July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Providing my handicapping analysis of the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
The Kentucky Oaks is loaded with quality fillies. A field of fourteen will contest the 1 1/8 mile $1,000,000 Grade 1 event for three-year-old fillies.
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Contested wins, sets new stakes record.
Martin Garcia, aboard the favored Contested won the Grade III, $100,000 added Eight Belles for trainer Bob Baffert in a stakes record 1:21.29 over Good Deed and Always Here Too on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs.
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
The Michael Maker-trained Juanita captured the 27th running of the La Troienne (GII).
The Michael Maker-trained Juanita captured the 27th running of the La Troienne (GII) under the Spires of Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day. The one and one-sixteenth, $300,000 Added La Troienne for fillies and mares four years and up was the first stakes race of the busy Oaks Day Card.Juanita,...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Julien Leparoux will attempt to win his first Kentucky Derby aboard Union Rags.
We recently sat down for a little one-on-one time with the very busy Julien Leparoux. Leparoux is not only riding for Michael Matz in this weekend’s big races, he’s the sponsored jockey of beer maker Stella Artois and an active supporter of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.Stella...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Jockey Robby Albarado was arrested this morning for a domestic violence charge from May 1st. He was removed from all mounts on the Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.
Jockey Robby Albarado was arrested this morning for a domestic violence charge from May 1st. He was removed from all mounts on the Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.Albarado has been in trouble for domestic violence before. He was arrested in April 2011 for similar charges.Kudos to the...