Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The MV Fillies Classic is a good lead-up to the VRC Oaks over the Melbourne Cup Carnival

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is a Group 2 race for three-year-old fillies run at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day in late October during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

2022 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winner Zoe’s Promise. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Previously known as the Moonee Valley Oaks and run in March during the autumn, since 2013 the event has been part of the spring line-up and makes a nice lead-up run for fillies heading towards the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Cox Plate Day is obviously headlined by the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) and the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m).

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is one of three Group 2 support acts along with the Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) and the Crystal Mile (1600m). Contested over a mile (1600m) the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic is a set weights event and offers a total of $300,000 in prize money.

The last filly to win both the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic (then the MV Oaks) and the VRC Oaks as a three-year-old was Special Harmony who won the Fillies Classic in 2004 after her 2003 Crown Oaks victory, when the former was contested in the autumn.

The latest edition of the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic ran on Saturday October 28, 2023 and was won by the unbeaten favourite Skybird ($3.40F) for Mitchell Freedman.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Results

The official Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be available below once the race takes place on Saturday October 28, 2023.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winner Skybird saluted for the punters on Cox Plate Day. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

• 1st: #8 Skybird
• 2nd: #7 Grinzinger Belle
• 3rd: #3 Carina Queen

The undefeated Mitchell Freedman-trained Exosphere filly Skybird ($3.40F) kept her flawless record in check with a third win from as many starts when going up the inside before letting down inside the final 50m displaying a scintillating turn of foot to run over the top of her rivals in the 2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic results on Cox Plate Day.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Odds

The updated Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 odds and links to our Cox Plate Day betting markets will be provided below the week of the race so stay tuned for the best Group 2 Moonee Valley racing odds online.

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 28, 2023
• Track: Moonee Valley
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 2
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1996

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Betting

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic odds are released after the final field is announced the Wednesday before Cox Plate Day on the Saturday.

Fillies that come off a promising run in a race against similar rivals and those with earlier form on the notoriously tight Moonee Valley circuit often sit high up the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic betting markets.

Favourites have a good recent strike rate in the race but there can still be value tipping a double-figure hope in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic markets with recent upsets including Nurse Kitchen ($10 in 2016), Gypsy Diamond ($13 in 2013), Kazanluk ($10 in 2012), Yes Baby Yes ($13 in 2020), Mokulua ($12 in 2021), and Zoe’s Promise ($10 in 2022) all saluting at double-figures.

Skybird ($3.40 in 2023) was the last favourite in Moonee Valley Fillies Classic betting to win.

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Tips

Good Moonee Valley Fillies Classic tips include looking for fillies with previous winning form over the mile, those with experience at the tight Moonee Valley track and Group performed youngsters showing improvement in their spring runs.

Any past Group 2 or even Group 1 graduates make a good Moonee Valley Classic betting tip, as do the fillies coming back to a mile off a lead-up run over 2000m during the spring.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 betting tips and Cox Plate Day selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Group 2 showdown.

• To Win: #2 Aprilia ($8 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Open edition of the MV Fillies Classic but have Aprilia on top off her good second in the Group 2 Edward Manifold over the same mile distance at Flemington. She was up notably in grade that run and held her own. Group 1 placed back in New Zealand, fit now and if she can produce something similar to last time can challenge here.

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Field

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic race field attracts three-year-old fillies heading towards a run in a race like the VRC Oaks (formerly the Crown Oaks) or the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) against the older mares on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse. In 2016 I Am A Star finished third in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Trifecta before beating the mares home in the Myer Classic next start.

Many of the fillies in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic field come off a run in Flemington’s Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) earlier in the month, which last produced a winner with My Poppette (3rd in 2015).

I Am A Star (3rd in 2016) improved on her Moonee Valley Fillies Classic run to win the Myer Classic next race. Photo Credit: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Fillies may also have previously come off a run in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield a fortnight earlier before the Thousand Guineas was moved to a November time-slot in 2023.

Another possible next-up option for the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic graduates on Derby Day is the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m).

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic nominations close the Monday before the race runs on the Saturday followed by the release of the final field and barriers on the Wednesday.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Field

The official Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 Final Field & Barriers will be released on the Wednesday leading-up to Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day and detailed below, so stay tuned to see what fillies make the starting line-up in the Group 2 mile showdown.

The 2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic final field features a quality line-up three-year-olds led in betting by the John O’Shea-trained Captain Amelia coming off a good fifth in Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) a month ago.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Nominations

The early Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 nominations are taken the Monday of race week and will be published for punters below.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Form Guide

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic form guide details all the must know info for punters including the jockeys, trainers, barriers, lead-up runs and track / distance records of the runners in the field.

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic form has held-up in other spring races for female gallopers in recent years including the Crown Oaks, a race the 2013 MV Fillies Classic winner Gypsy Diamond ran fourth in two starts later. In 2011 Lights Of Heaven won the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic when it was held during the autumn before success in the Group 1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) in Adelaide next start.

More recently, the 2018 MV Vase winner Mystic Journey would continue on to have an incredible autumn campaign that saw her become the first Tasmanian-trained Group 1 winner in a century with her Australian Guineas success. She also won the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) beating home a field of older rivals.

2023 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Form Guide

A link to our insider Moonee Valley Fillies Classic 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Results

The Moonee Valley Fillies Classic race results have been dominated by classy fillies in recent years more than champion mares-in-the-making.

In 2019 there was a dead heat in the Moonee Valley Fillies Classic results between La Falaise and Fascino.

Notable Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winners from the past decade include My Poppette (2015), Gypsy Diamond (2013), and Lights Of Heaven (2011).

Past Moonee Valley Fillies Classic Winners

Recent Moonee Valley Fillies Classic winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

* Dead Heat