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

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

Music for me, it demands full concentration. 

Paulo Coelho

Tiny Dancer

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