KENTUCKY OAKS: LONG SHOT CAPTURES KY. OAKS.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Lemon's Forever became the longest shot to win the Kentucky Oaks when she and jockey Mark Guidry rallied from last in a 14-horse field in front of 108,065 fans Friday while favored Balance finished 11th. It was the second consecutive disappointing effort by Balance, the Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita Oaks is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs (1 1/16 miles) on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000. winner who finished third in the Ashland Stakes last month at Keeneland. The $755,900 Kentucky Oaks is the 3-year-old fillies' equivalent of the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Dallas Stewart, Lemon's Forever won for the first time above the allowance level and paid $96.20 after going off as the longest shot on the board at 47-1. Guidry hadn't ridden the daughter of Lemon Drop Kid Lemon Drop Kid (foaled 1996) is a Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is among many stakes-winning Thoroughbreds to be descended from Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. Seattle Slew is the sire of his dam, Charming Lassie. in a race but was aboard for a workout at Churchill Downs -- and was impressed. ``It's always nice to have a horse who handles the course,'' Guidry said. Tenth on the turn, Lemons Forever gained on the far outside to win by 1 1/2 lengths, covering 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.07. She started from post 14. Ermine ermine, name for a number of northern species of weasel having white coats in winter, and highly prized for their white fur. It most commonly refers to the white phase of Mustela erminea, called short-tailed weasel in North America and stoat in the Old World. , without a graded stakes victory, finished second. Bushfire, winner of the Ashland, was third but was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. to sixth for interference in a rough stretch drive. Wait a While was placed third and Wonder Lady Anne L. fourth, producing an $89,103 superfecta su·per·fec·ta n. A method of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence. [super- + (per)fecta.] Noun 1. payoff for a $2 bet. |
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