Yorkshire Oaks

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The Yorkshire Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 198 yards (2,394 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.

It was first run in 1849 and was restricted to three-year-old fillies only until 1990.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1988	Diminuendo	3	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:25.79
1989	Roseate Tern	3	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	7th Earl of Carnarvon	2:31.58
1990	Hellenic	3	Willie Carson	Michael Stoute	Lord Weinstock	2:28.14
1991	Magnificent Star	3	Tony Cruz	Mohammed Moubarak	Ecurie Fustok	2:35.92
1992	User Friendly	3	George Duffield	Clive Brittain	Bill Gredley	2:29.41
1993	Only Royale	4	Ray Cochrane	Luca Cumani	G. Sainaghi	2:31.76
1994	Only Royale	5	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	G. Sainaghi	2:28.07
1995	Pure Grain	3	John Reid	Michael Stoute	Robert Barnett	2:28.68
1996	Key Change	3	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	Lady Clague	2:27.56
1997	My Emma	4	Darryll Holland	Rae Guest	Matthews Breeding & Racing	2:30.59
1998	Catchascatchcan	3	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	9th Baron Howard de Walden	2:26.06
1999	Ramruma	3	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:29.17
2000	Petrushka	3	Johnny Murtagh	Sir Michael Stoute	Highclere Racing Ltd	2:29.41
2001	Super Tassa	5	Kevin Darley	Valfredo Valiani	Valfredo Valiani	2:30.17
2002	Islington	3	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	Exors of late Lord Weinstock	2:26.74
2003	Islington	4	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	Exors of late Lord Weinstock	2:27.44
2004	Quiff	3	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	Khalid Abdullah	2:38.03
2005	Punctilious	4	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:28.76
2006	Alexandrova	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	S. Magnier, M. Tabor, Derrick Smith	2:32.41

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in the United Kingdom
• List of British flat horse races