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Coaching Club American Oaks

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Inaugurated
  
1917

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Website
  
www.nyra.com/Saratoga/stakes/CCAO.html

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

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 $300,000 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 America. 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 Epsom 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

    • 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 – John Velazquez (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015)
  • 4 – Jorge Velasquez (1974, 1977, 1979, 1988)
  • 4 – Jerry D. Bailey (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 7 – Todd Pletcher (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 6 – Calumet Farm (1944, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1977, 1979)

    • References

    Coaching Club American Oaks Wikipedia
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