Foremost, a field of thirteen 3 year-old thoroughbreds were selected, from those that earned enough Kentucky Oaks points from qualifying prep races, to be featured in the race. A few also eligibles were chosen to cover scratches. Watch the undercard on Peacock starting at 4 PM ET and then lucky race 13 posts at 8:40 PM ET with live coverage on NBC and Peacock beginning at 8 PM ET. The Kentucky Oaks is 1 and 1/8 miles on dirt with a purse of $1.5 million dollars.
Therefore, the field for the Kentucky Oaks is as follows by post/horse (origin of breeding) (gate number if different from post number)/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/and points earned in the Kentucky Oaks prep races:
- Explora (KY)/Flavien Prat/Bob Baffert/Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weltman/6-1/95
- Zany (KY)/Irad Ortiz, Jr./Todd Pletcher/Repole Stable/4-1/80
- Search Party (KY)/Cristian Torres/Mark Casse/Tracy Farmer/30-1/67.50
- Counting Stars (KY)/Francisco Arrieta/Mark Casse/West Point Thoroughbreds/8-1/100
- Meaning (KY)/Juan Hernandez/Michael McCarthy/Bridlewood Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners/5-1/126
My Miss Mo (FL)/Micah Husbands/Saffie Joseph/Averill Racing, LLC., Mathis Stable, LLC., Tristan De Meric and BAG Racing Stables, LLC./20-1/75-scratched- Dazzling Dame (MD) (gate 6) /Luis Saez/Brittany Russell/Respect the Valleys, LLC., Medallion Racing and Madaket Stables, LLC./30-1/40.75
Bottle of Rouge (KY)– scratched- Always A Runner (KY) (gate 7) /Jose Ortiz/Chad Brown/Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm, LLC./10-1/100
- Prom Queen (KY) (gate 8) /Javier Castellano/Brad Cox/Gary and Mary West/8-1/100
- Percy’s Bar (KY) (gate 9) /Luan Machado/Ben Colebrook/Hat Creek Racing/6-1/114
Bella Ballerina (KY) (gate 11)/Tyler Gaffalione/Brendan Walsh/Godolphin, LLC./12-1/110-scratched- Pashmina (KY) (gate 10)/Ramon Vazquez/Rob Atras/Red, White and Blue, Racing, LLC./30-1/63
- Brooklyn Blonde (KY) (gate 11)/Kazushi Kimura/Michael McCarthy/Sun-Kissed Stables and Bobby Flay/30-1/50
- Lovely Grey (KY) (gate 12)/Dylan Davis/Kelsey Danner/Go Go Greys Stable,LLC./30-1/35
Nycon (KY) – also eligible– scratched- Resist (KY) (gate 13) /Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr./Thomas Drury, Jr./Military Pike Racing Stables, LLC./30-1/21
Finally, follow those fillies and Thoroughbred U. Please, have a great weekend watching the racing at Churchill, then check back for more horse racing posts. Thank you! Congrats to Always a Runner!
