Friday’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner BLIND LUCK (Pollard’s Vision) came
“She’s doing just fine and looking good after the race,” Hollendorfer
“I would think she’ll run at least once in New York at some point. We
The Kentucky Oaks win for Hollendorfer was his third, following Lite
The victory marked Bejarano’s first in the Oaks.
Trainer James Cassidy said he was surprised to see how well Oaks
“She was just bouncing, feeling good at the barn this morning,” he
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“I can’t believe how good she’s doing this morning after a race like that. I
wished I would have run her in the Kentucky Derby (G1).”
Cassidy only had his tongue halfway in his cheek when he stated the above
about his three-year-old charge as he was boarding an airplane at Louisville
International Airport Saturday morning heading back to California. Evening Jewel
had been beaten by only a nose in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks following an all-out
stretch battle with winner Blind Luck.
Evening Jewel, who entered the Oaks off a neck win in the Ashland S. (G1),
has now run first or second in eight of her nine races.
TIDAL POOL (Yankee Gentleman), trained by D. Wayne Lukas, came out of
her third-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks in good order according to
her conditioner.
BEAUTICIAN (Dehere) was reportedly in good health Saturday morning
following her fourth-place Oaks effort.
“She ran very well and vindicated herself with a placing in the
Kentucky Oaks, we’re very proud of her,” trainer Ken McPeek said. “I
haven’t looked far enough ahead to map out a campaign or anything. We’ll
take it from here and look at all options.”
Beautician will remain at Churchill Downs with the McPeek stable
throughout the spring/summer meeting.
AILALEA (Pulpit), fifth in the Oaks, and AMEN HALLELUJAH (Montbrook),
“She ate up and is doing super,” assistant trainer Mike McCarthy commented on
Trainer Todd Pletcher had indicated that he did not know what was next in the
CRISP (El Corredor), seventh-place finisher in the Kentucky Oaks after an
“She ate up and all is good,” said Larry Benavidez, assistant to Crisp’s
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Following a performance described as “flat” by her trainer, Dale Romans, and
jockey, Robby Albarado, QUIET TEMPER (Quiet Ameican) showed no negative effects
after her eighth-place finish in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks.
“She’s doing fine today, she just didn’t run her race for whatever reason,”
Romans said Saturday morning. No plans are in store for her next start at this
time.
IT’S TEA TIME (Dynaformer) came out of her Oaks ninth-placing well according
to Jack Bohannan, assistant to trainer Rusty Arnold.
“She ate up, cooled out well. Everything after the race was fine,” Bohannan
said. “She was buried down on the inside and never had the opportunity to get
out and run. It was nobody’s fault; that’s just the way it went. She got beat by
some nice horses.”
Arnold had said before the Oaks that it was possible he would back off the
filly for six or seven weeks “and you’d probably see her again toward the end of
the meet.”
“She will probably go back to Keeneland in the next day or two,” Bohannan
said. “She has a lot of upside to her and we are fortunate she came out of the
race in good order.”
Trainer Barry Rose reported that JOANIE’S CATCH (First Tour) was fine and
halfway back to her Calder Race Course base Saturday morning following her 10th
in Friday’s Oaks.
“She didn’t have a very relaxing trip,” Rose said after just driving over the
Tennessee border in driving rain Saturday morning. “We’ll try to find a couple
of softer spots to get her confidence back up.”
CHAMPAGNE D’ORO (Medaglia d’Oro), 11th in the Oaks, will head to Louisiana
Downs by van on Monday, trainer Eric Guillot said. The bay filly broke slowly in
the Oaks and was never as close to the pace as expected.
“She took about five pounds of mud in her face,” Guillot said. “She was
really tired after the race. She’s just not a mile-and-an-eighth horse. Now we
know. We’ll concentrate on races at seven-eighths or a mile.”
Trainer Mike Maker, preparing two entrants for the Kentucky Derby, reported
via text message that AGE OF HUMOR (Distorted Humor) came back from her Oaks
12th in good order and will van back to his Trackside Training Center base
Sunday morning.
JODY SLEW (Slew City Slew) never threatened while finishing 13th in the Oaks,
and Dennis “Peaches” Geier, assistant to trainer Bret Calhoun, reported Saturday
that “everything is good” and the filly “seemed fine this morning.” Jody Slew
will remain with Calhoun’s Churchill Downs string.
“I don’t know what’s next for her but she’ll definitely stay here,” Geier
said.
BELLA DIAMANTE (Lost Soldier) was always outrun in the Oaks, ending up 14th
and last on the wire. Trainer Allen Milligan said the dark bay miss came back
fine and will return to Lone Star Park, where she will remain in training.