The Yorkshire Oaks is one of the top Group 1 races of the season for fillies and mares over a mile and a half.
The race often features winners and placed horses from the Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks clashing with their elders for the first time. Three horses have won the race twice, the most recent being John Gosden’s dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable in 2017 and 2019.
The 2023 Yorkshire Oaks takes place at York Racecourse on the 2nd day of the Ebor Festival.
In our Yorkshire Oaks 2023 guide, we provide the latest odds, betting tips and betting offers for the group three horse racing event.
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Contents
- 1 Yorkshire Oaks – Race Overview
- 2 Famous Yorkshire Oaks Winners & History
- 3 Yorkshire Oaks 2023 Odds
- 4 Yorkshire Oaks Tips 2023
- 5 Yorkshire Oaks Previous Winners
- 6 Yorkshire Oaks Previous Result
- 7 Key Yorkshire Oaks Trials
- 8 Yorkshire Oaks Betting Trends
- 9 Yorkshire Oaks Stats
- 10 Top Trainers and Jockeys of the Yorkshire Oaks
- 11 Betting on the Yorkshire Oaks 2023
- 12 Popular Questions
- 13 Summary of The Yorkshire Oaks
- 14 Resources
- 15 2023 York Ebor Festival Posts
- 16 Related August Articles

Yorkshire Oaks – Race Overview
The Yorkshire Oaks takes place on the second day of York’s Ebor Festival meeting in August.
The race was opened to older fillies and mares in 1991 but three-year-olds have remained the dominant age group.
There is usually a small but select field for this race which can provide valuable clues to top International meetings like the Arc and the Breeders’ Cup.
Famous Yorkshire Oaks Winners & History
The race was first run in 1849 and was confined to three-year-old fillies.
The race soon began to attract top-class fillies and was given Group 1 status when the present grading system was introduced in 1971.
High-class winners prior to the race becoming an all-aged contest in 1991 include Petite Etoile (1959), Lupe (1970), Mysterious (1973) and Dibidale (1974). The latter was an unlucky loser in the Epsom Oaks when her saddle slipped in the closing stages. She made amends in the Irish Oaks when beating the first three fillies from Epsom.
The race has continued to attract Oaks winners with Fair Salinia (1978), Sun Princess (1983), Circus Plume (1984) and Diminuendo (1988) among those to win both races.
Sun Princess won by a record margin of 12 lengths at Epsom and went on to win the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. Circus Plume was ridden by Lester Piggott at Epsom but Willie Carson took the reins at York, making all the running to win by 6 lengths.
The Luca Cumani-trained Only Royale (1993, 1994) became the first horse to win the race twice.
Sir Michael Stoute’s Islington was successful in 2002 and 2003 and went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Midday also won the Breeders’ Cup race for Sir Henry Cecil in 2009 before claiming the Yorkshire Oaks the following season.
She carried the colours of the late Khalid Abdullah who won the race on two subsequent occasions with Enable. She won here during her brilliant three-year-old season and returned to win it again as a five-year-old. The race set her up perfectly for her hat-trick bid in the Arc at Longchamp but she was denied by Waldgeist.
Yorkshire Oaks 2023 Odds
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These odds have not yet been released.
