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|horse race = Kentucky Oaks
|image = [[File:Garland of Star Gazer Lillies.jpg|230px]]
|caption = ''LilliesLilies for the Fillies''
|location = [[Churchill Downs]]<br>[[Louisville, Kentucky]], USA
|inaugurated = 1875
|race type = [[Thoroughbred]]
|website = [http{{URL|https://www.kentuckyoakskentuckyderby.com/visit/derby-week-events/kentucky-oaks/|Race www.kentuckyoaks.com]webpage}}
|distance = {{frac|1|1|8}} miles
|surface = Dirt
|track = Left-handed
|qualification = 3-year-old [[Filly|fillies]]
|weight = {{convert|121|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|purse = $1.5 million<br>1st: $846,300<ref>{{cite web |title=Churchill Downs Charts |website=equibase.com |date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=CD&raceDate=05/03/2024&cy=USA&rn=11}}</ref>
|purse = $1.25 million<br>1st: $750,000
}}
 
The '''Kentucky Oaks''' is a [[Graded stakes race|Grade I stakes race]] for three-year-old [[Thoroughbred]] [[Filly|fillies]] staged annually in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], United States. The race currently covers {{convert|1+1/8|mi|m}} at [[Churchill Downs]]; the horses carry {{convert|121|lb|kg}}. The Kentucky Oaks is held on the Friday before the [[Kentucky Derby]] each year. The winner gets $750846,000300 of the $1,250500,000 purse, and a large garland blanket of [[Lilium|lilies]], resulting in the nickname "LilliesLilies for the Fillies." A silver [[Kentucky Oaks Trophy]] is presented to the winner.
 
==History==
The first running of the Kentucky Oaks was on May 19, 1875, when Churchill Downs was known as the [[Louisville Jockey Club]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2002/kentucky_oaks/oaks_history/|title=Kentucky Oaks History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205195626/http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2002/kentucky_oaks/oaks_history/|archive-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> The race was founded by [[Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.]] along with the [[Kentucky Derby]], the [[Clark Handicap]], and the [[Falls City Handicap]].<ref name="derby">{{cite book |last=Renau |first=Lynn S. |editor-first=John E. |editor-last=Kleber, ''|year=2001 |title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville'', Louisville, |chapter=Kentucky: Derby |page=467 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |location=[[Lexington, p.Kentucky]] 467 {{ISBN|isbn=0-8131-2100-0 |oclc=247857447 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |access-date=2024-05-03 |archive-date=2023-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby are the oldest continuously contested sporting events in American history.<ref name="derby"/> The Kentucky Oaks was modeled after the British [[Epsom Oaks]], which has been run annually at [[Epsom Downs]], [[Epsom]], in Surrey since 1779. In the first race, the horse [[Vinaigrette (horse)|Vinaigrette]] won the then {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} mile race in a time of 2:{{frac|39|3|4}}, winning a purse of $1,175. Since that race, the Kentucky Oaks has been held each year.
 
In 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the Kentucky Oaks was rescheduled from May 1 to September 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/ticketstatus |title=Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Derby Week & Spring Racing 2020 Ticket Information |website=kentuckyderby.com |date=June 23, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625060740/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/ticketstatus |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The Kentucky Oaks is considered by some to be among the most popular horse races in American horse-racing society due to its high attendance. It has attracted about 100,000 people in attendance each year since 2001's 127th running of the Kentucky Oaks.<ref>Bob Chip Nold, ''Insiders' Guide to Louisville, Kentucky & Southern Indiana, 2nd edition'', Globe Pequot, p. 175 {{ISBN|1-57380-043-0}}</ref> In 1980, attendance reached about 50,000 people and by 1989, it had increased to about 67,000.<ref name=history/> The attendance at the Kentucky Oaks ranks third in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the [[Belmont Stakes]] and the [[Breeders' Cup]]. The attendance of the Kentucky Oaks typically only trails only the [[Kentucky Derby]] and the [[Preakness Stakes]]; for more information see [[American thoroughbred racing top attended events]].
 
