Epsom Oaks

The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres) at Epsom Downs in early June. It is one of five classic races in the UK.

The race is named after the Earl of Derby's estate "The Oaks" in Carshalton, about 4 miles to the east of Epsom Downs. At a dinner party held there the Earl and his friends planned a sweepstake for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and a half miles (2,414 metres) and this was first run the following year 1779 and won by the Earl's own horse Bridget. The race has been named thus since.

Trivia

* 1848 The largest ever field for the race - 26 runners.
* 1904 Pretty Polly won the race at odds of 8/100 - the shortest-priced winner in the history of this or any other classic race.
* 1904 Pretty Polly's race also equalled the record set in 1799 for the smallest ever field in the Oaks - 4 runners.
* 1908 Signorinetta is the most recent of three fillies to win both the Oaks and the Derby at Epsom.
* 1911 Cherimoya never raced before or after winning the Oaks.
* 1916 Fifinella won both the Oaks and the Derby at Newmarket, where the races were transferred during World War I.
* 1977 Dunfermline, owned by Queen Elizabeth II, won the race at the height of the celebrations for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
* 1983 Sun Princess won by 12 lengths - the widest winning margin in the race's history.
* 1989 Snow Bride was promoted to 1st after the original winner Aliysa tested positive for a banned substance. Following an unsuccessful appeal against the disqualification, Aliysa's owner Aga Khan IV withdrew all his horses from the UK in late 1990, not returning until 1996.
* 1991 Jet Ski Lady won the race at odds of 50/1, equalling Vespa's odds in 1833 - the longest-priced winners in the race's history.
* 1993 Intrepidity set the record for the fastest ever time in the race - 2m 34.19s.
* 2001 The 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the race were all daughters of the stallion Sadler's Wells. His son Galileo won the Derby the following day.

Winners

1779-1799

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds
1779	Bridget	Dick Goodisson	Saunders	12th Earl of Derby	5/2 F
1780	Tetotum	Thomas Douglas	6/4 JF
1781	Faith	John Pratt	1st Earl of Grosvenor	4/1
1782	Ceres	Sam Chifney	John Pratt	1st Earl of Grosvenor	4/7 F
1783	Maid of the Oaks	Sam Chifney	John Pratt	1st Earl of Grosvenor	4/1
1784	Stella	Charles Hindley	Philip Burlton	20/1
1785	Trifle	J Bird	John Pratt	1st Earl of Clermont	5/1
1786	Yellow Filly	James Edwards	Richard Prince	Sir Frank Standish	5/2 F
1787	Annette	Dennis Fitzpatrick	J Watson	Richard Vernon	4/6 F
1788	Nightshade	Dennis Fitzpatrick	Frank Neale	3rd Earl of Egremont	1/2 F
1789	Tag	Sam Chifney	Frank Neale	3rd Earl of Egremont	5/2 JF
1790	Hippolyta	Sam Chifney	Matt Stephenson	5th Duke of Bedford	6/1
1791	Portia	John Singleton	Matt Stephenson	5th Duke of Bedford	2/1
1792	Volante	Charles Hindley	John Pratt	1st Earl of Clermont	4/1
1793	Caelia	John Singleton	Matt Stephenson	5th Duke of Bedford	4/1
1794	Hermione	Sam Arnull	Saunders	12th Earl of Derby	5/2
1795	Platina	Dennis Fitzpatrick	Frank Neale	3rd Earl of Egremont	3/1
1796	Parisot	John Arnull	Richard Prince	Sir Frank Standish	7/2
1797	Nike	Frank Buckle	John Pratt	1st Earl of Grosvenor	15/8 F
1798	Bellissima	Frank Buckle	Richard Prince	John Durand	6/4 F
1799	Bellina	Frank Buckle	John Pratt	1st Earl of Grosvenor	5/2

