Kentucky Oaks

Melnyk Racing Stables’ Sealy Hill made her first venture over the main track at Churchill Downs Monday morning, galloping a mile and a half under Julia Brimo. The Point Given filly had vanned over from Keeneland Sunday morning.

Anita Ebert's High Heels, the runaway winner of the Fantasy (GII) in her most recent start, tuned up for her Oaks engagement by working five furlongs over a "fast" track in 1:00 under jockey Joe Johnson before the renovation break Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches looms as a heavy favorite for the 133rd running of the $500,000-added Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) at Churchill Downs on May 4, but her presence does not appear to be scaring many opponents away from the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies.

EAST/BOCA GRANDE BOUNCES BACK IN AQUEDUCT'S COMELY - Phipps Stable's Boca Grande overhauled pacesetting favorite Perfect Forest near the top of the stretch and pulled away to win Saturday's $150,000 Comely Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct by 1 ½ lengths.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, the winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and Santa Anita Oaks (GI) at Santa Anita, closed as the strongest favorite in the history of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW") as wagering in the bet's third and final pool of 2007 drew to a close early Sunday evening.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, the winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and Santa Anita Oaks (GI) at Santa Anita, continued to be a solid favorite heading into Sunday's final day of betting in Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW").

  Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, the winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and Santa Anita Oaks (GI) at Santa Anita, remained a strong favorite at the midpoint of betting in Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW").

  EAST/BOCA GRANDE LOOKS TO REBOUND IN AQUEDUCT'S COMELY - Phipps Stable's Boca Grande will attempt to bounce back from disappointing run in her season debut when she faces eight rivals in Saturday's $150,000 Comely (GII) at Aqueduct.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, the Todd Pletcher-trained winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and Santa Anita Oaks (GI) at Santa Anita, stood as a solid favorite following the first day of Pool 3 of Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW") as the pool opened its four-day run on Thursday.

Kentucky Derby

MIDWEST/CHRISTMAS KID WINS ASHLAND, HIGH HEELS ROLLS IN FANTASY - Rags to Riches is a two-time Grade I winner and the favorite for the $500,000-added Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) on May 4 at Churchill Downs, but her record cannot rival the accomplishments of Edward P. Evans' homebred Christmas Kid.The daughter of Lemon Drop Kid held off a late charge by heavily favored Octave to win Saturday's $500,000-added Ashland Stakes (GI) at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. In doing so, the James Jerkens-trained 3-year-old filly earned her third stakes win of year and did so over her third different surface.

MIDWEST/MISTICAL PLAN, OCTAVE HAVE FAIR GROUNDS OAKS REMATCH IN ASHLAND - J. Paul Reddam's Mistical Plan and Starlight Stable and Paul Lucarelli's Octave, the 1-2 finishers in the recent Fair Grounds Oaks (Grade II), are set for an intriguing rematch in Saturday's 70th running of the $500,000 Ashland Stakes (GI) at Keeneland.

  CENTRAL/LUKAS ENTERS OAKS PICTURE AS TIME’S MISTRESS TAKES HONEYBEE – Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) four times, but was on the outside looking in on this year’s Oaks scene until Charles Kidder’s Time’s Mistress scored an upset victory in Friday’s $100,000 Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

WEST/RAGS TO RICHES DOMINANT IN OAKS ROMP, COULD FACE MALES - An emphatic victory in Sunday's $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (Grade I) left little doubt about which horse sits atop the ranks of contenders for the 133rd running of the Kentucky Oaks (GI) at Churchill Downs on May 4.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, the Todd Pletcher-trained winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and a dominating winner in Sunday's Santa Anita Oaks (GI), stood as a solid favorite in Pool 2 of Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW") when wagering on the four-day pool concluded on Sunday evening.

Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor's Rags to Riches, winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) and the favorite for Sunday's Santa Anita Oaks (GI), emerged as a solid favorite following three days of betting in Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW").

She has lost her first two races of 2007, but Frank Calabrese's champion filly Dreaming of Anna remained the favorite among racing fans across North America at the midway point of four days of betting in Pool 2 of Churchill Downs' 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager ("KOFW").

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SOUTHEAST/AUDACIOUS CHLOE UPSETS CHAMP DREAMING OF ANNA - The unbeaten record of reigning juvenile filly champion Dreaming of Anna was already history, and now her record on grass has its first blemish.

RECORD 192 FILLIES NOMINATED TO 133rd KENTUCKY OAKS - Las Virgenes (Grade I) winner Rags to Riches and reigning juvenile filly champion Dreaming of Anna head a record list of 3-year-old fillies nom

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2007) – Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor’s Rags to Riches, winner of the Las Virgenes (Grade I) at Santa Anita in her stakes debut, and Frank Calabrese’s homebred Dreaming of Anna, winner of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) and the champion 2-year-old filly of 2006, head a record roster of 192 3-year-old fillies nominated to the 133rd running of the $500,000-added Kentucky Oaks (GI) at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2007) - Churchill Downs today launched the official Web site for the 2007 Kentucky Derby, www.kentuckyderby.com, and the 2007 Kentucky Oaks Web site, www.kentuckyoaks.com.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 6, 2007) – Frank Calabrese’s unbeaten homebred Dreaming of Anna, winner of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (Grade I) and the Eclipse Award winner as the champion 2-year-old filly of 2006, figures to draw a lot of attention, but the wagering interest that consists of “all other 3-year-old fillies” is a lukewarm morning line favorite for the Feb. 8-11 opening pool of Churchill Downs’ 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (“KOFW”).