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.

The race was inaugurated in 1992^[1] and named in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bayakoa^[2] who had won the 1989 Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park.

In 1993 event was run over a longer distance of 1+1⁄8 miles and in 1995 the event was not held.^[1]

The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2015.^[3]

Speed record:

• 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:41.52 - Really Polish (1999)

Margins:

• 6+1⁄2 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)

• List of American and Canadian Graded races

• Oaklawn Park Media Guide 2021 Archived 2021-02-01 at the Wayback Machine