California Oaks

California Oaks
Non-graded stakes race
LocationGolden Gate Fields
Berkeley, California, United States
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.goldengatefields.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTapeta Footings synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightAssigned
Purse$75,000 (2020)

The California Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California. 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).[1]

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, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1+116 miles - 1:39.04 - Sky Mystic (2008)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the California Oaks since 1994

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
2022 Anthonys Cleopatra 3 Frank Alvarado Tim McCanna Cacchiotti Ranch 1-1/16 1:45.36
2021 Pizazz 3 Kyle Frey Richard Mandella Perry R. Bass II & Ramona S. Bass 1-1/16 1:44.94
2020 Dynasty of Her Own 3 Ricardo Gonzalez Jonathan Wong Tommy Town Thoroughbreds 1-1/16 1:44.55
2019 Sold It 3 Rafael Bejarano Doug O'Neill Ciaran Dunne & Reddam Racing 1-1/16 1:44.78
2018 Consolida 3 Julien Couton Patrick Gallagher Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Green Lantern Stables 1-1/16 1:45.48
2017 Tap It All 3 Kyle Frey Doug O'Neill ERJ Racing & Reddam Racing 1-1/16 1:45.12
2016 Kiss N Scat 3 Ricardo Gonzalez Jerry Hollendorfer Hollendorfer/Melen/Taub/George 1-1/16 1:44.14
2015 Sharla Rae 3 Silvio Ruiz Amador Doug O'Neill W. C. Racing (Glenn Sorgenstein) 1-1/16 1:44.46
2014 Be Proud 3 Russell Baze Bob Baffert Patti Earnhardt & Hal J. Earnhardt III 1-1/16 1:47.62
2013 Redressthebalance 3 Christian S. Reyes Doug O'Neill Rutherford Group/Meredith/Pegum 1-1/16 1:45.40
2012 Lady of Fifty 3 Russell Baze Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro 1-1/16 1:46.04
2011 Lilacs and Lace 3 Russell Baze Duane Offield Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel 1-1/16 1:46.32
2010 Antares World 3 Frank Alvarado Steven Specht M/M Larry D. Williams 1-1/16 1:45.75
2009 Will O Way 3 Russell Baze Vladimir Cerin Ronald Waranch et al. 1-1/16 1:45.23
2008 Sky Mystic 3 David G. Lopez Gregory G. Gilchrist David & Jill Heerensperger 1-1/16 1:39.04
2007 Eastlake Avenue 3 Chad Schvaneveldt Jerry Hollendorfer George Todaro 1-1/16 1:45.90
2006 Sierra Sweetie 3 Martin Garcia Jeffrey L. Bonde Peter Branagh, George Schmitt, Mary C. Schmitt, Jeff Shieldas, Larry Varellas 1-1/16 1:43.64
2005 Race not held
2004 House of Fortune 3 Ronnie Warren Jr. Ron McAnally Arnold Zetcher 1-1/16 1:41.60
2003 Amber Hills 3 Gary Baze Ed Moger Jr. Curt & Lila Lanning 1-1/16 1:44.25
2002 La Martina 3 Corey Lanerie Jenine Sahadi Team Valor 1-1/16 1:47.16
2001 Aswhatilldois 3 Adelberto Lopez James Hilling Lindsay D. Myers 1-1/16 1:55.48
1995 - 2000 Race not held
1994 Baby Diamonds 3 Gary Boulanger Joseph A. Devereux Arthur Benjamin 1-1/16 1:46.20

See also

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References

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