Bayakoa Stakes (Oaklawn Park)


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 $200,000.

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 miles and in 1995 the event was not held.
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.

Records

Speed record:
Margins:
;Most wins by a jockey
;Most wins by a trainer