Oaks

For the tree, see oak.

Oaks may refer to:

Horse races

"Oaks" is generally used to describe a Thoroughbred horse race restricted to 3-year-old fillies. Among the best-known races using the term are:

• Epsom Oaks, The Oaks Stakes, at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey, England; the original "Oaks" race
• Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky
• Irish Oaks at the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland
• Prix de Diane, also known in English as the "French Oaks", at Chantilly Racecourse, Paris, France
• Oaks d'Italia at Ippodromo di San Siro in Milan, Italy
• AJC Oaks at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia
• Crown Oaks at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia
• Turkish Oaks at Veliefendi Race Course, İstanbul, Turkey

Places

• Oaks mountain, in Algeria (also called Jurjura mountain)
• Oaks, Missouri, USA
• Oaks, North Carolina, USA
• Oaks, Oklahoma, USA
• Oaks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Oaks, Shropshire, England

Sports teams

• The Oaks, Romania national rugby union team
• Bucureşti Oaks, a rugby union team from Bucharest, Romania, competing in the European Challenge Cup
• Sports teams from Oakland, California:
  • Oakland Oaks (PCL) a defunct minor league baseball team in the Pacific Coast League
  • Oakland Oaks (ABL) a defunct basketball team that played in the American Basketball League
  • Oakland Oaks (ABA) a defunct basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association]

Others

• Oaks is also the nickname of Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California, and was the nickname of the former Dondero High School in Royal Oak, Michigan
• Oaks Amusement Park, a historic amusement park in Portland, Oregon, USA
• The Oaks (TV series)

See also

• Oak (disambiguation)

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