Grade 3 stakes race | |
Location | Delaware Park Racetrack Stanton, Delaware, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1938 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old Fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $300,000[1] |
The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware.
Part of the Del Cap Festival Weekend that features other races over the two days including the Delaware Handicap, the Oaks is open to three-year-old fillies and is run over one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
Currently, the Grade III race offers a purse of $300,000.