| EPSOM OAKS 1970 | |||
The 192nd Oaks Stakes took place on Saturday 6th June 1970 and was won by Lupe (100/30 fav), by Primera out of Alcoa trained by Noel Murless, who won by 4 lengths in 2 mins 41.46 secs. The winner won £31,319 (equivalent to £473,000 in 2017) and there were 16 runners. LUPE SR 1924 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| LUPE | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | Mrs Gladys Joel 100/30 |
| STATE PENSION | Duncan Keith | Peter Walwyn | Mrs D McCalmont 10/1 |
| ARCTIC WAVE | Yves Saint-Martin | F Palmer (Fr) | Mr J R Mullion 40/1 |
| NIAMARA | Bill Williamson | Elsey | Count Ivan Batthyany 15/2 |
| AMPHORA | John Gorton | Bruce Hobbs | Mr J Weston-Evans 100/1 |
| PERONELLE | G Thiboeuf | Francois Boutin (Fr) | Mr H Berlin 28/1 |
| PRIME ABORD | Lester Piggott | J Cunnington (Fr) | Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt 5/1 |
| WHITEFOOT | Jimmy Lindley | Harry Wragg | Mr R B Moller 22/1 |
| BON APPETIT | Maurice Philipperon | J Cunnington (Fr) | Mrs S M Castello 8/1 |
| BLACK SATIN | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | Mr W L Reynolds 100/9 |
| HOPTON ASH | Greville Starkey | Steve Norton | Mr P Blydall 100/1 |
| RAINBOW BAY | Edward Hide | W Wightman | Mrs E A Wynne-Hughes 100/1 |
| FRENCH SCORE | Geoff Lewis | S McGrath (Ire) | Mr S McGrath 7/1 |
| MACAW | Frankie Durr | P Dawson | Mrs B P Gourdeau 100/1 |
| PULCHRA | Brian Jago | Sirett | Mr B W Hager 50/1 |
| TORA SANTA | George Cadwaladr | Eric Cousins | Mr Robert Sangster 50/1 |
| Over Round 112% | |||
| 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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