Coaching Club American Oaks
Grade I race | |
Location |
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1917 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website |
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Race information | |
Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | 121 lb (54.9 kg) |
Purse | $300,000 |
The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year-old fillies and the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. Originally run at Belmont Park, the Grade I $300,000 stakes race was moved to Saratoga Race Course in 2010.
Run as a handicap prior to 1928, the race is named in honor of the Coaching Club of America. One of the requirements for membership in this club was the ability to handle a coach and four horses with a single group of reins. August Belmont, Jr. set the original conditions in order to emulate the Epsom Oaks in England.
From 1963 to 1967 the Coaching Club American Oaks was run at Aqueduct Racetrack. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances:
- 1917, 2010–present : 9 furlongs
- 1990-1997, 2003-2009 : 10 furlongs
- 1919-1941, 1944-1958 : 11 furlongs
- 1942-1943, 1971-1989, 1998-2003 : 12 furlongs
Historical notes
Future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mom's Command won the 1985 Oaks under jockey Abigail Fuller, daughter of the horse's owner, Peter Fuller.
Records
Speed record: (at distance of 12f)
- 2:27.80 - Ruffian (1975); Magazine (1973)
(at distance of 10f)
- 2:00.40 - Ajina (1997)
(at distance of 9f)
- 1:49.15 - It's Tricky (2011)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – John Velazquez (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015)
- 4 – Jorge Velasquez (1974, 1977, 1979, 1988)
- 4 – Jerry D. Bailey (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 – Todd Pletcher (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Most wins by an owner:
- 6 – Calumet Farm (1944, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1977, 1979)
Winners of the Coaching Club American Oaks
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2016 | Songbird | 3 | Mike Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Fox Hill Farms | 1:49.56 |
2015 | Curalina | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | 1:49.74 |
2014 | Stopchargingmaria | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:49.80 |
2013 | Princess of Sylmar | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Michael Dubb | 1:51.07 |
2012 | Questing | 3 | Irad Ortiz, Jr | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin Racing | 1:50.30 |
2011 | It's Tricky | 3 | Eddie Castro | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin Racing | 1:49.15 |
2010 | Devil May Care | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Glencrest Farm | 1:49.42 |
2009 | Funny Moon | 3 | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement | Mrs. C. Wilson McNeely III | 2:02.44 |
2008 | Music Note | 3 | Javier Castellano | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:01.66 |
2007 | Octave | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Stables/Lucarell | 2:02.17 |
2006 | Wonder Lady Anne L | 3 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables | 2:04.63 |
2005 | Smuggler | 3 | Edgar Prado | C. R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 2:04.39 |
2004 | Ashado | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight/Saylor/Martin | 2:02.43 |
2003 | Spoken Fur | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Amerman Racing Stable | 2:31.02 |
2002 | Jilbab | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stable | 2:31.48 |
2001 | Tweedside | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 2:30.70 |
2000 | Jostle | 3 | Mike E. Smith | John Servis | Fox Hill Farms | 2:29.99 |
1999 | On a Soapbox | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Niall M. O'Callaghan | Grimm & Voss | 2:29.31 |
1998 | Banshee Breeze | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 2:31.56 |
1997 | Ajina | 3 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 2:00.40 |
1996 | My Flag | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 2:04.64 |
1995 | Golden Bri | 3 | Jose A. Santos | John C. Kimmel | Hilmer C.Schmidt | 2:03.86 |
1994 | Two Altazano | 3 | Jose A. Santos | Michael Stidham | Harold V. Goodman | 2:02.88 |
1993 | Sky Beauty | 3 | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Georgia E. Hofmann | 2:01.56 |
1992 | Turnback the Alarm | 3 | Chris Antley | William V. Terrill | Valley View Farm | 2:03.53 |
1991 | Lite Light | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | Oaktown Stable | 2:00.54 |
1990 | Charon | 3 | Craig Perret | Eugene Navarro | Stanley M. Ersoff | 2:02.60 |
1989 | Open Mind | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:32.40 |
1988 | Goodbye Halo | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | Charles Whittingham | Arthur B. Hancock III | 2:32.80 |
1987 | Fiesta Gal | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:31.00 |
1986 | Valley Victory | 3 | Randy Romero | Leo O'Brien | Richard N. Dick | 2:28.00 |
1985 | Mom's Command | 3 | Abigail Fuller | Edward T. Allard | Peter Fuller | 2:32.00 |
1984 | Class Play | 3 | Jean Cruguet | Leroy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 2:29.80 |
1983 | High Schemes | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Joseph Morrisey, Jr. | 2:30.20 |
1982 | Christmas Past | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Angel Penna, Jr. | Cynthia Phipps | 2:28.60 |
1981 | Wayward Lass | 3 | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stable | 2:28.20 |
1980 | Bold 'n Determined | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Saron Stable | 2:31.80 |
1979 | Davona Dale | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 2:30.00 |
1978 | Lakeville Miss | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Jose A. Martin | Randolph Weinsier | 2:29.40 |
