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	Epsom Oaks -- The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Epsom Oaks -- The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse...
		The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards at Epsom Downs during June.
		The race is named after a house called The Oaks, near Epsom, Surrey, England that Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby leased from his uncle General Burgoyne in 1778.
	epsom-oaks.en.tracking24.net (142 words)

	Oaks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oaks is the name of several places in the United States:
		The Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs in Epsom, Surrey, England.
		Irish Oaks Stakes at The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oaks (112 words)

	Epsom Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby and internationally as the Epsom Derby, is considered one the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world.
		The race is a contest for three-year-old colts and fillies - colts 9 st (126 lb or 57.2 kg), fillies 8 st 9 lb (121 lb or 54.9 kg).
		Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (whose horse Bridget had been victorious in the race) and Sir Charles Bunbury flipped a coin and whoever won the toss was to have the race named after him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epsom_Derby (506 words)

	Epsom - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Epsom
		In the 17th century it was a spa town producing Epsom salts.
		Epsom was a small village until it developed as a spa following the discovery of springs containing sulphate of magnesia in 1618.
		At Epsom races, a matter of over twenty years ago, I got acquainted wi' a man whose skull I'd crack wi' this poker, like the claw of a lobster, if I'd got it on this hob.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Epsom (305 words)

	Encyclopedia: Epsom Derby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Epsom Downs is a grade-one racecourse near Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom.
		The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Epsom Downs during June.
		High Chaparral is a racehorse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2002, and the winner of the Breeders Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003 (albeit dead-heating in the latter).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Epsom-Derby (6809 words)

	Vodafone Epsom Oaks Horseracing Official VIP Hospitality - Corporate Entertainment Company Horse Racing
		The Derby and The Oaks, at the world famous Epsom Racecourse, are the highlights of the Flat Racing season.
		The Derby and The Oaks are both run over 1½ miles, with The Derby for Colts, and The Oaks for Fillies and older Colts.
		The Derby corporate hospitality and The Oaks corporate hospitality is at its very best when experienced in the luxurious surroundings of a marquee in the Tattenham Enclosure, close to the world famous Tattenham Corner.
	www.corporateentertainmentco.co.uk /oaks.htm (603 words)

	Oaks Square in central Epsom, Surrey - flats to let (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oaks Square is a new development of 37 Architect designed luxury apartments including four penthouses, completed in mid-2001.
		Epsom today is far more than the home of the Derby, a vibrant, exciting town in the country but just 25 minutes from the heart of London.
		Oaks Square is part of the new Ebbisham Centre which includes a Holmes Place health club, county library, restaurants and shops.
	www.epsom.townpage.co.uk /oaksquareflats.htm (142 words)

	Sport \| Dunlop's darling up for glory double
		It is less than six weeks since Ouija Board swaggered home by seven lengths in the Oaks at Epsom, a performance that was widely described at the time as unforgettable.
		A repeat of her Epsom performance when she travels to the Curragh for the Irish Oaks on Sunday would remind everyone of that fact, and take her career record to four wins from six outings.
		Before she ran at Epsom, after all, most of the judges suggested that she wouldn't stay the mile and a half.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4969554-108367,00.html (975 words)

	\| Churchill Downs \| Kentucky Derby 127 \| Kentucky Oaks Coverage \|
		Known for years as the "Kentucky Derby for fillies," the 1 1/8-mile Oaks was modeled after England's famed Epsom Oaks and its first running, won by Vinaigrette, was held in 1875 on the grounds of what was then known as the Kentucky Jockey Club.
		Frankel, who won the Kentucky Oaks in 1998 with Keeper Hill, believes the lightly-raced Flute is among the finest of her gender that he has trained.
		The Oaks is limited to 14 horses with preference to horses based on career earnings -- and Hennig's move momentarily placed Frankel and Flute on the outside looking in as the filly ranked 15th in earnings among Oaks contenders.
	www.kentuckyderby.com /2001/oaks/news_05012001b.html (1036 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Ep’som Races.
		They are held on Epsom Downs, and were instituted by Charles I. The second day (Wednesday) is the great Derby day, so called from Lord Derby, who instituted the stakes in 1780.
		The fourth day (Friday) is called the Oaks, so called from “Lambert’s Oaks.” The “Oaks Estate” passed into the Derby family, and the twelfth Earl of Derby established the stakes.
		The Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger (held at Doncaster) are called the Three Classic Races.
	www.bartleby.com /81/5881.html (154 words)

	epsom derby day: vodafone derby and oaks horse races at epsom downs racecourse
		Both the Derby and the Oaks are run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 5 yards.
		In 2004 the Oaks was won by Ouija Board (trained by E. Dunlop, ridden by the jockey Kieren Fallon, and owned by Lord Derby - a descendent of the 12th Earl of Derby).
		In 2003 the Oaks was won by Casual Look (trained by Andrew Balding, ridden by the jockey Martin Dwyer, and owned by Mr W S Farish III; the odds at the start of the race were 10/1).
	www.ukstudentlife.com /Ideas/Album/DerbyDay.htm (571 words)

	Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, UK - Calling all young sports people - Your Borough needs you! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 2004 Surrey Youth Games is approaching and this year Epsom and Ewell Borough Council is calling all would-be competitors well in advance of the occasion.
		The Borough of Epsom and Ewell will be hosting trials in all the sports during the two weeks before the Easter Holidays.
		These will be open to all young people of the appropriate age, who live or go to school in the Borough, but do not represent the County in their chosen sport.
	www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk /epsom/news.nsf/public/Current/5637A0AB7884BA3480256E4A004549AC?opendocument (321 words)

	Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, UK - Great Sporting Opportunities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Anyone who has ever wished to be more like James Bond, or that they could handle a light sabre better, has the opportunity to learn fencing at the Rainbow Leisure Centre along with the necessary skills including respect for equipment and opponents.
		Fully qualified coaches from the Epsom Oaks Netball club will be on hand to help players work through one of nine different netball certificates and badges, from "1st Step" to "Gold Star" and "Super Star Shooter".
		The Epsom Oaks netball club is a newly founded club who are looking to recruit players in school years 5 and 6 (ages 9,10 and11).
	www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk /epsom/news.nsf/public/Current/E84E60EF1C5A7E9D80256F6900357543?opendocument (438 words)

	Stanley House Stud
		Amongst the 18th century Earls, it was the 12th Earl who forged the family's indelible association with the Turf.
		He formalised his passion for horse racing in 1779 when he established The Oaks, which has survived as one of the classic events in the horseracing year.
		It was at The Oaks that the idea for The Derby was born.
	www.knowsley.com /stanley_house/history/oaks_derby.htm (534 words)

	"All I can say is wow..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Irish Oaks at the Curragh was first run in 1895, 29 years after the inaugural Irish Derby, with the Classic being won by Sapling.
		He was also triumphant with Colorspin in 1986, a year later with Unite, who also won the Epsom Oaks, with Melodist (1988), who dead-heated in a nail-biting finish with English Oaks winner Diminuendo, Pure Grain (1995) and, most recently in 2000 with Petrushka who was owned by a Highclere Thoroughbred Racing syndicate.
		Johnny Murtagh was in the saddle on Petrushka when she was the impressive five and a half length winner from Melikah and his two other successes in the Irish Oaks mean that he is the most successful current rider.
	www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus52.asp (880 words)

	Articles - Epsom Downs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "downs" referred to in the name is the North Downs.It is best known for hosting the Epsom Derby, the United Kingdom's premier thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old colts and fillies, over a mile and a half (2400m).
		It also hosts the Epsom Oaks for three-year-old fillies and the Coronation Cup for all ages over the same distance.
		A difficult, undulating course, Epsom presents a stern challenge for inexperienced horses and a true test of stamina for those that might previously have contested the Two Thousand Guineas over a mile (1600m).
	www.lastring.com /articles/Epsom_Downs?mySession=ee94d464260cafe17368b1867a274d0c (159 words)

	GN Online: Kazzia gives Godolphin third Oaks
		German filly Kazzia gave Dubai's Godolphin stable a sentimental victory in the Group 1 Vodafone Oaks at Epsom yesterday, marking their third success in the gruelling mile and a half fillies classic that they won previously with Balanchine and Moonshell.
		Supporters of the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Kazzia, who is the first horse since Salsabil in 1990 to complete the Guineas Oaks double, applauded Dettori's tactical skills as the inimitable italian performed his famous "flying dismount" in the winner's enclosure.
		She handled the famed undulations of the Epsom course like a pro and showed herself to have the attitude for big races.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=53717 (714 words)

	Queen Bertha
		A homebred winner of the Epsom Oaks, she became one of the foundation mares for Lord Falmouth's Mereworth Castle Stud, producing, among others, the great racemare Wheel of Fortune and her sister Spinaway, both winners of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks.
		Spinaway won 11 of 16 starts including the 1,000 Guineas and emulated her dam by also proving victorious in the Epsom Oaks (in which Falmouth's Ladylove was second), as well as winning the Newmarket Oaks, Nassau Stakes, Doncaster Stakes, Royal Stakes, and second in the Ascot Derby.
		At three, she was the undefeated winner of the 1,000 Guineas, and Oaks, and thus the third in this rare female line of successive Oaks winners.
	www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/QueenBertha.html (1622 words)

