LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) – The Oaks has been as much a part of Kentucky history as the Derby. Let’s take a look at the race’s winners over the years.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance (Miles) |
Time | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Abel Tasman | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | China Horse Club | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.62 | I |
| 2016 | Cathryn Sophia | 3 | Javier Castellano | John Servis | Cash Is King Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.53 | I |
| 2015 | Lovely Maria | 3 | Kerwin Clark | J. Larry Jones | Brereton Jones | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.45 | I |
| 2014 | Untapable | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.68 | I |
| 2013 | Princess of Sylmar | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Todd Pletcher | King of Prussia Stables | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.17 | I |
| 2012 | Believe You Can | 3 | Rosie Napravnik | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.50 | I |
| 2011 | Plum Pretty | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Peachtree Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.50 | I |
| 2010 | Blind Luck | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/DeDomenico/Carver | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.70 | I |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexandra | 3 | Calvin Borel | Hal R. Wiggins | D. Morrison/M. Lauffer | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.87 | I |
| 2008 | Proud Spell | 3 | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Brereton C. Jones | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.01 | I |
| 2007 | Rags to Riches | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | D. Smith & M. Tabor | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.99 | I |
| 2006 | Lemons Forever | 3 | Mark Guidry | Dallas Stewart | L. Willis/T. Horton/Stewart | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.07 | I |
| 2005 | Summerly | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Steve Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.23 | I |
| 2004 | Ashado | 3 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Starlight Stables et al. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.81 | I |
| 2003 | Bird Town | 3 | Edgar Prado | Nick Zito | Marylou Whitney Stables | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.64 | I |
| 2002 | Farda Amiga | 3 | Chris McCarron | Paulo Lobo | J. De Camargo et al. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.41 | I |
| 2001 | Flute | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.85 | I |
| 2000 | Secret Status | 3 | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | W.S. Farish et al. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.30 | I |
| 1999 | Silverbulletday | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.92 | I |
| 1998 | Keeper Hill | 3 | David R. Flores | Robert J. Frankel | John A. Chandler | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.06 | I |
| 1997 | Blushing K.D. | 3 | Lonnie Meche | Sam David, Jr. | James & Sue Burns | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.29 | I |
| 1996 | Pike Place Dancer | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | J. Hollendorfer/G. Todaro | 1 1⁄8 | 1:49.88 | I |
| 1995 | Gal In A Ruckus | 3 | Herb McCauley | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.09 | I |
| 1994 | Sardula | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Brian A. Mayberry | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.16 | I |
| 1993 | Dispute | 3 | Jerry Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.47 | I |
| 1992 | Luv Me Luv Me Not | 3 | Fabio Arguello, Jr. | Glenn Wismer | Philip Maas | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.41 | I |
| 1991 | Lite Light | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Jerry Hollendorfer | Oaktown Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | I |
| 1990 | Seaside Attraction | 3 | Chris McCarron | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.80 | I |
| 1989 | Open Mind | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | I |
