Group I race | |
Location | Trentham Wellington, New Zealand |
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Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Trentham |
Race information | |
Distance | 2400 m (12 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Set-Weights |
Purse | NZ$300,000 |
The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres ( 1 1⁄2 miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.
With the consistent strength of New Zealand fillies in recent years, the race has an impressive list of winners, including the 2006 and 2007 Kelt Capital Stakes winners in Legs and Princess Coup.