Wakeful did not commence racing until she was four because of shin soreness. At her third start she won the VATC
Oakleigh Plate, followed that by winning the VRC
Newmarket Handicap and then the AJC
Doncaster Handicap in a race record time of 1:39.75. Taken to Sydney in 1902, she won all her four starts including the
Sydney Cup carrying the impost of , and ran a race record. Wakeful then went on to win races such as the AJC Plate and VRC Champion Stakes at three miles. At her last start she ran second in the 1903 VRC
Melbourne Cup carrying the huge impost for a mare of which was 13 pounds over
weight for age and conceded the winner Lord Cardigan . Previously no mare had carried more than and none of them finished in the first six. In all she had 44 starts, winning 25 races, was second 12 times and third 4 times.
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Race starts ==Stud record==