The Naas Oaks Trial is a Listed flat

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in Ireland open to three-year-old

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. It is run at

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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 The Irish Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it ...

and the most recent horse to win both races was

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in 2020.

Records

Leading

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(3 wins): *

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– ''Caponata (2012), Carla Bianca (2014), Discipline (2016)'' *

Wayne Lordan Wayne Lordan (born 20 April 1982) is a multiple Classic and Group 1 winning Irish Jockey. Background and early career Lordan grew up in Upton, County Cork. He started pony racing when he was nine years old, following in the footsteps of his ...

- '' Easter Lily (2018), Galleria Borghese (2022), Library (2023) '' Leading trainer (8 wins): *

Aidan O'Brien Aidan Patrick O'Brien (born 16 October 1969 in County Wexford, Ireland) Aidan O'Brien bio NTRA. ...

– ''Venus de Milo (2013), Outstanding (2015), Key To My Heart (2017), Easter Lily (2018), Willow (2021), Galleria Borghese (2022), Library (2023), Garden of Eden (2025)''

Winners

References

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