Horse racing newsletter: Louis Rabaut’s final Kentucky Oaks rankings

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	¾	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
7	Foothill	124	7	3	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–1¼	Cedillo	3.10
5	Railsplitter	124	5	1	1–½	1–1	1–½	1–hd	2–1¼	Valdivia, Jr.	5.10
1	Hoop Dream	124	1	6	5–½	6–1	6–2	4–2	3–1¼	Hernandez	1.30
4	Dr. Hoffman	124	4	8	8	8	7–hd	5–1½	4–nk	Prat	4.60
3	Brazilian Summer	124	3	5	3–½	3–½	4–1	3–½	5–4¾	Rispoli	18.90
8	Full Draw	124	8	7	4–1½	4–1	3–hd	6–1½	6–½	Gutierrez	21.70
6	Meadway	117	6	2	7–1	5–hd	5–hd	7–2½	7–7	Pyfer	73.40
2	Shuster	122	2	4	6–½	7–2	8	8	8	T Baze	12.70

7	FOOTHILL	8.20	4.60	2.60
5	RAILSPLITTER		5.60	3.20
1	HOOP DREAM			2.20

$1 EXACTA (7-5)	$18.20
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (7-5-1-4)	$16.03
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (7-5-1-4-3)	$352.60
50-CENT TRIFECTA (7-5-1)	$22.65

FOOTHILL stalked the pacesetter in the two path, applied pressure at the seven-sixteenths pole, headed rival a quarter mile out, dueled through the stretch and inched away late to prove best. RAILSPLITTER set the pace from inside, headed by FOOTHILL at the quarter pole, dueled from inside through the stretch, got outkicked in the final sixteenth but proved a game second. HOOP DREAM broke out and bumped rival at the start, tracked the speed from inside, two wide up the backstretch, moved to the rail around the far turn then came two wide into the stretch, chased three wide through the drive and gained ground late. DR. HOFFMAN unhurried in the beginning, traveled in the two path around the clubhouse turn, moved to the rail and remained inside to the stretch, steered out in the stretch and came with a mild late bid. BRAZILIAN SUMMER got bumped from inside at the start, saved ground along the fence to the stretch and finished evenly in the final furlong. FULL DRAW in range through the early stages while outside a rival, came three wide into the stretch and weakened. MEADWAY went three wide around the first turn, tracked outside a rival, entered the far turn four wide then moved down to the three path and weakened in the drive. SHUSTER bumped both sides leaving the gate settled between runners early then outside a rival on the backstretch, angled out into the stretch and was never a factor.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	¾	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
2	Shezaghost	126	2	2	1–½	1–½	1–½	1–4	1–6	Prat	1.10
3	Whistler's Style	118	3	1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2½	2–3¾	T Baze	7.20
1	Lady Crocker	121	1	4	4–1	4–2½	3–hd	3–4½	3–12	Pyfer	8.90
5	Eyes Open	126	5	3	3–1	3–½	4–5	4–3½	4–hd	Hernandez	1.10
4	Wild Ride	119	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	Centeno	46.10

2	SHEZAGHOST	4.20	2.60	2.60
3	WHISTLER'S STYLE		4.00	3.80
1	LADY CROCKER			4.20

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (7-2)	$20.60
$1 EXACTA (2-3)	$8.10
50-CENT TRIFECTA (2-3-1)	$12.30

SHEZAGHOST set the pace inside of WHISTLER'S STYLE, met the bid from that rival at the five-sixteenths, kicked clear nearing the stretch then drew off under a tap of right-handed urging and strong handling. WHISTLER'S STYLE pressed from outside, put in a mild bid around the far turn, could not sustain the momentum leaving the bend and churned on to prove second best. LADY CROCKER stumbled leaving the gate, pulled leaving the first turn and early on the backstretch, stalked from inside to the lane, could not summon the needed rally and kept on for a clear third. EYES OPEN stalked outside the top pair, traveled three wide to the stretch and faded. WILD RIDE steadied between soon after the start, drifted out a bit into the first turn, angled out into the backstretch and raced widest, came back to the rail for the second bend, entered the stretch two wide, steered out at the top of the lane and never threatened.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	¾	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
2	Midnight Diva	118	2	2	1–½	1–1	1–1	1–½	1–ns	Cedillo	7.20
4	Rhythm and Grace	118	4	3	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–½	Gutierrez	3.10
7	Cider Apple	118	7	7	7	7	5–hd	5–2	3–1	T Baze	3.30
1	Miss Bella Ciao	118	1	5	3–½	3–½	4–1	3–1	4–ns	Prat	2.60
3	Witch Moon	126	3	4	4–hd	5–1½	3–hd	4–hd	5–3¼	Hernandez	2.80
5	Assignation	121	5	6	6–2½	6–½	7	6–7	6–10¼	Flores	58.00
6	Aristeia	126	6	1	5–1	4–½	6–hd	7	7	Barnett	22.30

