The Irish Oaks is one of the most prestigious Group 1 flat races on the Irish racing calendar and it is open to the very best three-year-old thoroughbred fillies.

Ran each July over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards at the Curragh Racecourse, the Irish Oaks is one of the five Irish Classic Races and it is also Ireland's equivalent to The Oaks, which is held earlier in the year on UK soil at Epsom Racecourse.

There have been several winners of both the Irish Oaks and The Oaks in the same year, with Masaka first achieving the feat in 1948, while the most recent filly to claim both victories was Snowfall in 2021.

What	Irish Oaks
Where	Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
When	3.45, Saturday 22nd July, 2023
How to watch	bet365's Sports Live Streaming & Racing TV

When is the Irish Oaks?

The Irish Oaks is traditionally held in July as part of The Curragh's Irish Oaks Weekend.

This year will be the 139th staging of the Irish Oaks and the Group 1 contest is due to be held on the first day of the race weekend at 3.45 on Saturday 22nd July, 2023.
 

Where is the Irish Oaks?

Since the race was first held in 1895, the Irish Oaks has always been staged at the Curragh Racecourse in County Kildare over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards.
 

Where can I watch the Irish Oaks?

Like all racing action across the UK and Ireland, the Irish Oaks is available to watch via bet365's Sports Live Streaming platform.

This year's race will also be shown live on Racing TV.
 

Who is the most successful Irish Oaks trainer?

It will come as no surprise to race fans that Aidan O'Brien figures at the top of the standings when it comes to the most successful trainer in the history of the Irish Oaks, with the Ballydoyle handler having won the race a joint-record six times.

O'Brien's first Irish Oaks success came with Alexandrova in 2006 and since then Peeping Fawn (2007), Moonstone (2008), Bracelet (2014), Seventh Heaven (2016) and Snowfall (2021) have all delivered for the man from County Wexford.

However, Snowfall's success in 2021 only saw O'Brien match the record for most wins for a trainer in the Irish Oaks, with Sir Michael Stoute having also reached that tally.

Stoute landed his first Irish Oaks with Fair Salinia in 1978 before adding victories with Colorspin (1986), Unite (1987), Melodist (1988) and Pure Grain (1995). His most recent success came with Petrushka in 2000.

One caveat to Stoute's tally is Melodist's victory was shared in a dead heat with Henry Cecil's Diminuendo in 1988, the only time in the race's history that such an event has occurred.
 

Who is the most successful Irish Oaks jockey?

The most successful jockey in Irish Oaks history is Johnny Murtagh, who has crossed the line first on no fewer than six occasions.

Murtagh's first success came aboard Ebadiyla in 1997 and he followed that up 12 months later with Winona, with both those victories coming for trainer John Oxx.

The Irishman then teamed up with Stoute to secure his third victory on board Petrushka in 2000 before he added back-to-back successes with O'Brien when riding Peeping Fawn in 2007 and Moonstone in 2008.

Murtagh then secured his final Irish Oaks victory as a jockey with the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Chicquita in 2013 and although he has now hung up his saddle, the 53-year-old has embarked on a successful career as a trainer and he could therefore still add to his list of victories in the race.
 

Which horse ran the fastest ever Irish Oaks?

Only one horse has ever run the Irish Oaks in a time of sub 2:28 and that was the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Shawanda, who blew away her rivals in 2005 to post a time of 2:27.10.

Jockey Christophe Soumillon steered Shawanda to that so far unbeatable time, as she unsurprisingly won the race by a comfortable five-length margin.
 

Who has won the Irish Oaks recently?

Year	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
2010	Snow Fairy	Ryan Moore	Ed Dunlop
2011	Blue Bunting	Frankie Dettori	Mahmood Al Zarooni
2012	Great Heavens	William Buick	John Gosden
2013	Chicquita	Johnny Murtagh	Alain de Royer-Dupre
2014	Bracelet	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O’Brien
2015	Covert Love	Pat Smullen	Hugo Palmer
2016	Seventh Heaven	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O’Brien
2017	Enable	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden
2018	Sea of Class	James Doyle	William Haggas
2019	Star Catcher	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden
2020	Even So	Colin Keane	Ger Lyons
2021	Snowfall	Ryan Moore	Aidan O’Brien
2022	Magical Lagoon	Shane Foley	Jessica Harrington