Flemington

24 A STORY FROM THE VAULT Clare Lindop was the first woman jockey to win a Victoria Derby, Michelle Payne the first to win a Melbourne Cup, and Nikita Beriman the first to win the feature race on Stakes Day. The history books are still waiting for the first woman to ride the winner of the Victoria Racing Club’s classic staying race for fillies, the Kennedy Oaks. On the race card today the emphasis is on races for the equine female sex. The Darley Ottawa Stakes for two-year-old fillies. The Network 10 Red Roses Stakes for sprinting three-year-old fillies. The Off The Track Desirable Stakes – named for a champion of the 1970s – for fillies over a middle distance. The Inglis Bracelet 1600 metre race for fillies and mares. The TCL TV Stakes for fillies and mares. And the $1 million Kennedy Oaks. Oaks Day today takes many forms as Ladies’ Day at Flemington. There is also the support card of the G.H Mumm Stakes over 1000 metres for open aged horses; The Twitter Trophy (BM 90) over 1800 metres for four years old and upwards and the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (BM 80) - a new innovation in recent years. Elegantly dressed racegoers at Flemington, 1909. (Australasian Newspaper)