Class: | Grade III |
Horse Race: | Bayakoa Stakes |
Inaugurated: | 1992 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Distance: | miles |
Surface: | Dirt |
Track: | left-handed |
Qualification: | fillies and mares, four years old and older |
Weight: | 122 lbs with allowances |
Purse: | $250,000 (2021) |
The Bayakoa Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in February at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.
The race was inaugurated in 1992[1] and named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bayakoa[2] who had won the 1989 Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
In 1993 event was run over a longer distance of miles and in 1995 the event was not held.[1]
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.[3]
Speed record:
Margins:
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref | |||||||
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align=center | 2024 | Comparative | align=center | 4 | Manuel Franco | Brad H. Cox | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.81 | align=center | $250,000 | align=center | III | [4] | ||
align=center | 2023 | A Mo Reay | align=center | 4 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Hunter Valley Farm | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.07 | align=center | $250,000 | align=center | III | [5] | |
align=center | 2022 | Miss Bigly | align=center | 6 | Ramon Vazquez | Philip D'Amato | Agave Racing Stable, Living The Dream Stables & Rockin Robin Racing Stables | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.82 | align=center | $250,000 | align=center | III | [6] | |
align=center | 2021 | align=center | 6 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.92 | align=center | $250,000 | align=center | III | [7] | |||
align=center | 2020 | align=center | 5 | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Paul J. McGee | Jay Em Ess Stable | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.65 | align=center | $200,000 | align=center | III | [8] | ||
align=center | 2019 | She's a Julie | align=center | 4 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen | Whispering Oaks Farm, Team Hanley, T. & A. Cambron, Bradley Thor., Madaket Stables | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.55 | align=center | $200,000 | align=center | III | [9] | |
align=center | 2018 | Streamline | align=center | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Brian Williamson | Nancy A. Vanier & Cartwright Thoroughbreds | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:47.22 | align=center | $150,000 | align=center | III | [10] | |
align=center | 2017 | Terra Promessa | align=center | 4 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Stonestreet Stables | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.18 | align=center | $150,000 | align=center | III | [11] | ||
align=center | 2016 | Call Pat | align=center | 6 | Joseph Rocco Jr. | Brad H. Cox | Miller Racing LLC (Myron Miller) | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.81 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | III | [12] | |
align=center | 2015 | Mufajaah | align=center | 4 | Daniel C. Peitz | Shadwell Stable | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.04 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | III | [13] | ||
align=center | 2014 | Don't Tell Sophia | align=center | 6 | Channing Hill | Philip A. Sims | Philip A. Sims & Jerry Namy | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.78 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [14] | |
align=center | 2013 | Don't Tell Sophia | align=center | 5 | Robby Albarado | Philip A. Sims | Philip A. Sims & Jerry Namy | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.00 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [15] | |
align=center | 2012 | Absinthe Minded | align=center | 5 | Terry J. Thompson | D. Wayne Lukas | Briland Farm | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.14 | align=center | $98,000 | align=center | Listed | [16] | |
align=center | 2011 | Absinthe Minded | align=center | 4 | Terry J. Thompson | D. Wayne Lukas | Briland Farm | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.62 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [17] | |
align=center | 2010 | Payton d'Oro | align=center | 4 | Terry J. Thompson | Cindy Jones | John Ferris, Mike Pressley, et al. | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.93 | align=center | $98,000 | align=center | Listed | [18] | |
align=center | 2009 | Euphony | align=center | 4 | Cliff Berry | Pin Oak Stable | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.00 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [19] | ||
align=center | 2008 | Buy the Barrel | align=center | 4 | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Hinkle Farms (Tom Hinkle) | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.29 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [20] | |
align=center | 2007 | Gasia | align=center | 4 | Terry J. Thompson | J. Larry Jones | Susan Knoll | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.32 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [21] | |
align=center | 2006 | Capeside Lady | align=center | 4 | Stewart Elliott | Steven M. Asmussen | Dapple Stable | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.12 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [22] | |
align=center | 2005 | Two Trail Sioux | align=center | 4 | John McKee | Wallace Dollase | John D. Gunther & Don Winton | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.61 | align=center | $100,000 | align=center | Listed | [23] | |
align=center | 2004 | La Reason | align=center | 4 | Justin Shepherd | David R. Vance | Ron Kirby & Tom Kirby | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.68 | align=center | $75,000 | align=center | Listed | [24] | |
align=center | 2003 | McKinney | align=center | 5 | Steven M. Asmussen | Nelson Bunker Hunt | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.20 | align=center | $48,000 | align=center | Listed | [25] | ||
align=center | 2002 | Due to Win | align=center | 7 | Justin J. Vitek | Howard Scarberry | Penny Scarberry | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.20 | align=center | $75,000 | align=center | Listed | [26] | |
align=center | 2001 | Dorothy Ann | align=center | 5 | Joseph C. Judice | Robert E. Holthus | James T. Hines Jr. | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.80 | align=center | $50,000 | align=center | Listed | [27] | |
align=center | 2000 | Tuscania | align=center | 4 | Michael R. Morgan | Joseph Petalino | Lazy E Racing Stable, et al. | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.80 | align=center | $50,000 | align=center | Listed | [28] | |
align=center | 1999 | Really Polish | align=center | 4 | James Lopez | Joseph Petalino | Team Valor International | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:42.52 | align=center | $50,000 | align=center | [29] | ||
align=center | 1998 | Water Street | align=center | 4 | Calvin H. Borel | Peter M. Vestal | Willmott Stables, Inc. (Peter S. Willmott) | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.00 | align=center | $40,000 | align=center | [30] | ||
align=center | 1997 | Omi | align=center | 4 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Donald R. Dizney | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:44.20 | align=center | $40,000 | align=center | [31] | ||
align=center | 1996 | Herat of Gold | align=center | 4 | Kent J. Desormeaux | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.80 | align=center | $40,000 | align=center | [32] | ||
1995 | Race not held | ||||||||||||||||
align=center | 1994 | Eskimo's Angel | align=center | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:43.67 | align=center | $55,400 | align=center | [33] | ||
align=center | 1993 | Teddy's Top Ten | align=center | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Bobby C. Barnett | John A. Franks | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:50.20 | align=center | $44,200 | align=center | [34] | ||
align=center | 1992 | Timetocheckin | align=center | 5 | Pat Day | Terrence W. Dunlavy | Charles Randolph | align=center | miles | align=center | 1:45.60 | align=center | $40,128 | align=center | [35] |