Kentucky Oaks top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Kentucky Oaks, the first leg of the de facto American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, an American Grade 1 race for three-year-old fillies at 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. ^[1]

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Starters
2025	Good Cheer	Drexel Hill	Bless The Broken	13
2024	Thorpedo Anna	Just F Y I	Regulatory Risk	14
2023	Pretty Mischievous	Gambling Girl	The Alys Look	14
2022	Secret Oath	Nest	Desert Dawn	14
2021 [2]	Malathaat	Search Results	Will's Secret	13
2020 [3]	Shedaresthedevil	Swiss Skydiver	Speech [4]	9
2019 [5]	Serengeti Empress	Liora	Lady Apple	14
2018 [6]	Monomoy Girl	Wonder Gadot	Midnight Bisou	14
2017 [7]	Abel Tasman	Daddys Lil Darling	Lockdown	14
2016	Cathryn Sophia	Land Over Sea	Lewis Bay	14
2015	Lovely Maria	Shook Up	I'm a Chatterbox	14
2014	Untapable	My Miss Sophia	Unbridled Forever	12
2013	Princess of Sylmar	Beholder	Unlimited Budget	10
2012	Believe You Can	Broadway's Alibi	Grace Hall	14
2011	Plum Pretty	St. John's River	Zazu	13
2010	Blind Luck	Evening Jewel	Tidal Pool	14
2009	Rachel Alexandra	Stone Legacy	Flying Spur	7
2008	Proud Spell	Little Belle	Pure Clan	10
2007	Rags to Riches	Octave	High Heels	14
2006	Lemons Forever	Ermine	Wait A While	14
2005	Summerly	In the Gold	Gallant Secret	7
2004	Ashado	Island Sand	Madcap Escapade	11
2003	Bird Town	Santa Catarina	Yell	12
2002	Farda Amiga	Take Charge Lady	Habibti	9
2001	Flute	Real Cozy	Collect Call	13
2000	Secret Status	Rings A Chime	Classy Cara	14
1999	Silverbulletday	Dreams Gallore	Sweeping Story	7
1998	Keeper Hill	Banshee Breeze	Really Polish	13
1997	Blushing K.D.	Tomisue's Delight	Storm Song	9
1996	Pike Place Dancer	Escena	Cara Rafaela	6
1995	Gal In A Ruckus	Urbane	Sneaky Quiet	8
1994	Sardula	Lakeway	Dianes Halo	7
1993	Dispute	Eliza	Quinpool	11
1992	Luv Me Luv Me Not	Pleasant Stage	Prospectors Delite	6
1991	Lite Light	Withallprobability	Til Forbid	10
1990	Seaside Attraction	Go For Wand	Bright Candles	10
1989	Open Mind	Imaginary Lady	Blondeinamotel	5
1988	Goodbye Halo	Jeanne Jones	Willa on the Move	10
1987	Buryyourbelief	Hometown Queen	Super Cook	8
1986	Tiffany Lass	Life at the Top	Family Style	12
1985	Fran's Valentine	Foxy Deen	Rascal Lass	9
1984	Lucky Lucky Lucky	Miss Oceana	My Darling One	6
1983	Princess Rooney	Bright Crocas	Bemissed	7
1982	Blush With Pride	Before Dawn	Flying Partner	7
1981	Heavenly Cause	De La Rose	Wayward Lass	6
1980	Bold 'n Determined	Mighty Lively	Honest and True	8
1979	Davona Dale	Himalayan	Prize Spot	6
1978	White Star Line	Grenzen	Bold Rendezvous	11
1977	Sweet Alliance	Our Mims	Mrs. Warren	12
1976	Optimistic Gal	Comfort Zone	Carmelita Gibbs	7
1975	Sun and Snow	Funalon	Funny Cat	11
1974	Quaze Quilt	Special Team	Kaye's Commander	14
1973	Bag of Tunes	La Prevoyante	Coraggioso	13
1972	Susan's Girl	Barely Even	Fairway Flyer	7
1971	Silent Beauty	Graffiti	At Arms Length	9
1970	Lady Vi-E	Glenary	Artists Proof	10
1969	Hail to Patsy	Double Delta	Mrs. Jo Jo
1968	Dark Mirage	Miss Ribot	Lady Tramp
1967	Nancy Jr.	Gay Sailorette	Furl Sail
1966	Native Street	Lady Pitt	Naidni Diam
1965	Amerivan	Gold Digger	Terentia
1964	Blue Norther	Miss Cavandish	Road to Romance
1963	Sally Ship	Bonnie's Girl	Power to Strike
1962	Cicada	Flaming Page	Fortunate Isle
1961	My Portrait	Play Time	Times Two
1960	Make Sail	Quaze	Airmans Guide
1959	Wedlock	Indian Maid	Kathy H.
1959	Hidden Talent	Ray's Fairy Gold	Aesthetic
1958	Bug Brush	Galarullah	Hasty Doll
1957	Lori-El	Pillow Talk	Dale's Delight
1956	Princess Turia	Doubledogdare	Tournure
1955	Lalun	Lea Lane	Mazza
1954	Fascinator	Queen Hopeful	Blue Violin
1953	Bubbley	Cerise Reine	Arab Actress
1952	Real Delight	Whirla Lea	Big Mo
