Trial races for the Epsom Oaks are

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during April and May which are contested by three-year-old

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likely to run in The Oaks in early June. The leading trial of recent years has been the

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, which has been contested by eight subsequent winners of the Oaks in the last twenty-five years. The following table shows races classed at

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level or above which served as a trial for an Oaks winner during the period 1992 to 2018. {{note label, Lupe, a, a The Height of Fashion Stakes was known as the Lupe Stakes before 2007.

2012 Oaks contenders

Notable early-season appearances by horses which ran in the 2012 Oaks.

* Betterbetterbetter: ''2nd Cheshire Oaks'' * Colima: ''2nd

Lingfield Oaks Trial The Oaks Trial Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 133 yards () at Lingfield ...

'' * Coquet: ''1st Height of Fashion Stakes'' * Devotion: ''2nd Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial'' * Kailani: ''1st Pretty Polly Stakes'' * Maybe: ''3rd

'' * Nayarra: ''2nd

Nell Gwyn Stakes The Nell Gwyn Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) on the Rowley Mile at N ...

, 9th

, 4th Height of Fashion Stakes'' * Shirocco Star: ''2nd Fillies' Trial Stakes'' * The Fugue: ''4th

, 1st

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'' * Twirl: ''2nd

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, 2nd

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'' * Vow: 1st

* Was (winner): ''3rd

Blue Wind Stakes The Blue Wind Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) ...

References

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race records of the last twenty-one Oaks winners: *
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2012 Oaks contenders

See also

References