Virginia Oaks
Encyclopedia
The Virginia Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
held annually in mid July at Colonial Downs
in New Kent County, Virginia
open to three-year-old fillies
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First run in 2004, the Grade III
event is contested on the Secretariat Turf Course.
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
held annually in mid July at Colonial Downs
Colonial Downs
Colonial Downs is a racetrack for Thoroughbred flat racing and Standardbred harness racing located in New Kent County, Virginia adjacent to Interstate 64, halfway between Richmond, Virginia and Williamsburg, Virginia.-History and information:...
in New Kent County, Virginia
New Kent County, Virginia
At the 2000 census, there were 13,462 people, 4,925 households and 3,895 families residing in the county. The population density was 64 per square mile . There were 5,203 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...
open to three-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
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First run in 2004, the Grade III
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event is contested on the Secretariat Turf Course.
Records
Speed record:- 1:47.11 - Aunt Henny (2006)
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
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- No jockey has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- Hamilton A. Smith - 2004, 2009.
Winners of the Virginia Oaks since 2004
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
| 2011 | Excited | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
Michael B. Tabor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.70 | III |
| 2010 | Check the Label | 3 | Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park... |
Brereton C. Jones | 1-1/8 | 1:51.85 | III |
| 2009 | Blind Date | 3 | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Hamilton A. Smith | William Backer | 1-1/8 | 1:49.59 | III |
| 2008 | I Lost My Choo | 3 | Edgar Prado | Phillip Serpe | Flying Zee Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.12 | III |
| 2007 | Dreaming of Anna Dreaming of Anna Dreaming of Anna is an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was sired by the outstanding English and American stud, Rahy out of the Broad Brush mare, Justenuffheart, who was a multi graded stakes race winner and half-sister to Grade I Turf winner Kitten's Joy. Although there is no Northern... |
3 | E. T. Baird | Wayne Catalano | Frank C. Calabrese | 1-1/8 | 1:47.38 | |
| 2006 | Aunt Henny | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Michael R. Matz | Erdenheim Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:47.11 | |
| 2005 | My Typhoon My Typhoon My Typhoon is an American Thoroughbred racehorse whom the NTRA calls "one of the world's best-bred horses."Bred in Ireland by David Tsui's Sunderland Holdings, she was sired by Giant's Causeway, a son of Storm Cat whose stud fee in 2006 became the highest in the world at $500,000... |
3 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Live Oak Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:49.63 | |
| 2004 | Art Fan | 3 | Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger is an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his first win on May 1 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland... |
Hamilton A. Smith | William M. Backer | 1-1/8 | 1:50.41 | |