KSR Today: The Longines Kentucky Oaks 150

Exercise riders ride off the track after morning workout Friday, May 3, 2024, ahead of the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. (Syndication: The Indianapolis Star)

There is plenty to be proud of as homegrown Kentuckians, this beautiful state taking pride in three things better than anyone else in the world: basketball, bourbon and horses.

This weekend in particular is the proudest, when all eyes around the world turn to Churchill Downs in Louisville for not only the most exciting two minutes in sports, but the days leading up to and including — Thurby, Oaks and Derby with a heavy emphasis internationally on the latter pair.

Friday marks the 150th running of the Longines Kentucky Oaks, America’s premier and most lucrative race for 3-year old fillies. The 1 1/8-mile dirt race comes with a $1.5 million purse and the honor of sporting the garland of lilies, an annual tradition dating back to 1875. It’s the second-highest attended horse race in the United States, a holiday for folks around the state with locals getting school off to celebrate (and so teachers can play hooky and drink all day in the infield).

What do you need to know about the Oaks field in the hours leading up to the big race? What is the schedule leading up to and following race No. 11 at Churchill Downs? That’s where we’re starting today on KSR.

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2024 Kentucky Oaks Odds

Thorpedo Anna (5-2), Just FYI (9-2), Tarifa (7-1), Leslie’s Rose, (7-1), Ways and Means (7-1) and Where’s My Ring (9-1) are your morning favorites heading into Oaks 150 while Everland (42-1) and Candied (42-1) are the longshots.

POST POSITION	HORSE	ODDS
2	Gin Gin	21-1
3	Where’s My Ring	9-1
4	Regulatory Risk	34-1
5	Thorpedo Anna	5-2
6	Lemon Muffin	18-1
7	Fiona’s Magic	34-1
8	Tarifa	7-1
9	Everland	42-1
10	Into Champagne	36-1
11	Ways and Means	7-1
12	Power Squeeze	15-1
13	Just F Y I	9-2
14	Leslie’s Rose	7-1
15	Our Pretty Woman	22-1
16	Candied	42-1

Oaks Day Post Times

Race	Post Time	Wagering
1	10:30 AM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P5
2	11:00 AM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P4
3	11:30 AM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P5
4	12:05 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P4
5	12:43 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P5
6	1:26 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 DC6
7	2:09 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P5
8	3:03 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P4
9	4:04 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P5 (Two Day $1 P6)
10	4:51 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD P3 P4
11	5:51 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 P3 (O/D-DBL) (O/OF/D-P3) (Longines — Kentucky Oaks)
12	6:27 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5 DD
13	7:02 PM	WPS EX TRI SUPER SH5

How to watch (and listen)

Friday,
May 3rd 2024

150th Kentucky Oaks

WATCH

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET (FanDuel TV)

1 p.m. – 6 p.m. ET (USA Network & Peacock)

6 p.m. ET – Last Race (FanDuel TV)

STREAM

NBCSports.com, NBC Sports App, Peacock

LISTEN

NBC Sports Audio, Channel 85 on SiriusXM

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