Queensland Oaks nominations – 2016

View the nominations for the 2016 Queensland Okas. The Queensland Oaks will be run on Saturday 11th June at Eagle Farm racecourse.

Horse Sex Age Trainer
1 AMBIENCE F 3 John O’Shea
2 CHABAUD (NZ) F 3 Robert Smerdon
3 KEBEDE F 3 Matthew Dunn
4 IMPOSING LASS (NZ) F 3 Bjorn Baker
5 BELUGA BLUE F 3 Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas
6 SEBRING SALLY F 3 Chris Waller
7 SELF ESTEEM F 3 Peter & Paul Snowden
8 ALASKAN ROSE (NZ) F 3 Michael Moroney
9 QUEEN OF WANDS F 3 Clarry Conners
10 DAWNIE PERFECT F 3 Clarry Conners
11 ASHLEE MARIE F 3 Richard Laming
12 FALKENBERG F 3 Peter & Paul Snowden
13 TAP THIS F 3 Peter & Paul Snowden
14 TAVI BAY (NZ) F 3 Henry Dwyer
15 ROMANTIC MAID F 3 Roger James
16 DULVERTON F 3 Robert Smerdon
17 ZASORCERESS (NZ) F 3 Jason Warren
18 MOUNT OMEI F 3 Chris Waller
19 PROVOCATIVE (NZ) F 3 Tony Pike
20 SAHARA SIREN F 3 Alan L Jones
21 MERU F 3 Pat Carey
22 ZAFIKI (NZ) F 3 Robert Smerdon

News:

Any jockey looking to ride a three-year-old filly in the Cox Plate is on notice to start the diet now.

Trainer David Vandyke has Cox Plate 2016 ambitions for Yankee Rose but wants a strong rider, not one who is struggling in the days leading up to the race in October.

If she makes it to the weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley, Yankee Rose will carry 47.5kg.

“I’d like to get her to the Cox Plate but I don’t want a jockey who is wasting to ride her,” Vandyke said.

“So perhaps if I give them plenty of time, someone might think about it and start getting ready now.”

There is a long way to go before the Cox Plate but Vandyke has mapped out a program identical to the one followed by Samantha Miss in 2008.

The Kris Lees-trained filly won all four races in the Princess Series on her way to her third in the Cox Plate.

“Yankee Rose is still in the spelling paddock but will be coming back in soon,” Vandyke said.

“The plan is to go through the Princess Series to the Flight Stakes and then to the Cox Plate.”

Vandyke has completed his move from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast with Less Is More, fifth in an 1800m-race at Rosehill on Saturday, the last runner out of his Warwick Farm stable.

“I’ve been travelling horses to Queensland from Sydney for the past few years so it’s not too hard to go the other way,” he said.

In the immediate future, Vandyke will be looking for his second Group One winner when he saddles up Brazen in Saturday’s Queensland Derby.

Brazen is a $26 chance after his fifth behind $4 equal favourite Mackintosh in the Grand Prix Stakes.

“He over-raced a bit in the Grand Prix so we will change the gear on him,” Vandyke said.

“He will wear ear muffs and winkers instead of the blinkers.”

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