2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
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The 2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks was a points system by which three-year-old fillies qualified for the 2016 Kentucky Oaks. The point system replaced a previous qualifying system which was based on graded stakes earnings.
For the 2016 series, the points awarded to the top 4 finishers of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies were doubled to a 20-8-4-2 basis. Otherwise the series was supposed to remain the same as 2015, with 31 total races.[1][2] However, due to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus at Sunland Parks, the Sunland Park Oaks was not run, reducing the number of races to 30.[3]
Songbird was the highest ranked filly with 190 points, earned by winning the Chandelier (10 points), Juvenile Fillies (20 points), Las Virgenes (10 points), Santa Ysabel (50 points) and Santa Anita Oaks (100 points). She would have been the heavy favorite for the Oaks but developed a fever and did not race.[4]
Cathryn Sophia, the winner of the 2016 Oaks, qualified for the race with 80 points, earned by winning the Forward Gal Stakes (10 points) and Davona Dale Stakes (50 points) plus finishing 3rd in the Ashland (20 points).[5]
| 2016 point standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Horse | Points | Owner | Trainer | Earnings | Ref |
| --- | Songbird | 190 | Rick Porter | Jerry Hollendorfer | $2,720,000 | [6] |
| 1 | Terra Promessa | 150 | Stonestreet Stables | Steven Asmussen | $370,000 | [7][6] |
| 2 | Lewis Bay | 130 | Alpha Delta Stables | Chad Brown | $575,600 | [7][6] |
| 3 | Land Over Sea | 128 | Reddam Racing | Doug O'Neill | $604,500 | [7][6] |
| 4 | Go Maggie Go | 100 | Mike Tarp | Dale Romans | $399,400 | [7][6] |
| 5 | Weep No More | 100 | Ashbrook Farm | George Arnold | $395,000 | [7][6] |
| 6 | Cathryn Sophia | 80 | Cash Is King | John Servis | $1,079,720 | [7][6] |
| 7 | Mo d'Amour | 70 | King of Prussia Stable | Todd Pletcher | $196,100 | [7][6] |
| --- | Polar River | 50 | Bukhtoyarov and Kappushev | Doug Watson | $700,000 | [6] |
| 8 | Mokat | 50 | J K Racing | Richard Baltas | $260,000 | [7][6] |
| 9 | Venus Valentine | 50 | Rosemont Farm | Thomas Amoss | $142,275 | [7][6] |
| --- | Wonderment | 50 | Magdalena Racing | Kenneth McPeek | $58,660 | [6] |
| 10 | Rachel's Valentina | 48 | Stonestreet Stables | Todd Pletcher | $689,000 | [7][6] |
| 11 | Royal Obsession | 45 | Stonestreet Stable | Steven Asmussen | $78,000 | [7][6] |
| 12 | Dream Dance | 44 | Stoneway Farm | Neil Howard | $158,486 | [6] |
| --- | Nickname | 40 | LNJ Foxwoods | Steve Asmussen | $469,400 | [6] |
| 13 | Paola Queen | 40 | Grupo 7C Racing | Gustavo Delgado | $389,000 | [7][6] |
| 14 | Taxable | 40 | Winchell Thoroughbreds | Steven Asmussen | $90,000 | [7][6] |
| --- | Carina Mia | 20 | Three Chimneys Farm | William Mott | $799,320 | [6] |
| 15 | Dothraki Queen | 20 | Magdalena Racing | Kenneth McPeek | $447,806 | [7][6] |
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