Monmouth Oaks

Horse race

Monmouth OaksGrade III race

Location| Monmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey, USA
Inaugurated| 1871
Race type| Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website| www.monmouthpark.com/haskell/pastwinners.asp?pwid=39
Race information
Distance| 1+1⁄16 miles
Surface| Dirt
Track| left-handed
Qualification| Three-year-old fillies
Weight| 122 lbs., allowances to 6 lbs. for non winners
Purse| $259,000 (2021)

The Monmouth Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey for three-year-old fillies. Named for England's Epsom Oaks, first run in 1779, the inaugural American edition took place in 1871. Originally raced over a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles from 1871 through 1877, there was no race in 1878 but on its return the following year was modified to 1+1⁄4 miles.

In 1891, the New Jersey Legislature began a move to ban parimutuel betting and the Oaks had to be moved to the Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. With a legislated permanent ban, after the 1893 running the Monmouth Park Racetrack was shut down and the property sold. In 1946, Thoroughbred racing returned to a new Monmouth Park racing facility.[1] The revived Monmouth Oaks was set at 1 1/16 miles.

## Historical notes

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Over the years, the Oaks has been won by some of the best fillies in the United States including U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees, Dark Mirage (1968), Gallant Bloom (1969) and Desert Vixen (1973).[2]

The inaugural running at the Long Branch track took place on July 6, 1871, and the mile and one-half race was won by Kentuckian Abraham Buford's Salina, a daughter of Lexington and out of the mare Lightsome by Glencoe.[3]

In winning the 1956 edition of the Monmouth Oaks, Levee's time of 1:48 4/5 broke the track record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt.[4]

In 1969 Gallant Bloom earned her fourth straight win of the year, capturing the Oaks by 12 lengths.[5]

Spain won the 2000 running of the Monmouth Oaks then went on to win that year's Breeders' Cup Distaff for owner Prince Ahmed bin Salman's The Thoroughbred Corp.[6][7] Spain retired as the richest mare in North American racing history.[8]

## Records

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Speed record:

* 1:41.54 @ 1-1/16 miles: Shahama. (2022)
* 1:48.00 @ 1-1/8 miles: Golden Horde (1985) & Without Feathers (1987)
* 2:12.50 @ 1+1⁄4 miles: Firenze (1887)
* 2:42.00 @ 1+1⁄2 miles: Woodbine (1872)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 5 - Eddie Arcaro (1947, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1955)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 5 - Todd A. Pletcher (2004, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2022)

Most wins by an owner:

* 3 - August Belmont Sr. (1872, 1876, 1890)
* 3 - Pierre Lorillard IV (1877, 1882, 1885)

