EPSOM OAKS 1998 The following Epsom Oaks 1998 clip is a 4 minute 40 secs clip from Youtube |
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The 220th Oaks Stakes took place on Friday 5th June 1998 and was won by Shahtoush (12/1), by Alzao out of Formulate trained by Aidan O'Brien, who won by 3/4 length in 2 mins 38.23 secs. The winner won £177,000 (equivalent to £295,600 in 2017) and there were 8 runners. SHAHTOUSH SR 1864 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| SHAHTOUSH | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Mrs David Nagle & Mrs John Magnier 12/1 |
| BAHR | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin 5/2 |
| MIDNIGHT LINE | Kieren Fallon | Sir Henry Cecil | HRH Prince Fahd Salman 9/4 |
| CLOUD CASTLE | John Reid | Clive Brittain | Saeed Manana 8/1 |
| NAPOLEON'S SISTER | Pat Eddery | David Elsworth | Mrs Anne Coughlan 10/1 |
| TARASCON | Jamie Spencer | Tommy Stack | Mrs J Rowlinson 12/1 |
| HIGH AND LOW | Darryll Holland | Barry Hills | Khalid Abdullah 4/1 |
| TROPHY WIFE | Willie Ryan | Sir Henry Cecil | HRH Prince Fahd Salman 100/1 |
| Over Round 115% | |||
| 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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