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UK GH Yarmouth (G)
Race 9
0 MTP
FRA Graignes (H)
Race 7
8 MTP
SWE Bjerke (H)
Race 9
9 MTP
Horseshoe Indianapolis
Race 4
12 MTP
Wheeling Mat (G)
Race 12
14 MTP
Laurel Simulcast
Race 6
14 MTP
Harrington Raceway (H)
Race 1
59 MTP
Hoosier Park (H)
Race 1
9:30 PM
Penn National
Race 1
9:45 PM
Northfield Park (H)
Race 1
10:00 PM
Tri State Eve (G)
Race 1
10:00 PM
AUS GH Q Straight (G)
Race 1
11:00 PM
AUS GH Shepparton (G)
Race 1
11:00 PM
AUS GH The Gardens (G)
Race 1
11:00 PM
NZ GH Cambridge (G)
Race 1
11:00 PM
Delta Downs
Race 1
11:15 PM
AUS Warrnambool
Race 1
1:15 AM
AUS Goulburn
Race 1
2:20 AM
AUS Warwick
Race 1
2:27 AM
Australia Harness (H)
Race 1
2:31 AM
AUS Wyong
Race 1
2:40 AM
JPN Nagoya
Race 1
3:20 AM
Australia Harness 2 (H)
Race 1
3:27 AM
AUS Albany
Race 1
4:44 AM
AUS GH Warragul (G)
Race 1
4:59 AM
AUS GH Casino (G)
Race 1
5:02 AM
JPN Funabashi
Race 1
5:45 AM
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Key coverage for the Kentucky Oaks by the expert team at TwinSpires.com:
Kentucky Oaks Day Wager Menu and Race Times
- Gates Open 9am
- (All times are listed in Eastern USA)
| Race | Post Time | Wagering |
|---|
1 | 12:30 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P5 |
2 | 1:00 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P4 |
3 | 1:30 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P5 |
4 | 2:00 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P4 |
5 | 2:35 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P5 |
6 | 3:12 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 DC6 |
7 | 3:48 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P5 |
8 | 4:30 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P4 |
9 | 5:12 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P5 (Two-Day $1 P6)/TBD |
10 | 6:01 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3 P4 |
11 | 6:56 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD P3* |
12 | 7:40 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE DD |
13 | 8:40 PM | WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 OE (O/D-DBL) (O/OF/D-P3) (Longines-Kentucky Oaks) |
The 2026 Kentucky Oaks Contenders List
Below is a current leaderboard showing contenders for the 2026 Kentucky Oaks who have earned qualification points via prep races:
| RANK | HORSE | POINTS | TRAINER | EARNINGS |
|---|
1 | Meaning | 126 | Michael McCarthy | $280,000 |
2 | Life of Joy | 122 | Brad Cox | $401,420 |
3 | Percy's Bar | 114 | Ben Colebrook | $962,808 |
4 | Bella Ballerina | 110 | Brendan Walsh | $498,440 |
5 | Counting Stars | 100 | Mark Casse | $834,156 |
6 | Prom Queen | 100 | Brad Cox | $151,900 |
7 | Always a Runner | 100 | Chad Brown | $110,000 |
8 | Explora | 95 | Bob Baffert | $1,016,250 |
9 | Zany | 80 | Todd Pletcher | $345,625 |
10 | She Be Smooth | 75 | Todd Pletcher | $146,020 |
Showing 1 to 10 of 29 entries
Official Kentucky Oaks Power Rankings
For the Kentucky Oaks Power Rankings list, the rankings will be based on where the horse’s Oak prospects stand, based on the evidence we have to date from their races. Performances in races on the official Road to the Kentucky Oaks schedule and other graded races will obviously weigh heavily, but impressive efforts in maiden and allowance races will also be considered when assembling the list.
Kentucky Oaks Power Rankings 2025-2026
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 / KDFW 1 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Week 21 | Week 22 | Week 23 | Week 24 | Week 25 | Week 26 | Week 27 | Week 28 | Week 29 | Week 30 |
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KY Oaks | 7-Oct | 14-Oct | 21-Oct | 27-Oct | Nov. 3 | Jan. 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | 8 Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Zany (+2) | Zany | Zany | |||||||||
2 | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | 2 Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | Meaning (+4) | Meaning | Meaning | |||||||||
3 | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | -1 Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Bella Ballerina (+3) | Zany * | Zany * | Zany | Zany | Zany | Zany | Zany | Zany | Zany | Explora | Explora | Explora | |||||||||
4 | Explora | Explora | Explora | Explora | -3 Tommy Joe | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Percy's Bar (-1) | Bella Ballerina (-1) | Bella Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bela Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | |||||||||
5 | Iron Orchard | * Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | * Meaning | Meaning | Meaning | Meaning | Tommy Jo (-1) | Percy's Bar (-1) | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Percy's Bar | Dazzling Dame (+1) | Super Corredora (-4) | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | |||||||||
6 | Rileytole | -1 Iron Orchard | Iron Orchard | Iron Orchard | -1 Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Bella Ballerina | Meaning (-1) | Tommy Jo (-1) | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Dazzling Dame * | Dazzling Dame | Dazzling Dame | Dazzling Dame | Meaning (+2) | Dazzling Dame (-1) | Dazzing Dame | Dazzing Dame | |||||||||
7 | La Wally | -1 Rileytole | Rileytole | Rileytole | -4 Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Atropa * | Meaning (-1) | Meaning | Meaning | Meaning | Tommy Jo (-1) | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Tommy Jo | Taken by the Wind (+2) | Taken by the Wind | Bottle of Rouge (+3) + | Bottle of Rouge | |||||||||
8 | Taken by the Wind | -1 La Wally | La Wally | La Wally | La Wally | La Wally | La Wally | La Wally | Bottle of Rouge (-1) | Atropa (-1) | Atropa | Atropa | Atropa | Meaning (-1) | Meaning | Meaning | Meaning | On Time Girl ** | On Time Girl | Taken by the Wind (-1) | Taken by the Wind | |||||||||
9 | Kingsolver | * Super Corredora | Super Corredora | Super Corredora | * Paige Turner | Paige Turner | Paige Turner | Paige Turner | Just Singing (re-entry) | Bottle of Rouge (-1) | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Atropa (-1) | Atropa | Taken by the Wind ** | Taken by the Wind | Bottle of Rouge (+1) | Life of Joy ** | Luv Your Neighbor ** | Luv Your Neighbor | |||||||||
10 | On Time Girl | -2 Taken by the Wind | * Mythical | Mythical | * La Ville Lumiere | La Ville Lumiere | Mythical (+1) | Mythical (+1) | Mythical | Consequent * | Consequent | Consequent | Consequent | Bottle of Rouge (-1) | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Bottle of Rouge | Atropa (+2) | Bottle of Rouge (-1) | On Time Girl (-2) - | On Time Girl | |||||||||
11 | The Grumpy Rabbit | -2 Kingsolver | -1 Taken by the Wind | * Letmecounttheways | -1 Mythical | Mythical | La Ville Lumiere (-1) | La Ville Lumiere (-1) | La Wally (-3) | Just Singing (-2) | Just Singing | Just Singing | Just Singing | Consequent (-1) | Consequent | Consequent | Consequent | Just Singing (+2) | Atropa (-1) | Life of Joy (-2) - | Life of Joy | |||||||||
12 | Go to Girl | * Camila Catalina | -1 Kingsolver | -1 Taken by the Wind | -1 Letmecounttheways | Letmecounttheways | Letmecounttheways | Letmecounttheways | On Time Girl (re-entry) | Mythical (-2) | Mythical | Mythical | Mythical | Just Singing (-1) | Just Singing | Atropa (-3) | Atropa | Powered by Family ** | Search Party * | Atropa (-1) | Labawah * | |||||||||
13 | Five Bars | -3 On Time Girl | -1 Camila Catalina | * Life of Joy | Life of Joy | Life of Joy | Life of Joy | Life of Joy | Life of Joy | La Wally (-2) | La Wally | Hit Parade* | Hit Parade * | Mythical (-1) | Mythical | Just Singing (-1) | Just Singing | Hit Parade ** | Bank Shot * | Galinda * | Atropa (-1) | |||||||||
14 | Ornellaia | -3 The Grumpy Rabbit | * Essential Coffee | * Just Singing | -8 Iron Orchard | *Doc's Miracle | Ravera* | Lyudmila | Dottie Hinson (new entry) | Cashed * | Cashed | La Wally (-1) | Counting Stars * | Hit Parade (-1) | Powered * | Mythical (-1) | Mythical | Luv Your Neighbor * | Two Bits * | Search Party (-2) - | Galinda (-1) |
What is the Kentucky Oaks?
