2016 Irish Oaks

Seventh Heaven (IRE) won the 2016 Irish Oaks at Curragh on 16 July 2016, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Seamie Heffernan, at 14/1, beating Architecture (IRE) by 2¾ lengths.

Updated 2016-07-16

Quick answers

Who won the Irish Oaks in 2016? Seventh Heaven (IRE) won the 2016 Irish Oaks at Curragh on 16 July 2016, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Seamie Heffernan, at 14/1, beating Architecture (IRE) by 2¾ lengths.
Who came second in the 2016 Irish Oaks? Architecture (IRE) (6/1) finished second, and Harlequeen (GB) (14/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2016 Irish Oaks? No. The 4/5 favourite Even Song (IRE) finished 7th of 11.
What was the winning time of the 2016 Irish Oaks? Seventh Heaven (IRE) won in 2m 34.53s over 1m4f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2016 Irish Oaks winner get? Seventh Heaven (IRE) earned €228,000 for winning the 2016 Irish Oaks.
How many ran in the 2016 Irish Oaks? 11 ran in the 2016 Irish Oaks (average since 1990: 9.5).

Seventh Heaven (IRE)Winner

14/1SP

11 ranRunners

2m 34.53sWinning time

€228,000Prize to winner

Even Song (IRE) (4/5F): 7th of 11Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	Dr	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 2¾	Seventh Heaven (IRE)	14/1	3	9-0	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien	98	9	-	Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor	-	2m 34.53s	€228,000
2	2¾	Architecture (IRE)	6/1	3	9-0	Frankie Dettori	Hugo Palmer	113	3	-	Lael Stables	2¾	-	€76,000
3	1¼	Harlequeen (GB)	14/1	3	9-0	Silvestre De Sousa	Mick Channon	102	2	-	Mrs S Brandt	4	-	€36,000
4	4	Turret Rocks (IRE)	14/1	3	9-0	Kevin Manning	J S Bolger	108	4	t	Mrs June Judd	8	-	€16,000
5	½	Somehow (IRE)	14/1	3	9-0	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	98	6	p	Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier	8½	-	€8,000
6	5	An Cailin Orga (IRE)	80/1	3	9-0	Ronan Whelan	J S Bolger	85	12	-	Micheal D Ryan	13½	-	€4,000
7	4¼	Even Song (IRE)	4/5F	3	9-0	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	110	7	-	Mrs John Magnier	17¾	-	-
8	hd	Red Stars (IRE)	33/1	3	9-0	Declan McDonogh	John M Oxx	103	11	h	Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd	18	-	-
9	1	We Are Ninety (IRE)	25/1	3	9-0	Pat Smullen	Hugo Palmer	104	8	-	Lady Mimi Manton	19	-	-
10	1¾	Pretty Perfect (IRE)	9/1	3	9-0	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	105	10	-	Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier	20¾	-	-
11	dist	Ajman Princess (IRE)	14/1	3	9-0	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian	107	5	h	Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum	dist	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Seventh Heaven (IRE)	2016-08-18	York	Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Fillies & Mares)	won	100/30
2	Architecture (IRE)	2016-10-15	Ascot	Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes	6th of 13	16/1
3	Harlequeen (GB)	2016-08-02	Cork	Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Give Thanks Stakes (Fillies & Mares)	3rd of 8	11/10F
4	Turret Rocks (IRE)	2016-08-18	York	Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Fillies & Mares)	5th of 12	20/1
5	Somehow (IRE)	2016-08-02	Cork	Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Give Thanks Stakes (Fillies & Mares)	2nd of 8	7/2
6	An Cailin Orga (IRE)	2016-10-16	Naas	Anjaal European Breeders Fund Bluebell Stakes (Fillies & Mares)	13th of 15	12/1
7	Even Song (IRE)	2016-08-18	York	Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Fillies & Mares)	7th of 12	12/1
8	Red Stars (IRE)	2017-04-15	Cork	Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Noblesse Stakes (Fillies)	4th of 7	10/1
9	We Are Ninety (IRE)	2016-09-14	Yarmouth	EBF Stallions John Musker Fillies' Stakes (for The John Musker Trophy)	6th of 8	11/1
10	Pretty Perfect (IRE)	2016-08-18	York	Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Fillies & Mares)	4th of 12	25/1
11	Ajman Princess (IRE)	2017-03-31	Lingfield (AW)	32Red Maiden Fillies' Stakes	won	1/20F

11 of 11 have run since; 2 won next time out.

Irish Oaks winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	Johanna Walsh (IRE)	7/2	Joseph Patrick O'Brien
2025	Minnie Hauk (IRE)	2/11F	Aidan O'Brien
2024	You Got To Me (GB)	15/2	Ralph Beckett
2023	Savethelastdance (IRE)	10/11F	Aidan O'Brien
2022	Magical Lagoon (IRE)	5/4F	Mrs John Harrington
2021	Snowfall (JPN)	2/7F	Aidan O'Brien
2020	Even So (IRE)	10/1	Ger Lyons
2019	Star Catcher (GB)	7/2	John Gosden
2018	Sea Of Class (IRE)	11/4	William Haggas
2017	Enable (GB)	2/5F	John Gosden
2016	Seventh Heaven (IRE)	14/1	Aidan O'Brien
2015	Covert Love (IRE)	7/1	Hugo Palmer
2014	Bracelet (IRE)	10/1	Aidan O'Brien
2013	Chicquita (IRE)	9/2	A De Royer-Dupre
2012	Great Heavens (GB)	5/4F	John Gosden
2011	Blue Bunting (USA)	5/2	Mahmood Al Zarooni
2010	Snow Fairy (IRE)	7/2	Ed Dunlop
2009	Sariska (GB)	EvensF	Michael Bell
2008	Moonstone (GB)	2/1F	Aidan O'Brien
2007	Peeping Fawn (USA)	3/1	Aidan O'Brien
2006	Alexandrova (IRE)	8/15F	Aidan O'Brien
2005	Shawanda (IRE)	9/2	A De Royer-Dupre
2004	Ouija Board (GB)	4/7F	Ed Dunlop
2003	Vintage Tipple (IRE)	12/1	P Mullins
2002	Margarula (IRE)	33/1	J S Bolger
2001	Lailani (GB)	5/1	Ed Dunlop
2000	Petrushka (IRE)	11/2	Sir Michael Stoute
1999	Ramruma (USA)	4/9F	Sir Henry Cecil
1998	Winona (IRE)	12/1	John M Oxx
1997	Ebadiyla (IRE)	9/2	John M Oxx
1996	Dance Design (IRE)	9/2	D K Weld
1995	Pure Grain (GB)	9/2	Sir Michael Stoute
1994	Bolas (GB)	5/2F	B W Hills
1993	Wemyss Bight (GB)	9/2	A Fabre
1992	User Friendly (GB)	8/11F	Clive Brittain
1991	Possessive Dancer (GB)	8/1	A A Scott
1990	Knight's Baroness (GB)	13/8F	Paul Cole

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2016 Irish Oaks

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