By Lynne Snierson When bursting onto the scene in March, the brilliantly fast Gamine was called a superstar in the making by her Hall of Fame trainer, Bob Baffert. Gamine gets the chance to fulfill th...
Kentucky Oaks Odds: More Than a 2-Horse Race? By Noel Michaels The $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-old fillies headlines a loaded 13-race Friday card at Churchill Downs that...
By Lynne Snierson It would have been easy for trainer John Servis to ship Fiftyshays Ofgreen to Aqueduct along with stablemate Mischevious Alex from his base at Parx in Philadelphia for the respective...
By Margaret Ransom The road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) continues this weekend, with five California-based fillies set to race a mile in the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park on Satu...
By Margaret Ransom Southern California racing fans and handicappers will get their first look at a good bunch of fillies whose connections hope will make steady progress toward this year’s Kentucky ...
If anyone thought that somehow, by virtue of Unique Bella’s defection from this year’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks (GI) due to injury, the race lots its luster, nothing could be further from the trut...
Two of the most important days of the year to a racing fan are Kentucky Oaks Friday and Kentucky Derby Saturday. And while it’s everyone’s dream to attend and be part of the festivities at Churchi...
This year’s field for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks is expected to be crowded with as many as 20 of the nation’s fillies lining up to race 1 1/8 miles for the blanket of lilies on Friday, May 5. Le...
Coffepot Stables’ homebred Farrell officially claimed her position as the filly to beat to beat in the Kentucky Oaks with her impressive 3 ¼-length score in the $388,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) ove...
After the scratch of Summer Luck, seven three-year-old fillies will go postward in the 52nd running of the Grade II Fair Ground Oaks today. Farrell has been made the 8/5 favorite on the strength of he...