| 1988 | Goodbye Halo | 3 | Pat Day | Charlie Whittingham | Hancock III/A. Campbell, Jr. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.40 | I |
| 1987 | Buryyourbelief | 3 | Jose A. Santos | Laz Barrera | D. S. Bray, Jr. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.40 | I |
| 1986 | Tiffany Lass | 3 | Gary Stevens | Laz Barrera | Aaron U. Jones | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | I |
| 1985 | Fran’s Valentine | 3 | Pat Valenzuela | Joseph Manzi | Earl Scheib | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.00 | I |
| 1984 | Lucky Lucky Lucky | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Leslie Combs II/Equites St. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.80 | I |
| 1983 | Princess Rooney | 3 | Jacinto Vasquez | Frank Gomez | Paula J. Tucker | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | I |
| 1982 | Blush With Pride | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | D. Wayne Lukas | Stonereath Farms | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.20 | I |
| 1981 | Heavenly Cause | 3 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Woody Stephens | Ryehill Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | I |
| 1980 | Bold ‘n Determined | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil Drysdale | Saron Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | I |
| 1979 | Davona Dale | 3 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.20 | I |
| 1978 | White Star Line | 3 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Newstead Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.20 | I |
| 1977 | Sweet Alliance | 3 | Chris McCarron | Bud Delp | Windfields Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | II |
| 1976 | Optimistic Gal | 3 | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | II |
| 1975 | Sun and Snow | 3 | Garth Patterson | George T. Poole | C. V. Whitney Stables | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | II |
| 1974 | Quaze Quilt | 3 | William Gavidia | Thomas W. Kelley | Fred W. Hooper | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | II |
| 1973 | Bag of Tunes | 3 | Danny Gargan | George T. Poole | C. V. Whitney Stables | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | II |
| 1972 | Susan’s Girl | 3 | Victor Tejada | John W. Russell | Fred W. Hooper | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
| 1971 | Silent Beauty | 3 | Kenny Knapp | R. I. Fischer | Leslie Combs ? | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
| 1970 | Lady Vi-E | 3 | David Whited | John Oxley | A. H. & A. M. Stall | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1969 | Hail to Patsy | 3 | David Kassen | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Walter Kitchen | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.40 | |
| 1968 | Dark Mirage | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | |
| 1967 | Nancy Jr. | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Stanley M. Rieser | Hidden Valley Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.00 | |
| 1966 | Native Street | 3 | Don Brumfield | Les Lear | Aisco Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1965 | Amerivan | 3 | Ron Turcotte | Mary D. Keim | Mary D. Keim | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.40 | |
| 1964 | Blue Norther | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Wally Dunn | Mrs. William R. Hawn | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
| 1963 | Sally Ship | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1962 | Cicada | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | |
| 1961 | My Portrait | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Chuck R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.00 | |
| 1960 | Make Sail | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.20 | |
| 1959 | Wedlock | 3 | John L. Rotz | Paul Shawhan | Paul Shawhan | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | |
| 1959 | Hidden Talent | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.40 | |
| 1958 | Bug Brush | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney Stables | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1957 | Lori-El | 3 | Lois C. Cook | Mike R. Soto | Al Berke & M. R. Soto | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1956 | Princess Turia | 3 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1955 | Lalun | 3 | Henry E. Moreno | Loyd Gentry, Jr. | Cain Hoy Stable | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.00 | |
