Thirteen top fillies will take to the track at Gulfstream Park on Saturday afternoon for the running of the $300,000 (G2) Gulfstream Park Oaks. Run at 1 1/16 miles on the dirt track, the race is a qualifier for the 2018 Kentucky Oaks, and offers 100 qualifying points to the winner.
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The Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Picks For 2018
Article posted on Friday 06 April - 13:04 EDT
One of three major qualifying races for the 2018 Kentucky Derby to be run on Saturday, the (G2) Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Race Track in New York offers 100 points to the winner. Only one entry has clinched a Derby spot so far, with two more sitting in the bubble. They'll race 1 1/8 miles on the dirt for a total purse of $750,000.
On an excellent Saturday of racing from Fair Grounds in New Orleans, some of the best three-year-old fillies in the country will take to the track for the running of the $400,000 (G2) Fair Grounds Oaks. The winner will pick up 100 qualifying points and clinch a spot in the Kentucky Oaks on May 4.
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2018 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Odds, Predictions
Article posted on Friday 02 March
Stakes racing returns to Gulfstream Park in Florida on Saturday as both the three-year-old colts and fillies are in action chasing qualifying points for the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. For the colts, the (G2) Fountain Of Youth sees the 2018 debut of Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic.
One of two qualifying races for the 2018 Kentucky Derby, the El Camino Real Derby is unique in that the horses run the 1 1/8 miles race on the all-weather track at northern California's Golden Gate Fields. The race has drawn a field of nine, and the winner will grab 10 Derby qualifying points.
On an excellent day of racing at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, the $200,000 (G2) Rachel Alexandra Stakes for three-year-old fillies is a qualifier for the 2018 Kentucky Oaks. Eight have been entered to chase the purse money over 1 1/16 miles on the dirt, with a win sealing a spot in the Oaks' lineup.
A full field of 11 three-year-old colts are expected to go to the gate at Gulfstream Park in Florida on Saturday for the running of the (G2) Holy Bull Stakes. They'll be racing 1 1/16 miles on the dirt for a total purse of $350,000 as well as valuable Kentucky Derby qualifying points.
Run at Churchill Downs on the day before the Kentucky Derby, the $1 million Kentucky Oaks is the most prestigious horse race for fillies in North America. Just like the Derby, the Oaks offers a series of qualifying races where the horses try to accumulate enough points to make it into the field.
On the first day of the year, all horses born in the Northern Hemisphere turn one year older, and on New Year's Day at Aqueduct Race Track eight three-year-old colts continue the chase for Kentucky Derby points in the Jerome Stakes. They'll race one mile on the dirt for a purse of $150,000.