Delaware Oaks

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Grade II race
Delaware Oaks
Location	Delaware Park Racetrack Stanton, Delaware
Inaugurated	1938
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Delaware Park
Race information
Distance	8.5 furlongs (1 1/16 miles)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old Fillies
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$500,000

The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware.

Part of the Del Cap Festival Weekend that features other races over the two days including the Delaware Handicap, the Oaks is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-quarter miles on the dirt.

Currently, the Grade II race offers a purse of $500,000.

United States Hall of Fame fillies Gallorette (1945) and Dark Mirage (1968) have won this race as did the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Lauries Dancer.

There was no race held in 1943 and from 1983 through 1995.

[edit] Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2000	Sincerely	Michael J. McCarthy	H. Graham Motion	R. Larry Johnson	1:43.83
2001	Zonk	Michael J. McCarthy	John Servis	Fox Hill Farms	1:45.27
2002	Allamerican Bertie	Larry Melancon	Steve Flint	Richard, Bertram, & Elaine Klein	1:43.81
2003	Island Fashion	Iggy Puglisi	Nick Canani	Everest Stable	1:44.95
2004	Yearly Report	Jerry D. Bailey	Bob Baffert	Golden Eagle Farm	1:43.80
2005	R Lady Joy	Jose Lezcano	Kirk Ziadie	Richard Averill	1:43.25
2006	Adieu	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Tabor, Smith, Magnier	1:43.72
2007	Moon Catcher	Carlos Marquez, Jr.	Timothy F. Ritchey	CJZ Racing Stable/Ritchey	1:42:39

[edit] Earlier winners