Queensland Oaks
 

Noms

No Horse Trainer
1 Absolute Joy (NZ) Lee Freedman
2 Al Nakhla Chris Waller
3 Ali's Gold Class Debbie Newham
4 Ambitious Princess (NZ) Anthony Cummings
5 Benaura Girl John P Thompson
6 Bitasilk Matt Kropp
7 C'mon Cuba (NZ) Donna Logan
8 Caiseal Paul Perry
9 Cassini Contest John P Thompson
10 Danaupair Starlet Patrick Payne
11 Dariana Bart Cummings
12 Drivel John P Thompson
13 Exceed Us John Symons & Sheila Laxon
14 Fairy Oak (NZ) Peter G Moody
15 Femina Fashion Trevor Whittington
16 Inspirational Lass John P Thompson
17 Isabelle Lass Michael Moroney
18 La Pinot (NZ) David Peoples
19 Lady Liz Michael Moroney
20 Lucky Songs (NZ) John Morrisey
21 Marheta Michael Moroney
22 Miss Keepsake (NZ) Andrew Scott
23 Mother's Milk (NZ) John P Thompson
24 My Dream Catcher Michael Moroney
25 Our Tigress Michael Moroney
26 Pinpoint Accuracy Kelso Wood
27 Spera (NZ) John Sargent
28 Stage Performer Gai Waterhouse
29 Status Quo Peter Snowden
30 Sunshine Angel Brian Smith
31 Utopia (NZ) John Wallace

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Femina Fashion Trevor Whittington Larry Cassidy 15 55.5
2 Marheta Michael Moroney Mark Zahra 3 55.5
3 Dariana Bart Cummings Steven Arnold 19 55.5
4 Danaupair Starlet Patrick Payne Michael Cahill 12 55.5
5 Status Quo Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 11 55.5
6 Fairy Oak (NZ) Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 21 55.5
7 Spera (NZ) John Sargent Damian Browne 1 55.5
8 Al Nakhla Chris Waller 18 55.5
9 Bitasilk Matt Kropp Jason Taylor 6 55.5
10 Ambitious Princess (NZ) Anthony Cummings Damien Oliver 7 55.5
11 Cassini Contest John P Thompson Hugh Bowman 17 55.5
12 Drivel John P Thompson Tye Angland 23 55.5
13 Caiseal Paul Perry Danny Nikolic 9 55.5
14 C'mon Cuba (NZ) Donna Logan Michael Walker 22 55.5
15 Mother's Milk (NZ) John P Thompson Timothy Bell (a) 13 55.5
16 Absolute Joy (NZ) Lee Freedman Dwayne Dunn 20 55.5
17 Utopia (NZ) John Wallace Jim Byrne 2 55.5
18 Miss Keepsake (NZ) Andrew Scott Chris Munce 16 55.5
19e Our Tigress Michael Moroney 8 55.5
20e Lucky Songs (NZ) John Morrisey 10 55.5
21e Sunshine Angel Brian Smith 4 55.5
22e Benaura Girl John P Thompson 14 55.5
23e Inspirational Lass John P Thompson 5 55.5

Who's going to run this right out?

Marheta is drawn to get the gun run but strikes me as a 2000m horse on breeding.

Fairy Oak looks the goods but will need all of Nolen's guile to get it over the line.

Danaupair Starlet is the only one with distance form but I query the class, as do the bookies judging by its price.

On breeding I give Mother's Milk, Absolute Joy and Utopia a shot, although on their current form they will need to find something.

Dariana is a bit short for mine.

The Schmile

Horse Win Place
Dariana 3.70 1.70
Marheta 5.50 2.10
Fairy Oak 7.50 2.60
Femina Fashion 9.00 3.00
Spera 9.00 3.00
Status Quo 9.50 3.10
Al Nakhla 14.00 4.20
Ambitious Princess 17.00 5.00
Miss Keepsake 17.00 5.00
Danaupair Starlet 18.00 5.00
Utopia 26.00 7.00
Caiseal 34.00 9.00
Our Tigress (1E) 34.00 9.00
Bitasilk 41.00 11.00
Absolute Joy 51.00 13.00
Lucky Songs (2E) 51.00 13.00
Benaura Girl (4E) 51.00 13.00
C`mon Cuba 61.00 16.00
Mother`s Milk 71.00 18.00
Sunshine Angel (3E) 71.00 18.00
Cassini Contest 101.00 26.00
Drivel 101.00 26.00
Inspirational Lass (5E) 151.00 41.00

I agree its a hard race to work out , i've kept it simple.
Marheta couldn't have had a better run start and only beat Darianna and Fairy Oak by a length or so .
The barriers mean nothing as both Darianna and Fairy oak were miles back last start and will just drop out again ,
The track will suit both better , the extra distance will at least help Fairy Oak.

I doubt theres any superstars in this lot , Fairy Oak at around the 9's is the best bet e/w and i'd consider Darianna if she gets out to better odds.

I'll go Ambitious Princess ahead of Status Quo and Absoloute Joy.

Don’t really like the race,,maybe Femina Fashion & Ambitious Princess EW
There’s a few over from NZ,,could grab some of the purse

Miss Keepsake
 

Nice odds considering was shooting for her 3rd win on the trot in Oz

Liked the way Miss Keepsake got to the line
Previous wins raced up on the pace
Obviously versatile in her racing pattern

Miss Keepsake, backing-up in the Derby!

As well as the Oaks runner-up Marheta & beaten fav Dariana
Should be an interesting match-up against the boys