Summertime Oaks
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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]
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Grade II race | |
Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1946 (as Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 |
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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+1⁄16 miles : 1951–1953, 2002–present
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1954-2001