The Epsom Oaks is the of the English Horse Racing Classics of the year for three year old fillies and it is a race that is eagerly anticipated along with the Derby, which is the more prestigious of the two and run on the Saturday of this two day Race meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, England

No sooner will the running of the 2009 Epsom Derby and Epsom Oaks are over when attention will immediately turn to the five days of top class racing that takes place not too far from the Downs at Epsom, at what is known worldwide as Royal Ascot which has been on the sporting calendar for nearly 300 years and is still one of the jewels in England’s sporting crown and a true spectacle both on and off the turf