It was raining early this morning at Churchill Downs, and the main track surface was given a "sloppy" rating, while the turf track is listed as "good." The weather forecasters say there will be periods of both rain and sun throughout today. The Kentucky Oaks, the female version of the Derby, is scheduled to leave the starting gate at 6:12 EST this afternoon. There is a full field of 15 fillies, who will each carry 121 pounds, over the main track for 1 and 1/8 miles. The purse for this year's Oaks is $1 million... I'll be listing post position, filly, morning line betting odds, sire, and coat color. All of the Oaks entries were born in Kentucky.
1 Ever So Clever 20 to 1 Medaglia d'Oro dark bay
2 Lockdown 20 to 1 First Defence dark bay
3 Mopotism 20 to 1 Uncle Mo bay
4 Paradise Woods 5 to 2 Union Rags bay
5 Jordan's Henny 30 to 1 Henny Hughes gray/roan
6 Vexatious 20 to 1 Giant's Causeway bay
7 Farrell 5 to 1 Malibu Moon bay
8 Sailor's Valentine 30 to 1 Mizzen Mast gray/roan
9 Wicked Lick 30 to 1 Maclean's Music chestnut
10 Miss Sky Warrior 9 to 2 First Samurai dark bay
11 Tequilita 20 to 1 Union Rags bay
12 Daddy's Lil Darling 20 to 1 Scat Daddy dark bay
13 Abel Tasman 5 to 1 Quality Road bay
14 Salty 6 to 1 Quality Road bay
15 Summer Luck 30 to 1 Lookin At Lucky bay
There have been no scratches in the Kentucky Derby field for tomorrow. Girvin, who has a quarter crack in one hoof, will be wearing glued-on shoes. Following are the 20 starters, with their jockeys and trainers listed...
1 Looking at Lee Corey Lanerie Steven Asmussen
2 Thunder Snow Christophe Soumillon Saeed bin Suroor
3 Fast and Accurate Channing Hill Michael Maker
4 Untrapped Ricardo Santana, Jr Steven Asmussen
5 Always Dreaming John Velazquez Todd Pletcher
6 State of Honor Jose Lezcano Mark Casse
7 Girvin Mike Smith Joe Sharp
8 Hence Florent Geroux Steven Asmussen
9 Irap Mario Guttierrez Doug O'Neill
10 Gunnevera Javier Castellano Antonio Sano
11 Battle of Midway Flavio Prat Jerry Hollendorfer
12 Sonneteer Kent Desormeaux Keith Desormeaux
13 J Boys Echo Luis Saez Dale Romans
14 Classic Empire Julien Leparoux Mark Casse
15 McCraken Brian J Hernandez, Jr Ian Wilkes
16 Tapwrit Jose Ortiz Todd Pletcher
17 Irish War Cry Rajiv Maragh Graham Motion
18 Gormley Victor Espinoza John Shirreffs
19 Practical Joke Joel Rosario Chad Brown
20 Patch Tyler Gaffalione Todd Pletcher
May all the races be cleanly run (figuratively, since there will be mud everywhere), and may no horses or jockeys have any injuries......
Friday, May 5, 2017
Kentucky Oaks Today, Derby Tomorrow
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