## Winners

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Year  | Winner  | Jockey  | Trainer  | Owner
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2022  | Shahama  | Jorge A. Vargas Jr.  | Todd A. Pletcher | KHK Racing LLC  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:41.54  | $245,000  | G3
2021  | Leader of the Band  | Frankie Pennington  | John Servis | SMD Limited  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.44  | $259,000  | G3
2020  | Hopeful Growth  | Antonio A. Gallardo  | Anthony R. Margotta Jr.  | St. Elias Stable  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:45.63  | $212,000  | G3
2019  | Horologist  | Angel Suarez  | John F. Mazza  | There's A Chance Stable (racing partnership)  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.44  | $150,000  | G3
2018  | Skeptic  | Brian Hernandez Jr. | George R. Arnold II | G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Ashbrook Farm  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.84  | $106,000  | G3
2017  | Teresa Z  | Nik Juarez  | Anthony Margotta Jr.  | St. Elias Stable  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.43  | $100,000  | G3
2016  | Unbridled Mo  | Paco Lopez | Todd A. Pletcher | Red Oak Stable  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.35  | $100,000  | G3
2015  | Delightful Joy  | Paco Lopez | Chad C. Brown | Sheep Pond Partners, Robert V. LaPenta, Bradley Thoroughbreds  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.74  | $100,000  | G3
2014  | Cassatt  | Kerwin D. Clark | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.34  | $105,000  | G3
2013  | Seaneen Girl  | Paco Lopez | Bernard S. Flint | Naveed Chowhan  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.04  | $100,000  | G3
2012  | Wine Princess  | Joe Bravo | Steve Margolis | Pearl Bloodstock  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.11  | $101,000  | G3
2011  | Savvy Supreme  | Elvis Trujillo | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.27  | $159,000  | G3
2010  | No Such Word  | Terry J. Thompson | Cindy Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1-1/16 m  | 1:45.10  | $200,000  | G3
2009  | Just Jenda  | Gabriel Saez | Larry Jones | Cindy Jones | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.69  | $200,000  | G3
2008  | Maren's Meadow  | Terry J. Thompson | Larry Jones | River Ridge Ranch  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.05  | $150,000  | G3
2007  | Talkin About Love  | Stewart Elliott | Kevin Sleeter | Kevin Sleeter  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.78  | $200,000  | G3
2006  | Mo Cuishle  | José A. Santos | Todd A. Pletcher | Martin, O'Grady, Rucker  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.00  | $200,000  | G3
2005  | Flying Glitter  | Elvis Trujillo | Ronny Werner | Richard & Nancy Kaster  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:44.60  | $200,000  | G3
2004  | Capeside Lady  | Chris Decarlo | Todd A. Pletcher | So Madcapt Stable  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:42.00  | $200,000  | G2
2003  | Race not held
2002  | Magic Storm  | Edwin L. King Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook & William A. Marquard  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.00  | $250,000  | G2
2001  | Unbridled Elaine  | Eibar Coa | David R. Vance | Roger J. Davenport  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.00  | $250,000  | G2
2000  | Spain | José A. Vélez Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1-1/16 m  | 1:42.60  | $250,000  | G2
1999  | Silverbulletday | Jerry Bailey | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.00  | $200,000  | G2
1998  | Kirby's Song  | Todd Kabel | Tino Attard | Kirby Canada Farm  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:43.20  | $200,000  | G2
1997  | Blushing K. D.  | Lonnie Meche | Sam B. David Jr. | James & Sue Burns  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:41.80  | $200,000  | G2
1996  | Top Secret  | Joe Bravo | George R. Arnold II | John H. Peace  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:42.20  | $200,000  | G2
1995  | Kathie's Colleen  | Jim McAleney | Mike Keogh | Gustav Schickedanz | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.40  | $150,000  | G2
1994  | Two Altazano  | Craig Perret | Michael Stidham | Harold V. Goodman  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:52.00  | $150,000  | G2
1993  | Jacody  | Tom Turner | William Donovan | Minrashe Nanbri  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.60  | $150,000  | G2
1992  | Diamond Duo  | Tom Turner | William Donovan | H & D Stable  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.40  | $150,000  | G2
1991  | Fowda  | Richard Migliore | Richard J. Lundy | Allen E. Paulson | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.40  | $150,000  | G2
