Epsom Oaks
The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres), about 1½ miles, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. It is the second-oldest of the five Classic races, after the St Leger. Officially the Betfred Oaks, it is also popularly known as simply The Oaks. It has increasingly come to be referred to as the Epsom Oaks in both the UK and overseas countries, although 'Epsom' is not part of the official title of the race.)
| Group 1 race | |
1801 Oaks winner Eleanor | |
| Location | Epsom Downs Epsom, England |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1779 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Betfred |
| Website | Epsom Downs |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 4f 6y (2,420 m), or about 1½ miles |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 9 st 2 lb |
| Purse | £548,550 (2023) 1st: £311,026 |
| 2023 | ||
| Soul Sister | Savethelastdance | Caernarfon |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
| Tuesday | Emily Upjohn | Nashwa |
| 2021 | ||
| Snowfall | Mystery Angel | Divinely |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Love | Ennistymon | Frankly Darling |
| 2019 | ||
| Anapurna | Pink Dogwood | Fleeting |
| 2018 | ||
| Forever Together | Wild Illusion | Bye Bye Baby |
| 2017 | ||
| Enable | Rhododendron | Alluringly |
| 2016 | ||
| Minding | Architecture | Harlequeen |
| 2015 | ||
| Qualify | Legatissimo | Lady Of Dubai |
| 2014 | ||
| Taghrooda | Tarfasha | Volume |
| 2013 | ||
| Talent | Secret Gesture | The Lark |
| 2012 | ||
| Was | Shirocco Star | The Fugue |
| 2011 | ||
| Dancing Rain | Wonder Of Wonders | Izzi Top |
| 2010–2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Snow Fairy | Remember When | Rumoush |
| 2009 | ||
| Sariska | Midday | High Heeled |
| 2008 | ||
| Look Here | Moonstone | Katiyra |
| 2007 | ||
| Light Shift | Peeping Fawn | All My Loving |
| 2006 | ||
| Alexandrova | Rising Cross | Short Skirt |
| 2005 | ||
| Eswarah | Something Exciting | Pictavia |
| 2004 | ||
| Ouija Board | All Too Beautiful | Punctilious |
| 2003 | ||
| Casual Look | Yesterday | Summitville |
| 2002 | ||
| Kazzia | Quarter Moon | Shadow Dancing |
| 2001 | ||
| Imagine | Flight of Fancy | Relish The Thought |
| 2000–1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Love Divine | Kalypso Katie | Melikah |
| 1999 | ||
| Ramruma | Noushkey | Zahrat Dubai |
| 1998 | ||
| Shahtoush | Bahr | Midnight Line |
| 1997 | ||
| Reams of Verse | Gazelle Royale | Crown of Light |
| 1996 | ||
| Lady Carla | Pricket | Mezzogiorno |
| 1995 | ||
| Moonshell | Dance A Dream | Pure Grain |
| 1994 | ||
| Balanchine | Wind In Her Hair | Hawajiss |
| 1993 | ||
| Intrepidity | Royal Ballerina | Oakmead |
| 1992 | ||
| User Friendly | All At Sea | Pearl Angel |
| 1991 | ||
| Jet Ski Lady | Shamshir | Shadayid |
| 1990–1981 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Salsabil | Game Plan | Knight's Baroness |
| 1989 | ||
| Snow Bride | Roseate Tern | Mamaluna |
| 1988 | ||
| Diminuendo | Sudden Love | Animatrice |
| 1987 | ||
| Unite | Bourbon Girl | Three Tails |
| 1986 | ||
| Midway Lady | Untold | Maysoon |
| 1985 | ||
| Oh So Sharp | Triptych | Dubian |
| 1984 | ||
| Circus Plume | Media Luna | Poquito Queen |
| 1983 | ||
| Sun Princess | Acclimatise | New Coins |
| 1982 | ||
| Time Charter | Slightly Dangerous | Last Feather |
| 1981 | ||
| Blue Wind | Madam Gay | Leap Lively |
| 1980–1971 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
| Bireme | Vielle | The Dancer |
| 1979 | ||
| Scintillate | Bonnie Isle | Britannia's Rule |
| 1978 | ||
| Fair Salinia | Dancing Maid | Suni |
| 1977 | ||
| Dunfermline | Freeze the Secret | Vaguely Deb |
| 1976 | ||
| Pawneese | Roses For the Star | African Dancer |
| 1975 | ||
| Juliette Marny | Val's Girl | Moonlight Night |
| 1974 | ||
| Polygamy | Furioso | Matuta |
| 1973 | ||
| Mysterious | Where You Lead | Aureoletta |
| 1972 | ||
| Ginevra | Regal Exception | Arkadina |
| 1971 | ||
| Altesse Royale | Maina | La Manille |
| 1970–1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||
| Lupe | State Pension | Arctic Wave |
| 1969 | ||
| Sleeping Partner | Frontier Goddess | Myastrid |
| 1968 | ||
| La Lagune | Glad One | Pandora Bay |
| 1967 | ||
| Pia | St. Pauli Girl | Ludham |
| 1966 | ||
| Valoris | Berkeley Springs | Varinia |
It is the third of Britain's five Classic races to be held during the season, and the second of two restricted to fillies. It can also serve as the middle leg of the Fillies' Triple Crown, preceded by the 1000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted.