The Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes is an American Grade III stakes race

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for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of one and three-eighth miles on the

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held annually in September at

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. The purse for the event is US$700,000.

History

In 2019 the

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with the influx of

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dollars created a new racing series for three-year-old fillies called the Turf Tiara. The Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes was positioned as the third and last leg of the new three race series held over the long distance of miles with an impressive purse of US$700,000. The other events of the Turf Tiara are the

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at Belmont Park held in July and the

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at Saratoga held in August. The event is run on the same day as the

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which is the final leg of the Turf Trinity, an analogous series for three-year-old colts and geldings. The inaugural running on 8 September 2019 was won by His Highness The

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's Edisa. Starting as the 8/5 favorite Edisa started slowly but finished strongly to win by of a length over the Irish-bred Wonderment in a time of 2:17.02. Edisa was sired by the

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in Kentucky but made her first six starts in

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and placed second in both the Group 2

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and Group 3

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. In 2020 due to the

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, NYRA did not schedule the event in their updated and reformatted fall meeting. In the 2021 renewal of the event six fillies entered with the first four finishers being Irish-bred. The winner, Shantisara had previously won at

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in the Grade 3

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and in her next start won the Grade 1

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. With the outstanding quality the event displayed, the

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in 2022 upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III. Also the event in 2022 was moved to

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due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at

. The event was held on the inner turf track and the winner, the British-bred McKulick set a new track record of 2:12.38.

Records

Speed record: * miles: 2:12.38 – McKulick ( GB) (2022) (new track record at Aqueduct) Margins: * length – Edisa (2019) Most wins by an owner: * No owner has won the event more than once Most wins by a

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: *2 –

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(2019, 2021) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 –

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(2021, 2022)

Winners

''Legend:''

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References