Trainer Graham Motion has high hopes for Kentucky Oaks hopeful Fondly, the headliner of his four Derby weekend stakes runners.
Pennsylvania-bred Simply Joking, the lone Midlantic-bred in an Oaks day stake, will take her shot in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
The road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks will make stops in New Kent in 2025, when the Virginia Derby and Oaks become points races.
We provide picks and analysis for the stakes on this afternoon’s Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.
Secret Oath impressed in winning the G1 Kentucky Oaks, and trainer D. Wayne Lukas said a date with the boys in the Preakness remains a possibility.
A pair of Midlantic-breds are slated to run in stakes on the undercard of this afternoon’s Kentucky Derby, and both are among the major contenders.
The D. Wayne Lukas-trained Secret Oath registered a mild upset to win the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
With a bevy of stakes at Churchill Downs on today’s Kentucky Oaks day, there’s one Pennsylvania-bred in action in an undercard stake.
Four horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic — two Virginia-breds and two Maryland-breds — are slated to race in Kentucky Oaks undercard stakes today.
The Kentucky Derby, delayed from May until the first Saturday in September, will take place in front of spectators, Churchill Downs Inc. said today.