The Fantasy Stakes is a Grade 2 American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, contested over 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is one of the major prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks and regularly awards qualifying points to the top finishers.
The 2026 Fantasy Stakes is scheduled for March 27 at Oaklawn Park, carrying a purse of $750,000 and run over 1 1/16 miles on the main track as a key Kentucky Oaks qualifying event.
In the 2025 Fantasy Stakes, Quietside delivered a dominant performance to win the Grade 2 event at Oaklawn Park, stamping herself as one of the leading three-year-old fillies of the spring. The race has historically produced Kentucky Oaks contenders and remains one of the most important sophomore filly races of the Oaklawn meet.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Quietside | Jose L. Ortiz | John Alexander Ortiz | 1:44.31 |
| 2024 | Thorpedo Anna | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek | 1:44.24 |
| 2023 | Wet Paint | Flavien Prat | Brad H. Cox | 1:44.80 |
| 2022 | Yuugiri | Florent Geroux | Rodolphe Brisset | 1:43.65 |
| 2021 | Pauline's Pearl | Ricardo Santana, Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen | 1:43.64 |
| 2020 | Swiss Skydiver | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Kenneth G. McPeek | 1:42.00 |
