# Coaching Club American Oaks

The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year-old fillies and the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. Originally run at Belmont Park, the Grade I $500,000 stakes race was moved to Saratoga Race Course in 2010.
Run as a handicap prior to 1928, the race is named in honor of the Coaching Club of New York. One of the requirements for membership in this club was the ability to handle a coach and four horses with a single group of reins. August Belmont Jr. set the original conditions in order to emulate The Oaks in England.
From 1963 to 1967 the Coaching Club American Oaks was run at Aqueduct Racetrack. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances:
* 1917, 2010–present: 9 furlongs
* 1990–1997, 2003–2009: 10 furlongs
* 1919–1941, 1944–1958: 11 furlongs
* 1942–1943, 1971–1989, 1998–2003: 12 furlongs

## Historical notes

Future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mom's Command won the 1985 Oaks under jockey Abigail Fuller, daughter of the horse's owner, Peter Fuller.

## Records

Speed record: (at distance of 12f)
* 2:27.80 – Ruffian (1975); Magazine (1973)
(at distance of 10f)
* 2:00.40 – Ajina (1997)
(at distance of 9f)
* 1:49.15 – It's Tricky (2011)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 – Mike E. Smith (1993, 1997, 2000, 2016, 2017)
* 5 – John R. Velazquez (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015)
* 4 – Jorge Velásquez (1974, 1977, 1979, 1988)
* 4 – Jerry D. Bailey (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 8 – Todd Pletcher (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 – Calumet Farm (1944, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1977, 1979)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Thorpedo Anna | 3 | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek | Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks & Magdalena Racing | 1:50.95 |
| 2023 | Wet Paint | 3 | Flavien Prat | Brad H. Cox | Godolphin LLC | 1:50.68 |
| 2022 | Nest | 3 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, & Michael House | 1:51.04 |
| 2021 | Maracuja | 3 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Rob Atras | Beach Haven Thoroughbreds LLC | 1:49.29 |
| 2020 | Paris Lights | 3 | Tyler Gaffalione | William I. Mott | WinStar Farm | 1:50.81 |
| 2019 | Guarana | 3 | José Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Three Chimneys Farm | 1:49.65 |
| 2018 | Monomoy Girl | 3 | Florent Geroux | Brad H. Cox | Michael Dubb & Monomoy Stables | 1:50.46 |
| 2017 | Abel Tasman | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | China Horse Club | 1:51.74 |
| 2016 | Songbird | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Fox Hill Farms | 1:49.56 |
| 2015 | Curalina | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | 1:49.74 |
| 2014 | Stopchargingmaria | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 2013 | Princess of Sylmar | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Michael Dubb | 1:51.07 |
| 2012 | Questing | 3 | Irad Ortiz, Jr | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin | 1:50.30 |
| 2011 | It's Tricky | 3 | Eddie Castro | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin | 1:49.15 |
| 2010 | Devil May Care | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Glencrest Farm | 1:49.42 |
| 2009 | Funny Moon | 3 | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement | Mrs. C. Wilson McNeely III | 2:02.44 |
| 2008 | Music Note | 3 | Javier Castellano | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:01.66 |
| 2007 | Octave | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Starlight Stables/Lucarell | 2:02.17 |
| 2006 | Wonder Lady Anne L | 3 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | IEAH Stables | 2:04.63 |
| 2005 | Smuggler | 3 | Edgar Prado | C. R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 2:04.39 |
| 2004 | Ashado | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Starlight/Saylor/Martin | 2:02.43 |
| 2003 | Spoken Fur | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Amerman Racing Stable | 2:31.02 |
| 2002 | Jilbab | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:31.48 |
