Oaks Updates

Pletcher was asked about the possibility of a wet track for the $500,000, nine-furlong Oaks and how it might affect his horses. "They all seemed to handle it well this morning - in fact, really well," the three-time Eclipse Award winner said.

Dawn After Dawn's trainer Wesley Hawley said, "The one hole is perfect, I'm fine with it.  She's got a good mind.  She'll break on top and come back to the rider (jockey Robby Albarado).  She's push-button.  I like the way she's coming into it." 

AUTOBAHN GIRL - Live Oak Plantation's Autobahn Girl galloped a mile and a half at Churchill Downs Tuesday morning in preparation for Friday's Kentucky

High Again breezed a strong half-mile in :47.80 Monday after the renovation break under Larry Melancon. Mott, Churchill's all-time leading conditioner by victories, looks forward to participating in Louisville's landmark race for 3-year-old fillies.

Dawn and Ike Thrash's Dawn After Dawn signaled her readiness for the Kentucky Oaks by working five furlongs in 1:00.20 on Sunday morning. The move impressed trainer Wesley Hawley and was the third-fastest of 26 at the distance over a track labeled "fast."

        Eclipse Award-winning filly Dreaming of Anna all but cemented her Kentucky Oaks credentials Saturday when she drilled a bullet five furlongs in :58.60, fastest of 47 workouts at the distance. Trainer Wayne Catalano said that owner Frank Calabrese has veto power, but that his recommendation will be for the Oaks, instead of the grassy Edgewood Stakes.

AUTOBAHN GIRL/SILVER KNOCKERS - Elk Manor Farm and James Moran's Silver Knockers worked a half-mile in :48.20 after the renovation break with Joe Johnson up

Frank Calabrese's Dreaming of Anna, winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) and the champion 2-year-old filly of 2006, took a van ride from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Thursday to continue preparations for a possible bid for the 133rd running of the $500,000-added Kentucky Oaks (Grade I). "We're leaning toward it," said Catalano.

AUTOBAHN GIRL/SILVER KNOCKERS - Elk Manor Farm and James Moran's Silver Knockers galloped Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs with exercise rider Heather St

Zayat Stables' High Again worked five furlongs in 1:01.40 under jockey Larry Melancon after the renovation break Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs. The move was the 12th-fastest of 36 at the distance over a track labeled as "fast."