1977 | Our Mims | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 2:29.40 |
1976 | Revidere | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 2:28.40 |
1975 | Ruffian | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Locust Hill Farm | 2:27.80 |
1974 | Chris Evert | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | Joseph A. Trovato | Carl Rosen | 2:28.80 |
1973 | Magazine | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:27.80 |
1972 | Summer Guest | 3 | Ron Turcotte | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:29.40 |
1971 | Our Cheri Amour | 3 | Jack Kurtz | Joseph G. Moos | Helen D. Vizzi | 2:29.80 |
1970 | Missile Belle | 3 | Pete D. Anderson | Woody Stephens | John A. Morris | 2:03.80 |
1969 | Shuvee | 3 | Jesse Davidson | Willard C. Freeman | Anne Minor Stone | 2:03.20 |
1968 | Dark Mirage | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller | 2:01.80 |
1967 | Quillo Queen | 3 | Ernest Cardone | James E. Picou | Martin Andersen | 2:03.40 |
1966 | Lady Pitt | 3 | Walter Blum | Stephen A. DiMauro | Golden Triangle Stable | 2:05.00 |
1965 | Marshua | 3 | Ray Broussard | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 2:02.60 |
1964 | Miss Cavandish | 3 | Howard Grant | Roger Laurin | Harry S. Nichols | 2:04.00 |
1963 | Lamb Chop | 3 | Heliodoro Gustines | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 2:02.80 |
1962 | Bramalea | 3 | Bobby Ussery | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 2:02.60 |
1961 | Bowl of Flowers | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 2:03.20 |
1960 | Berlo | 3 | Eric Guerin | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 2:04.20 |
1959 | Resaca | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Buddy Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:02.40 |
1958 | A Glitter | 3 | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:20.00 |
1957 | Williamette | 3 | John Choquette | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 2:16.60 |
1956 | Levee | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Norman R. McLeod | Vernon G. Cardy | 2:16.60 |
1955 | High Voltage | 3 | Ted Atkinson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:17.60 |
1954 | Cherokee Rose | 3 | Henry Moreno | Eddie Hayward | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:19.60 |
1953 | Grecian Queen | 3 | Eric Guerin | James P. Conway | Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker | 2:18.60 |
1952 | Real Delight | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:17.80 |
1951 | How | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | Herman B. Delman | 2:16.60 |
1950 | Next Move | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:15.80 |
1949 | Wistful III | 3 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:19.60 |
1948 | Scattered | 3 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:18.80 |
1947 | Harmonica | 3 | John Adams | Max Hirsch | John J. Watts | 2:18.20 |
1946 | Hypnotic | 3 | Paul Miller | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:18.80 |
1945 | Elpis | 3 | John Adams | Frank J. Kearns | William G. Helis | 2:18.40 |
1944 | Twilight Tear | 3 | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:21.00 |
1943 | Too Timely | 3 | George Woolf | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:35.00 |
1942 | Vagrancy | 3 | Thomas Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:31.60 |
1941 | Level Best | 3 | Alfred Robertson | not found | Crispin Oglebay | 2:17.60 |
1940 | Damaged Goods | 3 | John Gilbert | J. M. Milburn | Starmount Stable | 2:19.00 |
1939 | War Plumage | 3 | Nick Wall | Howard Oots | James Cox Brady, Jr. | 2:16.80 |
1938 | Creole Maid | 3 | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Sarah F. Jeffords | 2:20.80 |
1937 | Dawn Play | 3 | Lester Balaski | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:18.60 |
1936 | High Fleet | 3 | John Gilbert | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 2:19.60 |
1935 | Black Helen | 3 | Don Meade | Bill Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 2:18.80 |
1934 | Lady Reigh | 3 | Don Meade | James E. Fitzsimmons | Elsie Cassatt Stewart | 2:18.80 |
1933 | Edelweiss | 3 | John Gilbert | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:20.60 |
1932 | Top Flight | 3 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 2:20.20 |
1931 | Tambour | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Preston M. Burch | Preston M. Burch | 2:20.40 |
1930 | Snowflake | 3 | Louis Schaefer | Jack R. Pryce | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 2:18.40 |
1929 | Sweet Verbena | 3 | John Maiben | John Sims Wallace | Lone Star Stable | 2:18.00 |
1928 | Bateau | 3 | Earl Sande | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:24.00 |
1927 | Nimba | 3 | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 2:19.80 |
1926 | Edith Cavell | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:20.60 |
1925 | Florence Nightingale | 3 | Lawrence McDermott | Robert A. Smith | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:17.80 |
1924 | Princess Doreen | 3 | Harry Stutts | Kay Spence | Audley Farm | 2:19.20 |
1923 | How Fair | 3 | Albert Johnson | Louis Feustel | August Belmont, Jr. | 2:18.40 |
1922 | Prudish | 3 | L. Morris | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:18.40 |
1921 | Flambette | 3 | Earl Sande | John H. McCormack | P. A. Clark | 2:17.40 |
1920 | Cleopatra | 3 | Linus McAtee | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 2:18.80 |
1919 | Polka Dot | 3 | Lavelle Ensor | W. Hogan | P. A. Clark | 2:20.20 |
1918 | Rose d'Or | 3 | Lavelle Ensor | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener, Jr. | 2:06.60 |
1917 | Wistful I | 3 | W. O'Brien | James H. McCormick | James Butler | 1:53.60 |
See also
References
- June 17, 1917 New York Times article on the inaugural running of the Coaching Club Handicap
- The 2009 Coaching Club American Oaks at the NTRA