Yorkshire Oaks

Yorkshire Oaks

2016
Seventh Heaven	Found	Queen's Trust

Previous years
2015
Pleascach	Covert Love	Sea Calisi
2014
Tapestry	Taghrooda	Tasaday
2013
The Fugue	Venus de Milo	Secret Gesture
2012
Shareta	The Fugue	Was
2011
Blue Bunting	Vita Nova	Wonder Of Wonders

2010-2001
2010
Midday	Snow Fairy	Eleanora Duse
2009
Dar Re Mi	Sariska	Roman Empress
2008
Lush Lashes	Dar Re Mi	Michita
2007
Peeping Fawn	Allegretto	Trick Or Treat
2006
Alexandrova	Short Skirt	Allegretto
2005
Punctilious	Dash To The Top	Lune D'or
2004
Quiff	Pongee	Hazarista
2003
Islington	Ocean Silk	Summitville
2002
Islington	Guadalupe	Sulk
2001
Super Tassa	Sacred Song	Rockerlong

2000-1991
2000
Petrushka	Love Divine	Ramruma
1999
Ramruma	Ela Athena	Silver Rhapsody
1998
Catchascatchcan	High And Low	Cloud Castle
1997
My Emma	Whitewater Affair	Crown Of Light
1996
Key Change	Papering	Mezzogiorno
1995
Pure Grain	Magical Retreat	Wind In Her Hair
1994
Only Royale	Dancing Bloom	State Crystal
1993
Only Royale	Dancing Bloom	User Friendly
1992
User Friendly	Bineyah	Guilty Secret
1991
Magnificent Star	Jet Ski Lady	Shamshir

1990-1988
1990
Hellenic	Kartajana	Wajd
1989
Roseate Tern	Alydaress	Petite Ile
1988
Diminuendo	Sudden Love	Sparrow's Air

The Yorkshire Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

History

The event was established in 1849, and it was originally restricted to fillies aged three. The inaugural running was won by Ellen Middleton, owned by the 2nd Earl of Zetland.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Yorkshire Oaks was subsequently classed at Group 1 level. It was opened to older fillies and mares in 1991.

The race has been sponsored by Darley Stud since 2006, and it is currently held on the second day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting.

The Yorkshire Oaks often features horses which ran previously in the Epsom Oaks. The first to achieve victory in both races was Brown Duchess in 1861, and the most recent was Alexandrova in 2006.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Only Royale – 1993, 1994
• Islington – 2002, 2003

Leading jockey (8 wins):

• Fred Archer – Spinaway (1875), Lady Golightly (1877), Jannette (1878), Wheel of Fortune (1879), Dutch Oven (1882), Britomartis (1883), Clochette (1884), Philosophy (1886)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

• Mathew Dawson – Leonie (1868), Gertrude (1870), Spinaway (1875), Lady Golightly (1877), Jannette (1878), Wheel of Fortune (1879), Dutch Oven (1882), Britomartis (1883), Clochette (1884)
• Sir Michael Stoute – Fair Salinia (1978), Sally Brown (1985), Untold (1986), Hellenic (1990), Pure Grain (1995), Petrushka (2000), Islington (2002, 2003), Quiff (2004)

Leading owner (7 wins):

• 6th Viscount Falmouth – Gertrude (1870), Spinaway (1875), Lady Golightly (1877), Jannette (1878), Wheel of Fortune (1879), Dutch Oven (1882), Britomartis (1883)

Winners since 1970

^a The 2008 running took place at Newmarket.

Earlier winners

* The 1932 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Paris-Turf:
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• Racing Post:
  • "1988". , "1989". , "1990". , "1991". , "1992". , "1993". , "1994". , "1995". , "1996". , "1997". 
  • "1998". , "1999". , "2000". , "2001". , "2002". , "2003". , "2004". , "2005". , "2006". , "2007". 
  • "2008". , "2009". , "2010". , "2011". , "2012". , "2013". , "2014". , "2015". , "2016". 

• galopp-sieger.de – Yorkshire Oaks.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Yorkshire Oaks (2016).
• pedigreequery.com – Yorkshire Oaks – York.
• Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 150–152. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.