The California Oaks is an American
Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at
Golden Gate Fields in
Berkeley, California
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. Open to three-year-old
fillies, it is contested on
Tapeta Footings synthetic dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5
furlongs).
The 2010 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields
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The event is an ungraded stakes race with a current purse of $75,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of three horse races in the United States which is open to three-year-old fillies. Presently the only official Triple Tiara is the three race series in New Y ...
, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes
The Mother Goose Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Raced on dirt in late June or early July, the race currently offers a purse of $300,000. Inaugurated in 1957 at a mi ...
.
Records
Speed record:
* miles - 1:39.04 - Sky Mystic (2008)
Most wins by a jockey
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:
* 4 - Russell Baze (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Doug O'Neill
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(2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Winners of the California Oaks since 1994
See also
*Road to the Kentucky Oaks The Road to the Kentucky Oaks is a points system to qualify for the Kentucky Oaks, one of the most important races for three-year-old fillies and held the day before the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. It features roughly 30 stakes races for Thor ...
References
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The 2009 California Oaks race results at Bloodhorse.comThe 2008 California Oaks race results at Bloodhorse.com
Horse races in California
Golden Gate Fields
Restricted stakes races in the United States
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies