Coaching Club American Oaks

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Grade I race
Coaching Club American Oaks
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York
Inaugurated	1917
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Belmont Park
Race information
Distance	1 ¼ miles (10 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-Year-Olds Fillies
Weight	121 lbs. (54.9 kgs)
Purse	$300,000

The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year old fillies run at a mile and a quarter on the Belmont Park dirt. The race is the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. A Grade I stakes, beginning in 2005, it offers a purse of $300,000.

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 : 9 furlongs
• 1919-1941 and 1944-1958 : 11 furlongs
• 1990-1997, 2003-present : 10 furlongs
• 1942-1943, 1971-1989, 1998-2003 : 12 furlongs

[edit] Records

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Jorge Velasquez and Jerry D. Bailey

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Horace A. Jones and Max Hirsch

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.

[edit] Winners since 1959

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Octave	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Starlight Stables/Lucarell	2:02.17
2006	Wonder Lady Anne L	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stables	2:04.63
2005	Smuggler	Edgar Prado	C. R. McGaughey III	Phipps Stable	2:04.39
2004	Ashado	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Starlight/Saylor/Martin	2:02.43
2003	Spoken Fur	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Amerman Racing Stable	2:31.02
2002	Jilbab	Mike Luzzi	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Stable	2:31.48
2001	Tweedside	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Eugene Melnyk	2:30.70
2000	Jostle	Mike E. Smith	John Servis	Fox Hill Farms	2:29.99
1999	On a Soapbox	Jerry D. Bailey	Niall O'Callaghan	Grimm & Voss	2:29.31
1998	Banshee Breeze	Jerry D. Bailey	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	2:31.56
1997	Ajina	Mike E. Smith	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	2:00.40
1996	My Flag	Jerry D. Bailey	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	2:04.64
1995	Golden Bri	Jose Santos	John C. Kimmel	Hilmer C.Schmidt	2:03.86
1994	Two Altazano	Jose Santos	Michael Stidham	Harold V. Goodman	2:02.88
1993	Sky Beauty	Mike E. Smith	H. Allen Jerkens	Georgia E. Hofmann	2:01.56
1992	Turnback the Alarm	Chris Antley	William V. Terrill	Valley View Farm	2:03.53
1991	Lite Light	Corey Nakatani	Jerry Hollendorfer	Oaktown Stable	2:00.54
1990	Charon	Craig Perret	Eugene Navarro	Stanley M. Ersoff	2:02.60
1989	Open Mind	Angel Cordero, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	2:32.40
1988	Goodbye Halo	Jorge Velasquez	Charles Whittingham	Arthur B. Hancock III	2:32.80
1987	Fiesta Gal	Angel Cordero, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	2:31.00
1986	Valley Victory	Randy Romero	Leo O'Brien	Richard N. Dick	2:28.00
1985	Mom's Command	Abigail Fuller	Edward T. Allard	Peter Fuller	2:32.00
1984	Class Play	Jean Cruguet	Leroy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	2:29.80
1983	High Schemes	Jean-Luc Samyn	Philip G. Johnson	Joseph Morrisey, Jr.	2:30.20
1982	Christmas Past	Jacinto Vasquez	Angel Penna, Jr.	Cynthia Phipps	2:28.60
1981	Wayward Lass	Cash Asmussen	Jose Martin	Flying Zee Stable	2:28.20
1980	Bold 'n Determined	Ed Delahoussaye	Neil Drysdale	Saron Stable	2:31.80
1979	Davona Dale	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch	Calumet Farm	2:30.00
1978	Lakeville Miss	Ruben Hernandez	Jose Martin	Randolph Weinsier	2:29.40
1977	Our Mims	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch	Calumet Farm	2:29.40
1976	Revidere	Jacinto Vasquez	David A. Whiteley	William Haggin Perry	2:28.40
1975	Ruffian	Jacinto Vasquez	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Locust Hill Farm	2:27.80
1974	Chris Evert	Jorge Velasquez	Joseph A. Trovato	Carl Rosen	2:28.80
1973	Magazine	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Victor J. Nickerson	Elmendorf Farm	2:27.80
1972	Summer Guest	Ron Turcotte	Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	2:29.40
1971	Our Cheri Amour	Jack Kurtz	Joseph G. Moos	Helen D. Vizzi	2:29.80
1970	Missile Belle	Pete D. Anderson	Woody C. Stephens	John A. Morris	2:03.80
1969	Shuvee	Jesse Davidson	Willard C. Freeman	Anne Minor Stone	2:03.20
1968	Dark Mirage	Manuel Ycaza	Everett W. King	Lloyd I. Miller	2:01.80
1967	Quillo Queen	Ernest Cardone	James E. Picou	Martin Andersen	2:03.40
1966	Lady Pitt	Walter Blum	Stephen A. DiMauro	Golden Triangle Stable	2:05.00
1965	Marshua	Ray Broussard	Norman R. McLeod	Mrs. Wallace Gilroy	2:02.60
1964	Miss Cavandish	Howard Grant	Roger Laurin	Harry S. Nichols	2:04.00
1963	Lamb Chop	Heliodoro Gustines	James W. Maloney	William Haggin Perry	2:02.80
1962	Bramalea	Bobby Ussery	James P. Conway	Darby Dan Farm	2:02.60
1961	Bowl of Flowers	Eddie Arcaro	Elliot Burch	Brookmeade Stable	2:03.20
1960	Berlo	Eric Guerin	Richard E. Handlen	Foxcatcher Farm	2:04.20
1959	Resacara	Manuel Ycaza	Buddy Hirsch	King Ranch	2:02.40

[edit] Earlier winners