Arlington Oaks

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Arlington Oaks
Discontinued G3 stakes race
Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1930
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1+18 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.

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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:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win$
Gr.
2014Aurelia's Belle3 Channing Hill Wayne M. Catalano James F. Miller1+18 m1:52.34$90,000G3
2013My Option3Eduardo E. Perez Chris M. Block Timothy J. Keeley1+18 m1:52.85$90,000G3
2012La Tia3Constantino RomanBrian WilliamsonHernandez Racing Club1+18 m1:51.46$90,000G3
2011Race not held
2010Upperline3 E. T. Baird Michael Stidham Stidham & affiliates1+18 m1:52.13$60,000G3
2009Peach Brew3Quincy Hamilton Donnie K. Von Hemel Robert H. Zoellner1+18 m1:50.89$90,000G3
2008Sky Mom3Ramsey Zimmerman Steve Asmussen Heather Stark1+18 m1:52.92$60,000G3
2007Marietta3 Mark Guidry Eoin G. Harty Darley Racing 1+18 m1:49.39$60,000G3
2006Cryptoquip3 Robby Albarado Thomas F. Proctor Elisabeth H. Alexander1+18 m1:49.42$90,000G3
2005Miss Matched3 Shaun Bridgmohan John T. Ward Jr. John C. Oxley 1+18 m1:49.39$60,000G3
2004Catboat (DH)3 Eddie Martin Jr Bernard S. Flint Stonerside Stable 1+18 m1:51.06$90,000G3
2004Lovely Afternoon (DH)3 James Graham Anthony MitchellRichard Otto Stables
2003Sue's Good News3 Tim Doocy Steve Hobby Cresran LLC (Carol V. Ricks)1+18 m1:50.53$60,000G3
2002Lost At Sea3 René Douglas Jerry Hollendorfer Peter Abruzzo & John A. Franks 1+18 m1:50.58$60,000G3
2001 Caressing 3 René Douglas David R. Vance Carl F. Pollard1+18 m1:50.74$75,000G3
2000Megans Bluff3 Mark Guidry John HennigJames C. Routsong1+18 m1:50.22$75,000G3
1998– 1999Race not held
1997Minister's Melody3 Garrett Gomez Niall O'Callaghan Stonerside Stable 1+18 m1:51.32$60,000G3
1996Cuando Puede3 Robby Albarado Bruce HundleyWimborne Farm1+18 m1:51.33$75,000G3
1995Niner's Home3Tracy Hebert Carl Nafzger Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc.1+18 m1:52.15$45,000G3
1994 Mariah's Storm 3Robert Lester Donnie K. Von Hemel Thunderhead Farms1+18 m1:49.63$60,000G3
1993Added Asset3 Shane Sellers Peter PerkinsWimborne Farm1+18 m1:50.19$60,000G3
1992Pleasant Baby3 Garrett Gomez J. Bert Sonnier Saron Stable 1+18 m1:55.18$45,000G3
1991Til Forbid3 Shane Sellers Carl Nafzger James B. Tafel 1+18 m1:49.60$45,000G3
1990Overturned3 Randy Romero George R. Arnold II John Poppas & Glencrest Farm (John & David Greathouse)1+18 m1:50.40$45,000G3
1989Confirmed Dancer3 Mike E. Smith Carl Nafzger Tadahiro Hotehama1+18 m1:52.60$45,000G3
1988Race not held
1987Shot Gun Bonnie3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. David C. KassenHamilton Friedberg & Morton D. Kesser1+18 m1:53.40$45,000G3
1986Top Corsage3 Gary Stevens Jerry Fanning Dan J. Agnew1+18 m1:49.40$60,000G3
1985Just Anything3Juvenile Diaz Harry Trotsek Krista Seltzer & G. Loving1+18 m1:50.40$45,000G3
1984Lucky Lucky Lucky3 Robbie Davis D. Wayne Lukas Leslie Combs II & Equities Stable1+18 m1:49.80$45,000G3
1983Choose A Partner3Kerwin Clark Carl Nafzger Frances A. Genter Stable 1+18 m1:48.20$45,000G3
1982Hurry Renee3 Earlie Fires Larry GeigerMarcel Walder1+18 m1:50.40$45,000G3
1981 Sweetest Chant 3 Earlie Fires Joseph M. Bollero Russell L. Reineman Stable Inc.1+18 m1:49.60$60,000
1980Ribbon3 Pat Day Harry Trotsek Arthur B. Hancock III & Leone J. Peters 1+18 m1:50.00$45,000
1933– 1979Race not held
1932 Top Flight 3 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey Sonny Whitney 1+18 m1:50.80$13,475
1931Canfli3Peter DyerRichard N. VestalThree D's Stock Farm Stable (Waggoner brothers)1+18 m1:51.80$14,875
1930 Alcibiades 3 James W. Smith Walter Taylor Hal Price Headley 1+18 m1:52.80$12,975

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References

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  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.