2	MIDNIGHT DIVA	16.40	7.60	4.80
4	RHYTHM AND GRACE		4.80	3.40
7	CIDER APPLE (GB)			3.00

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (2-2)	$42.20
$1 EXACTA (2-4)	$26.10
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (2-4-7-1)	$30.22
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (2-4-7-1-3)	$554.00
50-CENT TRIFECTA (2-4-7)	$53.35

MIDNIGHT DIVA established the front from inside, challenged around the far turn and relinquished control past the quarter pole, fought back and regained control in the stretch and prevailed over the runner-up. RHYTHM AND GRACE was up close outside the leader, bid near the five-sixteenths pole, took control past the quarter pole, battled with MIDNIGHT DIVA through the stretch, drifted in nearing the sixteenth pole then drifted back out and missed. CIDER APPLE (GB) was forced out by inner rival at the start, reserved in the two path in the early stages, swung out widest into the stretch and finished well to earn the show honors. MISS BELLA CIAO stalked from inside, tipped out entering the stretch, lacked room behind the top pair and angled out with a sixteenth to go but found that clear path taken again when RHYTHM AND GRACE drifted out late. WITCH MOON stalked between foes then outside a rival, asked at the three-eighths, came four wide into the stretch, stayed within striking distance in the final furlong but could not find the needed late kick. ASSIGNATION tucked inside and saved ground through both turns but lacked a rally. ARISTEIA came out at the start, tracked outside a pair of rivals, trailed the field leaving the far turn and had little left for the stretch.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	3/8	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
6	Tiz Toffee	122	5	5	5	4–hd	3–hd	1–hd	Desormeaux	4.50
3	Lady On Ice	122	3	3	3–½	3–1½	4–6	2–2¾	Cedillo	2.50
1	Vangogo	120	1	1	1–hd	1–hd	2–1	3–nk	Gonzalez	6.00
2	Uno Trouble Maker	115	2	2	2–½	2–2	1–hd	4–10	Centeno	0.80
4	Gemma Royal	115	4	4	4–2	5	5	5	Ellingwood	24.90

6	TIZ TOFFEE	11.00	4.80	4.00
3	LADY ON ICE		4.00	2.60
1	VANGOGO			4.60

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (2-6)	$123.60
$1 EXACTA (6-3)	$17.90
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (6-3-1-2)	$8.97
50-CENT TRIFECTA (6-3-1)	$36.85

TIZ TOFFEE tracked off the rail then angled to the inside, saved ground through the turn, came out and bumped LADY ON ICE entering the stretch, rallied outside the top pair and took control mid-stretch, drifted out a bit while battling with LADY ON ICE and held gamely. LADY ON ICE vied three deep up the backstretch, chased four wide around the turn, got bumped by TIZ TOFFEE entering the stretch, rallied outside that rival while getting floated out a bit and could not get by. VANGOGO broke out and bumped UNO TROUBLE MAKER, dueled inside that rival to the furlong grounds, drifted out and brushed UNO TROUBLE MAKER late and edged that rival for third. UNO TROUBLE MAKER got bumped by VANGOGO at the start, dueled between rivals then outside VANGOGO while three wide, could not match the top pair in the final furlong, was brushed late by VANGOGO and lost the show. GEMMA ROYAL attended the pace four deep, chased the leaders five to four wide around the turn, then weakened in the drive. FOLLOWING AN INQUIRY, THE STEWARDS RULED THAT ALTHOUGH TIZ TOFFEE CAME OUT AND BUMPED LADY ON ICE ENTERING THE STRETCH, THE INCIDENT DID NOT WARRANT A DISQUALFICATION AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
2	Gregorian Chant	124	2	5	5	5	2–hd	1–½	Hernandez	0.90
1	Bombard	124	1	2	1–½	1–½	1–½	2–1	Prat	2.40
5	Chaos Theory	124	5	3	4–1	4–1	5	3–¾	Rispoli	6.70
3	Loud Mouth	124	3	4	3–1	3–hd	4–hd	4–hd	Cedillo	21.40
4	Chasin Munny	122	4	1	2–1	2–1½	3–1	5	Espinoza	3.60

