| Grade II race | |
|---|---|
| Fair Grounds Oaks | |
| Location | Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Inaugurated | 1966 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Black-Eyed Susan Day |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1-1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 122 lb (55.3 kg) |
| Purse | $500,000 |
The Fair Grounds Oaks is a race for Thoroughbred horses run in April at Fair Grounds Race Course each year. The Grade II Oaks is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, and offers a purse of $400,000. The Fair Grounds Oaks is one of the key prep races leading to the Kentucky Oaks each year.
The race was inaugurated in 1966. It was first graded in 1982 as was run as a grade three race from 1982-2000. In the year 2000 the race was upgraded to a grade two race. The race was not held in 1979 and in 2006 the race was cancelled due to massive damage inflicted upon Fair Grounds Race Course by Hurricane Katrina. The race was run as the Coca-Cola Fair Ground Oaks in 1989 and 1990. In 1977 the race was run twice, in both March and December.
The race has produced numerous Kentucky Oaks winners, including Tiffany Lass, Blushing K.D., Silverbulletday, Ashado, Summerly, Proud Spell and Rachel Alexandra.
Contents |
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
| 2011 | Daisy Divine | 3 | James Graham | Andrew McKeever | James M. Miller | 1-1/16 | 1:44.25 | II |
| 2010 | Quiet Temper | 3 | Robby Albarado | Dale Romans | Mark Stanley | 1-1/16 | 1:44.55 | II |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexandra | 3 | Calvin Borel | Hal R. Wiggins | D. Morrison/M. Lauffer | 1-1/16 | 1:43.55 | II |
| 2008 | Proud Spell | 3 | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1-1/16 | 1:44.01 | II |
| 2007 | Mistical Plan | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Doug F. O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1-1/16 | 1:44.02 | II |
| 2006 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | II |
| 2005 | Summerly | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1-1/16 | 1:43.79 | II |
| 2004 | Ashado | 3 | Cornelio Velasquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Jonabell Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:43.07 | II |
| 2003 | Lady Tak | 3 | Donnie Meche | Steve Asmussen | Heiligbrodt Racing | 1-1/16 | 1:44.36 | II |
| 2002 | Take Charge Lady | 3 | Anthony D'Amico | Kenneth McPeek | Select Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:43.30 | II |
| 2001 | Real Cozzy | 3 | Eddie Martin, Jr. | Daniel Peitz | Lawana & Robert Low | 1-1/16 | 1:44.58 | II |
| 2000 | Shawnee Country | 3 | Donnie Meche | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.81 | III |
| 1999 | Silverbulletday | 3 | Gary L. Stevens | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram | 1-1/16 | 1:44.99 | III |
| 1998 | Lu Ravi | 3 | Willie Martinez | 1-1/16 | 1:43.70 | III | ||
| 1997 | Blushing K. D. | 3 | Donnie Meche | 1-1/16 | 1:42.20 | III | ||
| 1996 | Bright Time | 3 | L. F. Diaz | 1-1/16 | 1:45.98 | III | ||
| 1995 | Brushing Gloom | 3 | J. Brown | 1-1/16 | 1:45.12 | III |