Irish Oaks 1937

The 43rd running of the Irish Oaks was held on Wednesday 21st July 1937 over 1 1/2 miles of The Curragh, starting at the Howth Post. A pot of 2000 sovereigns was availble, 300 sovereigns to the second and 200 sovereigns to the third. The winner was owned by Mr D Sullivan, trained by Colonel Blake in Ireland, and ridden by Morny Wing. The winner won by 1/2 a length, with 3/4 length between second and third.

IRISH OAKS 1937

SOL SPERANZA (Bay filly by Ballyferris out of Sunbridge) SR 1803

The winning owner won 1500 sovereigns, (The equivalent of £97,200 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos.	Horse	Weight	Jockey	Owner	Trainer
1	SOL SPERANZA	9.4	Morny Wing	Mr D Sullivan	Colonel Blake
2	STRONG WHEAT	9.0	Thomas Burns	Mr W Barnett	R Dawson
3	MORNING DEW	9.0	Michael Beary	Mr Corlette Glorney	Atty Persse
4	BLACK LASHES	9.4	Pat Beasley	Mr J E Widener	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
5	CHLORIS	9.0	H H Beasley	Mr J McEnery	J T Rogers
6	WINDSTORM	9.0	W Barrett	Mr E A Robinson	Colonel Blake
7	WICK BRIDGE	9.0	Jack Moylan	Mr D S Kennedy	P Thrale
	Betting
4/6 fav	Black Lashes
5/1	Morning Dew
6/1	Wick Bridge
8/1	Sol Speranza
20/1	Strong Wheat
20/1	Chloris
20/1	Windstorm
	Over round 116%

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