (1800m); Waller posting his second success in 2020 with Toffee Tongue; the upset 2021 Australasian Oaks winner Media Award hailing from Geelong in Victoria; and the 2022 victory by the Cranbourne-trained Glint Of Hope from the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young stable.

Following a run in the Australasian Oaks field, many fillies may look to step-up in distance for a shot at the Group 3 SA Fillies Classic (2500m) on The Goodwood Day. Irish Darling (2005) was the last filly to complete the Australasian Oaks – SA Fillies Classic double in the same year.

2022 Australasian Oaks Field

The official Australasian Oaks 2022 field of fillies is set for release the Tuesday leading-up to Robert Sangster Stakes Day and will be available below so stay tuned.

The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained My Whisper chasing a fifth consecutive win headlines the 2022 Australasian Oaks field in Adelaide this weekend.

• Scratched: #1 El Patroness (8); #13 Pretty Amazing (19)

Danny O’Brien’s Group 1 ATC Oaks champ El Patroness is the notable withdrawal from the Australasian Oaks field due to a hoof abscess. Jockey John Allen has now picked up the ride on the first emergency Bundle Of Fun (6) who was a controversial omission from the original line-up due to a balloting clause.

2022 Australasian Oaks Nominations

The early Australasian Oaks 2022 nominations are taken on a Tuesday two weeks out from the event and will be listed below once closed.

Peter & Paul Snowden’s Group 3 Auraria Stakes winning Frankel filly My Whisper headlines the 36 official Australasian Oaks 2022 nominations this season.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Australasian Oaks Form Guide

All of the essential information including jockeys, trainers and barriers are listed in the Australasian Oaks form guide each year. Looking for fillies coming off nice lead-up form at the track with the potential to run out a strong 2000m is important.

From 2009 – 2022 six of the 14 winners jumped from a double digit Australasian Oaks barrier and since 1983 the most successful gate producing six winners is eight.

Damien Oliver has ridden three previous Australasian Oaks winners, but none since Tully Thunder (2002), while Lee Freedman has trained four winners with Grand Eschezeaux (2000) the most recent.

Australasian Oaks Form Facts

• Last-start winners have dominated the Australasian Oaks results in the past decade including most recently Sopressa (2018), Princess Jenni (2019) and Media Award (2021)
• The Auraria Stakes is the key lead-up to the Group 1 including producing four of the eight winners from 2012 – 2022 with Sopressa (2018) the latest to do the double
• Single-figure hopes in Australasian Oakes betting make the best bet with double-figure upsets very uncommon

2022 Australasian Oaks Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Australasian Oaks 2022 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Australasian Oaks Tips

Taking a filly coming off a top three run at the track is a top Australasian Oaks tip and from 2008 – 2022 10 of the 15 winners came off a win including Abbey Marie (2016), Egg Tart (2017), Sopressa (2018),  Princess Jenni (2019) and upset 60/1 winner Media Award (2021).

Some of the top lead-up races to consider when doing the Australasian Oaks tips in Adelaide include the Group 3 Auraria Stakes and Group 2 SA Fillies Classic both held at the same track earlier in the season.

Melbourne’s Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1400m) has also provided two Australasian Oaks winners in the past 10 years with Zarita (2008) and Gallica (2009) both completing the double.

2022 Australasian Oaks Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Australasian Oaks tips 2022 and best bets on the fillies to back and sack in the Morphettville staying showdown will be detailed right here the week of the race.

• To Win: #6 My Whisper ($4 at time of publish) 

Really hard to knock the favourite especially with the ATC Oaks winner now out of the field. This Team Snowden-trained Frankel filly is on fire winning her past four straight and still improving. Unbeaten since her seventh on debut at Geelong and rising well through the ranks. Hasn’t seen the 2000m but was good in the Group 3 Auraria Stakes here at 1800m last time out beating a similar field. Ticking all the boxes and still at a backable price.

Australasian Oaks Results

Favourites have a good recent strike rate in the Australasian Oaks results however some upsets have occurred. The longest priced winners in the past 10 years are Irish Darling (2005) and Small Minds (2010) who both jumped at a $26 starting price.

Some of the most notable Australasian Oaks winners include Egg Tart (2017), Delicacy (2015), May’s Dream (2014), Lights Of Heaven (2011) and Zarita (2008).

Australasian Oaks Winners