WA Oaks 2024

The WA Oaks can serve as a key lead-up to tougher grade Group 1 interstate races for fillies.

The Group 3 WA Oaks is a popular 2400m staying showdown run and won at Perth’s Ascot Racecourse in late March each autumn racing carnival.

The event takes place on the same day Flemington now hosts the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) and Sydney runs its Tancred Stakes Day card.

The WA Oaks is a set weights event for three-year-old fillies offering a generous $300,000 in stakes.

The race was inaugurated back in 1953. Unlike other events that gradually grow in status the WA Oaks has been slowly demoted. After running as a Principle Race from 1953 – 1978 it was a Group 1 event from 1979 – 1991 before being downgraded to a Group 2 until 2006 and then a Group 3.

The latest edition of the WA Oaks ran on Saturday March 30, 2024 at Perth’s Ascot Racecourse and was won by the airborne, odds-on favourite Own The Queen ($1.95F).

2024 WA Oaks Odds

The WA Oaks 2024 betting odds will be available right here the week as soon as nominations are taken, so make sure you bookmark this page for the best prices on the fillies in the Group 3 staying showdown race this season.

WA Oaks Race Info

• Date: Saturday March 30, 2024
• Track: Ascot Racecourse
• Distance: 2400m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
• Status: Group 3
• Prize Money: $300,000
• First Run: 1953

2024 WA OAKS PREVIEW

2024 WA OAKS ODDS

2024 WA Oaks Results

The official WA Oaks Results 2024 & Finishing Order will be published below once the event takes place on Saturday March 30, 2024.

• 1st: #1 Own The Queen
• 2nd: #4 Miss Skyhigh
• 3rd: #10 Flash Of Dallas

The Justine Erkelens-trained Awesome Rock filly Own The Queen ($1.95) continued her winning streak in style posting her fifth victory on the trot completing the 1000 Guineas – Natasha Stakes – WA Oaks treble with a Group 3 win for the punters at Ascot.

WA Oaks Betting

WA Oaks odds are usually dominated by the best performing three-year-old fillies prepared locally in Perth.

WA Oaks betting markets open weeks out from the event with all-in odds on offer for the early nominees.

There was a notable upset in 2022 when Lady Chant won at WA Oaks odds of $14, but nothing compared the the year prior when Lunar Impact upset the odds-on favourite Pure Devotion winning at 50/1!

Tuscan Queen ($1.35 in 2020) and Own The Queen ($1.95 in 2024) weere the latest favourites in WA Oaks betting to salute for the punters.

WA Oaks Field

The WA Oaks race field attracts a host of good fillies with form over 2000m or further with many coming out of similar grade races in Perth.

The Listed Natasha Stakes (2200m) run at Ascot a fortnight earlier is the traditional lead-up for fillies eyeing a run in the WA Oaks final field. Tuscan Queen (2020), She’s Fit (2023), and Own The Queen (2024) are the last fillies to complete the Natasha Stakes – WA Oaks double.

The best fillies out of the WA Oaks field may opt to take on the boys next race in the Group 2 WATC Derby (2400m) the following month over the same track and distance.

The latest fillies to complete the WA Oaks – WATC Derby double are the Grant Williams-trained Delicacy (2015) who also went on to score the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) – Group 1 SA Derby (2500m) double in Adelaide, and Tuscan Queen (2020).

WA Oaks nominations close in late February with the final field and barrier draw released on the Monday of race week.

2024 WA Oaks Field

The WA Oaks field 2024 and barriers will be released below on Wednesday March 27, 2024 so bookmark this page to see the official line-up for the Group 3 mile and a half event.

The 2024 WA Oaks final field features a small but smart line-up of three-year-old fillies led in betting by the airborne Own The Queen chasing her fifth win on the trot.

2024 WA Oaks Nominations

The official WA Oaks 2024 nominations are announced by Perth Racing on Tuesday the 26th of March, 2024 and will be published in full below.

WA Oaks Tips

Fillies that ran top three in their lead-up races, proven Group performers, past winners over at least 2000m and non-maidens make the best WA Oaks betting tips.

2024 WA Oaks Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive WA Oaks 2024 betting tips will be detailed right here a day or so out from the event so stay tuned for the WA Oaks best bets.

• To Win: #1 Own The Queen ($2 at time of publish) – BET NOW

She is a very short-priced favourite but it is hard to ignore a filly in this sort of form. The Justine Erkelens-trained daughter of Awesome Rock is doing everything right and progressing through the ranks quickly. Dual stakes winner at the track having won the Thousand Guineas – Natasha Stakes double here at her latest two. The Natasha Stakes form in particular is always strong into the Oaks and expect it to be franked on Saturday. Nearly a length to spare over the 2220m winning that so the 2400m looks a non-issue. Wins.

WA Oaks Form Guide

The WA Oaks form guide provides punters with all of the must know race information including the trainers, jockeys, barriers and lead-up runs of the female gallopers in the field.

The WA Oaks form was franked with the winner She’s Fit going on to run third in the WATC Derby next start before heading to Adelaide for a second in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m).

2024 WA Oaks Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive WA Oaks 2024 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

WA Oaks Results

Westerly Breeze holds the current WA Oaks record winning in 2001 in a time of 2 minutes 28:75 seconds.

Notable WA Oaks winners include Tuscan Queen (2020), Delicacy (2015), Dreamaway (2011), Grand Journey (2008), Royal Drive (2005), Old Money (2000), Matriculate (1998), Beaux Art (1994), Natasha (1990), Judyann (1987), and Send Me An Angel (1986).

Recent WA Oaks Winners

Past WA Oaks winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2001 are detailed in the below table.