Yorkshire Oaks Tips 2023
Below are our Yorkshire Oaks 2023 tips:
- 2 points to win for TBC
- 1 point each way for TBC
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Yorkshire Oaks Previous Winners
Check out the previous winners of this race:
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1946 | Live Letters | 3 | Tommy Weston | Noel Cannon | Jimmy Rank | – |
1947 | Ladycross | 3 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Sir R Sykes | – |
1948 | Angelola | 3 | Edgar Britt | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | George VI | – |
1949 | Unknown Quantity | 3 | Bill Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | H D H Wills | – |
1950 | Above Board | 3 | Eph Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | George VI | – |
1951 | Sea Parrott | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Giles Loder | – |
1952 | Frieze | 3 | Edgar Britt | Charles Elsey | Alexander Keith | – |
1953 | Kerkeb | 3 | Gordon Richards | Marcus Marsh | Aga Khan III | – |
1954 | Feevagh | 3 | Ken Gethin | Willie Stephenson | J McGrath | – |
1955 | Ark Royal | 3 | Manny Mercer | George Colling | Dick Hollingsworth | – |
1956 | Indian Twilight | 3 | Joe Mercer | Jack Colling | Jakie Astor | – |
1957 | Almeria | 3 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Elizabeth II | – |
1958 | None Nicer | 3 | Stan Clayton | Dick Hern | Lionel B. Holliday | – |
1959 | Petite Etoile | 3 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Aly Khan | – |
1960 | Lynchris | 3 | Bill Williamson | John Oxx Sr. | Mrs E Fawcett | – |
1961 | Tenacity | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Gordon Richards | Mrs W Riley-Smith | – |
1962 | West Side Story | 3 | Eph Smith | Ted Leader | Jim Joel | – |
1963 | Outcrop | 3 | Eph Smith | Geoffrey Barling | J Priestman | – |
1964 | Homeward Bound | 3 | Greville Starkey | John Oxley | Foster Robinson | – |
1965 | Mabel | 3 | Joe Mercer | Peter Walwyn | G Williams | – |
1966 | Parthian Glance | 3 | Lester Piggott | George Todd | Mrs W R Smith | – |
1967 | Palatch | 3 | Brian Taylor | Harvey Leader | Carlo Vittadini | – |
1968 | Exchange | 3 | Brian Taylor | Harvey Leader | Mrs R Mildwood | – |
1969 | Frontier Goddess | 3 | Duncan Keith | Peter Walwyn | C Spence | – |
1970 | Lupe | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | Gladys Joel | – |
1971 | Fleet Wahine | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Harry Thomson Jones | R Ohrstrom | – |
1972 | Attica Meli | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | Louis Freedman | – |
1973 | Mysterious | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | George Pope, Jr. | – |
1974 | Dibidale | 3 | Willie Carson | Barry Hills | Nick Robinson | – |
1975 | May Hill | 3 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | Percival Williams | – |
1976 | Sarah Siddons | 3 | Christy Roche | Paddy Prendergast | J R Mullion | 2:33.1 |
1977 | Busaca | 3 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | Marianne Esterhazy | – |
1978 | Fair Salinia | 3 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | Sven Hanson | – |
1979 | Connaught Bridge | 3 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | H Barker | – |
1980 | Shoot A Line | 3 | Lester Piggott | Dick Hern | Arthur Budgett | 2:36.33 |
1981 | Condessa | 3 | Declan Gillespie | Jim Bolger | Paddy Barrett | 2:35.32 |
1982 | Awaasif | 3 | Lester Piggott | John Dunlop | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:30.57 |
1983 | Sun Princess | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Sir Michael Sobell | 2:36.12 |
1984 | Circus Plume | 3 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Sir Robin McAlpine | 2:34.97 |
1985 | Sally Brown | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Robert Cowell | 2:37.24 |
1986 | Untold | 3 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:30.37 |
1987 | Bint Pasha | 3 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Prince Fahd bin Salman | 2:38.45 |
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 | Giuseppe Sainaghi | 2:31.76 |
1994 | Only Royale | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | Giuseppe 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 | 2:30.59 |
1998 | Catchascatchcan | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | Lord 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 Lord Weinstock | 2:26.74 |
2003 | Islington | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Exors of 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 | Magnier / Tabor / Smith | 2:32.41 |
2007 | Peeping Fawn | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier | 2:32.70 |
2008 | Lush Lashes [a] | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Jackie Bolger | 2:25.11 |
2009 | Dar Re Mi | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | Lord Lloyd-Webber | 2:30.98 |
2010 | Midday | 4 | Tom Queally | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 2:30.53 |
2011 | Blue Bunting | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Mahmood Al Zarooni | Godolphin | 2:35.34 |
2012 | Shareta | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Aga Khan IV | 2:33.87 |
2013 | The Fugue | 4 | William Buick | John Gosden | Lord Lloyd-Webber | 2:28.29 |
2014 | Tapestry | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith / Flaxman | 2:28.59 |
2015 | Pleascach | 3 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Godolphin | 2:32.77 |
2016 | Seventh Heaven | 3 | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith | 2:28.50 |
2017 | Enable | 3 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 2:35.79 |
2018 | Sea of Class | 3 | James Doyle | William Haggas | Sunderland Holding Inc | 2:30.44 |
2019 | Enable | 5 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 2:29.90 |
2020 | Love | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 2:31.31 |
2021 | Snowfall | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 2:26.61 |
2022 | Alpinista | 5 | Luke Morris | Sir Mark Prescott | Kirsten Rausing | 2:29.92 |
2023 | Warm Heart | 3 | James Doyle | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier /Tabor / Smith / Westerberg | 2:25.86 |
Yorkshire Oaks Previous Result
Check out this result from York Racecourse:
Key Yorkshire Oaks Trials
The Epsom Oaks is the most significant race for assessing the Yorkshire Oaks. Almost half of the recent winners ran at Epsom Racecourse on their previous start.
