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 $250,000.

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 $1 1/16$ miles and in 1995 the event was not held.

The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.

Records
Speed record:
 * $1 1/8$ miles – 1:41.52 - Really Polish (1999)

Margins:
 * $1 1/16$ lengths – Don't Tell Sophia (2013)


 * Most wins by a jockey
 * 4 - Terry J. Thompson (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)


 * Most wins by a trainer
 * 4 - Steven M. Asmussen (2003, 2006, 2017, 2019)
 * 4 - Brad H. Cox (2016, 2021, 2023, 2024)