Good Cheer wins 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks

For the third time, a Brad Cox-trained horse has won the Kentucky Oaks.

On a muddy Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs, Good Cheer won the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks by multiple lengths. Good Cheer and her jockey, Luis Saez, entered the race as the clear favorite (7-5 odds). She is now a perfect 7-7 in her racing career. After a brief delay due to weather, the filly ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.15 for the $1.5 million purse.

“She’s awesome man. She’s just so classy to deal with,” Cox said on the NBC broadcast following the race. “I’ve said it for months. She’s so good, 7-for-7. She’s a perfect cheer, she’s awesome.”

Drexel Hill (32-1) came in second, while Bless the Broken (17-1) finished third in the 13-horse field. And as expected, KSR’s favorite horse, Simply Joking, came in dead last — the curse lives on. Cox, a native of Louisville, has also trained Oaks winners Monomoy Girl (2018) and Shedaresthedevil (2020).

GOOD CHEER REMAINS PERFECT AND WINS THE 2025 KENTUCKY OAKS! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/gsYgVRvQ51

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 2, 2025

With the Oaks behind us, all eyes turn toward Saturday’s 151st running of the Kentucky Derby. Below are the latest odds. Post time is scheduled for 6:57 p.m. ET.

Kentucky Derby 151 Odds (via FanDuel)

Post	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
1	Citizen Bull	Bob Baffert	Martin Garcia	14-1
2	Neoequos	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Luis Saez	50-1
3	Final Gambit	Brad Cox	Luan Machado	56-1
4	Rodriguez	Bob Baffert	Mike Smith	SCR
5	American Promise	D. Wayne Lukas	Nik Juarez	12-1
6	Admire Daytona	Yukihiro Kato	Christophe Lemaire	42-1
7	Luxor Cafe	Noriyuki Hori	Joao Moreira	11-1
8	Journalism	Michael McCarthy	Umberto Rispoli	7-2
9	Burnham Square	Ian Wilkes	Brian Hernandez Jr.	15-1
10	Grande	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez	SCR
11	Flying Mohawk	Whit Beckman	Joe Ramos	33-1
12	East Avenue	Brendan Walsh	Manny Franco	37-1
13	Publisher	Steve Asmussen	Irad Ortiz Jr.	28-1
14	Tiztastic	Steve Asmussen	Joel Rosario	19-1
15	Render Judgment	Kenny McPeek	Julien Leparoux	15-1
16	Coal Battle	Lonnie Briley	Juan Vargas	27-1
17	Sandman	Mark Casse	Jose Ortiz	9-2
18	Sovereignty	Bill Mott	Junior Alvarado	9-1
19	Chunk of Gold	Ethan West	Jareth Loveberry	29-1
20	Owen Almighty	Brian Lynch	Javier Castellano	40-1
21	Baeza	John Shirreffs	Flavien Prat	18-1

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