2	GREGORIAN CHANT (GB)	3.80	2.40	2.10
1	BOMBARD		3.00	2.20
5	CHAOS THEORY			2.40

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (6-2)	$37.00
$1 EXACTA (2-1)	$4.80
50-CENT TRIFECTA (2-1-5)	$5.90

GREGORIAN CHANT (GB) settled along the inside, angled out on the turn, came five wide into the stretch, rallied widest and proved best. BOMBARD sped to the front from inside, responded when challenged around the turn, turned away foe nearing the furlong grounds, ceded the lead to GREGORIAN CHANT mid-stretch but stayed on gamely to the wire. CHAOS THEORY tracked from the two path, angled out and came four wide into the stretch, finished willingly and gained the show. LOUD MOUTH stalked from inside, tipped out into the stretch, lacked room and steadied off heels at the eighth pole, kept to task in deep stretch and filled out the superfecta. CHASIN MUNNY up close early outside the pacesetter, launched a bid at the five-sixteenths pole but flattened in the final furlong.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	3/8	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
3	Agamemnon	124	3	3	5–hd	3–½	2–4	1–½	Valdivia, Jr.	5.40
1	Shady Empire	126	1	2	1–½	1–3	1–2	2–1	Cedillo	5.00
7	Coalinga Road	126	7	5	7	7	3–4½	3–11	Rispoli	1.60
4	Without Malice	119	4	1	3–hd	4–1	4–1½	4–nk	Centeno	34.70
6	Bench Judge	126	6	4	6–2½	5–1½	6–5½	5–12	Hernandez	3.20
2	Too Late	126	2	6	2–hd	2–1	5–½	6–1¼	Gutierrez	3.90
5	Run King Stud Run	116	5	7	4–1½	6–hd	7	7	Lopez	53.90

3	AGAMEMNON	12.80	5.80	3.00
1	SHADY EMPIRE		5.20	2.80
7	COALINGA ROAD			2.40

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (2-3)	$43.20
$1 EXACTA (3-1)	$25.20
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (3-1-7-4)	$42.74
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (3-1-7-4-6)	$1,089.90
50-CENT TRIFECTA (3-1-7)	$26.25

AGAMEMNON tracked in the two path entering the turn, came three wide into the stretch, closed well and reeled in the runner-up in the final sixteenth. SHADY EMPIRE sped to the front, drew away around the turn, held a diminishing lead while still clear at the eighth pole and was caught late. COALINGA ROAD dropped back early, went six wide into the turn, steered down to the two path around the bend, moved out a bit in the drive and rallied late. WITHOUT MALICE stalked outside a rival, drifted out on the turn, further out at the top of the lane and could not rally. BENCH JUDGE settled off the rail, went five then six wide around the bend, angled inside rival in upper stretch and failed to threaten. TOO LATE stalked outside the leader or between rivals, chased two then three wide on the turn and tired. RUN KING STUD RUN stumbled leaving the gate, chased four wide into the turn, angled to the rail around the bend and faded.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
5	Storm Seeker	126	5	1	3–1½	3–1	2–1	1–hd	Desormeaux	3.70
10	Minister Shane	118	10	4	5–4	4–½	3–1½	2–1½	Rispoli	2.30
1	Ferrariano	118	1	5	4–hd	5–2	4–3	3–4¼	Cedillo	3.40
9	Head for Business	126	9	2	1–hd	1–1½	1–1	4–2¾	T Baze	33.00
4	Auspicious Style	118	4	6	6–hd	6–hd	7–1½	5–1	Prat	4.50
3	Irondale	111	3	11	7–½	7–2	6–½	6–¾	Ellingwood	12.40
6	Backyard Brawl	113	6	10	9–3½	9–2½	9–5	7–1¼	Pyfer	31.10
7	Baracko	111	7	9	8–2	8–4	8–½	8–2¼	Ortega	78.50
11	Count Tolstoy	111	11	3	2–2½	2–1½	5–1	9–3¼	Centeno	42.70
8	Seattle Breakout	121	8	8	10–5½	10–7	10	10	Flores	46.00
2	Magnificent Red	118	2	7	11	11		dnf	Hernandez	13.00

5	STORM SEEKER	9.40	4.40	3.00
10	MINISTER SHANE		3.80	2.40
1	FERRARIANO			2.60

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (3-5)	$76.80
$1 EXACTA (5-10)	$15.70
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (5-10-1-9)	$65.49
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (5-10-1-9-4)	$1,706.00
50-CENT TRIFECTA (5-10-1)	$24.75

STORM SEEKER stalked in the two path, moved to the rail midway around the turn then exited two wide, took over and cleared mid-stretch and lasted at the wire. MINISTER SHANE tracked off the inside, came three wide into the stretch, dug in late outside STORM SEEKER and narrowly missed. FERRARIANO stalked from inside, was in tight and steadied at the five-sixteenths pole, angled out in the stretch and finished willingly. HEAD FOR BUSINESS dueled for the lead from inside, cleared around the turn, lost command past the eighth pole and weakened late. AUSPICIOUS STYLE traveled outside a rival in mid-pack, angled four wide leaving the turn and lacked a rally. IRONDALE tossed his head and came away slow, raced along the inside in mid-pack, angled three wide into the stretch, came in at the top of the stretch and could not rally. BACKYARD BRAWL got bumped by BARACKO at the start. BARACKO broke in and bumped with rivals from both sides at the start, went three wide into the turn, angled to the rail around the bend and failed to threaten. COUNT TOLSTOY dueled for the lead from outside to the turn, could not keep pace around the bend and faded in the lane. SEATTLE BREAKOUT broke in and bumped rival, jumped the track crossing surfaces early, angled to the inside, saved ground to the stretch and was never a factor. MAGNIFICENT RED jumped the track crossing surfaces early, eased around the turn, pulled up in upper stretch and walked off.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	3/8	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
5	El Diablo Rojo	124	5	7	6–1	5–½	3–3	1–2¼	Prat	1.80
1	Single Me Out	126	1	6	7	7	5–½	2–1½	T Baze	3.00
3	Teton Valley	111	3	2	1–½	1–1	1–2½	3–1¾	Ellingwood	2.70
2	Unmasked	126	2	3	5–hd	6–1½	4–½	4–1½	Fuentes	15.50
6	Caerulean	126	6	5	4–1½	4–2	2–½	5–6	Gutierrez	5.50
7	Ingest	111	7	4	3–1	3–hd	7	6–hd	Centeno	19.90
4	Tiz a Speed Bomb	119	4	1	2–½	2–1	6–½	7	Ortega	18.30

5	EL DIABLO ROJO	5.60	2.80	2.10
1	SINGLE ME OUT		3.60	2.20
3	TETON VALLEY			2.40

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (5-5)	$31.80
$1 EXACTA (5-1)	$6.40
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (5-1-3-2)	$6.45
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (5-1-3-2-6)	$151.40
50-CENT TRIFECTA (5-1-3)	$6.50

EL DIABLO ROJO sat off the pace, entered the turn three wide, angled to the rail around the bend, came out in upper stretch and drove clear. SINGLE ME OUT raced two wide then came out into the stretch, rallied from outside and proved second best. TETON VALLEY brushed with UNMASKED at the start, set the pace inside of TIZ A SPEED BOMB, cleared that rival around the turn, led into the furlong grounds but weakened late. UNMASKED brushed TETON VALLEY at the start, chased from inside, angled out into the lane, came out and bumped rival in upper stretch and kept on through the late stages to earn a minor award. CAERULEAN traveled off the rail while in range, went two wide into the turn, angled to the inside then tipped out into the stretch and flattened out in the final furlong. INGEST forwardly placed outside the top pair, chased four wide into the lane, got bumped by UNMASKED in upper stretch and weakened. TIZ A SPEED BOMB pressed the pace from outside, failed to match strides midway around the turn and faded in the drive.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	½	¾	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
4	Sword Zorro	120	4	6	6	6	6	2–1	1–¾	Rispoli	2.50
1	Petruchio	120	1	2	5–½	5–1	5–hd	3–hd	2–1¼	Smith	1.50
3	Man Friday	120	3	5	3–½	3–1½	3–½	1–½	3–1¼	Cedillo	8.70
6	Coastal Kid	120	6	4	2–1	2–1	1–hd	4–2	4–14	T Baze	31.90
5	Gator Shining	120	5	3	4–1	4–½	4–1	5–4	5–5	Prat	2.40
2	Sensemaker	122	2	1	1–½	1–½	2–hd	6	6	Desormeaux	10.60

