Sunland Park Oaks

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Sunland Park Oaks
Listed stakes race
LocationSunland Park Racetrack, Sunland Park, New Mexico,
United States
Inaugurated2001
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Purse$200,000

The Sunland Park Oaks (formerly the WinStar Oaks) is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies and mares willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The Oaks, an ungraded stakes event, is held in March at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino (founded in 1959) in New Mexico.

Once sponsored by WinStar Farm in Kentucky where Distorted Humor and Tiznow stand, the race offers a purse of $200,000. Begun as a one and one sixteenth mile race, then taken down to a mile, it is now back to one and one-sixteenth.

Since 2013, the Oaks has been part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, a series of races through which fillies qualify for the Kentucky Oaks.

The race was not run in 2016 due to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus.[1]

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey and Mike E. Smith, as well as jockeys Patrick Valenzuela and Cash Asmussen, all began their careers at Sunland Park.

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:41.06 @ 1 1/16 miles: Midnight Lucky (2013) (new track record)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 8 - Bob Baffert (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Karl Watson, Paul Weitman (2007, 2013)
  • 2 - Peachtree Stable (2011, 2012)

Winners[]

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time Purse$ Gr.
2019 Chasing Yesterday 3 Drayden Van Dyke Bob Baffert Summer Wind Equine (Jane Lyon) 1-1/16 m 1:43.18 $200,000 L/R
2018 Blamed 3 Ken Tohill Joel H. Marr Cleber Massey 1-1/16 m 1:43.32 $200,000 L/R
2017 Ghalia 3 José Ortiz Todd Pletcher Sumaya U.S. Stable 1-1/16 m 1:44.24 $200,000 L/R
2016 Race not held
2015 Maybellene 3 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Natalie J. Baffert 1-1/16 m 1:42.90 $200,000 L/R
2014 Awesome Baby 3 Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert Kaleem Shah, Inc. 1-1/16 m 1:43.80 $200,000 L/R
2013 Midnight Lucky 3 Rafael Bejarano Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, Paul Weitman 1-1/16 m 1:41.06 $200,000 L/R
2012 Princess Arabella 3 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Peachtree Stable (John P. Fort) 1-1/16 m 1:43.52 $200,000 L/R
2011 3 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Peachtree Stable (John P. Fort) 1-1/16 m 1:43.18 $200,000 L/R
2010 Harissa 3 Tyler Baze David Hofmans Gem, Inc. 1-1/16 m 1:42.90 $200,000 L/R
2009 3 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Arnold Zetcher 1-1/16 m 1:43.31 $200,000 L/R
2008 Sky Mom 3 Garrett Gomez Steve Asmussen Heather Stark 1-1/16 m 1:44.50 $200,000 L/R
2007 3 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Watson and Weitman Performances, LLC 1-1/16 m 1:45.18 $200,000 L/R
2006 Sweet Fourty 3 Victor Espinoza Jeffrey L. Mullins Michael House 1-1/16 m 1:43.73 $250,000 L/R
2005 Cee's Irish 3 Corey Nakatani Douglas F. O'Neill Merv Griffin Ranch Co. 1-1/16 m 1:44.66 $259,000 L/R
2004 Speedy Falcon 3 Ricardo Jaime Henry Dominguez Chris Coleman 1 m 1:36.57 $260,193 L/R
2003 Island Fashion 3 Ignacio Puglisi Nick Canani Everest Stable, Inc. 1 m 1:36.29 $256,450 L/R
2002 No Turbulence 3 J. Eric Kruljac Frank Lewkowitz, Dennis & Noreen Grenier 1 m 1:38.11 $77,700 L/R
2001 Gems and Gold 3 Ramon Gonzalez Anthony J. & Aimee Trujillo 1 m 1:38.60 $42,300

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sunland Park Cancels Derby, Oaks". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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