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Irish Oaks: Past Winners, Stats & History

Irish Oaks Festival
Course:
Curragh
Grade:
Group 1
Length:
1m 4f
Last Winner:
Magical Lagoon @ 5/4
Prize Money:
€500,000 (2022)

The Curragh brings us the fourth Irish Classic of the season with the Irish Oaks taking centre stage in July. The longstanding race dates back to 1895 and continues to be one of the top fillies-only contests in the country.

Fillies who competed in the Epsom Oaks have often made the journey across the Irish Sea to contest this race. Of the horses to complete the double there are arguably none better than John Gosden’s Enable. After winning the Cheshire Oaks, Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks she went on to add the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks and Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe in her three year old season alone.

Irish Oaks Course Map

Curragh Racecourse Map

Irish Oaks Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Magical Lagoon 5/4 Jessica Harrington Shane Foley
2021 Snowfall 2/7 Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore
2020 Even So 10/1 Ger Lyons Colin Keane
2019 Star Catcher 7/2 John Gosden Frankie Dettori
2018 Sea Of Class 11/4 William Haggas James Doyle
2017 Enable 2/5 John Gosden Frankie Dettori
2016 Seventh Heaven 14/1 Aidan O’Brien Seamie Heffernan
2015 Covert Love 7/1 Hugo Palmer Pat Smullen
2014 Bracelet 10/1 Aidan O’Brien Colm O’Donoghue
2013 Chicquita 9/2 Alain De Royer-Dupre Johnny Murtagh
2012 Great Heavens 5/4 John Gosden William Buick
2011 Blue Bunting 5/2 Mahmood Al Zarooni Frankie Dettori
2010 Snow Fairy 7/2 Ed Dunlop Ryan Moore
2009 Sariska Evens Michael Bell Jamie Spencer
2008 Moonstone 2/1 Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh
2007 Peeping Fawn 3/1 Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh
2006 Alexandrova 8/15 Aidan O'Brien Kieren Fallon
2005 Shawanda 9/2 Alain de Royer-Dupre Christophe Soumillon
2004 Ouija Board 4/7 Ed Dunlop Kieren Fallon
2003 Vintage Tipple 12/1 Paddy Mullins Frankie Dettori

About the Irish Oaks

Curragh Racecourse Buildings and Floral Displays
Judi Gowing, flickr

Much like in Britain, the Irish flat racing season is really centred around the five Classic contests, with our friends over on the Emerald Isle having their own equivalents of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas, Oaks, Derby and St Leger. All take place after their English counterpart, so we already have some idea as to the current pecking order by the time they roll around; and all are held at the Curragh, one of the fairest tracks in the game.

Topping the bill for the best of the middle-distance three year olds in training is of course the Irish Oaks. A Group 1 affair held over the 1m 4f trip, the race was first run over 100 years after its English counterpart in 1895. Continuing to grow in prestige and prominence over the years, the race now offers €500,000 (2022) in total prize money.

FOURTEEN AT THE DOUBLE

With plenty of time between this race and the Epsom showpiece, it is certainly realistic for a filly to land both versions of the race, and this feat has indeed been achieved on 15 separate occasions, as of 2022, as shown in the table below.

DUAL EPSOM & IRISH OAKS WINNERS

Year Winner Trainer Jockey(s)
2021 Snowfall Aidan O’Brien Frankie Dettori & Ryan Moore
2017 Enable John Gosden Frankie Dettori
2010 Snow Fairy Ed Dunlop Ryan Moore
2009 Sariska Michael Bell Jamie Spencer
2006 Alexandrova Aidan O’Brien Kieren Fallon
2004 Ouija Board Ed Dunlop Kieren Fallon
1999 Ramruma Henry Cecil Kieren Fallon
1992 User Friendly Clive Brittain George Duffield
1988 Diminuendo Henry Cecil Steve Cauthen
1987 Unite Sir Michael Stoute Walter Swinburn
1981 Blue Wind Dermot Weld Lester Piggott & Wally Swinburn
1978 Fair Salinia Sir Michael Stoute Greville Starkey
1975 Juliette Marny Jeremy Tree Lester Piggott
1971 Altesse Royale Noel Murless Geoff Lewis
1948 Masaka Frank Butters Billy Nevett & Aubrey Brabazon

There are a couple of things which stand out when looking at our list of dual Oaks heroines. Firstly, the sheer quality of the runners to have doubled up: Ouija Board and Enable in particular rank firmly amongst the all-time greats; and secondly, that the prevalence of double Oaks winners certainly seems to be increasing over time. No horse won both at Epsom and the Curragh between 1895 and 1947, we then had nine in the 52 years up to the turn of the century, but have had six between the years 2004 and 2021.

MURTAGH MAGIC AT THE CURRAGH

We have a real who’s who of the best jockeys from the past fifty years or so featuring on our list of the most successful jockey’s in this race. No man has done quite so well as Johnny Murtagh though.

Chart Showing the Top Irish Oaks Jockeys Between 1950 and 2022

There were few better riders of the Curragh track than Murtagh, with his prowess taking him to a clean sweep of the five Irish Classic’s over the course of his illustrious career. The winner of the English Derby on three occasions, and the Ascot Gold Cup five times, he bettered those tallies with a record-setting six wins in this contest.

O’Brien & Stoute Out In Front

Having been fed on a steady diet of Aidan O’Brien seemingly plundering the majority of the English Classic contests in recent years, one might expect it to prove a pretty tall order for the British handlers to cross the Irish Sea and master O’Brien and his predecessors in their own back yard. However, a look through the history of this race shows that to do so is far from an impossible task.

Chart Showing the Top Irish Oaks Trainers Between 1950 and 2022

The likes of Dick Hern, Sir Henry Cecil, Ed Dunlop and John Gosden have all tasted success in this race over the years, and it is in fact an English trainer who sits atop the all-time list alongside Aidan O’Brien, with Sir Michael Stoute jointly leading the way on six wins. Aidan O’Brien is never far away from the top of the tree in these races though, and it would be something of a surprise were he not to claim top spot in his own right in the coming seasons given the vast arsenal he has at his disposal.

Other Races of Note at Curragh

  • Irish 1000 Guineas
  • Irish 2000 Guineas
  • Irish Derby
  • Irish Oaks
  • Irish St. Leger
  • Phoenix Stakes
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