The Bourbonette Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Turfway Park at Florence, Kentucky. Open to three-year-old fillies, the event is contested on Tapeta over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). The race is a Grade III event with a purse of $150,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.
Run during the third week of March, the Bourbonette Oaks currently offers a purse of $100,000.
Inaugurated in 1983, the race was run in two divisions in 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1990. In 1986, it was run in three divisions.
Records Speed record 1:40.80 – Preach (1992)
Most wins by a jockey 6 – Pat Day (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer 5 – Mark E. Casse (1983, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2007)
Most wins by an owner 2 – Taylor Asbury (1983, 1988) 2 – Claiborne Farm (1992, 2000)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time2023Botanical Chris LanderosBrad H. CoxLNJ Foxwoods & Clearsky Farms1:44.472022Candy Raid Rafael BejaranoKeith DesormeauxDon't Tell My Wife Stables & J. Keith Desormeaux1:42.962021AdventuringFlorent Geroux Brad H. CoxGodolphin1:37.312020Queen of GodIrad Ortiz, Jr. Michael MakerWinners Circle Racing Stable1:37.772019Naughty Joker Rafael Bejarano Wesley WardKenneth and Sarah Ramsey1:40.082018Go Noni GoTyler GaffalioneMichael J. MakerThree Diamonds Farm1:39.092017Purely a DreamRobby AlbaradoKenneth G. McPeekLivin the Dream Racing 2015 LLC 1:37.402016WondermentCornelio VelásquezKenneth G. McPeekMagdalena Racing & Chris Sterbenz1:39.042015Don't Leave MeJose LezcanoMalcolm PiercePin Oak Stable1:38.602014Aurelia's BelleChanning HillWayne M. CatalanoJames F. Miller1:38.992013SilsitaJohn VelazquezTodd A. PletcherEclipse Thoroughbreds Partners & Tanourin Stable1:38.272012In LingerieJohn VelazquezTodd A. PletcherEclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gary Barber1:38.282011Summer SoireeGabriel SaezJ. Larry JonesWahoo Partners & Brereton Jones1:38.752010OrchestratorAlex SolisKenneth G. McPeekKoolmen Racing Stable1:38.292009Hot Cha ChaJames GrahamPhil SimsNelson McMakin1:38:342008Maren's MeadowGabriel SaezJ. Larry JonesRiver Ridge Ranch1:38.152007Sealy HillPatrick HusbandsMark E. CasseMelnyk Racing1:37.512006Top Notch LadyRobby AlbaradoMark E. CasseRobert J. Wilson1:39.262005Dance Away CapoteRafael BejaranoH. Graham MotionPandora Farm1:37.522004Class AboveJerry BaileyBob BaffertPadua Stable1:37.982003Adopted Daughter †Dean ButlerRonny WernerKenneth Ramsey & Sarah Ramsey1:37.412002Colonial GlitterPat DayPaul J. McGee3rd Turn Stable1:37.002001Sweet NanettePat DayDallas StewartWest Point Thoroughbreds1:37.402000TripWillie MartinezFrank L. BrothersClaiborne Farm1:36.201999Sweeping StoryJorge ChavezDale L. RomansMcKee Stables Inc.1:37.601998Nurse GoodbodyWillie MartinezJoe PetalinoLazy E Racing1:36.001997Buckeye SearchBrian PeckCarl NafzgerDarby Dan Farm1:35.001996ClamorosaJerry BaileyW. Elliott WaldenJeffrey S. Sullivan1:37.001995SherzarcatKent DesormeauxMurray W. JohnsonMichael D. Riordan1:38.801994Private StatusPat DayNeil J. HowardJ. Elkins, William S. Farish III & T. Webber Jr. 1:38.001993SentimentaldiamondMark T. JohnstonDonald H. BarrArc B Stable1:38.201992PreachJulie KroneClaude R. McGaughey IIIClaiborne Farm1:40.801991Saratoga DameMichael McDowellLawrence D. HughesSeth Bellar Trust1:37.001990Joannie BananniePat DayMichael W. NanceMY Stables Inc.1:40.001990ApellaWilliam TroiloMark E. CasseJanice A. Heinz1:41.001989GorgeousPat DayNeil D. DrysdaleR. N. Clay1:36.201988Darien MissRandy RomeroGeorge R. Arnold IITaylor Asbury1:39.001988StolieMichael McDowellBurk Kessinger Jr.Ernst, Lenihan et al.1:40.801987CombativePat DaySam T. RamerF. B. Hale Jr.1:38.601986Pretty ShamFrank Lovato Jr.Mark E. CasseCalumet Farm & R. Wilson1:40.201986Hail A CabLarry MelanconPhilip M. HauswaldJohn A. Bell III1:40.401986Classy CarlottaR. FieldingMonty W. SimsJohn Wallace1:40.001985Wealthy and WiseEugene Sipus Jr.Sam T. RamerParrish Hill Farm1:37.401985MahaliaClifton SchwingWalter L. EdwardsR. M. Richards1:40.401984Dusty GlovesÁngel Cordero Jr.George R. Arnold IIAshview Farms1:38.801983Feisty BelleJorge VelásquezStanley M. RiserTaylor Asbury1:39.001983Push OnJames McKnightMark E. CasseO. J. Feiner1:40.80 * † In 2003 Golden Marlin won the race but was disqualified and set back to second.
See also Road to the Kentucky Oaks
References The 2008 Bourbonette Oaks Stakes at the NTRA