Delaware Oaks

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

Delaware Oaks

Grade III race
Location	Delaware Park Racetrack Stanton, Delaware
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]

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
2017	It Tiz Well	Drayden Van Dyke	Jerry Hollendorfer	Tommy Town Thoroughbreds	1:43.55

Earlier winners

• 1999 - Brushed Halory
• 1998 - Nickel Classic
• 1997 - Runup The Colors
• 1996 - Like A Hawk
• 1982 - Lady Eleanor
• 1981 - Up The Flagpole
• 1980 - Bishops Ring
• 1979 - It's In The Air
• 1978 - White Star Line
• 1977 - Cum Laude Laurie
• 1976 - Pacific Princess
• 1975 - Let Me Linger
• 1974 - Plantain
• 1973 - Desert Vixen
• 1972 - Light Hearted
• 1971 - Lauries Dancer
• 1970 - Virginia Cracker
• 1969 - Gallant Bloom
• 1968 - Dark Mirage
• 1967 - Lewiston
• 1966 - Lady Pitt
• 1965 - Juanita
• 1964 - Miss Cavandish
• 1963 - Spicy Living
• 1962 - North South Gal
• 1961 - Primonetta
• 1960 - Rash Statement
• 1959 - Resaca
• 1958 - Big Effort
• 1957 - Bayou
• 1956 - Dotted Line
• 1955 - High Voltage
• 1954 - Parlo
• 1953 - Cerise Reine
• 1952 - Big Mo
• 1951 - Kiss Me Kate
• 1950 - Next Move
• 1949 - Nasophar
• 1948 - Miss Request
• 1947 - Camargo
• 1946 - Bonnie Beryl
• 1945 - Gallorette
• 1944 - Plucky Maud
• 1942 - Vagrancy
• 1941 - Tangled
• 1940 - Piquet
• 1939 - Wise Lady
• 1938 - Handcuff

References

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