Kentucky Oaks 2026 - Road to the Oaks

Horse Racing Schedule

The road to Kentucky Oaks 2026 is set and you can track the fillies here. Like their male counterparts, fillies must qualify for the Kentucky Oaks by earning points in prep races. All of the Oaks preps are in the U.S. Oaks points do not carry over to the Derby, so a filly with sights on the First Saturday in May must run and earn points against the boys. Follow the schedule and points earners here.

Road to Kentucky Oaks 2026

Date Race Racetrack Grade Purse Distance 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Sept. 13, 2025 Pocahontas Churchill Downs 3 $300,000 one mile 10  Taken by the Wind 5 Miss Complicated 3 Joke Maker 2 Dazzling Dame 1 Our Two Girls
Oct. 3, 2025 Alcibiades Keeneland 1 $650,000 1 1/16 miles 10 5 3 2 1
Oct. 4, 2025 Frizette Aqueduct 1 $400,000 one mile 10 5 3 2 1
Oct. 4, 2025 Oak Leaf Santa Anita 2 $200,000 1 1/16 miles 10 5 3 2 1
Oct. 26, 2025 Rags to Riches Churchill Downs listed $200,000 1 1/16 miles 10 5 3 2 1
Oct. 31, 2025 Breeders' Cup Juv. Fillies Del Mar 1 $2,000,000 1 1/16 miles 30 15 9 6 3
November 29, 2025 Golden Rod Churchill Downs 2 $400,000 1 1/16 miles 10 5 3 2 1
Dec. 6, 2025 Demoiselle Aqueduct 2 $250,000 1 1/8 miles 10 5 3 2 1
*Dec. 6, 2025 Starlet Los Alamitos 2 *$200,000 1 1/16 miles 10 5 3 2 1
Dec. 20, 2025 Untapable Fair Grounds black-type $100,000 one mile and 70 yards 10 5 3 2 1
*Jan. 4, 2026 Santa Ynez Santa Anita listed *$100,000 seven furlongs 10 5 3 2 1
*Jan. 17, 2026 Busanda Aqueduct black-type *$125,000 1 1/8 miles 20 10 6 4 2
Jan. 17, 2026 Silverbulletday Fair Grounds black-type $150,000 one mile and 70 yards 20 10 6 4 2
Jan. 31, 2026 Martha Washington Oaklawn Park listed $300,000 1 1/16 miles 20 10 6 4 2
*Jan. 31, 2026 Forward Gal Gulfstream Park 3 *$150,000 seven furlongs 20 10 6 4 2
*Feb. 1, 2026 Las Virgenes Santa Anita 3 *$100,000 one mile 20 10 6 4 2
*Feb. 7, 2026 Suncoast Tampa Bay Downs listed *$150,000 one mile and 40 yards 20 10 6 4 2
Feb. 14, 2026 Rachel Alexandra Fair Grounds 2 $300,000 1 1/16 miles 50 25 15 10 5
*Feb. 15, 2026 Sunland Park Oaks Sunland Park black-type *$250,000 one mile 20 10 6 4 2
*Feb. 20, 2026 Cincinnati Trophy Turfway Park black-type *$175,000 one mile (AW) 20 10 6 4 2
Feb. 20, 2026 UAE Oaks Meydan Racecourse 3 *$217,840 1 3/16 miles 50 25 15 10 5
*Feb. 28, 2026 Busher Aqueduct listed *$200,000 one mile 50 25 15 10 5
*Feb. 28, 2026 Davona Dale Gulfstream Park 2 *$200,000 one mile 50 25 15 10 5
March 1, 2026 Honeybee Oaklawn Park 3 $750,000 1 1/16 miles 50 25 15 10 5
*March 1, 2026 Santa Ysabel Santa Anita 3 *$100,000 1 1/16 miles 50 25 15 10 5
*March 14, 2026 Virginia Oaks Colonial Downs black-type *250,000 1 1/16 miles 50 25 15 10 5
March 21, 2026 Fair Grounds Oaks Fair Grounds 2 $400,000 1 1/16 miles 100 50 25 15 10
*March 21, 2026 Bourbonette Oaks Turfway Park listed *$300,000 1 1/16 miles (AW) 50 25 15 10 5
March 27, 2026 Fantasy Oaklawn Park 2 $1,000,000 1 1/16 miles 100 50 25 15 10
*March 28, 2026 Gulfstream Park Oaks Gulfstream Park 2 *$250,000 1 1/16 miles 100 50 25 15 10
*April 3, 2026 Ashland Keeneland 1 *$750,000 1 1/16 miles 100 50 25 15 10
*April 4, 2026 Gazelle Aqueduct 3 *$200,000 1 1/8 miles 100 50 25 15 10
*April 4, 2026 Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita 2 *$200,000 1 1/16 miles 100 50 25 15 10

* Race dates, distances and purses are to be announced by host track. Tables are based on recent historical placement and subject to change.