EPSOM OAKS 1981 The following Epsom Oaks 1981 clip is a 2 minute 49 secs clip from Youtube |
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The 203rd Oaks Stakes took place on Saturday 6th June 1981 and was won by Blue Wind (3/1 joint fav), by Lord Gayle out of Azurine trained by Dermot Weld, who won by 7 lengths in 2 mins 40.93 secs. The winner won £74,568 (Equivalent to £294,600 in 2017) and there were 12 runners. BLUE WIND SR 1951 |
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| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner/Betting |
| BLUE WIND | Lester Piggott | Dermot Weld (Ire) | Mrs Diana Firestone 3/1 |
| MADAM GAY | John Reid | Paul Kelleway | 10/1 |
| LEAP LIVELY | John Matthias | Ian Balding | 3/1 |
| IVORY WINGS | Philippe Paquet | Francois Boutin (Fr) | 25/1 |
| GO LEASING | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 11/2 |
| FRUITION | Philip Robinson | Paul Kelleway | 100/1 |
| RHEIN BRIDGE | Edward Hide | J W Watts | 25/1 |
| FIESTA FUN | Paul Cook | Paul Cole | 100/1 |
| CANTON LIGHTNING | Steve Cauthen | Barry Hills | 33/1 |
| HUMMING | Willie Carson | Major W R Hern | 16/1 |
| ALLEGRETTA | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 33/1 |
| TROPICARO | Alain Lequeux | Maurice Zilber (Fr) | 6/1 |
| Over Round 110% | |||
| 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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