1990  | Pampered Star  | José C. Ferrer | Robert J. Frankel | Morley Engelson  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:52.40  | $150,000  | G2
1989  | Dream Deal  | Craig Perret | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | G. Watts Humphrey Jr. | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.20  | $150,000  | G1
1988  | Maplejinsky  | Chris Antley | Phillip G. Johnson | Susan Kaskel  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:53.60  | $175,000  | G1
1987  | Without Feathers  | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Dennis Donahue  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.00  | $160,400  | G1
1986  | Fighter Fox  | Herb McCauley | LeRoy Jolley | Kentucky Blue Stable  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.60  | $166,950  | G1
1985  | Golden Horde  | Herb McCauley | J. Willard Thompson | Mrs. J. W. Walker Jr.  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.00  | $162,300  | G1
1984  | Life's Magic | Jorge Velásquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Mel Hatley & Gene Klein | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.00  | $161,750  | G1
1983  | Quixotic Lady  | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Ross Valley Farm  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.40  | $107,950  | G1
1982  | Christmas Past | Jacinto Vásquez | Angel Penna Jr. | Cynthia Phipps | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.80  | $111,750  | G1
1981  | Prismatical  | Don Brumfield | Laz Barrera | Happy Valley Farm  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.80  | $82,500  | G1
1980  | Rose of Morn  | Don Brumfield | Robert G. Vanwert | Meadow Stable | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.40  | $55,050  | G1
1979  | Burn's Return  | Jacinto Vásquez | Scotty Schulhofer | Ivanhoe Stable  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.80  | $54,950  | G1
1978  | Sharp Belle  | B. Douglas Thomas | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable | 1-1/8 m  | 1:52.40  | $55,050  | G1
1977  | Small Raja  | Mickey Solomone | Thomas J. Kelly | David P. Reynolds | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.60  | $55,350  | G1
1976  | Revidere | Jacinto Vásquez | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.60  | $55,750  | G1
1975  | Aunt Jin  | Carlos H. Marquez Sr. | W. "Sonny" Hightower | Paul Cresci  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.20  | $54,300  | G1
1974  | Honky Star  | Walter Blum | Gordon Potter  | Dan Lasater | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.40  | $59,450  | G1
1973  | Desert Vixen | Michael Hole | Thomas F. Root Sr. | Harry T. Mangurian Jr. | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.00  | $57,650  | G1
1972  | Summer Guest  | Ron Turcotte | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.20  | $56,500
1971  | Forward Gal | Michael Hole | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.20  | $57,700
1970  | Kilts N Kapers  | Garth Patterson | Harold H. Goodwin | Mrs. M. W. Schott  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.40  | $57,450
1969  | Gallant Bloom | Braulio Baeza | William J. Hirsch | King Ranch | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.80  | $54,150
1968  | Dark Mirage | Manuel Ycaza | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.40  | $54,650
1967  | Quillo Queen  | Ernest Cardone | James E. Picou | Martin Anderson  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:52.20  | $54,150
1966  | Natashka  | Bill Shoemaker | William A. Peterson | George F. Getty II | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.40  | $54,650
1965  | Summer Scandal | Garth Patterson | Woods Garth | Harborvale Stable  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.60  | $57,350
1964  | Miss Cavandish | Howard Grant | Roger Laurin | Harry S. Nichols  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.80  | 56,250
1963  | Lamb Chop | Howard Grant | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.60  | $56,100
1962  | Firm Policy  | Johnny Sellers | E. Barry Ryan | E. Barry Ryan | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.80  | $57,200
1961  | My Portrait  | Ray Broussard | Julius E. Tinsley Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.80  | $56,800
1960  | Teacation  | Walter Blum | Charles R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1-1/8 m  | 1:49.40  | $57,900
1959  | Royal Native  | Joe Culmone | Kenny Noe Sr. | Perne L. Grissom | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.60  | $55,000
1958  | A Glitter  | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 m  | 1:52.40  | $56,600
1957  | Romanita  | Jack Skelly  | Frankie Sanders | Reverie Knoll Farm (Freeman Keyes)  | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.20  | $59,700
