Australasian Oaks 2025 Preview

What is The Australasian Oaks 2025?

First run in 1982, the Australasian Oaks is a Group 1 race run by the South Australian Jockey Club. It’s a 2000-metre contest for three-year-old fillies, run under set weights at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide during the SAJC Autumn Carnival.

With $1 million in prize money up for grabs, it’s one of the most prestigious staying races for young fillies on the calendar and often a stepping stone to bigger things in the spring.

Previous Winners of the Australasian Oaks

The Australasian Oaks has seen some top-class fillies take home the trophy over the years, and recent winners continue to add to its legacy. In 2024, Vibrant Sun claimed the title, following Affaire A Suivre in 2023 and Glint Of Hope in 2022.

Other recent winners include Media Award in 2021, Toffee Tongue in 2020, and Princess Jenni in 2019. Sopressa took it out in 2018, while Egg Tart (2017), Abbey Marie (2016), and Delicacy (2015) all made their mark in what’s become a key race for rising staying talent. The Oaks continues to be a launching pad for fillies aiming for greatness in their careers.

Latest Australasian Oaks Odds 

The early odds for the race later this week is as follows Benagil leads the market at $3.80, closely followed by Movin Out at $4.50 and Cinch at $6.00. Too Darn Lizzie sits at $9.00, with Polymnia at $8.50 and All Kinds of Folk at $14.00.

Comanche Miss is priced at $17.00, just ahead of Phenom at $21.00 and Femminile at $31.00. Cavity Bay follows at $41.00, while Pelevecchio comes in at $51.00. Horizons and Sweltering are also both at $51.00, Wolfess at $61.00, and Giorgi further out at $81.00. Giorgi is the longest shot in the field, sitting way back at $151.00.

Tips For The Australasian Oaks   

In what looks on paper to be a ripper of a renewal of the Australasian Oaks this year with Chris Waller, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott as well as Phillip Stokes all sending quality runners to compete, the Pickabookie.com.au picks are Bengali who performed incredibly well to finish second to the impressive Treasurethe Moment in the Vinery Studs Stakes at Rosehill earlier in the Autumn over 2000m having previous won the Vobis Guineas at Caulfield over 1600m. If she handles the step up in trip she is the one to be on. 

Polymnia

For those looking for value, Jamie Melham (formerly Kah) is on board Polymnia. She finished a sound second in the Adrian Knox Stakes on Day 1 of The Championships and you can be sure her trainers aren’t sending her to South Australia for a holiday, she means business and is one for the quinella with the favourite.

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