The Monmouth Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey for three-year-old fillies. Named for England's Epsom Oaks, first run in 1779, the inaugural American edition took place in 1871. Originally raced over a distance of 1 1⁄2 miles from 1871 through 1877, there was no race in 1878 but on its return the following year was modified to 1 1⁄4 miles.
In 1891, the New Jersey Legislature began a move to ban parimutuel betting and the Oaks had to be moved to the Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. With a legislated permanent ban, after the 1893 running the Monmouth Park Racetrack was shut down and the property sold. years. In 1946, Thoroughbred racing returned to a new Monmouth Park racing facility. The revived Monmouth Oaks was set at 1 1⁄16 miles and in 1997 Blushing K. D. set the existing record for that distance at 1:41.80.
Over the years, the Oaks has been won by some of the best fillies in the United States including U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees, Miss Woodford (1883), Firenze (1887), Dark Mirage (1968), Gallant Bloom (1969) and Desert Vixen (1973).
It is currently a Grade III stakes race with a purse of $100,000 divided 60% to the winning owner, 20% to second, 11% to third, 6% to fourth and 3% to fifth. There was no race held in 2003.
Winners of the Monmouth Oaks
Year
|
Winner
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
Time |
| 2015 |
Delightful Joy |
Paco Lopez |
Chad C. Brown |
Sheep Pond Partners/LaPenta/Bradley Thoroughbreds |
1:43.74 |
| 2014 |
Cassatt |
Kerwin D. Clark |
J. Larry Jones |
Fox Hill Farms |
1:44.34 |
| 2013 |
Seaneen Girl |
Paco Lopez |
Bernard S. Flint |
Naveed Chowhan |
1:44.04 |
| 2012 |
Wine Princess |
Joe Bravo |
Steve Margolis |
Pearl Bloodstock |
1:44.11 |
| 2011 |
Savvy Supreme |
Elvis Trujillo |
Todd Pletcher |
WinStar Farm |
1:43.27 |
| 2010 |
No Such Word |
Terry J. Thompson |
Cindy Jones |
Brereton C. Jones |
1:45.10 |
| 2009 |
Just Jenda |
Gabriel Saez |
Larry Jones |
Cindy Jones |
1:43.69 |
| 2008 |
Maren's Meadow |
Terry J. Thompson |
Larry Jones |
River Ridge Ranch |
1:44.05 |
| 2007 |
Talkin About Love |
Stewart Elliot |
Kevin Sleeter |
Kevin Sleeter |
1:43.78 |
| 2006 |
Mo Cuishle |
Jose Santos |
Todd Pletcher |
Martin, O'Grady, Rucker |
1:43.00 |
| 2005 |
Flying Glitter |
Elvis Trujillo |
Ronny Werner |
Richard & Nancy Kaster |
1:44.60 |
| 2004 |
Capeside Lady |
Chris Decarlo |
Todd Pletcher |
So Madcapt Stable |
1:42.00 |
| 2003 |
no race |
|
|
|
|
| 2002 |
Magic Storm |
Edwin L. King, Jr. |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Overbrook & W. A. Marquard |
1:51.00 |
| 2001 |
Unbridled Elaine |
Eibar Coa |
David R. Vance |
Roger J. Davenport |
1:51.00 |
| 2000 |
Spain |
Jose A. Velez, Jr. |
D. Wayne Lukas |
The Thoroughbred Corp. |
1:42.60 |
| 1999 |
Silverbulletday |
Jerry Bailey |
Bob Baffert |
Michael E. Pegram |
1:43.00 |
| 1998 |
Kirby's Song |
Todd Kabel |
Tino Attard |
Kirby Canada Farm |
1:43.20 |
| 1997 |
Blushing K. D. |
Lonnie Meche |
Sam B. David, Jr. |
James & Sue Burns |
1:41.80 |
| 1996 |
Top Secret |
Joe Bravo |
George R. Arnold II |
John H. Peace |
1:42.20 |
