Summertime Oaks Explained

Class:Grade II
Horse Race:Summertime Oaks
Location:Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated:1946 (as Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-year-old fillies
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$200,000

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:

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jocky
Most wins by a trainer

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2024Sugar FishTyler BazeJeff MullinsSweetwater Stable & Talla Racing1:43.41
2023Window ShoppingHector Isaac BerriosRichard E. MandellaPerry R Bass II & Ramona S Bass1:45.01
2022Under The StarsJuan J. HernandezSean McCarthyTabor, Magnier & Smith1:43.51
2021Crazy BeautifulMike E. SmithKenneth McPeekPhoenix Thoroughbred III1:43.85
2020 race not held
2019My Majestic RoseFlavien PratRodolphe BrissetJudy B Hicks1:45.08
2018Ollie's CandyKent DesormeauxWilliam E. MoreyPaul & Karen Eggert1:44.17
2017FaypienRafael BejaranoBob BaffertBaoma Corporation1:43.17
2016SongbirdMike SmithJerry HollendorferFox Hill Farms1:42.63
2015Stellar WindVictor EspinozaJohn W. SadlerHronis Racing1:42.53
2014Jo Jo WarriorRafael BejaranoBob BaffertZayat Stables1:43.09
2013DoinghardtimeagainRafael BejaranoJerry HollendorferTommy Town Thoroughbreds1:43.27
2012PotestaJoe TalamoMike MitchellFanticola and Scardino1:43.22
2011ZazuJoel RosarioJohn W. SadlerAnn & Jerry Moss1:43.36
2010SwitchMartin GarciaJohn W. SadlerC R K Stable1:44.54
2009CarlsbadTyler BazeJeff MullinsDennis Weir1:42.59
2008Lethal HeatRafael BejaranoBarry AbramsB. Abrams/M. Auerbach/R. McCauley1:43.00
2007Tough Tiz's Sis Aaron GryderBob BaffertWatson & Weitman Performances1:43.30
2006HystericaladyPat ValenzuelaJerry HollendorferDr. George Tadaro et al.1:43.08
2005Brooke's HaloJon CourtRichard MandellaDiamond A Racing Corp.1:42.80
2004House of Fortune Alex SolisRon McAnallyArnold Zetcher1:41.55
2003Santa Catarina Gary StevensBob BaffertBob & Beverly Lewis1:41.62
2002Garrett GomezDavid HofmansAmerman Racing Stables1:43.73
2001AffluentEd DelahoussayeRon McAnallyJanis R. Whitham1:49.20
2000Kumari ContinentKent DesormeauxJ. Paco GonzalezTrudy McCaffery/John Toffan1:49.13
1999Smooth PlayerEd DelahoussayeDan HendricksPam & Martin Wygod/John Spohler1:48.17
1998ManistiqueGary StevensJohn Shirreffs505 Farms1:48.46
1997Sharp CatAlex SolisThe Thoroughbred Corp.1:49.60
1996ListeningRon McAnallyJanis R. Whitham1:48.70
1995Sleep EasyCorey NakataniRobert J. FrankelJuddmonte Farms1:50.24
1994LakewayKent DesormeauxGary F. JonesMichael G. Rutherford1:46.93
1993Hollywood WildcatEd DelahoussayeIrving & Marjorie Cowan1:48.48
1992Pacific SquallKent DesormeauxJ. Paco GonzalezTrudy McCaffery / John Toffan1:48.07
1991FowdaEd DelahoussayeRichard J. LundyAllen E. Paulson1:49.70
1990PatchesGary StevensD. Wayne LukasWilliam T. Young1:49.80
1989GorgeousEd DelahoussayeRobert N. Clay1:47.80
1988Pattern StepChris McCarronCharlie WhittinghamEvergreen Farm1:48.60
1987Perchance To DreamRay SibilleVictor E. OppegardVictor E. Oppegard1:48.60
1986Hidden LightBill ShoemakerCharlie WhittinghamHoward B. Keck1:47.80
1985Fran's ValentineChris McCarronJoe ManziGreen Thumb Farm Stable1:47.40

Earlier winners

References

Notes and References

  1. http://hollywoodpark.com/file_download/346/hollywood_oaks_noms.pdf
  2. Web site: Statistics - Summertime Oaks. www.equibase.com. 19 June 2016.