Oyster Stakes
| Listed race | |
| Location | Ballybrit Racecourse County Galway, Ireland |
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| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Ardilaun Hotel |
| Website | Galway Races |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 4f (2,410 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies and mares Excluding Group race winners |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Penalties 5 lb for two Listed wins * 3 lb for one Listed win * * since January 1 2016 |
| Purse | €55,000 (2016) 1st: €32,450 |
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| Almela | Morga | Fact Or Folklore |
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| Zhukova | Almela | Ebayya |
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| Tarana | Altesse | Beyond Brilliance |
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| Missunited | Eye of The Storm | Inis Meain |
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| Chamonix | Demurely | Midnight Music |
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| Zanughan | Spin | Address Unknown |
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| Rajik | Address Unknown | Syann |
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| Aliyfa | The Bull Hayes | Allied Powers |
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| Honoria | Via Galilei | Ghimaar |
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| Hasanka | Ezima | Red Moloney |
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| Rockall Blizzard | Be My Queen | Akarem |
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| Blue Corrig | Sweet Firebird | Good Surprise |
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| Royal Devotion | Orpington | Arch Rebel |
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| Chartres | Behrasia | Mobasher |
The Oyster Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Galway over a distance of 12 furlongs (2,410 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 1997 | Aliya | 3 | Pat Smullen | John Oxx | 2:42.30 |
| 1998 | Yavana's Pace | 6 | Darryll Holland | Mark Johnston | 2:57.40 |
| 1999 | Theatreworld | 7 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 2:47.90 |
| 2000 | Dolydille | 4 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | 2:38.40 |
| 2001 | Mutakarrim | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:34.30 |
| 2002 | Bowmore | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 2:50.10 |
| 2003 | Chartres | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 2:36.70 |
| 2004 | Royal Devotion | 4 | Tadgh O'Shea | Michael Halford | 2:39.20 |
| 2005 | Blue Corrig | 5 | Seamie Heffernan | J Crowley | 2:36.90 |
| 2006 | Rockall Blizzard | 3 | Niall Madden | Noel Meade | 2:36.10 |
| 2007 | Hasanka | 3 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 2:36.40 |
| 2008 | Honoria | 3 | Seamie Heffernan | Aidan O'Brien | 2:47.72 |
| 2009 | Aliyfa | 3 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 3:03.82 |
| 2010 | Rajik | 5 | Declan McDonogh | Charlie Swan | 2:44.48 |
| 2011 | Zanughan | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx | 2:34.66 |
| 2012 | Chamonix | 3 | Joseph O'Brien | Aidan O'Brien | 2:56.67 |
| 2013 | Missunited | 6 | Seamie Heffernan | Michael Winters | 2:39.32 |
| 2014 | Tarana | 4 | Declan McDonogh | John Oxx | 2:37.19 |
| 2015 | Zhukova | 3 | Leigh Roche | Dermot Weld | 2:41.94 |
| 2016 | Almela | 4 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:43.47 |