The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres (1+1⁄2 miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham Racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.
It was run at Riccarton until 1972[1] and over the distance of 1+1⁄4 miles to 1974.
It is currently raced on the same day as the:
With the consistent strength of New Zealand fillies, the race has an impressive list of winners, including: Cup winners Empire Rose and Prize Lady were runners up.
The most successful jockeys have been: