It’s ladies’ first at Churchill Downs with Friday’s running of the 2012 Kentucky Oaks (post time: 5:45pm Eastern; TV: NBCSN). Known as the “Lilies for the Fillies”, the Oaks is a one and one eighth of a mile race for three-year-old fillies with a purse of $1,000,000.
Kentucky Oaks 2012: Entries, Post Positions And Morning Line Odds
The 2012 version of the Oaks has drawn an overflow field of 15 fillies (14 entries and one alternate entry (“AE”)). Grace Hall, winner of the G2-Gulfstream Park Oaks and second in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs, leads the field from post position number 2. Grade Hall is the 5/2 morning line favorite.
Below are the entries, post positions and morning line odds for the 2012 Kentucky Oaks.
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | ML |
| 1 | On Fire Baby | J. Johnson | G. Hartlage | 4/1 |
| 2 | Grace Hall | J. Castellano | A. Dutrow | 5/2 |
| 3 | Summer Applause | G. Gomez | B. Calhoun | 15/1 |
| 4 | Eden's Moon | M. Garcia | B. Baffert | 12/1 |
| 5 | Hard Not to Like | R. Albarado | G. Cox | 20/1 |
| 6 | Broadway's Alibi | J. Velazquez | T. Pletcher | 4/1 |
| 7 | Sacristy | M. Smith | W. Catalano | 50/1 |
| 8 | Jemina's Pearl | J. Talamo | B. Baffert | 10/1 |
| 9 | Believe You Can | R. Napravnik | L. Jones | 10/1 |
| 10 | And Why Not | J. Leparoux | M. Matz | 15/1 |
| 11 | Karlovy Vary | J. Graham | R. Arnold | 20/1 |
| 12 | Colonial Express | C. Nakatani | D.W. Lukas | 50/1 |
| 13 | Amie's Dini | J. Court | R. Mouquett | 10/1 |
| 14 | Yara | J. Castanon | J. Garofollo | 30/1 |
| 15 AE | Oaks Lily | TBD | T. Hill | 50/1 |
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