Friday, May 1, 2026

Longines Kentucky Oaks GI $1,500,000 3 Year Old Fillies 1 1/8 miles

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Louisville Weather

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CTHS Alberta Night of Champions Gala

Century Mile

Purchase Kentucky Derby Party Tickets

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2026 Kentucky Derby CLIII – Steve Haskin Derby Recap Ranking And Other Dozens And Sundre Stories

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PP	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	M/L
1	Explora	Flavien Prat	Bob Baffert	6-1
2	Zany	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	4-1
3	Search Party	Cristian A. Torres	Mark E. Casse	30-1
4	Counting Stars	Francisco Arrieta	Mark E. Casse	8-1
5	Meaning	Juan J. Hernandez	Michael W. McCarthy	5-1
6	My Miss Mo	Micah J. Husbands	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	20-1
7	Dazzling Dame	Luis Saez	Brittany T. Russell	30-1
8	Bottle of Rouge	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	15-1
9	Always a Runner	Jose L. Ortiz	Chad C. Brown	10-1
10	Prom Queen	Javier Castellano	Brad H. Cox	8-1
11	Percy’s Bar	Luan Machado	Ben Colebrook	6-1
12	Bella Ballerina	Tyler Gaffalione	Brendan P. Walsh	12-1
13	Pashmina	Ramon A. Vazquez	Rob Atras	30-1
14	Brooklyn Blonde	Kazushi Kimura	Michael W. McCarthy	30-1
15	Lovely Grey	Dylan Davis	Kelsey Danner
16	Nycon	Jaime A. Torres	D. Whitworth Beckman
17	Resist	Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.	Thomas Drury, Jr.

2026 Kentucky Oaks May 1, 2026 PPs

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Call to the Post

Hill Street Blues

Let’s Be Careful Out There

LA Woman

One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.

Emile Zola

Tiny Dancer

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says ‘I was beaten’, he does not say ‘My men were beaten.’

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Girl

To describe happiness is to diminish it. 

Stendhal

Benny and The Jets

Read in order to live.

Gustave Flaubert

Where It’s At

Music for me, it demands full concentration. 

Paulo Coelho

Tiny Dancer

TDN – Team Cox Leads Kentucky Derby And Kentucky Oaks Workers On Early Saturday

Bloodhorse – Lizzy Madden -Kentucky Oaks Favorite Zany Draws Post 2

Southern Living – Melinda Salchert – This New Kentucky Derby Ice Cream Is Arriving Just In Time For Race Day—Here’s Where To Find It

Southern Living  – Betsy Cribb Watson – For Churchill Downs’ Longtime Bugler, The Sound That Starts The Kentucky Derby Still Hasn’t Lost Its Magic

TDN – Friday Derby/Oaks Notes: Contenders Put In Final Drills, Busy Saturday Ahead

TDN – Wednesday Derby/Oaks Notes: California Contenders Take To The Track

TDN – Kentucky Derby/Oaks Hopefuls Spotted on Track at Oaklawn Park

Paulick Report – Andrew Champagne – The Derby Bubble Presented By Kentucky-Breds: A Look At The 2026 Oaks Bubble

TDN – New Wagers, Big Pools Highlight Kentucky Derby Week at Churchill

 Kentucky Derby/Oaks Hopefuls Spotted on Track at Oaklawn Park

TDN – Bill Finley – The Kentucky Oaks TDN Top 10 For April 10: There’s A New Leader In The Clubhouse

TDN – Bill Finley – The Kentucky Oaks TDN Top 10 for Apr. 2: Will Zany Live Up to Her Top Billing?

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Phil M. Stockmen