Epsom Oaks

The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards (2423 m) at Epsom Downs during June. (worth £375,000 in 2004).

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Group 1 - United Kingdom - Flat racing - Horse race - Fillies - Mile - Furlong - Yard - Epsom Downs - June

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The race is named after a house called The Oaks, near Epsom, Surrey, England that Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby leased from his uncle General Burgoyne in 1778. 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 (2414 m) and this was first run the following year 1779 won by the Earl's own horse Bridget. The race has been named thus since.

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Epsom - Surrey - England - Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby - General Burgoyne - 1778 - 1779

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