- Oak Tree Mile Stakes
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Grade II race
Oak Tree Mile StakesLocation Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United StatesInaugurated 1986 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.oaktreeracing.com Race information Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs) Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Three-year-olds & Up Weight Scale Weight Purse $250,000 The Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the annual Oak Tree Racing Association meet. A Grade II stakes raced on turf, it is open to horses age three and up willing to race one mile. It currently offers a purse of $250,000.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Oak Tree Mile Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile. [1]
Inaugurated in 1986 as the Col. F. W. Koester Handicap, the name was changed to the Oak Tree Mile Stakes in 1996.
Records
Time record:
- 1:32.44 - Urgent Request (1996)
Most wins:
- To date, no horse has ever won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- To date, no owner has ever won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Gary L. Stevens (1986, 1988, 2000)
- 3 - Ed Delahoussaye (1989, 1993, 1994)
- 3 - Alex Solis (1991, 1997, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Neil D. Drysdale (1989, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006)
Winners of the Oak Tree Mile Stakes
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 Jeranimo 5 Martin Garcia Michael Pender B.J. Wright 1:32.61 2010 Liberian Freighter 5 Dugan Estate 1:33.24 2009 Cowboy Cal 4 Garrett Gomez Todd Pletcher Robert and Janice McNair 1:33.12 2008 Hyperbaric 5 Garrett Gomez Julio C. Canani William Jack Preston 1:33.62 2007 Out of Control 4 Michael C. Baze Robert J. Frankel T N T Stud 1:34.16 2006 Aragorn 4 Corey Nakatani Neil D. Drysdale Ballygallon Stud Ltd. 1:32.87 2005 Singletary 5 David R. Flores Donald Chatlos, Jr. Little Red Feather Racing 1:34.54 2004 Musical Chimes 4 Kent Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale Sheik Mohammed 1:33.29 2003 Designed for Luck 6 Patrick Valenzuela Vladimir Cerin David & Holly Wilson 1:32.61 2002 Night Patrol 6 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Nick Canani Everest Stables 1:32.93 2001 Val Royal 5 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Julio C. Canani David S. Milch 1:33.21 2000 War Chant 3 Gary L. Stevens Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan 1:33.75 1999 Silic 4 Corey Nakatani Julio C. Canani Terrence Lanni et al. 1:33.76 1998 Hawksley Hill 5 Alex Solis Neil D. Drysdale David & Jill Heerensperger 1:36.72 1997 Fantastic Fellow 3 Alex Solis D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:36.23 1996 Urgent Request 6 Chris McCarron Charles Whittingham Stewart Aitken 1:32.44 1995 Ventiquattrofogli 5 Goncalino Almeida Wallace Dollase Bonilla, Carr & Horizon Stable 1:35.30 1994 Bon Point 4 Ed Delahoussaye Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:33.86 1993 Johann Quatz 4 Ed Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Tadahiro Hotehama 1:36.28 1992 Twilight Agenda 6 Chris McCarron D. Wayne Lukas Moyglare Stud 1:33.36 1991 Ibero 4 Alex Solis Ron McAnally Pavlovsky & Whitham 1:33.77 1990 Notorious Pleasure 4 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Hector O. Palma Robert Levy et al. 1:33.00 1989 Political Ambition 5 Ed Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Clover Racing Stable 1:33.40 1988 Mohamed Abdu 4 Gary L. Stevens Richard W. Mulhall Meyer & Molly Gaskin Trust 1:34.40 1987 Double Feint 4 Fernando Toro Leroy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1:37.00 1986 Palace Music 5 Gary L. Stevens Charles Whittingham Hunt & Paulson 1:35.00 References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
- Horse races in California
- Open mile category horse races
- Turf races in the United States
- Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- Recurring events established in 1986
- Santa Anita Park
- Sports in Los Angeles County, California
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