| 2001 | Tweedside | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 2:30.70 |
| 2000 | Jostle | 3 | Mike E. Smith | John Servis | Fox Hill Farms | 2:29.99 |
| 1999 | On a Soapbox | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Niall M. O'Callaghan | Grimm & Voss | 2:29.31 |
| 1998 | Banshee Breeze | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 2:31.56 |
| 1997 | Ajina | 3 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 2:00.40 |
| 1996 | My Flag | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 2:04.64 |
| 1995 | Golden Bri | 3 | José A. Santos | John C. Kimmel | Hilmer C.Schmidt | 2:03.86 |
| 1994 | Two Altazano | 3 | José A. Santos | Michael Stidham | Harold V. Goodman | 2:02.88 |
| 1993 | Sky Beauty | 3 | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Georgia E. Hofmann | 2:01.56 |
| 1992 | Turnback the Alarm | 3 | Chris Antley | William V. Terrill | Valley View Farm | 2:03.53 |
| 1991 | Lite Light | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | Oaktown Stable | 2:00.54 |
| 1990 | Charon | 3 | Craig Perret | Eugene Navarro | Stanley M. Ersoff | 2:02.60 |
| 1989 | Open Mind | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:32.40 |
| 1988 | Goodbye Halo | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | Charles Whittingham | Arthur B. Hancock III | 2:32.80 |
| 1987 | Fiesta Gal | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 2:31.00 |
| 1986 | Valley Victory | 3 | Randy Romero | Leo O'Brien | Richard N. Dick | 2:28.00 |
| 1985 | Mom's Command | 3 | Abigail Fuller | Edward T. Allard | Peter D. Fuller | 2:32.00 |
| 1984 | Class Play | 3 | Jean Cruguet | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 2:29.80 |
| 1983 | High Schemes | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Joseph Morrisey Jr. | 2:30.20 |
| 1982 | Christmas Past | 3 | Jacinto Vásquez | Angel Penna Jr. | Cynthia Phipps | 2:28.60 |
| 1981 | Wayward Lass | 3 | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stable | 2:28.20 |
| 1980 | Bold 'n Determined | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Saron Stable | 2:31.80 |
| 1979 | Davona Dale | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 2:30.00 |
| 1978 | Lakeville Miss | 3 | Ruben Hernandez | Jose A. Martin | Randolph Weinsier | 2:29.40 |
| 1977 | Our Mims | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 2:29.40 |
| 1976 | Revidere | 3 | Jacinto Vásquez | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 2:28.40 |
| 1975 | Ruffian | 3 | Jacinto Vásquez | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Locust Hill Farm | 2:27.80 |
| 1974 | Chris Evert | 3 | Jorge Velásquez | Joseph A. Trovato | Carl Rosen | 2:28.80 |
| 1973 | Magazine | 3 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:27.80 |
| 1972 | Summer Guest | 3 | Ron Turcotte | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:29.40 |
| 1971 | Our Cheri Amour | 3 | Jack Kurtz | Joseph G. Moos | Helen D. Vizzi | 2:29.80 |
| 1970 | Missile Belle | 3 | Pete D. Anderson | Woody Stephens | John A. Morris | 2:03.80 |
| 1969 | Shuvee | 3 | Jesse Davidson | Willard C. Freeman | Anne Minor Stone | 2:03.20 |
| 1968 | Dark Mirage | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller | 2:01.80 |
| 1967 | Quillo Queen | 3 | Ernest Cardone | James E. Picou | Martin Andersen | 2:03.40 |
| 1966 | Lady Pitt | 3 | Walter Blum | Stephen A. DiMauro | Golden Triangle Stable | 2:05.00 |
| 1965 | Marshua | 3 | Ray Broussard | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 2:02.60 |
| 1964 | Miss Cavandish | 3 | Howard Grant | Roger Laurin | Harry S. Nichols | 2:04.00 |
| 1963 | Lamb Chop | 3 | Heliodoro Gustines | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 2:02.80 |
| 1962 | Bramalea | 3 | Bobby Ussery | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm | 2:02.60 |
| 1961 | Bowl of Flowers | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 2:03.20 |
| 1960 | Berlo | 3 | Eric Guerin | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 2:04.20 |
| 1959 | Resaca | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Buddy Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:02.40 |
