The 66th running of the Irish Oaks was held on Saturday 23rd July 1960 over 1 1/2 miles of The Curragh, starting at the Howth Post. The value of the winner was £5000. The winner was owned by Mr E H Fawcett, trained by John Oxx and ridden by Bill Williamson. The winner won by 6 lengths in 2 minutes 40.2 seconds, with 2 1/4 lengths between second and third.

IRISH OAKS 1960

LYNCHRIS (Bay filly by Sayajirao out of Scollata) SR 1928

The winning owner won £5000, (The equivalent of £109,500 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 LYNCHRIS 9.0 Bill Williamson Mr E H Fawcett John Oxx
2 SUNNY COVE 9.0 Scobie Breasley   Sir Gordon Richards
3 NUBENA 9.0 George Moore   Alec Head
4 JUDY'S PASSAGE 9.0 Willie Snaith   H Thomson Jones
5 YOUNG EMPRESS 9.0 Ron Hutchinson   Paddy Prendergast
6 TULA BAN 9.0     Colonel A Blake
7 ZENOBIA 9.0     Shaw
8 PERBELLE 9.0     J Leneham
9 UMBRELLA 9.0     John Oxx
10 AZURINE 9.0     John Oxx
11 CHOTA HAZRI 9.0     Harry Wragg
12 CLEVERWAY 9.0     Captain Darby Rogers
13 ETOILE DE FRANCE 9.0     M Connolly
14 WILDSTEPS 9.0     Noel Murless
15 DJEBEL IDRA 9.0     M C Collins
16 FLOWER BOM 9.0     Darby Rogers
17 HARILO 9.0     Darby Rogers
  Betting        
11/4 fav Lynchris        
3/1 Nubena        
8/1 Sunny Cove        

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