EPSOM OAKS 1988

The following Epsom Oaks 1988 clip is a 2 minute 34 secs clip from Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acl3SKQ4m2g

The 210th Oaks Stakes took place on Saturday 4th June 1988 and was won by Diminuendo (7/4 fav), by Diesis out of Cacti trained by Henry Cecil, who won by 4 lengths in 2 mins 35.02 secs. The winner won £148,650 (Equivalent to £385,000 in 2017) and there were 11 runners.

DIMINUENDO SR 1956

Horse Jockey Trainer Owner/Betting
DIMINUENDO Steve Cauthen Sir Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed 7/4
SUDDEN LOVE Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani Princess Lucy Ruspoli 11/2
ANIMATRICE George Moore Mme C Head-Maarek J Wertheimer 20/1
INDIAN ROSE Cash Asmussen J-M Beguigne Baron Guy de Rothschild 9/2
BAHAMIAN Pat Eddery Jeremy Tree Khalid Abdullah 14/1
PRINCESS GENISTA John Reid Gavin Pritchard-Gordon I H Stewart-Brown 66/1
CATINA R Quinton John Oxx R More O' Ferrall 20/1
MISS BONIFACE Michael Roberts Paul Kelleway Paul Kelleway 33/1
SUNDAY SPORTS STAR T Quinn Paul Kelleway Roldvale Limited 200/1
DABAWEYNA Walter Swinburn Sir Michael Stoute Mohamed Obaida 4/1
ATROPA Steve Raymont Jeremy Tree Khalid Abdullah 200/1
      Over Round 112%
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