4	SWORD ZORRO (IRE)	7.00	3.60	2.60
1	PETRUCHIO		2.80	2.40
3	MAN FRIDAY			3.60

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (5-4)	$21.20
$1 EXACTA (4-1)	$10.20
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (4-1-3-6)	$21.68
50-CENT TRIFECTA (4-1-3)	$22.40

SWORD ZORRO (IRE) raced off the pace in the two path, swung five wide into the drive, drifted in upper stretch, drove past nearing the sixteenth pole and edged away. PETRUCHIO pulled a around the first turn from inside, saved ground to the stretch, brushed with COASTAL KID and put in tight quarters at the eighth pole, gained a clear path and finished well inside the winner. MAN FRIDAY well placed early from inside, bid along the fence at the quarter pole, grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch and yielded in deep stretch. COASTAL KID pressed the pace from outside, challenged rival around the turn and bumped with that foe at the five-sixteenths, gained command a quarter mile out, came four wide into the stretch, lost the lead at the top of the stretch, got floated in and brushed with inner rival at the eighth pole and flattened. GATOR SHINING tracked the pace in the two path, raced between foes into the lane, got shuffled back in upper stretch and was not persevered with. SENSEMAKER set the pace inside, two wide on the backstretch, moved back to the rail for the far turn, bumped with outside rival near the five-sixteenths, lost command the quarter pole and faded in the lane.

Pgm	Horse	Wt	PP	St	¼	3/8	Str	Fin	Jockey	$1
8	Second Avenue	124	6	1	1–1	1–½	1–1	1–¾	Flores	66.70
11	Miss Lady Ann	126	9	4	5–½	4–½	3–½	2–1¼	Pereira	3.70
10	Maggie's Magic	120	8	2	2–1	2–1½	2–1½	3–¾	Hernandez	3.00
12	Full Eclipse	119	10	5	6–1	6–1	5–1½	4–¾	Ellingwood	31.80
2	Commas Save Lives	120	1	3	3–1	3–1	4–2	5–1¼	T Baze	9.20
9	Traffic Stopper	126	7	6	7–½	7–1	7–2½	6–ns	Prat	2.60
5	Run Like Kona	126	4	7	4–hd	5–½	6–½	7–3½	Rispoli	5.70
3	Secret Maneuver	119	2	9	9–2½	9–5½	8–3	8–9	Centeno	29.40
6	Sophie Antoinette	126	5	8	8–5	8–5	9–11½	9–6	Cedillo	8.20
4	Kaygo	117	3	10	10	10	10	10	Espinoza	71.10

8	SECOND AVENUE	135.40	45.20	23.00
11	MISS LADY ANN		5.60	3.80
10	MAGGIE'S MAGIC			4.20

$2 DAILY DOUBLE (4-8)	$424.80
$1 EXACTA (8-11)	$356.10
10-CENT SUPERFECTA (8-11-10-12)	$1,574.92
$1 SUPER HIGH FIVE (8-11-10-12-2)		Carryover $9,880
50-CENT TRIFECTA (8-11-10)	$1,137.60

SECOND AVENUE took control early and crossed over to the inside, received pressure around the turn, cleared MAGGIE'S MAGIC in upper stretch, lugged out in the lane and held well. MISS LADY ANN chased outside a rival, three wide into the stretch, moved outside the winner and kept gaining to the wire. MAGGIE'S MAGIC brushed at the start, closest in pursuit up the backstretch, bid outside on the turn, lost contact in upper stretch and held the show. FULL ECLIPSE tracked outside rivals up the backstretch, took the turn four wide and kept on to earn a minor award. COMMAS SAVE LIVES stalked the pace from inside to the stretch and lacked the needed response. TRAFFIC STOPPER broke out and brushed rival at the start, entered the stretch two to three wide and failed to rally. RUN LIKE KONA chased in the two path to the stretch and also lacked a rally. SECRET MANEUVER traveled a bit off the rail or two wide on the turn then angled out in upper stretch and never made an impact. SOPHIE ANTOINETTE chased five wide around the turn and came up empty. KAYGO steadied soon after the start, trailed the field into the turn, went four to five wide around the bend and failed to menace.

	Attendance	Handle
On-Track	3,035	$579,313
Inter-Track	N/A	$1,440,582
Out of State	N/A	$8,198,893
TOTAL	3,035	$10,218,788