Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Fair Grounds Oaks is a race for Grade II Thoroughbred horses run at the end of March at Fair Grounds Race Course each year. The Oaks is open to fillies age three willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $400000. The race is considered a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing including the Kentucky Oaks the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.