Malathaat is 5 to 2 Favourite for 147th Kentucky Oaks

Fourteen of the top 3-year-old fillies in America will contest the 147th Kentucky Oaks at 1 1/8 miles on Friday, April 30 at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky.

The Oaks is race 12 with an approximate post of 5:51 p.m.

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MALATHAAT, owned by Shadwell Stable and a $1,050,000 yearling purchase, is the 5-to-2 favourite for trainer Todd Pletcher. The filly is undefeated in all four races including the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes in her season debut. She is one of three gals in the field by the great stallion Curlin.

Co-favoured at 3-to-1 is the impressive grey gal TRAVEL COLUMN, winner of the Fair Grounds Oaks for OXO Equine. She was an $850,000 yearling purchase and she is trained by Brad Cox. Also at 3-to-1 is another Curlin gal, CLAIRIERE, winner of the Rachel Alexandra Stakes and second to Travel Column in the Fair Grounds Oaks. She is a homebred for Stonestreet Stables and is trained by Steve Asmussen.

CRAZY BEAUTIFUL had a monster workout last weekend for trainer Ken McPeek and she comes in off a win in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks. This gal is owned by the troubled Phoenix Thoroughbred III Stable.

Winnipeg-born trainer ROB ATRAS, former assistant to Robertino Diodoro, has MARACUJA in the Oaks field. This grey gal was second in the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes to Search Results and is owned by Beach Haven Thoroughbreds.

Kentucky Oaks preps by winning Beyer Speed Figure

1 Gazelle (Search Results) 92
1 Busher (Search Results) 92
3 Fair Grounds Oaks (Travel Column) 90
4 Fantasy (Pauline’s Pearl) 89
4 Ashland (Malathaat) 89
6 Golden Rod (Travel Column) 85
6 Demoiselle (Malathaat) 85
8 Rachel Alexandra (Clairiere) 83
8 Tempted (Malathaat) 83
9 Gulfstream Park Oaks (Crazy Beautiful) 82
9 Honeybee (Will’s Secret) 82

MARACUJA with Gilbert – courtesy Brittany Atras

KENTUCKY OAKS Posts With Points, Owner, Trainer Gr. Earnings Jockey Odds

1. Pauline’s Pearl 120 Stonestreet Stables LLC (Barbara Banke) Steve Asmussen $420,000 Ricardo Santana 20-1

by Tapit, 89, 81, 74

2. $-Maracuja 40 Beach Haven Thoroughbreds LLC Rob Atras $50,000 K Carmouche 20-1

by Honor Code, 88, 67, 57

3. Clairiere 94 Stonestreet Stables LLC (Barbara Banke) Steve Asmussen $301,400 Tyler Gafflione. 5-1

by Curlin, 87, 83, 83

4 Crazy Beautiful 128 Phoenix Thoroughbred LTD (Amer Abdulaziz) Kenny McPeek $366,165 J Ortiz 15-1

by Liam’s Map, 83, 73, 83

5 . Pass the Champagne 40 R. A. Hill Stable (Raymond A. Hill III), Black Type Thoroughbreds Javier Castellano 15-1

(Jake Ballis), Rock Ridge Racing LLC (Codee S. Guffey), BlackRidgeStables LLC (William Daugherty) & J BrownGeorge Weaver $80,000

by Flatter, 88, 86, 71

6. Travel Column 132 OXO Equine LLC (Larry Best) Brad Cox $462,040 Florent Geroux 3-1

by Frosted 90, 92, 85

7. Ava’s Grace 40 Cypress Creek Equine LLC (Richard Moody) Robertino Diodoro $138,000 50-1 D Cohen

by Laoban, 87, 74, 57

8. Moraz 42 Don Alberto Stable (Liliana Solari Falabella and Andrea & CarlosHeller) Michael McCarthy $92,000 U Rispoli 30-1

by Empire Maker, 77, 86, 79

9 . Coach 26 Kueber Racing LLC (Rick Kueber) Brad Cox $186,640 Luis Saez 50-1

by Commissioner, 86, 71, 72

10. Malathaat 110 Shadwell Stable (Rick Nichols) Todd Pletcher $377,500 John Velazquez 5-2

by Curlin, 89, 86, 83

11. Will’s Secret 80 Willis Horton Racing LLC (Willis Horton) Dallas Stewart $340,000 J Court 30-1

by Will Take Charge, 81, 82, 81

12. Search Results 150 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klarman) Chad Brown $275,000 I Ortiz 3-1

by Flatter, 92, 92, 73

13. $-Competitive Speed 30 John C. Minchello Javier Gonzalez $85,635 Chris Landeros 50-1

by Competitive Edge, 76, 71, 57

14. Millefeuille 44 Juddmonte Farms Inc. (Prince Fahad bin Khaled) Bill Mott $71,200 j Rosario 20-1

by Curlin, 79, 48, 86

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