Oaks Archive

• April 9, 2025

  The Kentucky Oaks Top 10: Good Cheer Leads Competitive Field

  Prep season is over, and now it's time to get down to business. A deep field will line up for the GI Kentucky Oaks, led by the undefeated Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro). In most years, she'd be 4-5 or lower, but there are enough quality fillies lining up for the race that you might see

• April 2, 2025

  The Kentucky Oaks Top 10: Quietside, Five G On the Upswing

  The last week of preps for the GI Kentucky Oaks is upon us. The GI Ashland Stakes will be run Friday at Keeneland on opening day and Aqueduct will offer the GIII Gazelle Stakes the next day. The Gazelle came up predictably weak, but the Ashland has some intriguing contenders that could crack the top

• March 26, 2025

  The Kentucky Oaks Top 10 for Mar. 27

  Here's a look at the sixth installment of our Kentucky Oaks Top 10 for 2025: Things are really starting to heat up. Last weekend saw Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro), who is now 6 for 6, winning the Fasig-Tipton Fair Grounds Oaks. For now, she looks like a strong favorite in the GI Kentucky Oaks. At

• March 5, 2025

  TDN Kentucky Oaks Top 10 for March 6: Good Cheer Gets the Nod in East-West Battle

  It was a busy weekend with GI Kentucky Oaks preps being run at Santa Anita, Aqueduct and Gulfstream. None of the winners did enough to crack the top four, but they all have a license to improve. We've dropped the bottom three from last week's list–Running Away (Gun Runner), Runnin N Gunnin (Gun Runner) and

• January 29, 2025

  The Kentucky Oaks TDN Top 10 for Jan. 30: Cox Reloads

  This could only happen to Brad Cox. He trained the best 2-year-old filly in the country last year as Eclipse Award winner Immersive (Nyquist) whipped everything she faced, including eight challengers in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Earlier this year, she looked like the runaway leader among the fillies eyeing the GI Kentucky Oaks,