The Kentucky Oaks, the [[Black-Eyed Susan Stakes]], and the [[Acorn Stakes]] are the counterparts to the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing]], held at [[Churchill Downs]], [[Pimlico Race Course]] and [[Belmont Park]], respectively. The "Filly Triple Crown", known as the [[Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing]], is a series of three races at the Belmont Park and [[Saratoga Race Course]]. The [[National Thoroughbred Racing Association]] (NTRA) has considered changing the Triple Tiara series to the three counterparts of the Triple Crown.
 
==Charitable Initiativeinitiative==▼
==In local culture==
On Kentucky Oaks Day, Churchill Downs Racetrack is a vision in pink as more than 100,000 guests are asked to incorporate pink into their attire in an effort to drive national attention to the fight against breast and ovarian cancer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/visit/derby-week/oaks |title=Kentucky Oaks |website=kentuckyderby.com |date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506065900/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/visit/derby-week/oaks |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
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Despite the increasing number of out-of-state visitors who attend the race every year, the "Oaks" (as local residents simply refer to it) is considered to be a local event by the people of [[Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area|Kentuckiana]] (the [[Ohio Valley]], centered around Louisville, and consisting of much of northern Kentucky and southern [[Indiana]]). Large crowds of Louisvillians and others from the Kentuckiana attend the Oaks annually and the infield of the race track hosts numerous musical attractions, boardwalk games, and food and alcoholic beverage vendors. Bringing in one's own alcohol is forbidden at Churchill Downs and many locals revel in finding ingenious ways to smuggle in their own libations, rather than pay the inflated prices inside Churchill Downs. Most every school and quite a few businesses in the Kentuckiana region treat the Oaks as a holiday. Perhaps out of self-consciousness for the gambling aspect of the race, none of the region's schools declare that the holiday is explicitly because of the Oaks and most simply say it is an "administrative holiday."
 
== Awards for winners ==
▲==Charitable Initiative==
Besides the silver [[Kentucky Oaks Trophy]] presented to the winner, they are also presented with a '''Garland of Lilies''' draped around the filly's withers.
▲On Kentucky Oaks Day, Churchill Downs Racetrack is a vision in pink as more than 100,000 guests are asked to incorporate pink into their attire in an effort to drive national attention to the fight against breast and ovarian cancer.
 
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/visit/derby-week/oaks|title=Kentucky Oaks|website=kentuckyderby.com |date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 }}</ref>
The first garland for the Kentucky Oaks was presented to [[Kathleen (horse)|Kathleen]], the 1916 winner. It was made of roses, not the lilies that have become synonymous with the filly's race today. Though every Oaks winner since Kathleen has received a garland, the Star Gazer Lily did not become the official flower of the Kentucky Oaks until 1991, when the [[Kroger]] Company was commissioned to create a feminine garland for the fillies. [[Lite Light]], winner of the 117th Kentucky Oaks, was the first filly to receive the garland of lilies.
 
The Star Gazer Lily was selected for its femininity and strength. A total of 133 lilies are sewn onto a white [[Moire (fabric)|moire]] fabric backing with a [[fleur-de-lis]] pattern, which, like the green satin of the Derby garland, is embroidered in white-on-white with the seal of the [[Commonwealth of Kentucky]] at one end and an image of the Twin Spires and the words stating which running of the Kentucky Oaks it is on the opposite end. It is trimmed in a border of Oak Ivy Leaves symbolic of the event. The completed fabric is 116 inches long, 18 inches wide and weighs approximately 18 pounds. A bouquet of Star Gazer Lilies is also given to the jockey for the winner's circle photo. Kroger is the official florist of the Kentucky Oaks and Derby. The public can view the lily garland at a local Kroger store the evening before the race.<ref>The Kentucky Derby Media Guide, 135th Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, 2 May 2009, p. 241.</ref>
 
==Changes in distance==
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==Records==
 
'''Speed record'''
*{{frac|1|1|8}} mile 1:48.28 -– [[Shedaresthedevil]] (2020)
*{{frac|1|1|2}} mile 2:39 -– [[Felicia (horse)|Felicia]] (1877), [[Belle of Nelson]] (1878) and [[Katie Creel]] (1882).
*{{frac|1|1|4}} mile 2:15 -– [[Selika]] (1894)
*{{frac|1|1|16}} mile 1:43.6 -– [[Ari's Mona]] (1950) and [[Sweet Alliance]] (1977).<ref name=history/>
 
'''Largest winning margin'''
*{{frac|20|1|4}} lengths – [[Rachel Alexandra]] (2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=4123946|title=Rachel Alexandra Kentucky Oaks Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby|author=David Grening|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=May 4, 2009|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011407/http://www.espn.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=4123946|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
'''Longest shot to win the Oaks'''
*47/1 – [[Lemons Forever]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/harness-racing-entries-and-results-1880376|title=2006 Kentucky Oaks Results|author=Cindy Pierson Dulay|work=About.com Sports|date=March 7, 2017|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519095259/https://www.thoughtco.com/harness-racing-entries-and-results-1880376|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
'''Most wins by a [[jockey]]'''
Line 78 ⟶ 79:
 
'''Only brothers to both win the Kentucky Oaks'''
*[[Carl Ganz|Carl Seay Goose "Ganz"]] (1913) – [[Roscoe Goose|Roscoe Tarleton Goose]] (1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brennancallan.com/fam1.html#Roscoe|title=Family Members of Mine|publisher=Brennancallan.com|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109094534/http://www.brennancallan.com/fam1.html#Roscoe|url-status=live}}</ref>
Carl used the original German spelling of "Goose", which one of a few spellings was "Ganz", but also Gantz, Gans, and so on.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brennancallan.com/fam1.html#Carl|title=Family Members of Mine|publisher=Brennancallan.com|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109094534/http://www.brennancallan.com/fam1.html#Carl|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Goose brothers are cousins of [[Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.]], the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club.
 
