Vertical Oak

Vertical Oak won two of four races as a 2-year-old. She finished fourth in her stakes debut and season debut as a 3-year-old in 2017 before a troubled trip when third in the Purple Martin Stakes. She followed with her first career stakes win in the Goldfinch Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Making her first start in a graded stakes on the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes card at Pimlico Race Course, Vertical Oak took command in the stretch and drove to a win in the Grade 3 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes.

Vertical Oak hit the starting gate when exiting at the beginning of her next start, the Jersey Girl Stakes on June 11 at Belmont Park. She was declared a non-starter in that race. After finishing second in the Victory Ride Stakes and fifth in the Longines Test Stakes, Vertical Oak picked up her second graded stakes win on Sept. 3 with a commanding 5 ¼-length romp in the Grade 2 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga. She wrapped up her season with a disappointing seventh-place finish in the Thoroughbred Club of America at Keeneland.

As a 4-year-old Vertical Oak wintered at Oaklawn and made her season debut in the Carousel Stakes, where she finished third. She then returned to Pimlico on Black-Eyed Susan day and won the Skipat Stakes on a sloppy track.

Vertical Oak is the first stakes winner produced by multiple stakes winner Vertical Vision, by Pollard's Vision. She is a daughter of sire Giant Oak and was bought for $20,000 as a yearling.