| 1995 |
Kathie's Colleen |
Jim McAleney |
Mike Keogh |
Gustav Schickedanz |
1:51.40 |
| 1994 |
Two Altazano |
Craig Perret |
Michael Stidham |
Harold V. Goodman |
1:52.00 |
| 1993 |
Jacody |
Tom Turner |
William Donovan |
Minrashe Nanbri |
1:50.60 |
| 1992 |
Diamond Duo |
Tom Turner |
William Donovan |
H & D Stable |
1:51.40 |
| 1991 |
Fowda |
Richard Migliore |
Richard J. Lundy |
Allen E. Paulson |
1:50.40 |
| 1990 |
Pampered Star |
Jose C. Ferrer |
Robert J. Frankel |
Morley Engelson |
1:52.40 |
| 1989 |
Dream Deal |
Craig Perret |
Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. |
G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. |
1:49.20 |
| 1988 |
Maplejinsky |
Chris Antley |
Phillip G. Johnson |
Susan Kaskel |
1:53.60 |
| 1987 |
Without Feathers |
Chris Antley |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Dennis Donahue |
1:48.00 |
| 1986 |
Fighter Fox |
Herb McCauley |
LeRoy Jolley |
Kentucky Blue Stable |
1:49.60 |
| 1985 |
Golden Horde |
Herb McCauley |
J. Willard Thompson |
Mrs. J. W. Walker Jr. |
1:48.00 |
| 1984 |
Life's Magic |
Jorge Velasquez |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Hatley & G. Klein |
1:50.00 |
| 1983 |
Quixotic Lady |
Eddie Maple |
Woody Stephens |
Ross Valley Farm |
1:50.40 |
| 1982 |
Christmas Past |
Jacinto Vasquez |
Angel Penna, Jr. |
Cynthia Phipps |
1:48.80 |
| 1981 |
Prismatical |
Don Brumfield |
Laz Barrera |
Happy Valley Farm |
1:49.80 |
| 1980 |
Rose of Morn |
Don Brumfield |
Robert G. Vanwert |
Meadow Stable |
1:50.40 |
| 1979 |
Burn's Return |
Jacinto Vasquez |
Scotty Schulhofer |
Ivanhoe Stable |
1:48.80 |
| 1978 |
Sharp Belle |
B. Douglas Thomas |
Warren A. Croll, Jr. |
Aisco Stable |
1:52.40 |
| 1977 |
Small Raja |
Mickey Solomone |
Thomas J. Kelly |
David P. Reynolds |
1:49.60 |
| 1976 |
Revidere |
Jacinto Vasquez |
David A. Whiteley |
William Haggin Perry |
1:50.60 |
| 1975 |
Aunt Jin |
Carlos Marquez |
W. "Sonny" Hightower |
Paul Cresci |
1:49.20 |
| 1974 |
Honky Star |
Walter Blum |
Gordon Potter |
Dan Lasater |
1:49.40 |
| 1973 |
Desert Vixen |
Michael Hole |
Thomas F. Root, Sr. |
Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. |
1:49.00 |
| 1972 |
Summer Guest |
Ron Turcotte |
J. Elliott Burch |
Rokeby Stable |
1:50.20 |
| 1971 |
Forward Gal |
Michael Hole |
Warren A. Croll, Jr. |
Aisco Stable |
1:49.20 |
| 1970 |
Kilts N Kapers |
Garth Patterson |
Harold H. Goodwin |
Mrs. M. W. Schott |
1:50.40 |
| 1969 |
Gallant Bloom |
Braulio Baeza |
William J. Hirsch |
King Ranch |
1:50.80 |
| 1968 |
Dark Mirage |
Manuel Ycaza |
Everett W. King |
Lloyd I. Miller |
1:51.40 |
| 1967 |
Quillo Queen |
Ernest Cardone |
James E. Picou |
Martin Anderson |
1:52.20 |
| 1966 |
Natashka |
Bill Shoemaker |
William A. Peterson |
George F. Getty II |
1:50.40 |
| 1965 |
Summer Scandal |
Garth Patterson |
Woods Garth |
Harborvale Stable |
1:50.60 |
| 1964 |
Miss Cavandish |
Howard Grant |
Roger Laurin |
Harry S. Nichols |
1:50.80 |
| 1963 |
Lamb Chop |
Howard Grant |
James W. Maloney |
William Haggin Perry |
1:51.60 |
| 1962 |
Firm Policy |
Johnny Sellers |
E. Barry Ryan |
E. Barry Ryan |
1:49.80 |
| 1961 |
My Portrait |