1800-1849

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds
1800	Ephemera	Dennis Fitzpatrick	Frank Neale	3rd Earl of Egremont	9/4 F
1801	Eleanor	John Saunders	J Frost	Sir Charles Bunbury	1/2
1802	Scotia	Frank Buckle	Robert Robson	John Wastell	5/4 F
1803	Theophania	Frank Buckle	S King	Sir Thomas Gascoigne	5/2
1804	Pelisse	Bill Clift	Robert Robson	3rd Duke of Grafton	4/5 F
1805	Meteora	Frank Buckle	Robert Robson	2nd Earl of Grosvenor	3/1
1806	Bronze	William Edwards	Dixon Boyce	Berkeley Craven	10/1
1807	Briseis	Sam Chifney Jnr	Robert Robson	Thomas Grosvenor	15/1
1808	Morel	Bill Clift	Robert Robson	3rd Duke of Grafton	3/1 F
1809	Maid of Orleans	Ben Moss	Robert Robson	John Leveson-Gower	100/6
1810	Oriana	Bill Peirse	Bill Peirse	Sir William Gerard	4/1
1811	Sorcery	Sam Chifney Jnr	Dixon Boyce	5th Duke of Rutland	3/1 F
1812	Manuella	Bill Peirse	Bill Peirse	W N W Hewett	20/1
1813	Music	Tom Goodisson	Robert Robson	4th Duke of Grafton	5/2 F
1814	Medora	Sam Barnard	Dixon Boyce	5th Duke of Rutland	10/1
1815	Minuet	Tom Goodisson	Robert Robson	4th Duke of Grafton	3/1 JF
1816	Landscape	Sam Chifney Jnr	John Leveson-Gower	2/1 F
1817	Neva	Frank Buckle	Dixon Boyce	George Watson	Evens F
1818	Corinne	Frank Buckle	Robert Robson	John Udney	5/2
1819	Shoveler	Sam Chifney Jnr	W Chifney	Thomas Thornhill	2/1
1820	Caroline	Harry Edwards	Robert Stephenson	3rd Earl of Egremont	8/1
1821	Augusta	Jem Robinson	R Prince Jnr	2nd Marquess of Exeter	20/11 F
1822	Pastille	Harry Edwards	Robert Robson	4th Duke of Grafton	7/2
1823	Zinc	Frank Buckle	Robert Robson	4th Duke of Grafton	5/6 F
1824	Cobweb	Jem Robinson	James Edwards	5th Earl of Jersey	8/11 F
1825	Wings	Sam Chifney Jnr	Robert Robson	Thomas Grosvenor	13/1
1826	Lilias	Tommy Lye	John Forth	John Forth	15/1
1827	Gulnare	Frank Boyce	J Kent	5th Duke of Richmond	14/1
1828	Turquoise	John Barham Day	Robert Stephenson	4th Duke of Grafton	25/1
1829	Green Mantle	George Dockeray	Charles Marson	2nd Marquess of Exeter	5/2
1830	Variation	George Edwards	R Pettit	Scott Stonehewer	28/1
1831	Oxygen	John Barham Day	Robert Stephenson	4th Duke of Grafton	12/1
1832	Galata	Patrick Conolly	Charles Marson	2nd Marquess of Exeter	9/4
1833	Vespa	Jem Chapple	H Scott	Sir Mark Wood	50/1
1834	Pussy	John Barham Day	W Day	Thomas Cosby	20/1
1835	Queen of Trumps	Tommy Lye	J Blenkhorn	Edward Lloyd Mostyn	8/1
1836	Cyprian	Bill Scott	John Scott	John Scott	9/4 F
1837	Miss Letty	John Holmes	I Blades	Thomas Orde-Powlett	7/1
1838	Industry	Bill Scott	John Scott	6th Earl of Chesterfield	9/2
1839	Deception	John Barham Day	W Treen	Fulwar Craven	8/13 F
1840	Crucifix	John Barham Day	John Barham Day	Lord George Bentinck	1/3 F
1841	Ghuznee	Bill Scott	John Scott	1st Marquess of Westminster	7/4 F
1842	Our Nell	Tommy Lye	T Dawson	George Dawson	8/1
1843	Poison	Frank Butler	R Fisher	George Ford	30/1
1844	The Princess	Frank Butler	John Scott	George Anson	5/1
1845	Refraction	Henry Bell	J Kent Jnr	5th Duke of Richmond	25/1
1846	Mendicant	Sam Day	John Barham Day	John Gully	9/4 F
1847	Miami	Sim Templeman	W Beresford	Sir Joseph Hawley	9/1
1848	Cymbra	Sim Templeman	John Day Jnr	Harry Hill	7/1
1849	Lady Evelyn	Frank Butler	Tom Taylor	6th Earl of Chesterfield	3/1 JF

