The Sunshine Millions Oaks is an American

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for

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horses The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

held in January as part of the eight-race

Sunshine Millions The Sunshine Millions is a series of American thoroughbred horse race, races for thoroughbred race horse, horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The brainchild of promi ...

series. Run at

Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races ...

Arcadia, California Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of t ...

or at

Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park, owned by The Stronach Group, is a Thoroughbred race track, casino and outdoor entertainment and shopping destination in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Thoroughbred horse racing occurs year-round, defined by three distinct race meets ...

Hallandale Beach, Florida Hallandale Beach (formerly known simply as Hallandale) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Luther Halland, the son of a Swedish worker for Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad. As of the 2 ...

, half the eight-race series is run at one track and half at the other. Open to three-year-old

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willing to race six

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s on the dirt, the Sunshine Millions Oaks is an ungraded stakes event but carries a purse of $250,000. Inaugurated at seven furlongs in 2003, the race is also known as the Ocala Stud Oaks (in 2006). In its eighth running in 2010, the series of races called the Sunshine Millions are restricted to horses bred either in

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

or in

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

and is the brainchild of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, the

California Thoroughbred Breeders Association The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA), founded in 1937, is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of thoroughbred breeding and racing in California. It is governed by a board of 16 directors elected by the associati ...

, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, Inc., Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, and Magna Entertainment Corp.

Winners

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Joel Rosario Joel Rosario (born January 14, 1985) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic. In the space of five weeks in 2013 he rode the winners of the Dubai World Cup and the Kentucky Derby. More rec ...

, Jack Carava , La Canada Stable , 1:09.16 , - , 2008 , American County , Fl ,

Edgar Prado Edgar S. Prado ( Lima, June 12, 1967) is a Peruvian-born American jockey, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. His big break came in 1997 when he won 536 races, making him the fourth rider in history to win 500 races ...

, Dale L. Romans , Mike Tarp , 1:10.38 , - , 2007 , Mistical Plan , CA , David R. Flores , Doug F. O'Neill ,

J. Paul Reddam John Paul Reddam Bachelor of Arts, B.A. Master of Arts, M.A. Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. (born July 28, 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian businessman, Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse owner and a former professor of philosophy at California Stat ...

, 1:10.50 , - , 2006 , Joint Effort , FL , Eddie Castro , Dale L. Romans , Harry J. Aleo , 1:09.49 , - , 2005 , Hot Storm , FL , Jerry D. Bailey ,

Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart (born September 15, 1959 in McComb, Mississippi) trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Keeneland Race Course, Fair Grounds Race Course, Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Cour ...

, Robert A. Adams , 1:09.16 , - , 2004 , Silent Sighs , CA , David R. Flores , Julio C. Canani , Pam & Martin Wygod , 1:10.82 , - , 2003 ,

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, FL , David R. Flores ,

Bob Baffert Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakne ...

The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family. It was based at an facility at Bradbury Estates, in Bradbury, ...

, 1:23.03 , -

References

Official site of the Sunshine Millions

The Sunshine Millions Oaks at Pedigree Query
Restricted stakes races in the United States Horse races in Florida Horse races in California Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies