Sunland Park Oaks
Listed stakes race | |
Location | Flat racing |
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Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Purse | $250,000 |
The Sunland Park Oaks (formerly the WinStar Oaks) is an American
Once sponsored by WinStar Farm in Kentucky where Distorted Humor and Tiznow stand, the race offers a purse of $250,000. Begun as a one and one sixteenth mile race, then taken down to a mile, it went back to a one and one-sixteenth mile and in 2024 returned again to one mile.
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. As of 2024, the Sunland Park Oaks offers Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the respective top five finishers. [1]
The race was not run in 2016 due to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus.[2] The race was not run in 2020 or 2021 due to the worldwide pandemic. [3]
Records
Speed record:
- 1:41.06 @ 1 1/16 miles: Midnight Lucky (2013) (new track record)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Victor Espinoza (2006, 2007, 2009, 2015)
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)
- 2 - Chris G. Coleman (2004, 2023)
Winners
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time |
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2024 | Recharge | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen
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Winchell Thoroughbreds
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1 m | 1:37.27 |
2023 | Flying Connection | Alfredo J. Juarez, Jr. | Todd W. Fincher | Brad King, Randy Andrews, Chris G. Coleman, Jim Cone, Suzanne Kirby & Lee Lewis | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.90 |
2022 | Cleopatras Charge | Jorge Carreno
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Gary W. Cross | Samuel F. Henderson | 1-1/16 m | 1:46.33 |
2021 | Race not held | |||||
2020 | ||||||
2019 | Chasing Yesterday | Drayden Van Dyke | Bob Baffert | Summer Wind Equine (Jane Lyon) | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.18 |
2018 | Blamed | Ken S. Tohill | Joel H. Marr | Cleber Massey | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.32 |
2017 | Ghalia | José Ortiz | Todd A. Pletcher
|
Sumaya U.S. Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.24 |
2016 | Race not held | |||||
2015 | Maybellene | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Natalie J. Baffert | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.90 |
2014 | Awesome Baby | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Kaleem Shah, Inc. | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.80 |
2013 | Midnight Lucky | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.06 |
2012 | Princess Arabella | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Peachtree Stable (John P. Fort) | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.52 |
2011 | Plum Pretty | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Peachtree Stable (John P. Fort) | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.18 |
2010 | Harissa | Tyler Baze | David Hofmans | Gem, Inc. | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.90 |
2009 | Gabby's Golden Gal | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Arnold Zetcher | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.31 |
2008 | Sky Mom | Garrett Gomez | Steven M. Asmussen
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Heather Stark | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.50 |
2007 | Tough Tiz's Sis | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Watson and Weitman Performances, LLC | 1-1/16 m | 1:45.18 |
2006 | Sweet Fourty | Victor Espinoza | Jeffrey L. Mullins | Michael House | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.73 |
2005 | Cee's Irish | Corey Nakatani | Douglas F. O'Neill | Merv Griffin Ranch Co. | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.66 |
2004 | Speedy Falcon | Ricardo Jaime | Henry Dominguez | Chris G. Coleman | 1 m | 1:36.57 |
2003 | Island Fashion | Ignacio Puglisi | Nick Canani | Everest Stable, Inc. | 1 m | 1:36.29 |
2002 | No Turbulence | Daryl Montoya | J. Eric Kruljac | Frank Lewkowitz, Dennis Grenier & Noreen Grenier | 1 m | 1:38.11 |
2001 | Gems and Gold | Daryl Montoya | Ramon Gonzalez | Anthony J. Trujillo & Aimee Trujillo | 1 m | 1:38.60 |
See also
References
- ^ "Stronghold favored in shortened Sunland Derby". kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunland Park Cancels Derby, Oaks". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Sunland Derby canceled; racetrack and casino temporarily closed as a precaution". ktsm.com. Retrieved 13 February 2024.