1850-1859

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds
1850	Rhedycina	Frank Butler	William Goodwin	George Hobson	6/1
1851	Iris	Frank Butler	John Scott	Lord Stanley	4/1
1852	Songstress	Frank Butler	John Scott	John Scott	2/1 F
1853	Catherine Hayes	Charlie Marlow	Mat Dawson	John Wauchope	2/1 F
1854	Mincemeat	Jack Charlton	William Goodwin	William Cookson	10/1
1855	Marchioness	Sim Templeman	John Scott	William Rudston-Read	12/1
1856	Mincepie	Alfred Day	John Day Jnr	Harry Hill	5/2 F
1857	Blink Bonny	Jack Charlton	William I'Anson	William I'Anson	4/5 F
1858	Governess	Tom Ashmall	T Eskrett	G W Gratwicke	4/1
1859	Summerside	George Fordham	Tom Taylor	1st Baron Londesborough	4/1
1860	Butterfly	Jim Snowden	G Oates	Richard Eastwood	10/1
1861	Brown Duchess	Luke Snowden	Joseph Saxon	Joseph Saxon	100/7
1862	Feu de Joie	Tom Chaloner	J Godding	Richard Naylor	20/1
1863	Queen Bertha	Tom Aldcroft	John Scott	6th Viscount Falmouth	40/1
1864	Fille de l'Air	Arthur Edwards	Tom Jennings	Count Frederic de Lagrange	6/4 F
1865	Regalia	John Norman	W Harlock	William Graham	20/1
1866	Tormentor	Jimmy Mann	C Blanton	Benjamin Ellam	5/1
1867	Hippia	John Daley	Joe Hayhoe	Mayer Amschel de Rothschild	11/1
1868	Formosa	George Fordham	Henry Woolcott	William Graham	8/11 F
1869	Brigantine	Tom Cannon	W Day	Sir Frederick Johnstone	7/2
1870	Gamos	George Fordham	Henry Woolcott	William Graham	100/8
1871	Hannah	Charlie Maidment	Joe Hayhoe	Mayer Amschel de Rothschild	6/5 F
1872	Reine	George Fordham	Tom Jennings	Count Frederic de Lagrange	3/1
1873	Marie Stuart	Tom Cannon	Robert Peck	James Merry	2/1 F
1874	Apology	John Osborne	W Osborne	John King	5/2
1875	Spinaway	Fred Archer	Mat Dawson	6th Viscount Falmouth	5/4 F
1876	= Camelia	Tom Glover	T Cunnington	Count Frederic de Lagrange	5/4 F
1876	= Enguerrande	Hudson	C Wetherall	Augusta Lupin	4/1
1877	Placida	Harry Jeffery	J Marsh	John Fiennes	2/1 F
1878	Jannette	Fred Archer	Mat Dawson	6th Viscount Falmouth	65/40
1879	Wheel of Fortune	Fred Archer	Mat Dawson	6th Viscount Falmouth	1/3 F
1880	Jenny Howlet	Jim Snowden	William I'Anson Jnr	Charles Perkins	33/1
1881	Thebais	George Fordham	Alec Taylor Snr	William Stirling Crawfurd	4/6 F
1882	Geheimniss	Tom Cannon	John Porter	7th Earl of Stamford	4/6 F
1883	Bonny Jean	Jack Watts	J Cannon	5th Earl of Rosebery	5/1
1884	Busybody	Tom Cannon	Tom Cannon	George Baird (aka Mr Abington)	100/105 F
1885	Lonely	Fred Archer	W Gilbert Jnr	5th Earl Cadogan	85/40 F
1886	Miss Jummy	Jack Watts	Richard Marsh	12th Duke of Hamilton	Evens F
1887	Reve d'Or	Charlie Wood	Alec Taylor Snr	8th Duke of Beaufort	8/11 F
1888	Seabreeze	William Robinson	James Jewitt	5th Baron Calthorpe	7/4 F
1889	L'Abbesse de Jouarre	Jimmy Woodburn	Robert Sherwood	Lord Randolph Churchill	20/1
1890	Memoir	Jack Watts	George Dawson	6th Duke of Portland	100/30
1891	Mimi	Fred Rickaby	Mat Dawson	Noel Fenwick	4/7 F
1892	La Flèche	George Barrett	John Porter	Baron Maurice de Hirsch	8/11 F
1893	Mrs Butterwick	Jack Watts	George Dawson	6th Duke of Portland	100/7
1894	Amiable	Walter Bradford	George Dawson	6th Duke of Portland	7/1
1895	La Sagesse	Sam Loates	M Gurry	Sir James Miller	5/1
1896	Canterbury Pilgrim	Fred Rickaby	George Lambton	16th Earl of Derby	100/8
1897	Limasol	Walter Bradford	Tom Jennings Jnr	2nd Baron Hindlip	100/8
1898	Airs and Graces	Walter Bradford	F W Day	W T Jones	100/8
1899	Musa	Otto Madden	H Enoch	Douglas Baird	20/1

