Juddmonte Irish Oaks SATURDAY 17TH JULY 2021
The Juddmonte Irish Oaks was inaugurated in 1895 and it was run over a mile until 1915 at which point it settled at its current distance English trained fillies have an especially strong record in the Irish Oaks and have been victorious on 49 occasions. The first horse to complete the Epsom-Irish Oaks double was Masaka in 1948. A total of 14 fillies have won both races and they are as follows:
1948 Masaka 1971 Altesse Royale 1975 Juliet Marney 1978 Fair Salinia 1981 Blue Wind 1987 Unite 1988 Diminuendo* (dead heated with Melodist) 1992 User Friendly 1999 Ramruma 2004 Ouija Board 2006 Alexandrova 2009 Sariska 2010 Snow Fairy 2017 Enable
LEADING RIDER (since 1999)
FRANKIE DETTORI with 5 wins: Lailani (2001), Vitnage Tipple (2003), Blue Bunting (2011) & Enable (2017) Star Catcher (2019)
LEADING TRAINER (since 1999)
AIDAN O’BRIEN with 5 wins: Alexandrova (2006), Peeping Fawn (2007), Moonstone (2008), Bracelet (2014) & Seventh Heaven (2016)
2020 Winner - Juddmonte Irish Oaks, Group 1
Horse - Even So
Owner - Mrs John Magnier
Trainer - G M Lyons
Jockey - C T Keane
2020 Winner - Kilboy Estate Stakes, Group 2
Horse - Lemista
Owner - Peter M Brant
Trained - G M Lyons
Jockey - C T Keane
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