Oaks News

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks wrapped up with the Ashland S. (G1) at Keeneland, bringing the field for the first Friday in May into sharper focus. The top contenders are Quietside, La Cara, and Good Cheer.

Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, makes the second start of her four-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $1.25 million Apple Blossom S. (G1) at Oaklawn Park—one of the premier two-turn races in the country for older fillies and mares.

Tracy Farmer’s La Cara, who captured the first scoring race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks last fall, furnished a neat piece of symmetry by taking the series finale in the Ashland (G1).

Journalism confirmed himself as the horse to beat in the Kentucky Derby, overcoming trouble to record a fine win in the Santa Anita Derby, and Tenma is Kentucky Oaks-bound after winning the Santa Anita Oaks.

Rodriguez earned his spot in the 2025 Kentucky Derby field, recording a convincing gate-to-wire win in the Wood Memorial, and Ballerina d'Oro is Kentucky Oaks-bound after winning the Gazelle at Aqueduct

If the subsequent form of the Honeybee can be relied on, Muhimma is in a strong position to bounce back on Friday in the $750,000 Ashland (G1) at Keeneland.

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Reigning Kentucky Oaks (G1) champion and 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna makes her four-year-old debut Saturday in Oaklawn’s Azeri S. (G2). Installed as the 2-5 program favorite, she faces six rivals.

Maysam and Supa Speed turned the Santa Ysabel (G3) into a match race culminating in a thrilling stretch-long battle at Santa Anita.