EPSOM OAKS 1977 The following Epsom Oaks 1977 clip is a 1 minute 2 secs clip from Youtube |
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The 199th winner of the Epsom Oaks, run on Saturday 4th June 1977, was the 6/1 Dunfermline, a bay filly by Royal Palace out of Strathcona, owned by The Queen. A field of 13 contested the race, which was worth £48,515 (Equivalent to £321,200 in 2017) and the winners time was 2 minutes 36.53. DUNFERMLINE SR 2061 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| 1. DUNFERMLINE | Willie Carson | Major Dick Hern | The Queen 6/1 |
| 2. FREEZE THE SECRET | G.Dettori | Luca Cumani | L Gatto-Roissaro 7/1 |
| 3. VAGUELY DEB | Bruce Raymond | Luca Cumani | L Gatto-Roissaro 14/1 |
| TRIPLE FIRST | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | R C Clifford-Turner 3/1 |
| WESTERN STAR | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | Mrs Patti McAllister 14/1 |
| FABULEUX JANE | J C Desaint | J Cunnington (France) | Ralph C Wilson 20/1 |
| HIGH CHARGE | Eric Eldin | Gavin Pritchard-Gordon | Mrs M S Hammond 50/1 |
| PROUD EVENT | A Lequex | M Clement (France) | Arne Scheller 10/1 |
| OLWYN | Frankie Durr | Ron Boss | Souren Vanian and Richard Stokes 50/1 |
| JALAPA | Yves Saint-Martin | A Penna (France) | Daniel Wildenstein 5/1 |
| ANYA YLINA | P Paquet | Maurice Zilber (Frannce) | Mrs W S Haefner 50/1 |
| MRS MCARDY | Eddie Hide | M W Easterby | Mrs E W Kettlewell 4/1 |
| BRIGHTLY | Geoff Lewis | Bruce Hobbs | Mrs J Bricken 33/1 |
| Over Round 124% | |||
| 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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