Summertime Oaks

The Summertime Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in June at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Grade II event is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race on dirt at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. The race was inaugurated in 1946 as the Hollywood Oaks and was originally run at Hollywood Park Racetrack.^[1]

Following the closure of Hollywood Park in 2013, the race was transferred to Santa Anita Park. At the same time, the purse was increased from $150,000 to $200,000.^[2]

Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:

• 1 mile : 1946, 1948–1950
• 7 furlongs : 1947
• 1+1⁄16 miles : 1951–1953, 2002–present
• 1+1⁄8 miles : 1954-2001

Speed record:

• 1:41.55 - House of Fortune (2004) (at current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)
• 1:46.93 - Lakeway (1994) (at previous distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)

Most wins by a jocky

• 5 - Ed Delahoussaye (1989, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2001)

Most wins by a trainer

• 4 - Bob Baffert (2003, 200, 2014, 2017)

• The 2009 Hollywood Oaks at the NTRA
• Ten Things You Should Know about the Hollywood Oaks at Hello Race Fans!