- Delaware Oaks
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Grade II race Delaware Oaks Location Delaware Park Racetrack
Stanton, Delaware
Inaugurated 1938 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Delaware Park Race information Distance 8.5 furlongs (1 1/16 miles) Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-year-old Fillies Weight Assigned Purse $250,000 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 willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
Currently, the Grade II race offers a purse of $250,000.
United States Hall of Fame fillies Gallorette (1945) and Dark Mirage (1968) have 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 Richard, Bertram, & Elaine 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 Mark DeDomenico LLC, et al 1:43.34 2011 St. John's River Jose Lezcano Andrew Leggio, Jr. Dede McGehee 1:44.39 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
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
- Horse races in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1938
- Delaware Park Racetrack
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