OAKLEIGH PLATE

1100m, $500,000, Handicap

HISTORY

* First run in 1884 when won by Malua who also won the Melbourne Cup that year

* From 1941 to 1944 inclusive it was run at Flemington. In 1996 it was run at Sandown.

NOTABLE WINNERS

* Malua (1884), Wakeful (1901), Aurie's Star (1937, 1939), San Domenico (1949), Time And Tide (1965), Dual Choice (1971-72), Tontonan (1974), Placid Ark (1987), Snippets (1988), Schillaci (1992), Fastnet Rock (2005), Weekend Hussler (2008), Starspangledbanner (2010), Lankan Rupee (2014).

TALKING POINTS

* A capacity field lines up on Saturday with three emergencies

* Flamberge is topweight with 58kg. No winner has carried more than 57kg since the introduction of metric weights in 1973

* Starspangledbanner (2010) is the last three-year-old to win. This year's three-year-olds are Heatherly, Headwater, Keen Array and third reserve Secret Agenda.