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The Bayakoa Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in February at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.
History
The race was inaugurated in 1992 and named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bayakoa who had won the 1989 Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
In 1993 event was run over a longer distance of 1+1⁄8 miles and in 1995 the event was not held.
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.
Records
Speed record:
1+1⁄16 miles – 1:41.52 - Really Polish (1999)
Margins:
6+1⁄2 lengths – Don't Tell Sophia (2013)
Most wins by a jockey
4 - Terry J. Thompson (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Most wins by a trainer
4 - Steven M. Asmussen (2003, 2006, 2017, 2019)
4 - Brad H. Cox (2016, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Winners
See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
External links
Oaklawn Park Media Guide 2021 Archived 2021-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
References
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- Bayakoa Stakes (Oaklawn Park)
- Bayakoa Stakes
- Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort
- Bayakoa
- List of American and Canadian Graded races
- Monomoy Girl
- Apple Blossom Handicap
- Zenyatta
- Goodbye Halo
- Payton d'Oro
