Swindon have today confirmed the dates for the 2019 English Oaks.
It will again be a competition for 72 bitches with £15,000 prize money will be held over 4 rounds with the final on Saturday 14th December 2019 with supporting opens.
Dates
1st round Saturday 30th November 2019
2nd round Wednesday 4th December 2019
3rd round Monday 9th December 2019
The English Oaks Final 14th December 2019
Entries close Wednesday 27th November 2019 at 2pm
Assistant GM Peter Geeves has confirmed that prize money will be the same as last year – including a £15K first prize, despite the fact that there is no race sponsor. Though there a couple of changes in format.
He said: “First of course is the new distance of 476m. It has been a huge success, I think it is generally acknowledged that there is less trouble at the bends than when we had the 480.
“Secondly, we have tweaked qualifying so that three first three go through in the first two rounds leaving us with three semi final, from which two will qualify for the final.”