| 1954 | Fascinator | 3 | Anthony DeSpirito | Edward A. Neloy | Maine Chance Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | |
| 1953 | Bubbley | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.60 | |
| 1952 | Real Delight | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.40 | |
| 1951 | How | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | Herman B. Delman | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.60 | |
| 1950 | Ari’s Mona | 3 | William Boland | John C. Hauer | John C. Hauer | 1 1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
| 1949 | Wistful | 3 | Gordon Glisson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.40 | |
| 1948 | Challe Anne | 3 | Willie Garner | W. U. Ridenour | F. L. Flanders | 1 1⁄16 | 1:48.60 | |
| 1947 | Blue Grass | 3 | Johnny Longden | Willie Crump | Arthur B. Hancock, Jr. | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.60 | |
| 1946 | First Page | 3 | James R. Layton | C. A. Bidencope | H. G. Jones | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.40 | |
| 1945 | Come and Go | 3 | Charles L. Martin | J. Price Sallee | Thomas Piatt | 1 1⁄16 | 1:49.80 | |
| 1944 | Canina | 3 | John H. Adams | Frank E. Childs | Abe Hirschberg | 1 1⁄16 | 1:48.60 | |
| 1943 | Nellie L. | 3 | Wendell Eads | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 1⁄16 | 1:48.60 | |
| 1942 | Miss Dogwood | 3 | John H. Adams | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.00 | |
| 1941 | Valdina Myth | 3 | George King | John J. Flanigan | Valdina Farms | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1940 | Inscolassie | 3 | Bobby Vedder | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 1 1⁄8 | 1:54.40 | |
| 1939 | Flying Lill | 3 | Carroll Bierman | Clifford Porter | Mrs. C. H. Cleary | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.00 | |
| 1938 | Flying Lee | 3 | Leon Haas | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.80 | |
| 1937 | Mars Shield | 3 | Alfred Robertson | Robert McGarvey | Ethel V. Mars | 1 1⁄8 | 1:53.40 | |
| 1936 | Two Bob | 3 | Raymond Workman | James W. Healy | C. V. Whitney Stables | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1935 | Paradisical | 3 | Glenn Fowler | Al Miller | Isaac J. Collins | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.20 | |
| 1934 | Fiji | 3 | Gilbert Elston | T. B. Young | Young Bros. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.60 | |
| 1933 | Barn Swallow | 3 | Don Meade | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.20 | |
| 1932 | Suntica | 3 | Anthony Pascuma | Jack Whyte | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.20 | |
| 1931 | Cousin Jo | 3 | Eugene James | William Reed | Charles Nuckols | 1 1⁄8 | 1:53.00 | |
| 1930 | Alcibiades | 3 | Robert Finnerty | Walter W. Taylor | Hal Price Headley | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1929 | Rose of Sharon | 3 | Willie Crump | Dan E. Stewart | Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.00 | |
| 1928 | Easter Stockings | 3 | Willie Crump | Kay Spence | Audley Farm Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.60 | |
| 1927 | Mary Jane | 3 | Danny Connelly | S. S. Combs | Gallaher & Combs | 1 1⁄8 | 1:53.40 | |
| 1926 | Black Maria | 3 | Arthur Mortensen | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 1 1⁄8 | 1:55.40 | |
| 1925 | Deeming | 3 | James McCoy | C. B. Dailey | C. B. Dailey | 1 1⁄8 | 1:54.00 | |
| 1924 | Princess Doreen | 3 | Harry Stutts | S. Miller Henderson | Audley Farm Stable | 1 1⁄8 | 1:51.80 | |
| 1923 | Untidy | 3 | John Corcoran | Scott P. Harlan | Helen Hay Whitney | 1 1⁄8 | 1:53.00 | |
| 1922 | Startle | 3 | Danny Connelly | J. I. Smith | H. H. Hewitt | 1 1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1921 | Nancy Lee | 3 | Linus McAtee | John H. McCormack | P. A. Clark | 1 1⁄8 | 1:50.40 | |
| 1920 | Lorraine | 3 | Danny Connelly | J. C. Milam | Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | 1 1⁄8 | 1:58.40 | |
| 1919 | Lillian Shaw | 3 | T. Murray | John H. McCormack | J. R. Livingston | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | |
| 1918 | Viva America | 3 | W. Warrington | W. N. Potts | C. T. Worthington | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.80 | |
| 1917 | Sunbonnet | 3 | Johnny Loftus | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.80 | |
| 1916 | Kathleen | 3 | Roscoe Goose | Pete Coyne | George J. Long | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.40 | |
| 1915 | Waterblossom | 3 | E. Martin | George Denny | Thomas McDowell | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | |
| 1914 | Bronzewing | 3 | W. Obert | D. Lehan | A. P. Humphrey | 1 1⁄16 | 1:45.60 | |
| 1913 | Cream | 3 | Carl Ganz | A. Baker | C. C. Van Meter | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.60 | |
| 1912 | Flamma | 3 | James Butwell | J. Duffy | E. F. Condran | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.20 | |
| 1911 | Bettie Sue | 3 | Ted Rice | D. Huestis | A. Brown | 1 1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | |
| 1910 | Samaria | 3 | Richard Scoville | W. McDaniel | J. P. Ross & Co. | 1 1⁄16 | 1:50.20 | |
| 1909 | Floreal | 3 | Heidel | W. H. Fizer | W. H. Fizer | 1 1⁄16 | 1:49.20 | |
| 1908 | Ellen-a-Dale | 3 | Vincent Powers | George Denny | Thomas McDowell | 1 1⁄16 | 1:46.60 | |
| 1907 | Wing Ting | 3 | J. Lee | J. S. Hawkins | J. S. Hawkins | 1 1⁄16 | 1:50.20 | |
| 1906 | King’s Daughter | 3 | E. Robinson | Thomas McDowell | Thomas McDowell | 1 1⁄16 | 1:47.80 | |
| 1905 | Janeta | 3 | D. Austin | R. L. Rogers | Cassin & Rogers | 1 1⁄16 | 1:49.75 | |
| 1904 | Audience | 3 | Almer Helgesen | K. Patterson | Sam S. Brown | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.00 | |
| 1903 | Lemco | 3 | John Reiff | Frank Kelly | Edward Corrigan | 1 1⁄16 | 1:49.75 | |
| 1902 | Wainamoinen | 3 | M. Coburn | H. J. Talbot | Talbot Bros. | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.25 | |
| 1901 | Lady Schorr | 3 | J. Woods | John F. Schorr | John W. Schorr | 1 1⁄16 | 1:53.00 | |
| 1900 | Etta | 3 | Monk Overton | Edward D. Brown | Ed Brown & Co. | 1 1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | |
| 1899 | Rush | 3 | J. Hill | Thomas McDowell | Thomas McDowell | 1 1⁄16 | 1:52.50 | |
| 1898 | Crocket | 3 | J. Hill | L. Cahn | J. C. Cahn | 1 1⁄16 | 1:51.50 | |
| 1897 | White Frost | 3 | Thomas H. Burns | L. C. Davis | E. S. Gardner & Son | 1 1⁄16 | 1:49.00 | |
| 1896 | Soufflé | 3 | C. Thorpe | J. Healy | J. M. Murphy | 1 1⁄16 | 1:54.50 | |
| 1895 | Voladora | 3 | Alonzo Clayton | Not found | Pastime Stable | 1 1⁄4 | 2:16.75 | |
| 1894 | Selika | 3 | Alonzo Clayton | John H. Morris | Bashford Manor Stable | 1 1⁄4 | 2:15.00 | |
| 1893 | Monrovia | 3 | J. Reagan | Edward D. Brown | Edward D. Brown | 1 1⁄4 | 2:16.00 | |
| 1892 | Miss Dixie | 3 | H. Ray | M. Danaher | Col. J. E. Pepper | 1 1⁄4 | 2:14.50 | |
| 1891 | Miss Hawkins | 3 | T. Britton | H. J. Talbot | Talbot Bros. | 1 1⁄4 | 2:18.25 | |
| 1890 | English Lady | 3 | Hollis | Not found | Scoggan Bros. | 1 1⁄2 | 2:42.50 | |
| 1889 | Jewel Ban | 3 | John Stoval | W. Clay | John T. Clay | 1 1⁄2 | 2:41.00 | |
| 1888 | Ten Penny | 3 | Andrew McCarthy, Jr. | Not found | M. Welsh | 1 1⁄2 | 2:42.00 | |
| 1887 | Florimore | 3 | Johnston | D. W. Kelly | T. H. Stevens | 1 1⁄2 | 2:40.75 | |
| 1886 | Pure Rye | 3 | Edward Garrison | Not found | Melbourne Stable | 1 1⁄2 | 2:41.00 | |
| 1885 | Lizzie Dwyer | 3 | Fuller | John W. Rogers | Edward Corrigan | 1 1⁄2 | 2:40.75 | |
| 1884 | Modesty | 3 | Isaac Murphy | John W. Rogers | Edward Corrigan | 1 1⁄2 | 2:48.25 | |
| 1883 | Vera | 3 | John Stoval | J. Pate | R. C. Pate | 1 1⁄2 | 2:39.75 | |
| 1882 | Katie Creel | 3 | John Stoval | C. A. Johnson | Johnson & Co. | 1 1⁄2 | 2:39.00 | |
| 1881 | Lucy May | 3 | Wolfe | Not found | R. F. Johnson | 1 1⁄2 | 2:41.00 | |
| 1880 | Longitude | 3 | Jim McLaughlin | Not found | J. G. Malone | 1 1⁄2 | 2:41.75 | |
| 1879 | Liahtunah | 3 | Hightower | Not found | J. A. Grinstead | 1 1⁄2 | 2:40.25 | |
| 1878 | Belle of Nelson | 3 | Booth | Not found | Mattingly & Co. | 1 1⁄2 | 2:39.00 | |
| 1877 | Felicia | 3 | W. James | Not found | J. W. Reynolds | 1 1⁄2 | 2:39.00 | |
| 1876 | Necy Hale | 3 | W. James | Not found | F. B. Harper | 1 1⁄2 | 2:42.50 | |
| 1875 | Vinaigrette | 3 | J. Houston | Not found | A. B. Lewis & Co. | 1 1⁄2 | 2:39.75 |