The $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks is a premiere race for Thoroughbred three-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs, the female counterpart to the Kentucky Derby. The 1 1/8-mile event is offered the Friday before the Kentucky Derby, which takes place on the first Saturday in May every year.
The 152st running of the Kentucky Oaks is Friday, May 1st, 2026. The Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are the longest continuously held sporting events in America, originating in 1875.
Kentucky Oaks attendance reached 100,000 for the first time in 1999 (101,034) and 113,071 people filled the stands at the Louisville, Kentucky track despite cold and cloudy conditions in 2014. The Oaks is frequently the second-most attended event in Thoroughbred racing behind the Kentucky Derby.
Since 1999, Churchill Downs has partnered with various organizations and causes, such as non-profit organizations focusing upon prevention and treatment of breast and ovarian cancer. Kentucky Oaks Day is a “Pink Out,” with patrons encouraged to wear pink attire, and special pink cocktails are sold.
A fashion contest and Survivors’ Parade also benefit cancer survivors on Oaks Day.
Known as the Run for the Lillies, the Oaks features an impressive roster of past winners -- champions such as Rachel Alexandra, Untapable, Blind Luck, Proud Spell, Rags to Riches and Ashado have proved successful in the last decade – and a stakes-packed program filled with wagering opportunities await horse players on the undercard.
In 2025, the seven stakes races run on Oaks Day boasted a total purse of $5.1 million:
- $1,500,000 Kentucky Oaks (G1)
- $1,000,000 La Troienne (G1)
- $600,000 Alysheba (G2)
- $600,000 Eight Belles (G2)
- $600,000 Edgewood (G2)
- $400,000 Modesty (G3)
- $400,000 Unbridled Sidney (G3)
2026 Kentucky Oaks Results
| Post | Horse | Jockey / Trainer | Win / Place / Show |
|---|
9 | Always a Runner | Jose L. Ortiz / Chad C. Brown | $13.04 / $7.46 / $5.44 |
5 | Meaning | Juan J. Hernandez / Michael W. McCarthy | $7.44 / $5.62 |
4 | Counting Stars | Francisco Arrieta / Mark E. Casse | $5.36 |
1 | Explora | Flavien Prat / Bob Baffert | |
10 | Prom Queen | Javier Castellano / Brad H. Cox | |
2 | Zany | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher | |
11 | Percy's Bar | Luan Machado / Ben Colebrook | |
7 | Dazzling Dame | Luis Saez / Brittany T. Russell | |
17 | Resist | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. / Thomas Drury, Jr. | |
3 | Search Party | Cristian A. Torres / Mark E. Casse |
Showing 1 to 10 of 13 entries
Exotic Payouts:
- $2.00 Exacta (9-5) Paid: $97.58
- $0.50 Trifecta (9-5-4) Paid: $193.87
- $1.00 Superfecta (9-5-4-1) Paid: $1,845.74
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