1900-1949

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds
1900	La Roche	Morny Cannon	John Porter	6th Duke of Portland	5/1
1901	Cap and Bells II	Milton Henry	Sam Darling	Foxhall R. Keene	9/4 F
1902	Sceptre	Herbert Randall	Bob Sievier	Bob Sievier	5/2 F
1903	Our Lassie	Morny Cannon	Charles Morton	Jack Joel	6/1
1904	Pretty Polly	Willie Lane	Peter Gilpin	Major Eustace Loder	8/100 F
1905	Cherry Lass	Herbert Jones	William Robinson	Lord William Wavertree	4/5 F
1906	Keystone II	Danny Maher	George Lambton	16th Earl of Derby	5/2 F
1907	Glass Doll	Herbert Randall	Charles Morton	Jack Joel	25/1
1908	Signorinetta	Billy Bullock	Edoardo Ginistrelli	Edoardo Ginistrelli	3/1
1909	Perola	Frank Wootton	Saunders Davies	William Cooper	5/1
1910	Rosedrop	Charlie Trigg	Alec Taylor	Sir William Bass	7/1
1911	Cherimoya	Fred Winter	Charlie Marsh	William Cloete	25/1
1912	Mirska	Joe Childs	Tom Jennings Jnr	Jean Prat	33/1
1913	Jest	Fred Rickaby Jnr	Charles Morton	Jack Joel	8/1
1914	Princess Dorrie	Bill Huxley	Charles Morton	Jack Joel	11/4 F
1915	Snow Marten	Walter Griggs	Peter Gilpin	Ludwig Neumann	20/1
1916	Fifinella	Joe Childs	Dick Dawson	Sir Edward Hulton	8/13 F
1917	Sunny Jane	Otto Madden	Alec Taylor	2nd Viscount Astor	4/1
1918	My Dear	Steve Donoghue	Alec Taylor	Alfred Cox (aka Mr Fairie)	3/1F
1919	Bayuda	Joe Childs	Alec Taylor	Lady James Douglas	100/7
1920	Charlebelle	Albert Whalley	Sandy Braime	Alan Cunliffe	7/2
1921	Love in Idleness	Joe Childs	Alec Taylor	Joseph Watson	5/1 F
1922	Pogrom	Ted Gardner	Alec Taylor	2nd Viscount Astor	5/4 F
1923	Brownhylda	Vic Smyth	Dick Dawson	Vicomte de Fontarce	10/1
1924	Straitlace	Frank O'Neill	D Waugh	Sir Edward Hulton	100/30
