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.

Race Oaks winners from race 1992–2018 (won unless stated)

Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Imagine (2nd)

Prix Finlande Intrepidity

Fred Darling Stakes Sariska (4th)

1,000 Guineas Stakes Balanchine (2nd), Moonshell (3rd), Reams of Verse (6th), Shahtoush (2nd)
Kazzia, Casual Look (6th), Qualify (last), Minding, Love

Pretty Polly Stakes Ouija Board, Talent, Taghrooda

Athasi Stakes Imagine (3rd)

Cheshire Oaks Light Shift, Enable, Forever Together (2nd)

Lingfield Oaks Trial User Friendly, Lady Carla, Ramruma, Look Here (2nd). Anapurna

Musidora Stakes Reams of Verse, Alexandrova (2nd), Sariska, Snowfall, Soul Sister

Fillies' Trial Stakes Eswarah, Dancing Rain (2nd)

Height of Fashion Stakes ^[a] Love Divine, Snow Fairy