2025 Kentucky Oaks Contenders
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Kentucky Oaks Contenders & Top Horses to Watch in 2025
The $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks is the top American race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies each spring. With a winner’s share of $750,000, the 1 1/8-mile event at Churchill Downs will be targeted by top stables from across the country.
The Kentucky Oaks is held the day before the Kentucky Derby.
Contenders begin to emerge during the summer/fall of the two-year-old season, with the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies serving as a prime feeder race for juvenile runners, and fans begin to seriously scrutinize prospects once sophomore prep races kick off in January.
Like the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks features a “Road to the Kentucky Oaks” schedule of races to determine eligibility, with the top 4 finishers earning points on a sliding scale.
Venues such as Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita offer a series of races for Oaks hopefuls, but contenders will emerge from other locales as well.
The 2025 Kentucky Oaks Contenders List
Below is a current leaderboard showing contenders for the 2025 Kentucky Oaks who have earned qualification points via prep races:
| # | HORSE | POINTS | NON-RESTRICTED STAKES EARNINGS | CAREER EARNINGS |
|---|
1 | Quietside | 168 | $902,200 | $957,200 |
2 | La Cara | 158 | $779,508 | $866,083 |
3 | Good Cheer | 145 | $785,470 | $877,630 |
4 | Tenma | 133 | $504,000 | $549,000 |
5 | Five G | 125 | $351,590 | $393,740 |
6 | Ballerina d'Oro | 120 | $184,375 | $286,975 |
7 | Early On | 75 | $90,000 | $162,200 |
8 | Take Charge Milady | 70 | $336,875 | $416,469 |
9 | Simply Joking | 70 | $288,000 | $288,000 |
10 | Bless the Broken | 67.5 | $238,060 | $282,835 |
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2025 Kentucky Oaks Morning Line Odds and Post Positions
| Post | Horse | Trainer / Jockey | ML Odds |
|---|
1 | Early On | Saffie Joseph Jr. / Edgard Zayas | 30-1 |
2 | Simply Joking | Whit Beckman / Florent Geroux | 10-1 |
3 | Fondly | Graham Motion / Irad Ortiz Jr. | 30-1 |
4 | Drexel Hill | Whit Beckman / Ben Curtis | 30-1 |
5 | Quickick | Thomas Amoss / Umberto Rispoli | 30-1 |
6 | Ballerina d'Oro | Chad Brown / Flavien Prat | 10-1 |
7 | La Cara | Mark Casse / Dylan Davis | 6-1 |
8 | Five G | George Weaver / Manuel Franco | 12-1 |
9 | Tenma | Bob Baffert / Juan Hernandez | 12-1 |
10 | Take Charge Milady | Kenny McPeek / Brian Hernandez Jr. | 12-1 |
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