Naas Oaks Trial
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| Hanalia | Bellezza | Greenfinch |
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| Library | Empress Of Beauty | Snowcapped |
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| Galleria Borghese | Alizarine | Seisai |
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| Willow | La Petite Coco | April Showers |
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| Even So | Laburnum | Silence Please |
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| Trethias | Search For A Song | Chablis |
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| Easter Lily | Mary Tudor | Sizzling |
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| Key To My Heart | Bloomfield | Elizabeth Browning |
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| Discipline | Earring | How High The Moon |
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| Outstanding | Stellar Glow | Easter |
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| Carla Bianca | Palace | Circling |
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| Venus de Milo | Opera Gloves | Bunairgead |
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| Caponata | Shebella | Aaraas |
The Naas Oaks Trial is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Naas over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race was first run in 2012. It serves as a trial for the Irish Oaks and the most recent horse to win both races was Even So in 2020.
Records
[edit]Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Pat Smullen – Caponata (2012), Carla Bianca (2014), Discipline (2016)
- Wayne Lordan - Easter Lily (2018), Galleria Borghese (2022), Library (2023)
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – Venus de Milo (2013), Outstanding (2015), Key To My Heart (2017), Easter Lily (2018), Willow (2021), Galleria Borghese (2022), Library (2023)
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 2012 | Caponata | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:15.50 |
| 2013 | Venus de Milo | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:08.42 |
| 2014 | Carla Bianca | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:11.44 |
| 2015 | Outstanding | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | 2:10.73 |
| 2016 | Discipline | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:14.30 |
| 2017 | Key To My Heart | Donnacha O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 2:13.09 |
| 2018 | Easter Lily | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:09.38 |
| 2019 | Trethias | Shane Foley | Jessica Harrington | 2:11.97 |
| 2020 | Even So[a] | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 2:14.84 |
| 2021 | Willow | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:08.43 |
| 2022 | Galleria Borghese | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:08.56 |
| 2023 | Library | Wayne Lordan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:07.00 |
| 2024 | Hanalia | Ben Coen | Johnny Murtagh | 2:12.84 |
- ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland