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This is the 133rd running of The $500,000 Grade I Kentucky Oaks.

#1 - DAWN AFTER DAWN: All of her success has come on the turf.

The Ashland Stakes, which is known for being the final legitimate Kentucky prep for the Oaks, features four fillies that wintered in South Florida.

The 22nd running of The Grade III Herecomesthebride Stakes turned into an "absolute procession," to use a Trevor Denmanism for SHARP SUSAN.

The 22nd running of The Grade III Herecomesthebride Stakes promises to an interesting event even through it's unlikely any of these eight contestants are headed to Louisville to race in the May

The 24th running of The Florida Oaks was another stepping stone to the May 4 Kentucky Oaks for the Todd Pletcher trainee COTTON BLOSSOM.

The 24th running of The Florida Oaks brings a rather diverse group of eight fillies together to complete for the $120,000 first prize. Here's a brief commentary on each filly.

The 37th running of The Grade II Bonnie Miss Stakes did not feature any marquee contestants. The winner HIGH AGAIN stalked the early pace.

The 27th running of The Grade II Forward Gal Stakes was somewhat of a coming out party for FOREVER TOGETHER.

The 37th running of The Grade II Bonnie Miss Stakes will turn out to be the acid test for a few of these.

The 27th running of The Grade II Forward Gal Stakes features a compact field of seven and few, if any, marquee names.

The betting public "honed in" on DREAMING OF ANNA and AUDACIOUS CHLOE respectively and for the most part were correct.

Three-year-old fillies take the stage on Sunday afternoon in The Gaily Gaily Stakes. Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filly winner, DREAMING OF ANNA (RAHY), wheels back in just 15 days following a less than representative effort in The Grade III Old Hat Stakes.

Odds-on favorite AUTOBAHN GIRL overcame a slow beginning to register a rather popular victory over her eight rivals.  Daughter of A.P.

The Suncoast Stakes lures a few big-time outfits from Down South for the 27th running of this local fixture.

Nothing like a little bonus coverage on an otherwise mundane Monday. DINNER BREAK, a nominee to last Saturday's Grade III Old Hat Stakes, traveled to Ocala from her Indiantown, Florida (Payson Park) base of operations to score impressively in The OBS Championship Stakes for three-year-old fillies.

Lucy Bassett's three-year-old homebred daughter of OUT OF PLACE, MEDITATIONS, suffered a career ending fracture of her left front cannon bone in The Davona Dale Stakes on Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park.

In recapping The Old Hat Stakes, we'll compliment the front-running winner DREAM RUSH.  Daughter of WILD RUSH "took it to" her five rivals right from the start and never looked back.

The Grade III Old Hat Stakes drew a small and very select group of six fillies.

The 20th running of The Davona Dale Stakes or The 25th running of The Old Hat Stakes will mark the return of The 2006 Breeders Cup Juvenile Filly champion DREAMING OF ANNA.