The Florida Oaks is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 for three-year-old fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

 held annually at Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs is an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility located in Westchase in Hillsborough County, just outside Tampa, Florida. It opened in 1926 under the name Tampa Downs. The first of many names, the racetrack was well known as Sunshine Park and Florida Downs.-Season:The track races...

 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

. It is currently an Ungraded stakes

Graded stakes race

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 race run over a distance of 8.5 furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s on turf

Grass

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The race was downgraded from GIII status for 2011 by the American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC). Tampa officials decided to run the race on turf for the first time in its history due to the AGSC ruling.

From 1995 to 2010, the Florida Oaks was run on the same race card as the Tampa Bay Derby

Tampa Bay Derby

The Tampa Bay Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in mid March at Tampa Bay Downs. A Grade III event since 2002, it is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The race has gained in popularity over the past few years and is now listed as an...

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Inaugurated in 1984, it was run at seven furlongs for that year only.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:43.60 - Don't Forget Gil (2009)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 2 - Pat Day
  Pat Day
  Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...
  
   (1998, 2000, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• 3 - Neil J. Howard
  Neil J. Howard
  Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...
  
   (1995, 2000, 2001)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - William S. Farish and/or partners (1995, 2000, 2001)

Winners of the Florida Oaks

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Dynamic Holiday	Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	Augustin Stable	1:45.56
2010	Diva Delite	Rosemary Homeister, Jr. Rosemary Homeister, Jr. Rosemary Homeister, Jr. is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Both of Homeister's parents were jockeys and as a result she grew up riding horses. Her mother is now a horse trainer at the Calder Race Course where Rosemary won her first race as an apprentice jockey...	David Vivian	Barbara Vivian/Dominic Vittese	1:46.10
2009	Don't Forget Gil	Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....	Mark Hennig	Alan Brodsky	1:43.60
2008	Awesome Chic	Irwin Rosendo	Rafael Ramos Rafael Ramos Rafael “Fito” Ramos is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during his career.-References:*...	Aurora Springs Stable	1:44.38
2007	Cotton Blossom	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses...	1:45.06
2006	Bushfire	John Velazquez	Eddie Kenneally	R. & R. Rashinski	1:46.25
2005	R Lady Joy	Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....	Kirk Ziadie	Richard N. Averill et al.	1:44.58
2004	Enders Sister	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	George Arnold II	Green Lantern Stables	1:45.66
2003	Ebony Breeze	Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...	William I. Mott	Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable Kinsman Stable is the nom de course for the American Thoroughbred racing stable of George Steinbrenner, best known as the owner of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team...	1:45.20
2002	French Satin	Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Steven W. Standridge	Sabine Stable	1:45.29
2001	Quick Tip	Richard Migliore	Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...	W. S. Farish	1:45.36
2000	Secret Status	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...	W. S. Farish et al.	1:45.05
1999	Crown Jewel	L. Martinez	Eveilo Garcia	Donald Murray	1:45.60
1998	Pantufla	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	David M. Carroll	Helen Alexander Helen Alexander Helen Alexander was a heroine of the Scottish covenanters in the unequal struggle between the adherents of ancient Presbyterianism and prelacy, is still to-day a ‘household name’ in the west of Scotland. In the mountain glens and moors of Ayrshire and Galloway and the Pentlands, chap-books still...	1:45.40
1997	Anklet	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	A. Loeb et al.	1:45.00
1996	Mindy Gayle	Jorge Guerra	Julian Canet	Tanenbaum Racing Stable	1:45.80
1995	Sneaky Quiet	Mike E. Smith	Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...	W. S. Farish & T. Webber	1:45.80
1994	Cavada	Kevin Whitley	Kathleen Kelley	BeBe Dalton	1:46.40
1993	Star Jolie	Eduardo Nunez Eduardo Núñez Eduardo Michelle Núñez Mendez is a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees. He was a non-drafted signee with the Yankees in 2004. The Yankees view Núñez as a possible replacement at shortstop for Derek Jeter.Following the 2009 season, Núñez was added to the 40-man roster to...	Ron McKenzie	Five Star Stables	1:45.60
1992	Luv Me Luv Me Not	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	Glenn S. Wismer	Philip & Judy Mass	1:45.60
1991	Designated Dancer	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	O. S. Edward	David Melin	1:45.40
1990	Dance Colony	Herb McCauley Herb McCauley W. Herbert McCauley is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the New York Post and the Daily Racing Form. While still a small boy, Herb McCauley began riding horses on...	Ross R. Pearce	Buckland Farm	1:45.20
1989	She's Scrumptious	Jerry R. Adkins	Glenn S. Wismer	Philip & Jody Mass	1:46.00
1988	Colonial Waters	Victor Molina	John P. Campo John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony...	Buckland Farm	1:44.80
1987	Single Blade	Julio Pezua	Robert Reinacher, Jr.	Greentree Stable Greentree Stable Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne...	1:45.60
1986	Noranc	Herb McCauley Herb McCauley W. Herbert McCauley is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the New York Post and the Daily Racing Form. While still a small boy, Herb McCauley began riding horses on...	J. Provost	Gallopping Acres/Hidden Point	1:44.60
1985	Erstwhile	C. Husset	Cam Gambolati Cam Gambolati Cam M. Gambolati is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for winning the 1985 Kentucky Derby with Spend A Buck....	Hunter Farm	1:48.00
1984	Sure Too Explode	Richard Luhr	S. Ingram	Frederick Lehmann Frederick Lehmann Frederick Lehmann, FRGS was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880....	1:24.40