| EPSOM OAKS 1945 | |||
The 167th Oaks Stakes took place over the mile and a half Suffolk Stakes course at Newmarket on Friday 8th June 1945 and was won by Sun Stream (6/4 fav), by Hyperion out of Drift trained by Walter Earl, who won by a short head in 2 mins 30.0 secs. The winner won £6,357 (Equivalent to £259,400 in 2017) and there were 16 runners. SUNSTREAM SR 2032 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| SUNSTREAM | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl | 17th Earl of Derby 6/4 |
| NAISHAPUR | Doug Smith | Frank Butters | HH Aga Khan 20/1 |
| SOLAR PRINCESS | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | Mrs Macdonald Buchanan 20/1 |
| PAR EXCELLENCE | W Stephenson | Beatty | Mr F W Dennis 40/1 |
| BLUE SMOKE | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 4/1 |
| AMBER FLASH | C Richards | R J Colling | Lord Astor 10/1 |
| MINETTE | P Maher | Fred Butters | Mrs G B Miller 25/1 |
| BLUE BREEZE | R Jones | Jack Jarvis | Major D F Blackwell 50/1 |
| EXOTIC | P Evans | R J Colling | Mr J S Barrington 28/1 |
| BLUE PENNANT | J Simpson | Lambton | Lord Fitzwilliam 100/1 |
| SOLAR PATH | Billy Nevett | G Colling | Mrs A James 33/1 |
| SWEET CYGNET | E C Elliott | Rimell | Mr H H Leven 33/1 |
| MRS FEATHER | A Wragg | O Bell | Miss Dorothy Paget 8/1 |
| THEMIS | S Wragg | Noel Cannon | Mr J V Rank 100/1 |
| POSTLIP | Michael Beary | Vic Smyth | Mrs E Williams 40/1 |
| NO SURRENDER | T Lowrey | Sadler | Major J H Payne 100/1 |
| Over Round 114% | |||
| For further information on this Classic race 'The Oaks Stakes' by Michael Church provides a comprehensive history of the great race. It is a limited edition volume, limited to 650 copies, and is available from Amazon ISBN 1910498289 |
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