EPSOM OAKS 1976 The following Epsom Oaks 1976 clip is a 2 minute 41 secs clip from Youtube |
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The 198th winner of the Epsom Oaks, run on Friday 4th June 1976, was the 6/5 favourite Pawnese, a bay filly by Carvin out of Plencia, owned by Daniel Wildenstein. A field of 14 contested the race, which was worth £50,111 (Equivalent to £386,400 in 2017) and the winners time was 2 minutes 35.25 secs. PAWNESE SR 1987 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| 1. PAWNESE | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna (France) | Daniel Wildenstein 6/5 |
| 2. ROSES FOR THE STAR | Willie Carson | R F Johnson-Houghton | Mrs Julian Rogers 33/1 |
| 3. AFRICAN DANCER | Pat Eddery | Harry Wragg | Sir Philip Oppenheimer 15/2 |
| LAUGHING GIRL | Brian Taylor | Harry Wragg | R B Moller and E B Moller 33/1 |
| CENTROCON | Philip Waldron | Henry Candy | William Barnett 40/1 |
| SARANIA | Lester Piggott | Jeremy Tree | Commander H Grenfell 3/1 |
| LADY SINGER | G Curran | K Prendergast (Ireland) | M MacNaughton 33/1 |
| WIRE UP | Greville Starkey | H Westbrook | E A Morris 200/1 |
| MY FAIR NIECE | Geoff Lewis | Bruce Hobbs | J P Philipps 40/1 |
| SPIRANTHES | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | Nelson Bunker Hunt 25/1 |
| SOLAR | Eddie Hide | Bill Wightman | Mrs F C B Fleetwood-Hesketh 28/1 |
| ISLAND DEGREE | Ernie Johnson | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster 100/1 |
| HEAVEN KNOWS | Eric Eldin | Ron Smyth | Giles Pritchard-Gordon 14/1 |
| FREE RIDDEN | Joe Mercer | Duncan Sasse | F H Sasse and J H Newman 66/1 |
| 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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