Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes

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Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes
Grade III race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated2019
Website NYRA
Race information
Distance1+3⁄8 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs.
PurseUS$350,000 (since 2023)

The Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes is an American Grade III stakes race Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of one and three-eighth miles on the turf held annually in September at Belmont Park, Elmont, New York. The purse for the event is US$350,000.

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History

In 2019 the New York Racing Association with the influx of racino dollars created a new racing series for three-year-old fillies called the Turf Tiara. The Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes was positioned as the third and last leg of the new three race series held over the long distance of 1+3⁄8 miles with an impressive purse of US$700,000. The other events of the Turf Tiara are the Belmont Oaks at Belmont Park held in July and the Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes at Saratoga held in August. [1] The event is run on the same day as the Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes which is the final leg of the Turf Trinity, an analogous series for three-year-old colts and geldings. [2]

The inaugural running on 8 September 2019 was won by His Highness The Aga Khan's Edisa. Starting as the 8/5 favorite Edisa started slowly but finished strongly to win by 3⁄4 of a length over the Irish-bred Wonderment in a time of 2:17.02. [3] Edisa was sired by the American Champion Kitten's Joy in Kentucky but made her first six starts in France and placed second in both the Group 2 Prix de Malleret and Group 3 Prix de Psyche. [4]

In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA did not schedule the event in their updated and reformatted fall meeting. [5]

In the 2021 renewal of the event six fillies entered with the first four finishers being Irish-bred. The winner, Shantisara had previously won at Arlington Park in the Grade 3 Pucker Up Stakes [6] and in her next start won the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland. [7]

With the outstanding quality the event displayed, the American Graded Stakes Committee in 2022 upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III. [8] Also the event in 2022 was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park. [9] The event was held on the inner turf track and the winner, the British-bred McKulick set a new track record of 2:12.38. [10]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:


Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Aqueduct
2024Beautiful Love (IRE) Dylan Davis Charlie Appleby Godolphin 1+3⁄8 miles2:15.28$350,000III [11]
2023Eternal Hope (IRE) Jamie Spencer Charlie Appleby Godolphin 1+3⁄8 miles2:16.47$350,000III [12]
2022McKulick (GB) Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables 1+3⁄8 miles2:12.38$671,000III [13]
At Belmont Park
2021Shantisara (IRE) Flavien Prat Chad C. Brown Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb & Robert V. LaPenta1+3⁄8 miles2:16.91$671,000 [14]
2020Race not held
2019Edisa Flavien Prat Alain de Royer-Dupré Aga Khan IV 1+3⁄8 miles2:17.01$752,000 [3]

Legend:
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