New Zealand Oaks

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Group I race
New Zealand Oaks
Location	Trentham Wellington, New Zealand
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Trentham
Race information
Distance	2400 m (12 furlongs)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Set-Weights
Purse	NZ$400,000

The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres (1 1/2 miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.

With the consistent strength of New Zealand fillies in recent years, the race has an impressive list of winners, including the 2006 and 2007 Kelt Capital Stakes winners in Legs and Princess Coup.

[edit] Recent winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
2008	Boundless	Hayden Tinsley	Stephen McKee	P A Dallimore, T J McKee ONZM, P N Miller & Mrs C N Taylor
2007	Princess Coup	Opie Bosson	Mark Walker	Bromley Bloodstock Ltd & R A Coupland
2006	Legs	David Walker	Kevin Gray	Waikato Stud Ltd.
2005	Justa Tad	Vinny Colgan	Rudy Liefting	R P Liefting
2004	Wharite Princess	Bruce Herd	Lisa Latta	N M Cantwell et al
2003	Bramble Rose	Opie Bosson	Mark Todd	Rivermonte Racing Syndicate
2002	Vapour Trail	Scott Seamer	Donna & Dean Logan	P J & P M Vela Ltd
2001	Tapildo	Mark Du Plessis	Sheila Laxon	I M & S T Taplin
2000	She's Country	Opie Bosson	Bruce Wallace	Whakanui Stud Ltd.