EPSOM OAKS 1969 The following Epsom Oaks 1969 clip is a 45 secs clip from Youtube |
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The 191st Oaks Stakes took place on Saturday 7th June 1969 and was won by Sleeping Partner (100/6), by Parthia out of Old Dutch trained by Doug Smith, who won by 3/4 length in 2 mins 39.94 secs. The winner won £30,422 (Equivalent to £483,700 in 2017) and there were 15 runners. SLEEPING PARTNER SR 1877 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| SLEEPING PARTNER | John Gorton | Doug Smith | 6th Earl of Rosebery 100/6 |
| FRONTIER GODDESS | Duncan Keith | Peter Walwyn | Mr Christopher Spence 100/7 |
| MYASTRID | Lester Piggott | S McGarth (Ire) | Mrs P W McGrath 28/1 |
| AGGRAVATE | Joe Mercer | Arthur Budgett | Mr L E Van Moppes 28/1 |
| PARRADELL | Taffy Thomas | Barling | Mrs H Fleetwood-Hesketh 10/1 |
| RAFT | Greville Starkey | Oxley | Mr R D Hollingworth 100/7 |
| WENDUYNE | Bill Williamson | Paddy Prendergast | Mrs J R Mullion 9/2 |
| FULL DRESS | Ron Hutchinson | Harry Wragg | Mr R B Moller 5/2 |
| FINE PORTION | R Poincelet | G Bartholomew (Fr) | Madame Leon Volterra 100/6 |
| VIGIA II | Bill Pyers | Maurice Zilber (Fr) | Mr Daniel Wildenstein 7/1 |
| KIRKWALL | P Matthews | Paddy Prendergast | Mrs J R Mullion 66/1 |
| LOVERS LANE | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | Mr M W Wickham-Boynton 100/6 |
| BOUDELLA | Brian Taylor | H Leader | Mrs O H Hammond 33/1 |
| HONEY MATCH | Stan Clayton | Bruce Hobbs | Mr J P Phillips 66/1 |
| PERFECT FRIDAY | Jimmy Lindley | Jeremy Tree | Sir William Pigott-Brown 66/1 |
| Over Round 113% | |||
| 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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