| 1958 | A Glitter | 3 | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:20.00 |
| 1957 | Williamette | 3 | John Choquette | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 2:16.60 |
| 1956 | Levee | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Norman R. McLeod | Vernon G. Cardy | 2:16.60 |
| 1955 | High Voltage | 3 | Ted Atkinson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:17.60 |
| 1954 | Cherokee Rose | 3 | Henry Moreno | Eddie Hayward | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:19.60 |
| 1953 | Grecian Queen | 3 | Eric Guerin | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 2:18.60 |
| 1952 | Real Delight | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:17.80 |
| 1951 | How | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | Herman B. Delman | 2:16.60 |
| 1950 | Next Move | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:15.80 |
| 1949 | Wistful III | 3 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:19.60 |
| 1948 | Scattered | 3 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:18.80 |
| 1947 | Harmonica | 3 | John Adams | Max Hirsch | John J. Watts | 2:18.20 |
| 1946 | Hypnotic | 3 | Paul Miller | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:18.80 |
| 1945 | Elpis | 3 | John Adams | Frank J. Kearns | William G. Helis | 2:18.40 |
| 1944 | Twilight Tear | 3 | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:21.00 |
| 1943 | Too Timely | 3 | George Woolf | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:35.00 |
| 1942 | Vagrancy | 3 | Tommy Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:31.60 |
| 1941 | Level Best | 3 | Alfred Robertson | John P. (Doc) Jones | Crispin Oglebay | 2:17.60 |
| 1940 | Damaged Goods | 3 | John Gilbert | J. M. Milburn | Starmount Stable | 2:19.00 |
| 1939 | War Plumage | 3 | Nick Wall | Howard Oots | James Cox Brady Jr. | 2:16.80 |
| 1938 | Creole Maid | 3 | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Sarah F. Jeffords | 2:20.80 |
| 1937 | Dawn Play | 3 | Lester Balaski | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:18.60 |
| 1936 | High Fleet | 3 | John Gilbert | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 2:19.60 |
| 1935 | Black Helen | 3 | Don Meade | Bill Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 2:18.80 |
| 1934 | Lady Reigh | 3 | Don Meade | James E. Fitzsimmons | Elsie Cassatt Stewart | 2:18.80 |
| 1933 | Edelweiss | 3 | John Gilbert | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:20.60 |
| 1932 | Top Flight | 3 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 2:20.20 |
| 1931 | Tambour | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Preston M. Burch | Preston M. Burch | 2:20.40 |
| 1930 | Snowflake | 3 | Louis Schaefer | Jack R. Pryce | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 2:18.40 |
| 1929 | Sweet Verbena | 3 | John Maiben | John Sims Wallace | Lone Star Stable | 2:18.00 |
| 1928 | Bateau | 3 | Earl Sande | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:24.00 |
| 1927 | Nimba | 3 | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 2:19.80 |
| 1926 | Edith Cavell | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:20.60 |
| 1925 | Florence Nightingale | 3 | Lawrence McDermott | Robert A. Smith | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:17.80 |
| 1924 | Princess Doreen | 3 | Harry Stutts | Kay Spence | Audley Farm | 2:19.20 |
| 1923 | How Fair | 3 | Albert Johnson | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 2:18.40 |
| 1922 | Prudish | 3 | L. Morris | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:18.40 |
| 1921 | Flambette | 3 | Earl Sande | John H. McCormack | P. A. Clark | 2:17.40 |
| 1920 | Cleopatra | 3 | Linus McAtee | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 2:18.80 |
| 1919 | Polka Dot | 3 | Lavelle Ensor | W. Hogan | P. A. Clark | 2:20.20 |
| 1918 | Rose d'Or | 3 | Lavelle Ensor | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 2:06.60 |
| 1917 | Wistful I | 3 | W. O'Brien | James H. McCormick | James Butler | 1:53.60 |
* ↑ In the 2015 race, I'm a Chatterbox crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for interference.