5/6 (CD): 137th Kentucky Oaks (G1); 5 Undercard Stakes
 

6th (1:26) La Troienne S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Quiet Giant Dominguez R A 117 LA
2 Miss Luann Maragh R 117 LA
3 Seeking the Title Leparoux J R 117 LA
4 All Due Respect Castellano J J 117 L
5 Stage Magic Borel C H 117 LA
6 Ravi's Song Lanerie C J 117 L
7 Blind Luck Gomez G K 119 LA
8 Unrivaled Belle Desormeaux K J 123 LA
9 Absinthe Minded Albarado R J 117 LA



7th (2:08) Edgewood S.

1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Gaya Graham J 117 L
2 Diva Ash Desormeaux K J 117 LA
3 Subpoena Lezcano J 117 LA
4 Bonita Star (GB) Talamo J 117 Blk-On LA
5 My Phi Temper Lanerie C J 117 LA
6 Smart Sting Castellano J J 117 A
7 Niji's Grand Girl Leparoux J R 117 LA
8 Sassy's Dream Garcia Alan 117 LA
9 My Redbyrd Velazquez J R 117 LA
10 Holidaysatthefarm Gomez G K 117 LA



8th (3:02) Eight Belles S. (G3)

7 Furlongs | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Arienza Dominguez R A 116 L
2 Home Sweet Aspen Rosario J 116 LA
3 Pomeroys Pistol Maragh R 120 L
4 Holiday Flare Velazquez J R 116 LA
5 Mysterious Chimes Court J K 116 LA
6 Formal Plan Borel C H 116 L
7 Honey Chile Lezcano J 116 LA
8 Victoria's Wildcat Desormeaux K J 118 L
9 Angelica Zapata Pedroza M 116 LA
10 Dr. Diamonds Prize Prado E S 116 L



9th (3:52) Alysheba S. (G3)

1 1/16 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Wise Dan Leparoux J R 117 L
2 Caracortado Talamo J 119 LA
3 Icabad Crane Maragh R 117 LA
4 Equestrio Lezcano J 117 LA
5 Giant Oak Bridgmohan S X 123 LA
6 Mission Impazible Gomez G K 123 LA
7 First Dude Garcia M 117 LA
8 Jardim (BRZ) Court J K 117 LA
9 Awesome Gem Albarado R J 117 Blk-Off LA
10 Demarcation Napravnik R 119 LA
11 Regal Ransom Garcia Alan 117 L



10th (4:44) American Turf S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 Close Ally Albarado R J 117 LA
2 Great Mills Leparoux J R 117 LA
3 Banned Gomez G K 117 LA
4 Memen (IRE) Desormeaux K J 117 LA
5 Kippers n' Eggs Prado E S 117 LA
6 Smarter Than Ever Theriot H J II 117 LA
7 Man of Strife Napravnik R 119 LA
8 Jakesam Bejarano R 117 LA
9 Cozy Kitten Sanchez J 117 L
10 Swagger Jack Graham J 117 LA
11 Tag V Eye Velazquez J R 117 LA
12 Private Prize Garcia Alan 117 LA
13 Air Support Maragh R 121 L
14 Surrey Star (IRE) Talamo J 121 L



11th (5:45) Kentucky Oaks (G1)

1 1/8 Miles | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

1 Joyful Victory Smith M E 121 LA
2 Lilacs and Lace Castellano J J 121 LA
3 Summer Soiree Saez G 121 LA
4 Kathmanblu Leparoux J R 121 LA
5 Suave Voir Faire Mena M 121 Blk-On LA
6 Zazu Rosario J 121 LA
7 Her Smile Gomez G K 121 LA
8 Bouquet Booth Albarado R J 121 LA
9 Daisy Devine Graham J 121 LA
10 Street Storm Bridgmohan S X 121 LA
11 Holy Heavens Desormeaux K J 121 LA
12 Plum Pretty Garcia M 121 LA
13 St. John's River Napravnik R 121 L

Nice overloaded fields for the gimmicks and huge pools. That's what we like!

PPs...

6th (1:26) La Troienne S. (G2)

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...99/summary.htm

7th (2:08) Edgewood S.

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...9/summary.html

8th (3:02) Eight Belles S. (G3)

(Scroll down to Harlan's Holiday)
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...re_summary.htm

9th (3:52) Alysheba S. (G3)

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...9/summary.html

10th (4:44) American Turf S. (G2)

http://www.mcpeekracing.com/entries.shtml

11th (5:45) The Kentucky Oaks (G1)

http://www.mcpeekracing.com/entries.shtml


(As an aside pp's for R2 are on the Romans site.... for anyone who wants to try to hit it. The field is abso****inglutely huge. Hooray! :$: :D).

