OAKS WIN FOR DAY.Byline: Daily News LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Secret Status and jockey Pat Day looped between and around 12 horses on their way to a 6 3/4-length victory over Rings a Chime on Friday in the Kentucky Oaks The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles (1811 metres) at Churchill Downs; carry 121 pounds (55 kg). , the fillies' equivalent of the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. . With a crowd of 106,156, Churchill Downs set an Oaks-day record for the sixth year in a row. Running second to last in the 14-horse field behind front-running Rings a Chime early in the 1 1/8-mile race, Secret Status made up 11 lengths to pay $11.80. Favored Kumari Continent, second to Surfside surf·side adj. Situated or sited at or near the seashore: surfside parties; a surfside road. in 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. , never got into contention and finished ninth. - Kevin Modesti |
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