Summertime Oaks

Summertime Oaks
ClassGrade III
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 III 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.

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.

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