| EPSOM OAKS 1944 | |||
The 166th New Oaks Stakes took place over the mile and a half Suffolk Stakes course at Newmarket on Friday 16th June 1944 and was won by Hycilla (8/1), by Hyperion out of Priscilla Carter trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, who won by 1 1/2 lengths in 2 mins 30.60 secs. The winner won £3,483 (Equivalent to £146,000 in 2017) and there were 16 runners. HYCILLA SR 2019 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| HYCILLA | George Bridgland | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | William Woodward 8/1 |
| MONSOON | P Maher | Sadler | Mr W F Phillips 33/1 |
| KANNABIS | Albert Richardson | Elsey | Lord Harewood 18/1 |
| QUEEN NITOCRIS | Harry Wragg | Walter Earl | Lord Derby 100/6 |
| BLUE CAP | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery 100/6 |
| PICTURE PLAY | E C Elliott | Watts | Mr H J Joel 5/2 |
| MUIRBURN | P Evans | R J Colling | Mr G F Hartigan 20/1 |
| BONNY ONE | R Hardwidge | Kilpatrick | Mrs Guy Shorrock 100/1 |
| TUDOR MAID | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | Mrs Macdonald-Buchanan 3/1 |
| MOON MISTRESS | Michael Beary | Reg Day | Lt-Col Rex Cohen 100/1 |
| FAIR FAME | F Lane | H Leader | Mrs B Lavington 100/9 |
| CUMULUS | S Wragg | Fred Darling | Mrs Macdonald-Buchanan 50/1 |
| BACHELOR'S CHUM | Billy Nevett | G Colling | Mrs S P Morrison 100/1 |
| GLAMIS | C Richards | Noel Cannon | Mr J V Rank 66/1 |
| BASHFUL | T Weston | Noel Cannon | Mr J V Rank 100/7 |
| DOYENNE | A Wragg | O Bell | Miss Dorothy Paget 20/1 |
| Over Round 117% | |||
| 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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