By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2, $350,000 Valley View Stakes will be run at Keeneland on Friday, October 25, 2024. The full field of 3-year-old fillies will travel one mile on the turf course and Les Reys (FR) is the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Valley View goes as the ninth race on Friday with a scheduled […]
By Jarrod Horak In this road to Kentucky Derby 2025 article, I will recap the Grade 1 Champagne, Breeders’ Futurity, and American Pharoah Stakes, the final three major prep races for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The Juvenile will be run Friday, Nov. 1 at Del Mar. In the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 continues at Fair Grounds on Saturday, March 23, and I have included Fair Grounds Oaks 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-old fillies has a $400,000 purse and the eight entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The Fair Grounds […]
By Jarrod Horak There were no points races on the road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 last weekend, but things really heat up on March 23. The Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks is the big race this week. The winner of that race will receive 100 Oaks points. The Bourbonette Oaks is the other Oaks prep […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita Park on March 9 was the latest road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 points race. In this report, I will look back at that event and update my “Fabulous 5” Oaks contenders. The Oaks points race chase takes a week off and will resume […]
By Jarrod Horak The Cincinnati Trophy on March 1, and the Busher and Davona Dale on March 2 were the latest road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 points races. In this report, I will look back at those events and update my “Fabulous 5” Oaks contenders. The next points race on the schedule is the Grade […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3 UAE Oaks and Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes were the latest road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 points races. In this report, I will look back at those races and update my “Fabulous 5” Oaks contenders. The Cincinnati Trophy on March 1, the Busher and Davona Dale on March 2, and […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 continues at Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday, February 17, and I have included Rachel Alexandra Stakes 2024 picks below. The Grade 2 event for 3-year-old fillies has a $300,000 purse and the seven entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the main track. The […]
By Jarrod Horak This is my final road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 report for 2023. I recapped the first seven points races in my initial Kentucky Oaks report at the end of November, and I will look back at the Demoiselle, Starlet, and Untapable Stakes in this article. Kentucky Oaks 2024 Points Race Recaps Grade […]
By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Oaks 2024 is in full swing. Seven points races have been run and it is time to unveil my first Kentucky Oaks 2024 contenders list. First, I will recap the stakes action from the Pocahontas on Sept. 16 through the Golden Rod on Nov. 25. Kentucky Oaks 2024 […]
