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The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Oaks is a points system by which Thoroughbred fillies qualified for the 2021 Kentucky Oaks held on April 30. The field for the Kentucky Oaks, the filly equivalent of the Kentucky Derby, is limited to fourteen horses, with up to four "also eligible" horses in case of a late withdrawal from the field. The 30 races in ...
Epsom Oaks. The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres), about 1½ miles, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. It is the second-oldest of the five Classic races, after the ...
Ova Charged ran 5 ½ furlongs in 1:03.71 to finish first in the $332,000, Grade 3 Unbridled Sidney Stakes on Friday at Churchill Downs, beating Secret Money, who went off at 8-1, by a neck ...
The Kentucky Oaks was modeled after the British Epsom Oaks, which has been run annually at Epsom Downs, Epsom, in Surrey since 1779. In the first race, the horse Vinaigrette won the then 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) mile race in a time of 2: 39 + 3 ⁄ 4, winning a purse of $1,175. Since that race, the Kentucky Oaks has been held each year.
Caulfield Cup, run over 2400 metres (1.5 mi) on a turf track at Caulfield Racecourse; Cox Plate, run over 2040 metres (1.27 mi) on a turf track at Moonee Valley Racecourse; Melbourne Cup, run over 3200 metres (2.0 mi) on a turf track at Flemington Racecourse; The only horse to win the Spring Grand Slam was the New Zealand bred Rising Fast in 1954.
Coaching Club American Oaks (2024) Last updated on August 25, 2024 Thorpedo Anna (foaled January 28, 2021) is a multiple-Grade 1-race-winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 2024 won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks and the Acorn Stakes and the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Racetrack .
1st: $3.1 million. The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈdɜːrbi /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 11⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).
Snowfall (9 February 2018 – 11 January 2022) was a Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks, and Yorkshire Oaks. She showed promising but unremarkable form as a two-year-old in 2020, winning one minor race from seven starts. The following year she improved dramatically, winning the Group 3 Musidora Stakes ...