Question about the good old days...

Saturday.I remember seeing Mysterious win it and it was a Saturday

was at Epsom in 1986. sharastani won the Wednesday derby. fairly sure midway lady won the oaks on the Saturday.

yeah, me too conductor... in which case, what was the main Friday race - the big sprint handicap?   

Was it the City and Suburban Handicap?

The name rings a bell.

Scratch that, just googled it, it's run in April.

mister badger.cant remember the big sprint handicap on the Friday. but I am sure if you got an archive copy of the sporting life or the racing pest it will give you the answer.

or search the racing post online archives

taxi. can you get an archive copy of a paper online for free? or how much does it cost?

I've got the Epsom results on screen for 1994 from the Sporting Life website - FREE

The 3 handicaps on the Friday from the Derby meeting were:

Night Vision Handicap over 5 furlongs 

Northern Dancer Rated Stakes (Handicap) over 12 furlongs

Energizer Great Surrey Handicap over 10 furlongs

great work taxi. looks like you could settle a few arguments about old races.... is 1994 the furthest it goes back in time?

I think the main race on the Friday was the Diomed Stakes

The earliest Epsom meeting in the archives for the SL site is the Derby meeting of 1993.

The Diomed Stakes was the 2nd race on the card, the Derby was the 3rd race.

The next two days racing were on the 3rd and the 5th (Oaks Day).

There are no results for the 4th.

conductor    15 Sep 14 00:54 
great work taxi. looks like you could settle a few arguments about old races.... is 1994 the furthest it goes back in time?

Easy enough to find on the Sporting Life website.

Select 'racing'

Then go down the left hand side until you see 'Results Search'

click on that

Enter a few letters of the course you want, and courses will come up under the search box, you MUST click on one, or the box will go blank when you try to select a date.

The 4 date choices are
last 7 days
month
year
since 1994

or if you know the dates you want, click on 'Specify' and two date boxes will come up.

thanks for that taxi. you went beyond the call of duty with that..

HERE is your definitive answer ...

The OAKS - ALWAYS used to be run on FRIDAY..... UNTIL 1976

The LAST FRIDAY OAKS winner was PAWNEESE

The FIRST Saturday OAKS winner - was the Queen's DUNFERMLINE in 1977.
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The FRIDAY card in 1977 - thus became ...

Caterham Maiden Stakes - 2-y-o = 5f  - Winner £1,612
Mickleham Maiden Auction Stakes - 2-y-o - 6f  - Winner £1,912
Sanyo Handicap - 1m 4f  - Winner £4,207
Tadworth Handicap - 3-y-o - 7f  - Winner £ 2,166
Downs Handicap - 3-y=o - 1m 2f  - Winner £2,090
Carshalton Maiden Stakes - 3-y-o - 1m 2f  - Winner £1.261

* Saturday Oaks Prize Money   - Winner £48,515

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