EPSOM OAKS 1918
The 140th New Oaks Stakes took place over the Suffolk Stakes Course in Newmarket on Thursday 6th June 1918 and was won by My Dear (3/1 fav), by Beppo out of Silesia trained by Alec Taylor jnr, who won by 4 lengths in 2 mins 34.80 secs. The winner won £3,400 (Equivalent to £216,300 in 2017) and there were 15 runners.
Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner/Betting
MY DEAR	Steve Donoghue	Alec Taylor jnr	Alfred Cox 3/1
FERRY	Brownie Carslake	Hon George Lambton	Lord Derby 100/6
SILVER BULLET	Otto Madden	Alec Taylor	Mr W M Cazalet 33/1
FREESIA	R Colling	Sadler jnr	Lord Jersey 25/1
EARNA	E Wheatley	G Manser	Mr A Barton 33/1
HERSELF	Freddie Fox	R Day	Sir Abe Bailey 10/1
BENEVENTE	J Evans	Captain Dewhusrt	Lord Londonderry 4/1
ZINOVIA	Vic Smyth	F Hunt	Mr E Michellson 5/1
JUDEA	Arthur Whalley	Ireland	Captain Moore 33/1
REINE DES PECHES	George Hulme	W Waugh	Duke of Portland 33/1
PRETTY BESS	R Cooper	G S Davies	Mr W Singer 20/1
LADY EARN	Joe Childs	Ireland	Mr D Sullivan 33/1
LADY WILAVIL	G Wedgewood	Sutton	Mr H Sutton 33/1
WHITE SQUALL	W Langford	De Mestre	Sir W Tatem 6/1
STONY FORD	J H Martin	George Lambton	Mrs A James 6/1
			Over Round 131%

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