2024 Kentucky Oaks odds, horses, field: Racing insider offers best bets for Friday's $1.5 million race
SportsLine racing analyst Michelle Yu offers her picks, wagers and analysis for the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs
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Friday is Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and 14 horses will square off in the most prestigious race in the country for 3-year-old fillies. Fair Grounds Oaks winner Tarifa is the 7-2 favorite in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks odds. Ashland Stakes heroine Leslie's Rose is the 4-1 second choice in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks field. Just F Y I (9-2), Thorpedo Anna (5-1) and Ways and Means (5-1) round out the top five 2024 Kentucky Oaks contenders according to oddsmakers. The latest 2024 Kentucky Oaks forecast is calling for a chance of rain and temperatures in the 70s. Post time for the $1.5 million race is 5:51 p.m. ET.
With the Kentucky Oaks' large and wide-open field making for a head-scratching handicapping puzzle, you'll want to see what Santa Anita-based racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before making any 2024 Kentucky Oaks picks. Join SportsLine here to see whom she's picking!
Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.
Yu also has tremendous handicapping chops. In a wide-open Derby in 2021, she gave out Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as the winner at 12-1. In Pool 5 of the Derby Future Wager two years ago, she suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, which cashed at a whopping 18-1 when Rich Strike won.
She enters this year's Kentucky Oaks on a roll. She correctly called National Treasure to win the Pegasus World Cup. In the month leading up to the Oaks, she predicted Stronghold's upset win in the Santa Anita Derby en route to a $219.50 payday and smashed the exacta in the Apple Blossom Handicap as part of a $410 score.
For the 2024 Kentucky Oaks, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets. Join SportsLine here to see them!
One surprise: Yu is completely fading Leslie's Rose, even though she is one of the top favorites at 4-1! Another curveball: Yu is high on Power Squeeze, even though she is a longshot at 12-1. "Trainer Jorge Delgado can get a horse ready to run," Yu told SportsLine.
Moreover, Yu's top pick is a filly who is "ready for a big effort." She also has an across-the-board wager on a double-digit longshot who has been "training well." She is including these horses in her 2024 Kentucky Oaks bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see her picks before locking in any of your own.
So who wins the 2024 Kentucky Oaks? Which double-digit longshot is a must-back? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2024 Kentucky Oaks picks and see which longshot hits the board, all from the racing insider who has been on fire at Churchill Downs!
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