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The fractions from the Kentucky Oaks included running a quarter of a mile in 22.87 seconds, a half-mile in 46.79 seconds, three-fourths of a mile in 1:11.75 and a full mile in 1:37.42.
Thorpedo Anna capped her biggest victory with one impressive burst. The filly went wire to wire in the 150th Kentucky Oaks on Friday, pulling away from a charging Just F Y I to win by 4 3/4 ...
The 150th Kentucky Oaks, the second biggest day of racing at Churchill Downs, is finally here.And today is all about the ladies. The Oaks, sponsored by Longines, is a $1.5 Million Grade 1 stakes ...
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.
Kenneth G. McPeek (born August 2, 1962) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and bloodstock agent. [2] McPeek gained prominence in 2024 by winning the 150th Kentucky Derby in a three-horse photo finish with the 18:1 underdog Mystik Dan [3] and the Kentucky Oaks with Thorpedo Anna.
With his victory in the July 5, 2008 Bashford Manor Stakes, he became the thirty-fourth jockey in North American Thoroughbred racing history to win 4,500 races. [5] May 2, 2009, saw Borel win the Kentucky Derby on Mine That Bird, a 50–1 long shot, a day after winning the Kentucky Oaks aboard favorite Rachel Alexandra. It was only the second ...
The trainer from Louisville won two Kentucky Oaks undercard races on Friday. ... her old self here (today).” My Mane Squeeze won the $600,000, 7-furlong race in 1:22.85, followed by Impel, who ...
Thorpedo Anna, with Brian Hernandez Jr. riding, wins the 150th Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in May. The filly is the 3-1 co-second choice in Saturday’s Travers Stakes at Saratoga.