The Indiana Oaks is a Grade III American

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for three-year-old

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run over a distance of miles on the dirt held annually in July at

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History

The Indiana Oaks was inaugurated on 16 September 1995 at

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and run over a distance of 1 mile. The event was won by the short odds-on Niner's Home who withstood the fast closing Alltheway Bertie to win by a neck in a time 1:37 flat on a fast track. The event was held over a mile in 1996 before being extended to the current distance of miles in 1997. The event was upgraded to Grade III in 2001 and in 2008 to Grade II. It held this classification until 2017 when the event was downgraded back to Grade III. The event carried

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incentives between 1998 and 2006 which were reflected in the name of the event. In 2013 the event was moved to Indiana Grand, now known as

. Since 2015, the race has been held in July.

Records

Speed record: * miles: 1:41.85 - Grace Hall (2012) * 1 mile: 1:37.00 - Princess Eloise (1996) & Niner's Home (1995) Margins: * 8 lengths – Bare Necessities (2002) Most wins by a

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: * 4 -

Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States. He has won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile with Champion Turf Mare T ...

(2011, 2016, 2017, 2018) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 -

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(1995, 2014) * 2 - Brad H. Cox (2020, 2022) * 2 - Kenneth G. McPeek (2013, 2023) Most wins by an owner: * 2 -

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: (2003, 2017) * 2 - Flurry Racing Stables (2020, 2022)

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

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