Arlington Oaks

Arlington Oaks
Discontinued G3 stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1930
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Purse$150,000

The Arlington Oaks was an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run at Arlington Park racetrack near Chicago. Raced on dirt over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 Furlongs), the race is restricted to three-year-old fillies. It currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated in 1930, after the running of the 1932 edition, the race was not run again until 1980. There was no race in 1998 and 1999 and was run for the last time in 2014.

Known as the Arlington Oaks from 1930 to 1992 and in 2000, it was run as the Arlington Heights Oaks from 1993 to 1997, the Singapore Plate from 2001 to 2003, and as the Arlington Breeders' Cup Oaks in 2004.

In 1985, the race was hosted by the Hawthorne Race Course.

Historical notes

Alcibiades, Hal Price Headley's 1929 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly won the July 5, 1930 inaugural running of the Arlington Oaks. She would end the year being selected the Three-Year-Old Champion Filly. The Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland is named in her honor.[1]

Canfli won the second edition of the Oaks for the stable of W. D. Waggoner and brothers from Texas. The New York Times reported that 25,000 racing patrons were on hand to see the 1931 race.[2][3]

The Sonny Whitney owned 1932 Oaks winner Top Flight would also be named the Two and Three-Year-Old Filly Champion plus future induction into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.[4]

In 2001, a year the race was run as the Singapore Plate, Caressing was the winner, following up on her 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies victory that had clinched Two-Year-Old National Champion Filly honors for her.

In 2005, film director John Gatins made a motion picture titled Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story in which the horse "Soñador" is based on 1994 Arlington Oaks winner, Mariah's Storm.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:48 1/5 @ 1 1⁄8 miles: Choose A Partner (1983)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc. (1981, 1995)
  • 2 – Wimborne Farm (1993, 1996)
  • 2 – Stonerside Stable (1997, 2004)

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win$
 Gr.
2014 Aurelia's Belle 3 Channing Hill Wayne M. Catalano James F. Miller 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.34 $90,000 G3
2013 My Option 3 Eduardo E. Perez Chris M. Block Timothy J. Keeley 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.85 $90,000 G3
2012 La Tia 3 Constantino Roman Brian Williamson Hernandez Racing Club 1+1⁄8 m 1:51.46 $90,000 G3
2011 Race not held
2010 Upperline 3 E. T. Baird Michael Stidham Stidham & affiliates 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.13 $60,000 G3
2009 Peach Brew 3 Quincy Hamilton Donnie K. Von Hemel Robert H. Zoellner 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.89 $90,000 G3
2008 Sky Mom 3 Ramsey Zimmerman Steve Asmussen Heather Stark 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.92 $60,000 G3
2007 Marietta 3 Mark Guidry Eoin G. Harty Darley Racing 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.39 $60,000 G3
2006 Cryptoquip 3 Robby Albarado Thomas F. Proctor Elisabeth H. Alexander 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.42 $90,000 G3
2005 Miss Matched 3 Shaun Bridgmohan John T. Ward Jr. John C. Oxley 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.39 $60,000 G3
2004 Catboat (DH) 3 Eddie Martin Jr Bernard S. Flint Stonerside Stable 1+1⁄8 m 1:51.06 $90,000 G3
2004 Lovely Afternoon (DH) 3 James Graham Anthony Mitchell Richard Otto Stables
2003 Sue's Good News 3 Tim Doocy Steve Hobby Cresran LLC (Carol V. Ricks) 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.53 $60,000 G3
2002 Lost At Sea 3 René Douglas Jerry Hollendorfer Peter Abruzzo & John A. Franks 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.58 $60,000 G3
2001 Caressing 3 René Douglas David R. Vance Carl F. Pollard 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.74 $75,000 G3
2000 Megans Bluff 3 Mark Guidry John Hennig James C. Routsong 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.22 $75,000 G3
1998 – 1999 Race not held
1997 Minister's Melody 3 Garrett Gomez Niall O'Callaghan Stonerside Stable 1+1⁄8 m 1:51.32 $60,000 G3
1996 Cuando Puede 3 Robby Albarado Bruce Hundley Wimborne Farm 1+1⁄8 m 1:51.33 $75,000 G3
1995 Niner's Home 3 Tracy Hebert Carl Nafzger Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc. 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.15 $45,000 G3
1994 Mariah's Storm 3 Robert Lester Donnie K. Von Hemel Thunderhead Farms 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.63 $60,000 G3
1993 Added Asset 3 Shane Sellers Peter Perkins Wimborne Farm 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.19 $60,000 G3
1992 Pleasant Baby 3 Garrett Gomez J. Bert Sonnier Saron Stable 1+1⁄8 m 1:55.18 $45,000 G3
1991 Til Forbid 3 Shane Sellers Carl Nafzger James B. Tafel 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.60 $45,000 G3
1990 Overturned 3 Randy Romero George R. Arnold II John Poppas & Glencrest Farm (John & David Greathouse) 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.40 $45,000 G3
1989 Confirmed Dancer 3 Mike E. Smith Carl Nafzger Tadahiro Hotehama 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.60 $45,000 G3
1988 Race not held
1987 Shot Gun Bonnie 3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. David C. Kassen Hamilton Friedberg & Morton D. Kesser 1+1⁄8 m 1:53.40 $45,000 G3
1986 Top Corsage 3 Gary Stevens Jerry Fanning Dan J. Agnew 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.40 $60,000 G3
1985 Just Anything 3 Juvenile Diaz Harry Trotsek Krista Seltzer & G. Loving 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.40 $45,000 G3
1984 Lucky Lucky Lucky 3 Robbie Davis D. Wayne Lukas Leslie Combs II & Equities Stable 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.80 $45,000 G3
1983 Choose A Partner 3 Kerwin Clark Carl Nafzger Frances A. Genter Stable 1+1⁄8 m 1:48.20 $45,000 G3
1982 Hurry Renee 3 Earlie Fires Larry Geiger Marcel Walder 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.40 $45,000 G3
1981 Sweetest Chant 3 Earlie Fires Joseph M. Bollero Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc. 1+1⁄8 m 1:49.60 $60,000
1980 Ribbon 3 Pat Day Harry Trotsek Arthur B. Hancock III & Leone J. Peters 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.00 $45,000
1933 – 1979 Race not held
1932 Top Flight 3 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey Sonny Whitney 1+1⁄8 m 1:50.80 $13,475
1931 Canfli 3 Peter Dyer Richard N. Vestal Three D's Stock Farm Stable (Waggoner brothers) 1+1⁄8 m 1:51.80 $14,875
1930 Alcibiades 3 James W. Smith Walter Taylor Hal Price Headley 1+1⁄8 m 1:52.80 $12,975

References

  1. ^ "Alcibiades Victor In Arlington Oaks". The New York Times. 1930-07-06. Section Sports, page 120. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. ^ "Canfli Winner at Arlington". San Pedro News Pilot. 1931-07-11. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. ^ "25,000 See Canfli Beat Tambour in $20,000 Arlington Oaks". The New York Times. 1931-07-12. Section Sports, page 9. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. ^ "Top Flight Scores in Arlington Oaks". The New York Times. 1932-07-03. Section Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-08-14.