Delaware Oaks
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The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware.
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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+1ā16 miles) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old Fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $300,000[1] |
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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.