California Oaks Explained

Class:Non-graded stakes
Horse Race:California Oaks
Location:Golden Gate Fields
Berkeley, California, United States
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface:Tapeta Footings synthetic dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-year-old fillies
Weight:Assigned
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

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners of the California Oaks since 1994

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner

(Miles)
Time
2022Anthonys Cleopatra3Frank AlvaradoTim McCannaCacchiotti Ranch1-1/161:45.36
2021Pizazz 3Kyle FreyRichard MandellaPerry R. Bass II & Ramona S. Bass1-1/161:44.94
2020Dynasty of Her Own3Ricardo GonzalezJonathan WongTommy Town Thoroughbreds1-1/161:44.55
2019Sold It3Rafael BejaranoDoug O'NeillCiaran Dunne & Reddam Racing1-1/161:44.78
2018Consolida3Julien CoutonPatrick GallagherEclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Green Lantern Stables1-1/161:45.48
2017Tap It All3Kyle FreyDoug O'NeillERJ Racing & Reddam Racing1-1/161:45.12
2016Kiss N Scat3Ricardo GonzalezJerry HollendorferHollendorfer/Melen/Taub/George1-1/161:44.14
2015Sharla Rae3Silvio Ruiz AmadorDoug O'NeillW. C. Racing (Glenn Sorgenstein)1-1/161:44.46
2014Be Proud3Russell BazeBob BaffertPatti Earnhardt & Hal J. Earnhardt III1-1/161:47.62
2013Redressthebalance3Christian S. ReyesDoug O'NeillRutherford Group/Meredith/Pegum1-1/161:45.40
2012Lady of Fifty3Russell BazeJerry HollendorferJerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro1-1/161:46.04
2011Lilacs and Lace3Russell BazeDuane OffieldJudy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel 1-1/161:46.32
2010Antares World3Frank AlvaradoSteven SpechtM/M Larry D. Williams 1-1/161:45.75
2009Will O Way3Russell BazeVladimir CerinRonald Waranch et al.1-1/161:45.23
2008Sky Mystic3David G. LopezGregory G. GilchristDavid & Jill Heerensperger1-1/161:39.04
2007Eastlake Avenue 3Chad SchvaneveldtJerry HollendorferGeorge Todaro1-1/161:45.90
2006Sierra Sweetie3Martin GarciaJeffrey L. BondePeter Branagh, George Schmitt, Mary C. Schmitt, Jeff Shieldas, Larry Varellas1-1/161:43.64
2005align=center colspan=7Race not held
2004House of Fortune 3Ronnie Warren Jr.Ron McAnallyArnold Zetcher1-1/161:41.60
2003Amber Hills 3Gary BazeEd Moger Jr.Curt & Lila Lanning 1-1/161:44.25
2002La Martina3Corey LanerieJenine SahadiTeam Valor1-1/161:47.16
2001Aswhatilldois3Adelberto LopezJames HillingLindsay D. Myers1-1/161:55.48
1995- 2000align=center colspan=7Race not held
1994Baby Diamonds3Gary BoulangerJoseph A. DevereuxArthur Benjamin1-1/161:46.20

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.goldengatefields.com/NR/rdonlyres/5AE86E51-CA68-4088-9688-650B89C8E187/28466/caloaksnoms.pdf The 2010 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields