The Oaks Stakes
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The Oaks Stakes is one of Britain’s five Classic flat horse races, a prestigious Group 1 event for three-year-old fillies run annually over 1½ miles.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Classic horse race
→
Group 1 race → flat horse race → |
| ageRestriction | three-year-olds only → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Epsom Oaks
→
The Oaks → |
| associatedRaceMeeting | Epsom Derby Festival → |
| breedsCompeting | Thoroughbred → |
| country | United Kingdom → |
| distance |
1½ miles
→
about 1 mile 4 furlongs and 6 yards → approximately 2400 metres → |
| distanceCategory | middle-distance race → |
| firstRunAt | Epsom Downs NERFINISHED → |
| founder | 12th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED → |
| governingBody | British Horseracing Authority → |
| hasGenderRestriction | female horses → |
| inaugurated | 1779 → |
| isMajorEventIn | British flat racing season → |
| locatedIn | Epsom Downs Racecourse NERFINISHED → |
| namedAfter | The Oaks estate → |
| notableFeature |
fillies’ equivalent of the Derby
→
second-oldest of the five British Classics → |
| numberInBritishClassics | one of five Classics → |
| partOf | British Classics → |
| purseCurrency | GBP → |
| qualification | three-year-old fillies → |
| raceCategory | Thoroughbred flat racing → |
| raceClass | Group 1 → |
| racecourseRegion |
Epsom
→
surface form:
Epsom, Surrey
|
| raceStatus | active → |
| raceType | flat → |
| region | Great Britain NERFINISHED → |
| sexRestriction | fillies only → |
| sponsor |
Betfred
NERFINISHED
→
Cazoo → Investec → |
| sponsorType | commercial → |
| surface | turf → |
| track | left-handed → |
| traditionalStartType | starting stalls → |
| typicalSchedule | late May or early June → |
| usualRunningDay | Friday of the Derby Festival → |
| weightForAge | yes → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.