Ray Broussard |
Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. |
Fred W. Hooper |
1:48.80 |
| 1960 |
Teacation |
Walter Blum |
Chuck R. Parke |
Fred W. Hooper |
1:49.40 |
| 1959 |
Royal Native |
Joe Culmone |
Kenny Noe, Sr. |
Perne L. Grissom |
1:50.60 |
| 1958 |
A Glitter |
Ismael Valenzuela |
Horace A. Jones |
Calumet Farm |
1:52.40 |
| 1957 |
Romanita |
J. Skelly |
Frankie Sanders |
Reverie Knoll Farm |
1:50.20 |
| 1956 |
Levee |
Hedley Woodhouse |
Norman R McLeod |
Vernon G. Cardy |
1:48.80 |
| 1955 |
Misty Morn |
Eddie Arcaro |
Jim Fitzsimmons |
Wheatley Stable |
1:50.60 |
| 1954 |
Evening Out |
Eddie Arcaro |
Jack Creevy |
Mrs. G. D. Widener |
1:50.20 |
| 1953 |
Grecian Queen |
Nick Shuk |
James P. Conway |
Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker |
1:51.20 |
| 1952 |
La Corredora |
Ira Hanford |
Carl Hanford |
Marion W. O'Connor |
1:46.00 |
| 1951 |
Ruddy |
Ted Atkinson |
John M. Gaver, Sr. |
Greentree Stable |
1:48.00 |
| 1950 |
Siama |
Eddie Arcaro |
Moody Jolley |
Cain Hoy Stable |
1:45.20 |
| 1949 |
Adile |
Eddie Arcaro |
Oscar White |
Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords |
1:46.00 |
| 1948 |
Compliance |
James Stout |
G. H. Strate |
Lester Manor Stable |
1:45.00 |
| 1947 |
First Flight |
Eddie Arcaro |
Sylvester Veitch |
C.V. Whitney |
1:46.00 |
| 1946 |
Dorothy Brown |
Eric Guerin |
John B. Theall |
John B. Theall |
1:45.20 |
| 1893 |
Augusta Belle |
John Lamley |
Not found |
G. H. Kernochan |
2:10.75 |
| 1892 |
Yorkville Belle |
Isaac Burns Murphy |
Matthew M. Allen |
Frank A. Ehret |
2:08.25 |
| 1891 |
Nellie Bly |
Fred Taral |
George H. Bostwick |
George H. Bostwick |
2:16.25 |
| 1890 |
Her Highness |
Anthony Hamilton |
Not found |
August Belmont |
2:15.00 |
| 1889 |
Senorita |
Anthony Hamilton |
Not found |
Samuel S. Brown |
2:16.50 |
| 1888 |
Los Angeles |
William Hayward |
Robert E. Campbell |
E.J. "Lucky Baldwin |
2:15.25 |
| 1887 |
Firenze |
Edward R. Garrison |
Matthew Byrnes |
James Ben Ali Haggin |
2:12.50 |
| 1886 |
Dew Drop |
Jim McLaughlin |
Not found |
Dwyer Brothers Stable |
2:10.75 |
| 1885 |
Wanda |
Onley |
Matthew Byrnes |
Pierre Lorillard IV |
2:14.25 |
| 1884 |
Duchess |
William Donohue |
Not found |
E. V. Snedeker & Co. |
2:14.00 |
| 1883 |
Miss Woodford |
Jim McLaughlin |
James G. Rowe, Sr. |
Dwyer Brothers Stable |
2:20.50 |
| 1882 |
Hiawassa |
M. Feakes |
Matthew Byrnes |
Pierre Lorillard IV |
2:23.00 |
| 1881 |
Thora |
William Donohue |
Not found |
C. Reed |
2:14.50 |
| 1880 |
Nancy |
Lloyd Hughes |
Not found |
David D. Withers |
2:19.25 |
| 1879 |
Ferida |
Lloyd Hughes |
Not found |
George L. Lorillard |
2:16.00 |
| 1877 |
Zoo-Zoo |
Barrett |
Not found |
Pierre Lorillard IV |
2:44.25 |
| 1876 |
Patience |
M. Feakes |
Not found |
August Belmont |
2:48.25 |
| 1875 |
Ascension |
William Lakeland |
Not found |
William Cottrill |
2:46.25 |
| 1874 |
Regardless |
Dan Sparling |
Not found |
F. Morris |
2:45.00 |
| 1873 |
Lizzie Lucas |
George Barbee |
Not found |
Thomas W. Doswell |
2:45.00 |
| 1872 |
Woodbine |
Floyd |
Not found |
August Belmont |
2:42.00 |
| 1871 |
Salina |
R. Swim |
Not found |
Abraham Buford |
2:43.50 |