1951	How	Astro	Sickle's Image
1950	Ari's Mona	Wondring	Diamond Lane
1949	Wistful	The Fat Lady	Lady Dorimar
1948	Challe Anne	Reigh Belle	Back Talk
1947	Blue Grass	Cosmic Missile	Mother
1946	First Page	Athenia	Buzzaround
1945	Come and Go	On-Your-Toes	Miss Blindfold
1944	Canina	Harriet Sue	Paddle
1943	Nellie L	Valdina Marl	Edie Jane
1942	Miss Dogwood	Questvive	Miss Glamour
1941	Valdina Myth	Silvestra	Mystery Marvel
1940	Inscolassie	June Bee	Shine O' Night
1939	Flying Lill	Bala Ormont	Rude Awakening
1938	Flying Lee	Janice	Fantine
1937	Mars Shield	Shatterproof	Alkit
1936	Two Bob	Threadneedle	Seventh Heaven
1935	Paradisical	Mid Victorian	Spanish Babe
1934	Fiji	Far Star	Penncote
1933	Barn Swallow	At Top	Bright Bubble
1932	Suntica	I Say	Depression
1931	Cousin Jo	Sunny Lassie	Town Limit
1930	Alcibiades	Rich Widow	Galaday
1929	Rose of Sharon	Lady Broadcast	Current
1928	Easter Stockings	Pink Lily	Reveries' Girl
1927	Mary Jane	Handy Mandy	Fresco
1926	Black Maria	Dark Phantom	Helen's Babe
1925	Deeming	Buckwheat Cake	Litle Visitor
1924	Princess Doreen	Nellie Morse	Befuddle
1923	Untidy	Sweetheart	Gadfly
1922	Startle	Martha Fallon	Precious Lula
1921	Nancy Lee	Prudery	Lady Madcap
1920	Lorraine	Truly Rural	Dresden
1919	Lillian Shaw	Milkmaid	Dancing Spray
1918	Viva America	Fern Handley	Mistress Polly
1917	Sunbonnet	Diamond	Battle
1916	Kathleen	Mandy Hamilton	Lady Always
1915	Waterblossom	One Step	Lady Rotha
1914	Bronzewing	Casuarina	Bracktown Belle
1913	Cream	Floral Park	Gowell
1912	Flamma	Floral Day	Beautiful
1911	Bettie Sue	Princess Callaway	Iima
1910	Samaria	Foxy Mary	My Gal
1909	Floreal	Pink Wings	Cordova
1908	Ellen-a-Dale	Boema	Estrada
1907	Wing Ting	Altuda	Little Turner
1906	King's Daughter	Lady Navarre	Lady Anne
1905	Janeta	Mum	Sis Lee
1904	Audience	Outcome	White Plume
1903	Lemco	Mary Lavana	The Crisis
1902	Wainamoinen	Marque	Autumn Leaves
1901	Lady Schorr	Isobel	Edith Q.
1900	Etta	Scarlet Lily	Cleora
1899	Rush	May Hempstead	The Lady in Blue
1898	Crocket	Lennep	Alleviate
1897	White Frost	Rosinante	Taluca
1896	Soufflé	Myrtle Harkness	La Gascoyne
1895	Voladora	Alabama	Kathryn
1894	Selika	Charity	Shuttle
1893	Monrovia	Elizabeth L.	Joanna
1892	Miss Dixie	Unadilla	Greenwich
1891	Miss Hawkins	Ethel	Bonnie Bird
1890	English Lady	Marie K.	none
1889	Jewel Ban	Bandolette	Retrieve
1888	Ten Penny	Los Angeles	Quindaro Bell
1887	Florimore	Wary	Bannail
1886	Pure Rye	Red Girl	Ada D.
1885	Lizzie Dwyer	Constellation	Exile
1884	Modesty	Highflight	Bluette
1883	Vera	Orange Blossom	Billetta
1882	Katie Creel	Pinafore	Issie
1881	Lucy May	Belle of the Highlands	Mrs. Chubbs
1880	Longitude	Bye and Bye	Ersilia
1879	Liahtunah	Ada Glenn	Buckden Lass
1878	Belle of Nelson	Buena Vista	Fortuna
1877	Felicia	Bradamante	Aunt Betsy
1876	Necy Hale	Plenty	Lady Clipper
1875	Vinaigrette	Gyptis	Elemi

See also

• Kentucky Derby top four finishers
• List of graded stakes at Churchill Downs

References

1. 2009 The Kentucky Derby Media Guide, 135th Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, page 240-249 on May 2, 2009.
2. "2021 Kentucky Oaks Chart". Equibase. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
3. "2020 Kentucky Oaks chart". Equibase. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
4. The Associated Press. "Gamine DQ'd from Kentucky Oaks, trainer Bob Baffert fined". NBCSPORTS.COM. Associated Press. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
5. Equibase.com. "2019 Kentucky Oaks chart". www.equibase.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
6. Equibase.com. "2018 Kentucky Oaks chart". www.equibase.com. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
7. "2017 Kentucky Oaks chart". Equibase. May 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.