Yorkshire Oaks

Breeders' Cup Challenge Series > Yorkshire Oaks

Yorkshire Oaks Race Facts

  • Location: York Racecourse, York, England
  • Inaugural Race: 1849
  • Distance:  2,385 metres (1 mile, 3 furlongs and 188 yards)
  • Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Three-year-olds and up, Fillies & Mares
  • 2023 Purse: £500,000
  • 2023 Race Date: Thursday, August 24th

2023 Yorkshire Oaks Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE
10
Warm Heart
James Doyle / A P O'Brien
$24.40 / $5.80
2
Free Wind
Frankie Dettori / John & Thady Gosden
$4.50
9
Savethelastdance
Ryan Moore / A P O'Brien
$3.10
7
Bluestocking
Rossa Ryan / Ralph Beckett
5
Sea Silk Road
Tom Marquand / William Haggas
6
Stay Alert
Oisin Murphy / Hughie Morrison
8
Novakai
William Buick / K R Burke
3
Poptronic
Sam James / K R Burke
1
Al Husn
David Egan / Roger Varian
4
Rosscarbery
W J Lee / P Twomey

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1 Exacta (10-2):  $85.30
  • $1 Trifecta (10-2-9): $274.60

Watch the 2023 Yorkshire Oaks

Yorkshire Oaks Race History

The Yorkshire Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race run each year at York Racecourse in York, England. Inaugurated in 1849, the race is contested at 2,385 metres and takes place in late August.

The Yorkshire Oaks is one of the UK's premier races for female horses, often featuring horses that had previously competed in the Epsom Oaks, one of Britain's five Classics. The most recent horse to win both was Snowfall in 2021. Other notable recent winners include Enable (2019), The Fugue (2013), Peeping Fawn (2007), and Islington (2002 & 2003).

Fred Archer, the legendary English jockey known for his dominance in all five of the British Classics in the late 1800's, holds the record for most wins with an astounding eight (1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886).

As part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series, the winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

Yorkshire Oaks Past Winners Since 1946

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2023
Warm Heart
James Doyle / A P O'Brien
2,385 m / 2:25.86
2022
Alpinista
Luke Morris / Sir Mark Prescott
2,385 m / 2:29.92
2021
Snowfall
Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien
2,385 m / 2:26.61
2020
Love
Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien
2,385 m / 2:31.31
2019
Enable
Frankie Dettori / John Gosden
2,385 m / 2:29.90
2018
Sea of Class
James Doyle / William Haggas
2,385 m / 2:30.44
2017
Enable
Frankie Dettori / John Gosden
2,385 m / 2:35.79
2016
Seventh Heaven
Colm O'Donoghue / Aidan O'Brien
2,385 m / 2:28.50
2015
Pleascach
Kevin Manning / Jim Bolger
2,385 m / 2:32.77
2014
Tapestry
Ryan Moore / Aidan O'Brien
2,385 m / 2:28.59