Delaware Oaks

Delaware Oaks
Grade III race
Location Delaware Park Racetrack
Stanton, Delaware United States
Inaugurated 1938
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.delawarepark.com
Race information
Distance 8.5 furlongs ( 1 1⁄16 miles)
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-year-old Fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $300,000[1]

The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware.

Part of the Del Cap Festival Weekend that features other races over the two days including the Delaware Handicap, the Oaks is open to three-year-old fillies and is run over one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.

Currently, the Grade III race offers a purse of $300,000. From 2003 to 2008, the purse was $500,000

United States Hall of Fame fillies Gallorette (1945), Dark Mirage (1968), Gallant Bloom (1969) and Desert Vixen (1973) have all won this race, as did the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Lauries Dancer.

There was no race held in 1943 and from 1983 through 1995.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2000 Sincerely Michael McCarthy H. Graham Motion R. Larry Johnson 1:43.83
2001 Zonk Michael McCarthy John Servis Fox Hill Farms 1:45.27
2002 Allamerican Bertie Larry Melancon Steve Flint Bertram/Klein 1:43.81
2003 Island Fashion Iggy Puglisi Nick Canani Everest Stable 1:44.95
2004 Yearly Report Jerry D. Bailey Bob Baffert Golden Eagle Farm 1:43.80
2005 R Lady Joy Jose Lezcano Kirk Ziadie Richard Averill 1:43.25
2006 Adieu John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Tabor/Smith/Magnier 1:43.72
2007 Moon Catcher Carlos H. Marquez, Jr. Timothy F. Ritchey CJZ Racing Stable/Ritchey 1:42:39
2008 Proud Spell Gabriel Saez J. Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 1:43.34
2009 Careless Jewel Robert Landry Josie Carroll Donver Stable 1:42.95
2010 Blind Luck Joel Rosario Jerry Hollendorfer DeDomenico, et al. 1:43.34
2011 St. John's River Jose Lezcano Andrew Leggio, Jr. Dede McGehee 1:44.39
2012 Grace Hall Javier Castellano Tony Dutrow Dubb/Bethlehem Stables/Elkstone 1:42.59
2013 Dancing Afleet Joshua Navarro Timothy F. Ritchey Tim Ritchey Racing Stables/Frazier 1:44.59
2014 Fortune Pearl Trevor McCarthy H. Graham Motion Zanim R. Meahjohn 1:44.69
2015 Calamity Kate Edgar S. Prado Kelly J. Breen Lori & George Hall 1:41.79
2016 Dark Nile Daniel Centeno Arnaud Delacour Winstar Farm 1:46.54

Earlier winners

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics - Delaware Oaks". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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