Arlington Oaks
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.
| Discontinued G3 stakes race | |
| Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1930 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Purse | $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:
- 2 – Earlie Fires (1981, 1982)
- 2 – Shane Sellers (1991, 1993)
- 2 – Garrett Gomez (1992, 1997)
- 2 – Robby Albarado (1996, 2006)
- 2 – Mark Guidry (2000, 2007)
- 2 – René Douglas (2001, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – Carl Nafzger (1983, 1989, 1991, 1995)
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
- "Alcibiades Victor In Arlington Oaks". The New York Times. 1930-07-06. Section Sports, page 120. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- "Canfli Winner at Arlington". San Pedro News Pilot. 1931-07-11. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- "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.
- "Top Flight Scores in Arlington Oaks". The New York Times. 1932-07-03. Section Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-08-14.