Summertime Oaks

Summertime Oaks
Grade II race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1946 (as Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightAssigned
Purse$200,000

The Summertime Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in June at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Grade II event is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race on dirt at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. The race was inaugurated in 1946 as the Hollywood Oaks and was originally run at Hollywood Park Racetrack.[1]

Following the closure of Hollywood Park in 2013, the race was transferred to Santa Anita Park. At the same time, the purse was increased from $150,000 to $200,000.[2]

Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:

  • 1 mile : 1946, 1948–1950
  • 7 furlongs : 1947
  • 1+116 miles : 1951–1953, 2002–present
  • 1+18 miles : 1954-2001
  1. ^ [1] [dead link]
  2. ^ "Statistics - Summertime Oaks". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.