Am I mistaken ....

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Or is the first actual two-turn dirt Grade 1 for fillies not until the Kentucky Oaks?

Rachel Alexandra never started in a Grade 1 until the Ky Oaks. Eight Belles never started in a Grade 1 until the Kentucky Derby.

Meanwhile - IEAH's glorious champion Claimer Bound had competed in 6 Grade 1's before the Ky Oaks .. winning five of them.

Tomorrow - Blind Suck will go heavily favored in her 6th straight Grade 1 race. If she pulls a Stardom Bound - and goes to the Ashland after her inevitable win tomorrow - that would be 7 Grade 1 starts before the Ky Oaks.

These are what I believe to be all seven of the two-turn Grade 1 races for fillies leading into the Kentucky Oaks.

* Oak Leaf (SA)

* Alcibiades (Kee)

* BC Juvenile Fillies (SA)

* Hollywood Starlet (HP)

* Las Virgenes (SA)

* Santa Anita Oaks (SA)

* Ashland (KEE)

All seven are on synthetic. Unlike RA and EB - at least Proud Spell dipped her feet into synthetic Gr 1 company - she was a non-threatening 3rd in the Ashland a few weeks before crushing the KY Oaks field.