1956  | Levee | Hedley Woodhouse | Norman R. McLeod | Vernon G. Cardy | 1-1/8 m  | 1:48.80  | $56,600
1955  | Misty Morn | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.60  | $61,800
1954  | Evening Out  | Eddie Arcaro | Jack Creevy | Jessie Sloane Widener | 1-1/8 m  | 1:50.20  | $63,000
1953  | Grecian Queen | Nick Shuk | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 1-1/8 m  | 1:51.20  | $59,300
1952  | La Corredora | Ira Hanford | Carl Hanford | Marian W. O'Connor  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:46.00  | $26,750
1951  | Ruddy  | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/16 m  | 1:48.00  | $19,500
1950  | Siama  | Eddie Arcaro | Moody Jolley | Cain Hoy Stable | 1-1/16 m  | 1:45.20  | $12,825
1949  | Adile  | Eddie Arcaro | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords | 1-1/16 m  | 1:46.00  | $12,425
1948  | Compliance  | James Stout | George H. Strate | Lester Manor Stable  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:45.00  | $11,975
1947  | First Flight | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | C.V. Whitney | 1-1/16 m  | 1:46.00  | $13,075
1946  | Dorothy Brown  | Eric Guerin | John B. Theall | John B. Theall  | 1-1/16 m  | 1:45.20  | $10,000
1894  | – 1945  | Race not held
1893  | Augusta Belle  | John Lamley |  | G. H. Kernochan  | 1-1/4 m  | 2:10.75  | $3,040 †
1892  | Yorkville Belle | Isaac Burns Murphy | Matthew M. Allen | Frank A. Ehret  | 1-1/4 m  | 2:08.25  | $3,710
1891  | Nellie Bly  | Fred Taral |  | Edward J. McElmell  | 1-1/4 m  | 2:16.25  | $4,260
1890  | Her Highness  | Anthony Hamilton | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont Sr. | 1-1/4 m  | 2:15.00  | $5,040
1889  | Senorita  | Anthony Hamilton | John W. Rogers | Samuel S. Brown | 1-1/4 m  | 2:16.50  | $3,900
1888  | Los Angeles | William Hayward | Robert E. Campbell | E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin | 1-1/4 m  | 2:15.25  | $4,300
1887  | Firenze | Edward H. Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | James Ben Ali Haggin | 1-1/4 m  | 2:12.50  | $3,540
1886  | Dew Drop | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-1/4 m  | 2:10.75  | $2,690
1885  | Wanda | Harris Onley  | Matthew Byrnes | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1-1/4 m  | 2:14.25  | $2,890
1884  | Duchess | William Donohue | Evert V. Snedecker | Evert V. Snedeker & Co.  | 1-1/4 m  | 2:14.00  | $2,890
1883  | Miss Woodford | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 1-1/4 m  | 2:20.50  | $3,100
1882  | Hiawasse | Matthew Feakes | Matthew Byrnes | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1-1/4 m  | 2:23.00  | $2,790
1881  | Thora | William Donohue |  | Charles Reed  | 1-1/4 m  | 2:14.50  | $2,790
1880  | Nancy  | Lloyd Hughes |  | David D. Withers | 1-1/4 m  | 2:19.25  | $2,700
1879  | Ferida  | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1-1/4 m  | 2:16.00  | $2,100
1878  | Race not held
1877  | Zoo-Zoo  | William Barrett | William Pryor | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1-1/2 m  | 2:44.25  | $2,500
1876  | Patience | Matthew Feakes | Jacob Pincus | August Belmont Sr. | 1-1/2 m  | 2:48.25  | $2,700
1875  | Ascension  | William Lakeland |  | William Cottrill  | 1-1/2 m  | 2:46.25  | $2,250
1874  | Regardless | Dan Sparling | William Brown | Francis Morris | 1-1/2 m  | 2:45.00  | $2,800
1873  | Lizzie Lucas  | George Barbee | Thomas W. Doswell | Thomas W. Doswell  | 1-1/2 m  | 2:45.00  | $2,850
1872  | Woodbine  | Floyd  | Jacob Pincus  | August Belmont Sr. | 1-1/2 m  | 2:42.00  | $2,450
1871  | Salina | Robert Swim |  | Abraham Buford | 1-1/2 m  | 2:43.50  | $1,900

* † $ value reported is winners share of the purse from inception in 1871 thru 1893.

## References

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1. ^ monmouthpark.com History since 1870Archived March 2, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Hall of Fame - Horses". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
3. ^ "Monmouth Park; Yesterday the Best Day of the Whole Meeting". New York Times, page 8. 1871-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
4. ^ "Levee Sets Track Record for Mile and Eighth in capturing Monmouth Oaks". New York Times, Section Sports, page 5. 1956-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
5. ^ "Gallant Bloom Scores At Monmouth". The Record (North Jersey), page 40. 1969-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
6. ^ "Monmouth Breeders' Cup Oaks". Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN), page 2. 2000-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
7. ^ "Event By Year". Breederscup.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
8. ^ Thoroughbredtimes.com Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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