Oaks News

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert had mixed success at Keeneland on Friday but got the win most expected when Hughes prevailed as the odds-on choice in the $1.76 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1).

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A dozen of North America’s leading two-year-old fillies will vie for victory in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland.

Red Lane Thoroughbreds LLC’s Jas put away front-running favorite Card Man leaving the far turn and turned back a formidable stretch rally by Staunch at Churchill Downs.

Blessed Flyer will attempt to remain undefeated when he faces seven rivals entered in the Street Sense (G3), and First Laugh heads seven two-year-old fillies entered in the Rags to Riches at Churchill Downs on Sunday.

A pair of Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifiers at opposite ends of the country on Saturday yielded eye-catching winners.

In a battle of unbeatens in the $557,450 Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland on Friday, Emphatic pulled off a minor surprise over odds-on favorite Summer Starlet.

Alcibiades, the 1930 Kentucky Oaks winner and Derby competitor, is commemorated with a Grade 1 race in her honor on the opening Friday of Keeneland’s fall meet.

Exciting prospects for next spring's Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1) are in action this weekend, with six graded stakes for two-year-olds carrying major implications.