	"All I can say is wow..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Larkspur tried unsuccessfully to follow up his fortunate Epsom win that year and the 1963 Epsom winner Relko, trained in France, was denied the chance to add Irish Derby glory 12 months later when he had to be withdrawn at the start, the Classic going to Epsom third Ragusa (trained by Paddy Prendergast).
		Santa Claus landed both Classics in 1964, the first to do so since Orby, and Meadow Court, runner-up to Sea Bird II at Epsom, went one better at the Curragh in 1965 and his part-owner Bing Crosby sang "When Irish eyes are smiling" in the winner's enclosure.
		The brothers Ribocco and Ribero both ran well at Epsom before winning in consecutive years (1967 and 1968) at the Curragh and the superb Nijinsky took both Derbys in 1970.
	www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus47.asp (1154 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LP Favored Aliysa broke away from the field in the final two furlongs to win the English Oaks for 3-year-old fillies yesterday at Epsom Downs.
		TX Her time of 2:34.22 was only one-hundredth of a second off the Oaks record set by Time Charter in 1982.
		The victory was the third in the Oaks for trainer Michael Stoute * and the first for the Aga Khan, the filly's owner and breeder.
	ismaili.net /press/jrna0039.html (184 words)

	Set Free (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Her second foal Spree (by Rockefella) won the Nassau Stakes, but had the misfortune to be born in the same year as the crack fillies Hula Dancer and Noblesse, finishing runner-up to them in the English 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks respectively.
		Although Juliette Marny subsequently only just scrambled home by head in the Lingfield Oaks Trial (G3), the addition of blinkers and the assistance from the saddle of Epsom maestro Lester Piggott, made the 12-1 on offer against her on Epsom Oaks day too tempting for me to refuse.
		As Scintillate stood in the coveted Epsom winner’s circle on that June afternoon in 1979, the reputation of both herself and her dam Set Free were at their zenith, but their days in the sun were soon to become fading memories.
	www.pedigreepost.com /archives/SetFreeNigelPullen.html (3570 words)

	Fair Oaks on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dan Owens, a pastor in Concord, California, is leaving his ministry to conduct a mission in India.
		He is shown January 23, 2003, in the Fair Oaks Baptist Church.
		Dauntless invader with a heart of oak; The popularity of Rioja continues to soar.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-F1airO1aksW1V1.asp (369 words)

	Epsom Derby and Oaks - Epsom Racecourse Hospitality and Accommodation for Horse Racing at Epsom Downs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Epsom Derby and Oaks - Epsom Racecourse Hospitality and Accommodation for Horse Racing at Epsom Downs
		The Derby has been run for over 224 years but it is a testament to it's popularity that even today, crowds in their thousands flock to the Epsom Downs on the first Saturday in June to witness history being made.
		Epsom Downs Restaurant Booking for Oaks or Derby Day, 3 Course Silver Service Lunch with Afternoon Tea and Sandwiches € 289.00 per person.
	www.turftours.com /epsom_derby.shtml (362 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mentally and physically she has come on and we were always going to win," said Fallon as the 4-9 favourite returned to a generous ovation in the winners' enclosure.
		The Yorkshire Oaks is next on the agenda for the daughter of Diesis followed by a crack at the Rothmans Royals St Leger according to Cecil, who has high hopes of Fallon's mount making a bold bid for a third Classic of the season.
		A seven-length winner of the Irish Oaks, she went on to prove her worth against older horses by adding the Yorkshire Oaks to her impressive record.
	steven.parrott.users.btopenworld.com /ramruma.htm (1739 words)

	22 Belgrade Turk Mare
		At age 3 she won the Epsom Oaks and the Coronation Stakes, but "caught cold across the loins which greatly affected her spine and crippled her action," and she failed to train on successfully.
		U.S.-bred son of Champion Nijinsky and Oaks winner Snow Bride, sold to the U.K. Proved his class and courage by winning all four of his races--the Aristo Washington Singer Stakes at Newbury, the Epsom Derby (track record), the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
		Sired Altesse Royale (Epsom Oaks, 1,000 Guineas, Irish Oaks) and her sister Royal Saint (unbeaten at age 2); Casaque Grise (Champion 3 year old filly in France); Mige (Cheveley Park St); Shebeen (Princess Royal Stakes (twice), Houghton Stakes, Jockey Club Stakes); Misyaaf (stakes winner in France); Shoemaker (stakes winner in France, Ireland and England).
	www.tbheritage.com /HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family22/Family22.html (2237 words)

	Fair Oaks on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Diego County Water Authority, Twin Oaks Project Avoid ``Discriminatory Project Labor Agreement''.
		Bloodstock Desk: Hit-and-miss record of Oaks winners in breeding stakes; Amy Bennett on the broodmare fortunes of the past 20 winners of the Epsom Oaks.(Sports)
		First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Earnings.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FairO1aksC1A1.asp (430 words)

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