1925	Saucy Sue	Frank Bullock	Alec Taylor	2nd Viscount Astor	30/100 F
1926	Short Story	Bobby Jones	Alec Taylor	2nd Viscount Astor	5/1
1927	Beam	Tommy Weston	Frank Butters	3rd Earl of Durham	4/1
1928	Toboggan	Tommy Weston	Frank Butters	17th Earl of Derby	100/15
1929	Pennycomequick	Henri Jelliss	Joe Lawson	2nd Viscount Astor	11/10 F
1930	Rose of England	Gordon Richards	Tommy Hogg	1st Baron Glanely	7/1
1931	Brulette	Charlie Elliott	Frank Carter	Charles Birkin	7/2 JF
1932	Udaipur	Michael Beary	Frank Butters	HH Aga Khan III	10/1
1933	Chateleine	Sam Wragg	Fred Templeman	Ernest Thornton-Smith	25/1
1934	Light Brocade	Brownie Carslake	Frank Butters	5th Earl of Durham	7/4 F
1935	Quashed	Henri Jelliss	Colledge Leader	Lord Stanley	33/1
1936	Lovely Rosa	Tommy Weston	Harry Cottrill	Sir Abe Bailey	33/1
1937	Exhibitionnist	Steve Donoghue	Joe Lawson	Sir Victor Sassoon	3/1 F
1938	Rockfel	Harry Wragg	Ossie Bell	Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen	3/1 F
1939	Galatea II	Bobby Jones	Joe Lawson	Robert Clark	10/11 F
1940	Godiva	Doug Marks	Willie Jarvis	Esmond Harmsworth	7/4 F
1941	Commotion	Harry Wragg	Fred Darling	Arthur Dewar	8/1
1942	Sun Chariot	Gordon Richards	Fred Darling	King George VI	1/4 F
1943	Why Hurry	Charlie Elliott	Noel Cannon	Jimmy Rank	7/1
1944	Hycilla	George Bridgland	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	William Woodward	8/1
1945	Sun Stream	Harry Wragg	Walter Earl	17th Earl of Derby	6/4 F
1946	Steady Aim	Harry Wragg	Frank Butters	Sir Alfred Butt	7/1
1947	Imprudence	Rae Johnstone	Joseph Lieux	Mme Pierre Corbiere	7/4 F
1948	Masaka	Billy Nevett	Frank Butters	HH Aga Khan III	7/1
1949	Musidora	Edgar Britt	Charles Elsey	Norman Donaldson	4/1 F

