Some facts about the Group One $400,000 Queensland Oaks (2400m) to be run at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
* Set weights for three-year-old fillies.
* First run in 1951 when won by Maltmaid.
* Not held in 1957.
* Notable winners include Evening Peal (1955); Mode (1971); Analie (1973); Denise’s Joy (1976); Surround (1977); November Rain (1981); Bravery (1988); Triscay (1991); Royal Magic (1992); Slight Chance (1993); Joie Denise (1995); Arctic Scent (1996); Ethereal (2001); Eskimo Queen (2007); Riva San (2008).
* Trainers with a runner this year who have won the race before: Peter Snowden – Divorces (Purple 2009); Lee Freedman – Becerra (Miss Danehill 1999); Sheila Laxon trained 2001 winner Ethereal and now co-trains with John Symons and is represented by Crafty Lady on Saturday.
* Jockeys with a ride this year who have won the race before: Kerrin McEvoy – Divorces (Purple 2009); Larry Cassidy – Hidden Kisses (Arctic Scent 1996); Hugh Bowman – Tropicana Girl (Vitesse Dane 2005); Scott Seamer – Crafty Lady (Ethereal 2001, Riva San 2008); Chris Munce – Black Sparta (Giovana 2000, Zagalia 2003, Vouvray 2004, Miss Keepsake 2010).
* Only four fillies – Analie (1973), Bravery (1988), Royal Magic (1992) and Riva San (2008) – have won the Queensland Oaks-Queensland Derby double since the Derby was moved to the winter in 1973.
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