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Trial races for the Epsom Oaks

Trial races for the Epsom Oaks are horse races during April and May which are contested by three-year-old fillies likely to run in The Oaks in early June.

The leading trial of recent years has been the 1,000 Guineas Stakes, which has been contested by eight subsequent winners of the Oaks in the last twenty-five years. The following table shows races classed at Listed level or above which served as a trial for an Oaks winner during the period 1992 to 2023.

Irish 1,000 Guineas	Shahtoush (10th), Imagine, Qualify (10th), Minding (2nd), Tuesday (2nd)

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
Coquet: 1st Height of Fashion Stakes
Devotion: 2nd Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial
Kailani: 1st Pretty Polly Stakes
Maybe: 3rd 1,000 Guineas Stakes
Nayarra: 2nd Nell Gwyn Stakes, 9th 1,000 Guineas Stakes, 4th Height of Fashion Stakes
Shirocco Star: 2nd Fillies' Trial Stakes
The Fugue: 4th 1,000 Guineas Stakes, 1st Musidora Stakes
Twirl: 2nd Park Express Stakes, 2nd Musidora Stakes
Vow: 1st Lingfield Oaks Trial
Was (winner): 3rd Blue Wind Stakes

References

Racing Post race records of the last twenty-one Oaks winners:
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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