1950-1999

Year

Winner

Jockey

Trainer

Owner

Odds

Time

Asmena

5/1

Neasham Belle

Major Lionel Holliday

33/1

1952

Frieze

Edgar Britt

Charles Elsey

Alexander Keith

100/7

2:35.36

Ambiguity

18/1

2:36.48

1954

Sun Cap

Rae Johnstone

Dick Carver

Mme Robert Forget

100/8

2:39.12

1955

Meld

Harry Carr

Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

Lady Zia Wernher

7/4 F

2:47.48

Sicarelle

3/1

2:42.00

Carrozza

100/8

2:37.24

Bella Paola

6/4 F

2:40.48

Petite Etoile

11/2

2:35.48

1960

Never Too Late II

Roger Poincelet

Etienne Pollet

Mrs Howell Jackson

6/5 F

2:39.12

1961

Sweet Solera

Bill Rickaby

Reginald Day

Mrs Magnus Castello

11/4 F

2:39.24

1962

Monade

Yves Saint-Martin

Joseph Lieux

George Goulandris

7/1

2:38.12

1963

Noblesse

Gamie Bougoure

Paddy Prendergast

Evelyn Olin

4/11 F

2:39.36

1964

Homeward Bound

Greville Starkey

John Oxley

Sir Foster Robinson

100/7

2:49.36

Long Look

100/7

2:39.56

Valoris

11/10 F

2:39.35

1967

Pia

Eddie Hide

Bill Elsey

Countess Margit Batthyany

100/7

2:38.34

1968

La Lagune

Gerard Thiboeuf

François Boutin

Henry Berlin

11/8 F

2:41.66

Sleeping Partner

100/6

2:39.94

Lupe

100/30

2:41.46

1971

Altesse Royale

Geoff Lewis

Noel Murless

Roger Hue-Williams

6/4 F

2:36.95

Ginerva

8/1

2:39.35

Mysterious

13/8 F

2:36.31

Polygamy

3/1

2:39.39

Juliette Marny

12/1

2:29.10

Pawneese

6/5 F

2:35.25

Dunfermline

6/1

2:36.53

1978

Fair Salinia

Greville Starkey

Michael Stoute

Sven Hanson

8/1

2:36.82

Scintillate

20/1

2:43.74

1980

Bireme

Willie Carson

Dick Hern

Richard Hollingsworth

9/2

2:34.33

Blue Wind

3/1

2:40.93

Time Charter

12/1

2:34.21

1983

Sun Princess

Willie Carson

Dick Hern

Sir Michael Sobell

6/1

2:40.98

1984

Circus Plume

Lester Piggott

John Dunlop

Sir Robin McAlpine

4/1

2:38.97

Oh So Sharp

6/4 F

Midway Lady

15/8 F

2:35.60

1987

Unite

Walter Swinburn

Sir Michael Stoute

Sheikh Mohammed

11/1

2:38.17

Diminuendo

7/4 F

2:35.02

13/2

2:34.22

Salsabil

2/1 F

2:38.70

Jet Ski Lady

50/1

2:37.30

User Friendly

5/1

2:39.77

Intrepidity

5/1

2:34.19

1994

Balanchine

Frankie Dettori

Hilal Ibrahim

Maktoum Al Maktoum & Godolphin

6/1

1995

Moonshell

Frankie Dettori

Saeed bin Suroor

Maktoum Al Maktoum & Godolphin

3/1

2:35.44

Lady Carla

100/30

2:35.55

Reams of Verse

5/6 F

2:35.59

1998

Shahtoush

Michael Kinane

Aidan O'Brien

Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier

12/1

2:38.23

1999

Ramruma

Kieren Fallon

Henry Cecil

Fahd Salman

3/1

2:38.72

2000-

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Odds	Time
2000	Love Divine	Richard Quinn	Henry Cecil	Lordship Stud	9/4 F	2:43.11
2001	Imagine	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier	3/1 F	2:36.70
2002	Kazzia	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	100/30 F	2:44.52
2003	Casual Look	Martin Dwyer	Andrew Balding	William S. Farish	10/1	2:38.07
2004	Ouija Board	Kieren Fallon	Ed Dunlop	19th Earl of Derby	7/2	2:35.41
2005	Eswarah	Richard Hills	Michael Jarvis	Hamdan Al Maktoum	11/4 JF	2:39.00
2006	Alexandrova	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	S Magnier, M Tabor, Derrick Smith	9/4 F	2:37.71

Epsom Oaks: Encyclopedia BETA

Contents

Epsom Oaks

Trivia

Winners

1779-1799

1800-1849

1850-1859

1900-1949

1950-1999

2000-

See also