Grade II race | |
Location | Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1966 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | Fair Grounds |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | 122 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $400,000 (since 2019) |
The Fair Grounds Oaks is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in March, usually on Louisiana Derby day at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000.