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The $250,000 Stonerside Beaumont (Grade 2), run at Keeneland on Thursday, boasted a trio of individual betting interests in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. All three failed to hit the board as the relatively unknown Street Sounds won the race in determined fashion by a neck over Forever Together.

The $250,000 Beaumont, a Grade 2 race to be run at Keeneland on Thursday, has lured a solid field of eight sophomore fillies looking at their last chance to punch a ticket to the Kentucky Oaks. The contingent is led by Florida shipper Forever Together and California invader Baroness Thatcher.

Christmas Kid hugged the rail and shot to the front entering the stretch under jockey Rene Douglas before holding off a hard charging Octave by a head to win the $500,000 Ashland (Grade 1) at Keeneland.

The $500,000 Ashland (Grade 1) at Keeneland has assembled the year's most talented group of sophomore fillies to date.  Nine fillies from across the country are set to do battle, each seeking a berth in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 4.

Sealy Hill struck the front at the top of the stretch and just held off a determined Panty Raid in the final yards of Saturday's $150,000 Bourbonette Breeders' Cup (Grade 3). The top pair may have established themselves as potential contenders for the Kentucky Oaks.

An overflow field of 14 has been entered in the $150,000 Bourbonette Breeders' Cup (Grade 3), a one-mile test for 3-year-old fillies to be run at Turfway Park on Saturday's stakes filled card.  The size of the field is matched by the quality it has attracted, boasting stakes winners Olivine, Our Dancing Babe, and Sealy Hill, as well as other highly touted youngsters Silverinyourpocket, Floral Park, and Bavarian Belle.

Many people thought D. Wayne Lukas would win a 3-year-old stakes race this weekend at Oaklawn Park.  Most thought that would come in the Grade 3 Rebel on Saturday.  However, Lukas got his win a day earlier than expected when Time's Mistress turned the tables on some familiar rivals and galloped home to a big 4 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Honeybee.