Winstar Oaks
The WinStar Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies and mares willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The Oaks, an ungraded stakes event, is held in March at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino (founded in 1959) in New Mexico.
Sponsored by WinStar Stud in Kentucky where Distorted Humor and Tiznow stand, the WinStar Oaks offers a purse of $200,000. Begun as a one and one sixteenth mile race, then taken down to a mile, it is now back to one and one-sixteenth.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey and Mike E. Smith, as well as jockeys Patrick Valenzuela and Cash Asmussen, all began their careers at Sunland Park.
Past winners
- 2015 - Maybellene (1:42.90) (Victor Espinoza)
- 2014 - Awesome Baby (1:43.80) (Mike E. Smith)
- 2013 - Midnight Lucky (1:41.06) (Rafael Bejarano) (Set track record for 1 1/16 miles at Sunland)
- 2012 - Princess Arabella (1:43.52) (Martin Garcia)
- 2011 - Plum Pretty (1:43.18) (Martin Garcia)
- 2010 - Harissa (Tyler Baze)
- 2009 - Gabby's Golden Gal (1:43.31) (Victor Espinoza)
- 2008 - Sky Mom (1:44.50) (Garrett Gomez)
- 2007 - Tough Tiz’s Sis (1:45.18 ) (Victor Espinoza)
- 2006 - Sweet Forty (1:43.73) (Victor Espinoza)
- 2005 - Cee's Irish
- 2004 - Speedy Falcon (1:36.57)
- 2003 - Island Fashion (1:44.20) (Ignacio Puglisi)
- 2002 - No Turbulence (1:38.11) (Daryl Montoya)
- 2001 - Gems and Gold (1:38.60) (Daryl Montoya)
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