The second race on Oaks (G1) day got us started with OLGA ISABEL ($22.80) reporting home on top. INVENTING completed the exacta ($49.40) with MISREAD finishing the $64.40 dollar tri. JU JU’S MAP ($3.00) came back sharp in the fourth race and the chalky Chad Brown-trained BLEEKER STREET ($4.00) and FLUFFY SOCKS took the fifth event exacta returning $11.00. OLYMPIAD ($3.80) and HAPPY SAVER picked up a $12.00 exacta in the seventh and MATEREYA ($4.00) proved best in the ninth.
We crushed the tenth race when ARREST ME RED ($7.40) won in a gutsy effort and longshot BRAN ran on for second at 40-1. The exacta returned $322 and when GREGORIAN CHANT closed for third, we hit a nifty $573.30 for 50-cents trifecta!
SECRET OATH ($10.80) and NEST combined for the $39.40 exacta in the Oaks (G1). Our last win of the day came in race twelve with SOCIETY ($9.80).
CONGRESSMAN ($11.00) won the opener on Derby (G1) day, then SURFER DUDE ($6.20) cashed in the second for a $23.90 Double and a $19.60 exacta when OSBOURNE ran second. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL ($4.20) reignited the flame in the fifth event of the afternoon with stablemate IN ITALIAN making the $12.80 exacta and WAKANAKA rounding out the $18.30 for a dollar tri.
Chad Brown again in the seventh with comebacker JACK CRISTOPHER ($3.40) and fast-closing Bill Mott trainee OBLIGATORY ($9.80) underlining her love for Churchill Downs in the eighth. JACKIE’S WARRIOR ($4.00) ran away with his field in the tenth and SANTIN ($16.20) added a lot of value to the horizontal payoffs in the eleventh.
The longest shot on the board in the Kentucky Derby (G1), RICH STRIKE was tough to find but super exciting to watch. It was a sensational Derby!
CANDY TYCOON ($14.60) closed out our day in the thirteenth and left us with a fatter wallet and a thankful smile on our face for the fabulous weekend.