Del Mar Oaks
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1957 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www.dmtc.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $300,000 |
The Del Mar Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested at a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the turf. Since 1994 it has been a Grade I event.
From its inception in 1957 through 1964, the Del Mar Oaks was raced at a distance of one mile on dirt.
It was raced in two divisions in 1966 and again in 1970.
Records[]
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)
- 1:46.26 – (2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – Howard B. Keck (1970, 1971, 1975, 1986)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – Bill Shoemaker (1970, 1971, 1985, 1986)
- 4 – Chris McCarron (1979, 1984, 1989, 1991)
- 4 – Corey Nakatani (1998, 2003, 2007, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 – Charlie Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1991)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Going Global | Flavien Prat | Philip D'Amato | CYBT, Saul Gevertz et al. | 1:48.91 |
2020 | Red Lark | Drayden Van Dyke | Patrick Gallagher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | 1:48.64 |
2019 | Cambier Parc | John R. Velazquez | Chad Brown | OXO Equine LLC | 1:46.75 |
2018 | Fatale Bere | Kent Desormeaux | Leonard Powell | Benowitz Family Trust, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Mathiesen, Mark, and Powell, Mathilde | 1:48.14 |
2017 | Julien Leparoux | Mark E. Casse | John C. Oxley | 1:48.06 | |
2016 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Larkin Armstrong | 1:48.71 | |
2015 | Doug O'Neill | Brous Stable/Barber/Wachtel Stable | 1:46.58 | ||
2014 | Corey Nakatani | Humphrey/Watts/St. George Farm Racing | 1:47.56 | ||
2013 | Julien Leparoux | Christophe Clement | Patricia A. Generazio | 1:47.38 | |
2012 | Mike E. Smith | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | 1:46.30 | |
2011 | Gabriel Saez | Graham Motion | Team Valor International | 1:46.46 | |
2010 | Evening Jewel | Victor Espinoza | Tom Braly | 1:47.27 | |
2009 | Garrett K. Gomez | Bob Baffert | Charles E. Fipke | 1:49.46 | |
2008 | Alex Solis | David Bienstock, et al. | 1:46.73 | ||
2007 | Corey Nakatani | Christophe Clement | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1:46.79 | |
2006 | Arravale | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Macdonald Benson | Robert Costigan | 1:48.03 |
2005 | Mike E. Smith | Gould Family Trust/Dixon | 1:46.29 | ||
2004 | David Flores | Julio C. Canani | et al. | 1:46.26 | |
2003 | Corey Nakatani | Richard Mandella | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:47.04 | |
2002 | Kent Desormeaux | Laura de Seroux | S. Port / et al. | 1:47.16 | |
2001 | Garrett K. Gomez | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:47.98 | ||
2000 | Victor Espinoza | Neil D. Drysdale | Augustin Stable | 1:50.02 | |
1999 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Walter Family Trust | 1:48.60 | |
1998 | Corey Nakatani | J. DeHaven/J. Preston et al. | 1:48.26 | ||
1997 | Brice Blanc | Let It Ride Stable | 1:49.14 | ||
1996 | Chris Antley | Ron McAnally | Jack Kent Cooke | 1:48.93 | |
1995 | Shane Sellers | William I. Mott | Ken L. & Sarah K. Ramsey | 1:49.72 | |
1994 | Gary Stevens | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:47.73 | ||
1993 | Hollywood Wildcat | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | 1:48.31 | |
1992 | Alex Solis | Albert R. Broccoli | 1:48.60 | ||
1991 | Flawlessly | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:49.40 |
1990 | Corey Black | Edwin J. Gregson | Royal Lines | 1:49.80 | |
1989 | Chris McCarron | Dan L. Hendricks | M/M T. M. Cavanagh | 1:48.60 | |
1988 | Rafael Meza | Buckland Farm | 1:49.00 | ||
1987 | Gary Stevens | Clover Racing et al. | 1:50.40 | ||
1986 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:47.80 | |
1985 | Bill Shoemaker | Ron McAnally | Allen E. Paulson | 1:48.80 | |
1984 | Chris McCarron | Robert J. Frankel | Diana Firestone (Lessee) | 1:49.40 | |
1983 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Burt Bacharach/C. B. Sager | 1:50.20 | ||
1982 | Ray Sibille | Charlie Whittingham | 1:50.20 | ||
1981 | Darrel McHargue | John W. Russell | W. F. Roden | 1:49.40 | |
1980 | Pat Valenzuela | D. Wayne Lukas | John A. Nerud | 1:49.40 | |
1979 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | 1:49.80 | ||
1978 | Fernando Toro | Maribel G. Blum | 1:49.80 | ||
1977 | Donald Pierce | Robert L. Wheeler | V. & A. Eachus | 1:48.80 | |
1976 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Tommy Doyle | Toshiaki Kanasashi | 1:49.20 | |
1975 | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:50.00 | ||
1974 | Donald Pierce | Bernard J. Ridder | 1:50.20 | ||
1973 | Donald Pierce | Tommy Doyle | Circle C Ranch & Witt | 1:49.40 | |
1972 | Johnny Sellers | Tommy Doyle | Westerly Stud | 1:50.00 | |
1971 | Turkish Trousers | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:50.00 |
1970 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:49.20 | |
1970 | Fernando Toro | Chas. Weiner (Lessee) | 1:50.20 | ||
1969 | Álvaro Pineda | Melvin F. Stute | Ken Schiffer | 1:51.60 | |
1968 | Calbourne Stable | 1:50.60 | |||
1967 | Álvaro Pineda | M/M E. B. Johnston | 1:50.80 | ||
1966 | Carl A. Roles | Muriel Vanderbilt Adams | 1:51.20 | ||
1966 | Álvaro Pineda | Albert Sultan | 1:51.00 | ||
1965 | Jerry Lambert | Radkovich Stock Farm | 1:52.40 | ||
1964 | Johnny Longden | Radkovich / Wilson | 1:36.80 | ||
1963 | Kenneth Church | Noble Threewitt | Kratz & Horrigan | 1:36.20 | |
1962 | Willie Harmatz | Vicar Stable | 1:35.40 | ||
1961 | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney | 1:35.20 | ||
1960 | Linita | Clyde Turk | Corradini & Dorney | 1:36.00 | |
1959 | Hill / Hutson Ent. | 1:36.40 | |||
1958 | Colin Campbell | 1:36.40 | |||
1957 | Ismael Valenzuela | Frank E. Childs | Mrs. Fred Turner Jr. | 1:36.20 |
References[]
- Del Mar Oaks details at Del Mar website
- The 2008 Del Mar Oaks at the NTRA[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Turf races in the United States
- Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
- Grade 1 stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in California
- Recurring sporting events established in 1957
- Del Mar Racetrack
- 1957 establishments in California