New Zealand Oaks

New Zealand Oaks
Group I race
LocationTrentham
Wellington, New Zealand
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteTrentham
Race information
Distance2400 m (12 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightSet-Weights
PurseNZ$450,000 (2023)

The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres (1+12 miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham Racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.

It was run at Riccarton until 1972[1] and over the distance of 1+14 miles to 1974.

It is currently raced on the same day as the:

  1. ^ "25 NZ Oaks winners, 1969-1993 & their stud records". 25 NZ Oaks winners, 1969-1993 & their stud records | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association.