1 Lion of Justice J:
F.
Prat
122LbsT:
B.
Cox
F.
Prat 122Lbs
B.
Cox
4.002.602.20
4 Dettori J:
S.
Russell
122LbsT:
B.
Russell
S.
Russell 122Lbs
B.
Russell
2.602.20
2 Frosted Bull J:
R.
Mena
122LbsT:
D.
Morici
R.
Mena 122Lbs
D.
Morici
3.80
Times:Times in 5ths:
:23
:451
1:091
1:212
1:334 Times in 100ths:
:23.13
:45.34
1:09.23
1:21.45
1:33.87
Winner Information:Winning Trainer: Cox Brad
| Owner:
St. Elias Stable, Talla Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and C J Stable
Winning Sire: Into Mischief
| Breeder: Clearsky Farms
Unplaced horses listed in order of finish:Also ran: Richard Feynman, Annihilate 'Em, Hasten and Christmas Spirit
There's nothing approaching a standout right now among Kentucky Oaks hopefuls, nor is there one among eight 3-year-old fillies entered Saturday in the Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs. The $250,000 Virginia Oaks, contested over 1 1/16 miles around one turn, and run for the first time on dirt, serves a nominal prep toward the Kentucky Oaks.
Bob Baffert has trained six Kentucky Derby winners, won the Breeders' Cup Classic four times, won four Dubai World Cups, and sent out winners at 39 racetracks, if not more. But Baffert has never won a race at Colonial Downs.
The 89-year-old trainer Wayne Lukas has won the Kentucky Derby four times, but not since Charismatic captured the 1999 renewal. Lukas didn’t have a Derby starter between Bravazo’s sixth-place finish in 2018 and Just Steel’s 17th in 2024. But American Promise, the second horse Lukas has ever started at Colonial Downs and first since 2012, ran his way into the May 3 Derby rolling to a 7 3/4-length victory Saturday at Colonial in the $500,000 Virginia Derby.