Oaks winners have a good record here but the race can offer handsome consolation for defeat in the Classic. Blue Bunting (2011), The Fugue (2013) and Seventh Heaven (2016) are recent examples of horses not suited by the hustle and bustle at Epsom but able to win impressively on the Knavesmire.
The Irish Oaks has also produced its fair share of Yorkshire Oaks winners. Enable won at Epsom and the Curragh prior to winning here in 2017.
Sea Of Class defeated Epsom Oaks winner Forever Together in Ireland before putting up an impressive display at York. She was supplemented for the Arc and only just failed to catch Enable, arguably her wide draw costing her the race.
Yorkshire Oaks Betting Trends
Favourites have a very good record in the Yorkshire Oaks, particularly in recent years with four successive victories.
Sea Of Class started a well-backed 7-4 favourite in 2018 while Enable (2017, 2019) and Love (2020) started long odds-on.
There was one major setback for favourite backers in 2014 when Taghrooda (1-5) was surprisingly beaten by Aidan O’Brien’s Tapestry (8-1). Pleascach (2015) also started at 8-1 but shock results are rare in the Yorkshire Oaks and Classic form usually dominates.
Yorkshire Oaks Stats
It is difficult to look beyond the Classic from at Epsom and the Curragh for your Yorkshire Oaks bets.
It takes an exceptionally good older filly or mare to win this race, usually already a Group 1 winner. Not all winners of this race had winning form over a mile and a half but most had won over at least a mile and a quarter.
Recent Group race form has been a common factor with most winners having won or been placed at this level on their last outing.
A high percentage had raced three or more times in the current season with at least one victory.
Top Trainers and Jockeys of the Yorkshire Oaks
Sir Michael Stoute shares the honours as leading trainer in the history of the Yorkshire Oaks with Mathew Dawson (1868 to 1884) on nine winners. Stoute’s victories include Oaks winners Fair Salinia (1978) and Untold (1986) and dual winner Islington (2002, 2003).
Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden have trained five winners apiece during the past fifteen seasons.
The great Fred Archer rode the winner of this race on eight occasions and still retains the record.
Other jockeys to excel in the history of the Yorkshire Oaks include Willie Carson, Lester Piggott and Kieren Fallon.
Frankie Dettori has won it four times including twice on Enable. His other victories were aboard Only Royale (1994) and Blue Bunting (2011).
Betting on the Yorkshire Oaks 2023
Ante-post betting on the Yorkshire Oaks inevitably revolves around the results of the English and Irish Oaks.
Winners of those races coming here are almost certain to start favourite unless there is a very high-class older horse in opposition.
Running plans can sometimes hinge on the going and most of the serious betting on this race takes place on the day.
Popular Questions
What is the Yorkshire Oaks distance?
The Yorkshire Oaks is 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 188 yards long.
Where is the Yorkshire Oaks run?
The Yorkshire Oaks is run at York Racecourse.
Summary of The Yorkshire Oaks
The Yorkshire Oaks is one of the highlights of the Ebor Festival meeting.
It often provides the chance to see the champion three-year-old staying filly in action, fresh from victory at Epsom or the Curragh.
The race also provides clues to championship races in the Autumn including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Resources
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