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width:30px" | Year
! style="width:110px" | Winner
! style="width:110px" | Jockey
! style="width:120px" | Trainer
! width="240px" | Owner<br>
! Distance <br>(miles)
! style="width:25px" | {{abbr|Dist.|Distance}}<br /> <span style="font-size:75%">([[Mile]]s)</span>
! Time{{efn|The race was timed to {{frac|4}} second from 1875 to 1905, to {{frac|5}} second from 1906 to 2000, and to 0.01 second since 2001.}}
! style="width:25px" | Time
! style="width:25px" | [[Graded stakes race|Gr.Grade]]
|-
|align=center|2024
|[[Thorpedo Anna]]
|[[Brian Hernandez Jr.]]
|[[Kenny McPeek]]
|[[Brookdale Racing]], Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek)
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
|align=center|1:50.83
|align=center|'''I'''
|-
|align=center|2023
|[[Pretty Mischievous]]
|[[Tyler Gaffalione]]
|Brendan Walsh
|[[Godolphin, LLCRacing|Godolphin]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
|align=center|1:49.77
Line 134 ⟶ 144:
|Serengeti Empress
|[[José Ortiz (jockey)|José Ortiz]]
|[[Thomas M. Amoss|Tom Amoss]]
|Joel Politi
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
Line 179 ⟶ 189:
|[[Untapable]]
|[[Rosie Napravnik]]
|[[Steven Asmussen|Steven M. Asmussen]]
|[[Winchell Thoroughbreds]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
Line 231 ⟶ 241:
|-
|align=center|2008
|[[Proud Spell (horse)|Proud Spell]]
|[[Gabriel Saez]]
|[[J. Larry Jones]]
Line 260 ⟶ 270:
|[[Summerly (horse)|Summerly]]
|[[Jerry Bailey]]
|[[Steven Asmussen|Steven M. Asmussen]]
|[[Winchell Thoroughbreds]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
Line 315 ⟶ 325:
|[[Gary Stevens (jockey)|Gary Stevens]]
|[[Bob Baffert]]
|[[Mike Pegram|Michael E. Pegram]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
|align=center|1:49.92
Line 413 ⟶ 423:
|[[Goodbye Halo]]
|[[Pat Day]]
|[[Charles E. Whittingham|Charlie Whittingham]]
|[[Arthur B. Hancock III]] & Alex Campbell Jr.
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
Line 485 ⟶ 495:
| [[Bold 'n Determined]]
|[[Eddie Delahoussaye|Ed Delahoussaye]]
|[[Neil D. Drysdale|Neil Drysdale]]
|[[Saron Stable]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|16}}
Line 522 ⟶ 532:
|[[Braulio Baeza]]
|[[LeRoy Jolley]]
|[[Bertram & Diana Firestone|Diana M. Firestone]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|16}}
|align=center|1:44.60
Line 717 ⟶ 727:
|align=center|1955
|[[Lalun]]
|[[Henry Moreno|Henry E. Moreno]]
|[[Loyd Gentry Jr.]]
|[[Cain Hoy Stable]]
Line 770 ⟶ 780:
|-
|align=center|1949
|[[Wistful (horse)|Wistful]]
|[[Gordon Glisson]]
|[[Ben A. Jones]]
Line 880 ⟶ 890:
|[[Mars Shield]]
|[[Alfred M. Robertson|Alfred Robertson]]
|[[Robert McGarvey (horseman)|RobertV. McGarvey]]
|[[Ethel V. Mars]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|8}}
Line 1,023 ⟶ 1,033:
|align=center|1921
|Nancy Lee
|[[J. Linus McAtee|Linus McAtee]]
|[[John H. McCormack]]
|P. A. Clark ([[William Woodward Sr.]] ''[[Glossary of North American horse racing#nom de course|nom de course]]'')
Line 1,069 ⟶ 1,079:
|Kathleen
|[[Roscoe Goose]]
|[[PetePeter Coyne (racehorse trainer)|Peter Coyne]]
|[[Bashford Manor Stable|George J. Long]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|16}}
Line 1,104 ⟶ 1,114:
|align=center|1912
|Flamma
|[[James H. Butwell|James Butwell]]
|J. Duffy
|E. F. Condran
Line 1,203 ⟶ 1,213:
|align=center|1901
|Lady Schorr
|J.John Woods
|[[John WF. Schorr]]▼
|[[John F. Schorr]]
▲|[[John W. Schorr]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|16}}
|align=center|1:53.00
Line 1,348 ⟶ 1,358:
|[[Lizzie Dwyer]]
|[[Patrick Fuller (jockey)|Patrick Fuller]]
||[[Edward C. Corrigan]]
||[[John W. Rogers (horse trainer)|John W. Rogers]]
|[[Edward C. Corrigan]]
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|2}}
|align=center|2:40.75
Line 1,357 ⟶ 1,367:
|[[Modesty (horse)|Modesty]]
|[[Isaac Burns Murphy|Isaac Murphy]]
|[[Edward C. Corrigan]]
||[[John W. Rogers (horse trainer)|John W. Rogers]]
|Edward C. Corrigan
|align=center|{{Frac|1|1|2}}
|align=center|2:48.25
Line 1,446 ⟶ 1,456:
 
===Notes===
{{notesNotelist}}
 
==See also==
*[[Kentucky Oaks "top three finishers" and starters]]
*[[Road to the Kentucky Oaks]]
*[[American thoroughbred racing top attended events]]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.kentuckyoaks.com/ KentuckyOaks.com] – Official website
* {{Official website|https://www.kentuckyderby.com/visit/derby-week-events/kentucky-oaks/}}
 
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