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2025 Oak Leaf Stakes Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE / SHOW |
|---|
6 | Explora | Juan J. Hernandez / Bob Baffert | $2.80 / $2.20 / $2.10 |
3 | La Wally | Antonio Fresu / Mark Glatt | $3.20 / $2.60 |
2 | La Ville Lumiere | Kazushi Kimura / Michael W. McCarthy | $5.40 |
1 | Banzai Betty | Umberto Rispoli / George Papaprodromou | |
4 | Himika | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | |
5 | Heaven’s Bolt | Hector Isaac Berrios / Richard Baltas |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1.00 Exacta (6-3) Paid: $4.30
- $1.00 Trifecta (6-3-2) Paid: $37.30
- $0.10 Superfecta (6-3-2-1) Paid: $12.72
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2025 Oak Leaf Stakes Morning Line Odds
| Post | Horse | Jockey / Trainer | ML Odds |
|---|
1 | Banzai Betty | Umberto Rispoli / George Papaprodromou | 10-1 |
2 | La Ville Lumiere | Kazushi Kimura / Michael W. McCarthy | 12-1 |
3 | La Wally | Antonio Fresu / Mark Glatt | 4-1 |
4 | Himika | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | 3/1 |
5 | Heaven’s Bolt | Hector Isaac Berrios / Richard Baltas | 5-1 |
6 | Explora | Juan J. Hernandez / Bob Baffert | 4-5 |
Oak Leaf Stakes Race History
The Oak Leaf Stakes is a Grade II race run each year at Santa Anita Park. Between 2012 and 2023, the race was run as the Chandelier Stakes. Notable winners of the race include many notable fillies such as:
- 1978 American Co-Champion two-Year-Old Filly It's In the Air (1978)
- Hall of Famer Bold 'n Determined (1979)
- Two time American Champion Life's Magic (1983)
- 1983 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Sacahuista (1986)
- 1995 American Champion Three-Year-Old FIlly and Hall of Famer Serena's Song (1994)
- 2008 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Stardom Bound (2008)
- Two time American Champion Filly Songbird (2015)
Chris McCarron set the record for most wins by a jockey in 1992 when he secured his fifth career win. Legendary trainer Bob Baffert has recorded a whopping fourteen victories at the Oak Leaf/Chandelier Stakes, cementing him as the all time winningest trainer.
The race is featured in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, allowing the winner an automatic bid to race in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Oak Leaf Stakes Historical Results
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|
2025 | Explora | Juan J. Hernandez / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.13 |
2024 | Non Compliant | Juan J. Hernandez / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:45.08 |
2023 | Chatalas | Antonio Fresu / Mark Glatt | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.28 |
2022 | And Tell Me Nolies | Ramon A. Vazquez / Peter Miller | 1 1/16 M / 1:46.15 |
2021 | Ain't Easy | Joel Rosario / Philip D'Amato | 1 1/16 M / 1:45.20 |
2020 | Princess Noor | Victor Espinoza / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:45.59 |
2019 | Bast | John Velazquez / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:46.10 |
2018 | Bellafina | Flavien Prat / Simon Callaghan | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.59 |
2017 | Moonshine Memories | Flavien Prat / Simon Callaghan | 1 1/16 M / 1:46.32 |
2016 | Noted and Quoted | Rafael Bejarano / Bob Baffert | 1 1/16 M / 1:44.88 |
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