The La Troienne is really the "bounce back" stakes. Unrivaled Belle was every bit of awful in the Rampart last time out and Blind Luck seems to be a bit below her best so far this year.

Bill Mott is having a truly horrendous year thus far in dirt races. In the last 90 days he's 1-41 outside of Tampa Bay Downs, where he had 3 winners during that time period. That 1 win from 41 starters is good for an ROI of $0.15.

All Due Respect is racing in Michael Nevin's name since Dutrow can't get licensed and her debut for Dutrow after getting purchased privately by Pompa was terrific. She has routinely flopped in graded stakes company but that was before the barn change.

It's an interesting race on a terrific card.

There seems to be plenty that will seek the lead here. I think it sets up nice for Blind Luck.

I am hoping Blind Luck can get back, she has run into some tough setups and company this year. They were smart enough to avoid Harve de Garce last out so hopefully she can pull it together for the win.

Which race Friday is the Horses & Hope race? Didn't see it on the recap sheet this morning.

Why is Regal Ransom in the Alysheba?

Here's a horse who last season, and through his entire career really, was only successful in opportunistic, paceless, spots. He looked like a horse who's career might be revived by a cutback in distance.

Finally given an opportunity to sprint for the first time since his impressive maiden win a couple of years ago, he responds with a nice--and more importantly, rallying--effort at GP against the likes of Cpt. Candyman Can.

Does Godolphin take the hint?

Nope. Let's try and improve on that impressive 2010 campaign...by running in the same sort of spots. He should be in the Churchill Downs Stakes.

Looks like it's going to be a bad week for the broodmare Kelli's Ransom all the way around...

I'm looking at the La Troienne now --

I wonder if the resulting foal of a Street Sense - Unvrivaled Belle match would be a CHD freak? :D

The Edgewood is an amazing betting race. 9 of the 10 can win:tro:

That race is baffling. Will anyone want the lead?

I think Kent D. will trying and steal it on the front end with Diva Ash.

Her and Smart Sting are the only two I like..

I think Subpoena is sitting on a monster race.

I was thinking the same thing. Looks like one of the McPeek's could try to go also if they want

Leparoux hasn't won on the front end since Tolstoy penned Childhood.

Haha nice. What did you think of the American Turf the 10th race tomorrow? That race looks so wide open with the opportunity for some big prices.

About half of them don't even look like they belong in that race.:wf

The only long shot that may remotely interest me is Man Of Strife, but he's been facing nothing but La breds, so who knows. Looks to own some tactical speed and his lone turf race wasn't terrible and Rosie is decent enough on the turf.

5/6 (CD): Early Oaks Day SCR's
 

Early SCR's: http://www.churchilldowns.com/racing...s-handicapping

This is GREAT!

http://www.churchilldowns.com/racing...rogram-changes

more scratches ;)

Gotta love Blind Luck.

Nice to have her back!

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...be-run-at-6-pm

Programming note, Oaks coverage extended on Versus to deal with the 15 min push back of post time (to 6pm EST).

That picture of her at DRF at the start of the race is pretty gnarly.

$50 box First Dude/Demarcation

$100 win on First Dude

:D

Are you ever right about anything? ftfy stick to pin the tail on the donkey sometimes you win..

Nice score!

Thanks. Just got lucky.

Looks like a disaster. She might even be stepping on (or being stepped on) by Unrivaled Belle.

Nice job Kingie. I never thought you of all people would be betting Dude. ;)

Coming into the year, I thought he might end it as HOY. I have been waiting for the light bulb to go off with him and thought he might turn a corner and become a monster. The first couple of starts were horrific but the last made me think that maybe, just maybe, he's on the right path. Of course, it was only against nw1x company.....but the bright side about racing these days is there's very little difference between maiden $20k claimers and grade one horses. You see Equestrio finished third in his stakes debut.

I thought it was after the PA Derby (possibly before) that you were saying he was a positive bum, that is why I was surprised.

Oh, I've said it plenty of times and likely will say it a few more times. But like I said, when a horse is a goat....and he happens to be in a field of other goats, he can get it done. There's no such thing as consistent anymore. The ones that you think are bad one day will pop up and win a graded stakes and the ones that you think should be the main contenders will run up the track. So I don't count anyone out of any race.

Wow Banned.

Gomez is quite the big day rider. I could have ridden Banned to victory, but still.

Ended up with a box of Daisy Devine, St. John's River, and Bouquet Booth. Another ticket with Kathmanblu keyed in all three spots with those three. Another with Zazu keyed with them.

Kathmanblu is the pick.

HRTV really needed to get this Golden Gates Field race in while they are loading huh?

oops, had to watch it on Xpressbet :rolleyes:

I must have misread that on VS - that exacta paid $14.60? 9-1 with 17-1? That can't be right.

ETA - never mind, they obviously had the wrong price listed for the exacta.