The 94th running of the Irish Oaks was held on Saturday 9th July 1988 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. The joint winners shared €64,600 and were owned by Sheikh Mohammed, trained by Sir Henry Cecil and Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Steve Cauthen and Walter Swinburn. The winners dead-heated in 2 minutes 36.4 seconds, with a length back to the third.

IRISH OAKS 1988

MELODIST (Bay filly by The Minstrel out of Native Nurse) SR 1924

DIMINUENDO (Chestnut filly by Diesis out of Cacti) SR 1956

The winning owners shared €64,600 (The equivalent of £143,300 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 3 minute 51 second clip of the 1988 Irish Oaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Wdq-WO5GM
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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1= MELODIST 9.0 Walter Swinburn Sheikh Mohammed Sir Michael Stoute
1= DIMINUENDO 9.0 Steve Cauthen Sheikh Mohammed Sir Henry Cecil
3 SILVER LANE 9.0 Tony Cruz Mahmoud Fustok Maurice Zilbert
4 MISS BONIFACE 9.0 Mick Kinane Mr Paul Kelleway P A Kelleway
5 ARDGLEN 9.0 D Parnell Lord Iveagh Kevin Prendergast
6 TRIPLE KISS 9.0 Kevin Manning Hilal Salem Jim Bolger
7 LEMHILL LASS 9.0 Christy Roche Mr Aaron U Jones David O'Brien
8 DANCE RENEE 9.0 Pat Shanahan Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt T G Curtin
9 DANCING GODDESS 9.0 John Reid Mr Robert Sangster M V O'Brien
  Betting        
2/9 fav Diminuendo        
8/1 Dancing Goddess        
10/1 Miss Boniface        
11/1 Melodist        
16/1 Silver Lane        
16/1 Ardglen        
33/1 Lemhill Lass        
50/1 Triple Kiss        
66/1 Dance Renee        
  Over round 129%        

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