California Oaks
| Non-graded stakes race | |
 | |
| Location | Golden Gate Fields Berkeley, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Tapeta Footings synthetic dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $75,000 (2020) |
The California Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is contested on Tapeta Footings synthetic dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlongs).[1]
The event is an ungraded stakes race with a current purse of $75,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.
Records[edit]
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄16 miles - 1:39.04 - Sky Mystic (2008)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Russell Baze (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Doug O'Neill (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Winners of the California Oaks since 1994[edit]
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anthonys Cleopatra | 3 | Frank Alvarado | Tim McCanna | Cacchiotti Ranch | 1-1/16 | 1:45.36 | |
| 2021 | Pizazz | 3 | Kyle Frey | Richard Mandella | Perry R. Bass II & Ramona S. Bass | 1-1/16 | 1:44.94 | |
| 2020 | Dynasty of Her Own | 3 | Ricardo Gonzalez | Jonathan Wong | Tommy Town Thoroughbreds | 1-1/16 | 1:44.55 | |
| 2019 | Sold It | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Doug O'Neill | Ciaran Dunne & Reddam Racing | 1-1/16 | 1:44.78 | |
| 2018 | Consolida | 3 | Julien Couton | Patrick Gallagher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Green Lantern Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:45.48 | |
| 2017 | Tap It All | 3 | Kyle Frey | Doug O'Neill | ERJ Racing & Reddam Racing | 1-1/16 | 1:45.12 | |
| 2016 | Kiss N Scat | 3 | Ricardo Gonzalez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Melen/Taub/George | 1-1/16 | 1:44.14 | |
| 2015 | Sharla Rae | 3 | Silvio Ruiz Amador | Doug O'Neill | W. C. Racing (Glenn Sorgenstein) | 1-1/16 | 1:44.46 | |
| 2014 | Be Proud | 3 | Russell Baze | Bob Baffert | Patti Earnhardt & Hal J. Earnhardt III | 1-1/16 | 1:47.62 | |
| 2013 | Redressthebalance | 3 | Christian S. Reyes | Doug O'Neill | Rutherford Group/Meredith/Pegum | 1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | |
| 2012 | Lady of Fifty | 3 | Russell Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer | Jerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro | 1-1/16 | 1:46.04 | |
| 2011 | Lilacs and Lace | 3 | Russell Baze | Duane Offield | Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel | 1-1/16 | 1:46.32 | |
| 2010 | Antares World | 3 | Frank Alvarado | Steven Specht | M/M Larry D. Williams | 1-1/16 | 1:45.75 | |
| 2009 | Will O Way | 3 | Russell Baze | Vladimir Cerin | Ronald Waranch et al. | 1-1/16 | 1:45.23 | |
| 2008 | Sky Mystic | 3 | David G. Lopez | Gregory G. Gilchrist | David & Jill Heerensperger | 1-1/16 | 1:39.04 | |
| 2007 | Eastlake Avenue | 3 | Chad Schvaneveldt | Jerry Hollendorfer | George Todaro | 1-1/16 | 1:45.90 | |
| 2006 | Sierra Sweetie | 3 | Martin Garcia | Jeffrey L. Bonde | Peter Branagh, George Schmitt, Mary C. Schmitt, Jeff Shieldas, Larry Varellas | 1-1/16 | 1:43.64 | |
| 2005 | Race not held | |||||||
| 2004 | House of Fortune | 3 | Ronnie Warren Jr. | Ron McAnally | Arnold Zetcher | 1-1/16 | 1:41.60 | |
| 2003 | Amber Hills | 3 | Gary Baze | Ed Moger Jr. | Curt & Lila Lanning | 1-1/16 | 1:44.25 | |
| 2002 | La Martina | 3 | Corey Lanerie | Jenine Sahadi | Team Valor | 1-1/16 | 1:47.16 | |
| 2001 | Aswhatilldois | 3 | Adelberto Lopez | James Hilling | Lindsay D. Myers | 1-1/16 | 1:55.48 | |
| 1995 | - 2000 | Race not held | ||||||
| 1994 | Baby Diamonds | 3 | Gary Boulanger | Joseph A. Devereux | Arthur Benjamin | 1-1/16 | 1:46.20 | |