Trainer: Keith Kinmon

Keith Kinmon is the owner, breeder, and trainer of Kentucky Oaks filly Absolutely Cindy. The Kentucky-bred filly is the first foal from the winning Ms. Boucheron (L'Enjoleur), who captured eight of her 87 starts. Absolutely Cindy has an unnamed yearling half-brother by Perfect Soul (Ire).

"Everybody thinks she is a Polytrack specialist," Kinmon said. "I've always said that she would like this dirt track because her mother (Ms. Boucheron [L'Enjoleur]) loved this surface.

"We got concerned that the Oaks might overfill and, even though we had a lot of money, we didn't have any graded money," Kinmon explained the decision to run in the Appalachian. "We kind of panicked a little bit there, but she didn't get to run too much in the Appalachian and came out of it good, so we decided to give it a shot."

Jockey: Julien Leparoux

Leparoux was born on July 15, 1983 in Senlis, France. He moved to Southern California in 2003, to work as an exercise rider for trainer Patrick Biancone, a fellow French native. He began riding at Saratoga in 2005 and was quick to make an impact on the racing scene. Leparoux had a breakout year in 2006 which culminated in an Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey; his accolades in '06 included two record breaking meets at Turfway Park, meet leading titles at Churchill Downs and Keeneland Race Course, 403 wins and $12,491,316 in earnings for the year, as well as his first stakes win (in February) and first Grade 1 win (in August). The gravy train did not stop in 2007 as Leparoux picked up meet titles at Turfway Park, Keeneland, and Churchill Downs' spring and fall meets; he also won his first Breeders' Cup race in the Juvenile Turf with Nownownow. Leparoux contested his first Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks in 2007 and was unplaced in each event.

Owner: Keith Kinmon

Keith Kinmon is the owner, breeder, and trainer of Kentucky Oaks filly Absolutely Cindy. The Kentucky-bred filly is the first foal from the winning Ms. Boucheron (L'Enjoleur), who captured eight of her 87 starts. Absolutely Cindy has an unnamed yearling half-brother by Perfect Soul (Ire).

"Everybody thinks she is a Polytrack specialist," Kinmon said. "I've always said that she would like this dirt track because her mother (Ms. Boucheron [L'Enjoleur]) loved this surface.

"We got concerned that the Oaks might overfill and, even though we had a lot of money, we didn't have any graded money," Kinmon explained the decision to run in the Appalachian. "We kind of panicked a little bit there, but she didn't get to run too much in the Appalachian and came out of it good, so we decided to give it a shot."

Breeder: Keith Kinmon

Keith Kinmon is the owner, breeder, and trainer of Kentucky Oaks filly Absolutely Cindy. The Kentucky-bred filly is the first foal from the winning Ms. Boucheron (L'Enjoleur), who captured eight of her 87 starts. Absolutely Cindy has an unnamed yearling half-brother by Perfect Soul (Ire).

"Everybody thinks she is a Polytrack specialist," Kinmon said. "I've always said that she would like this dirt track because her mother (Ms. Boucheron [L'Enjoleur]) loved this surface.

"We got concerned that the Oaks might overfill and, even though we had a lot of money, we didn't have any graded money," Kinmon explained the decision to run in the Appalachian. "We kind of panicked a little bit there, but she didn't get to run too much in the Appalachian and came out of it good, so we decided to give it a shot."