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she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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Gun Song won the fillies race, beating Corposo by 3 1/4 lengths.
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CBS News, 18 May 2024
Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek had teamed for a wire-to-wire win in the Kentucky Oaks for fillies on Friday with Thorpedo Anna.
—CBS News, 4 May 2024
Brinkerhoff and a filly named Where’s My Ring will take a shot at the Kentucky Oaks on Friday at the racing cathedral Churchill Downs.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
Photographers on the other side of the track did not have the luxury of a tarp blocking the final moments of the filly’s life.
—Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Populous recently completed a $200 million paddock renovation in time for the 150th Derby at Churchill Downs that added more than 3,600 all-inclusive seats, starting at $1,775 for the Derby on May 4, and for the Oaks, the premier race for 3-year-old fillies, a day earlier.
—Kevin Draper Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Like Unconquerable Queen in the Stormy Liberal, Zona Verde ($23.60) broke third in the Durante — a one-mile turf test for 2-year fillies — then led to the finish under Juan Hernandez to finish a length ahead of Brown’s 7-5 favorite Lady de Berry.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
In Race 11 at Oaklawn, the $750,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) drew a field of 12 fillies, and #1 My Mane Squeeze (3/1) is a win contender along with #5 Where’s My Ring (6/1) and #12 Thorpedo Anna (7/2) with longshot #3 Midshipman’s Dance (20/1) adding to the exacta and trifecta payoffs.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The Kentucky Oaks, the race involving only 3-year-old fillies, will occur Friday, May 3.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2024
CBS News, 18 May 2024
Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek had teamed for a wire-to-wire win in the Kentucky Oaks for fillies on Friday with Thorpedo Anna.
—CBS News, 4 May 2024
Brinkerhoff and a filly named Where’s My Ring will take a shot at the Kentucky Oaks on Friday at the racing cathedral Churchill Downs.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
Photographers on the other side of the track did not have the luxury of a tarp blocking the final moments of the filly’s life.
—Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Populous recently completed a $200 million paddock renovation in time for the 150th Derby at Churchill Downs that added more than 3,600 all-inclusive seats, starting at $1,775 for the Derby on May 4, and for the Oaks, the premier race for 3-year-old fillies, a day earlier.
—Kevin Draper Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Like Unconquerable Queen in the Stormy Liberal, Zona Verde ($23.60) broke third in the Durante — a one-mile turf test for 2-year fillies — then led to the finish under Juan Hernandez to finish a length ahead of Brown’s 7-5 favorite Lady de Berry.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
In Race 11 at Oaklawn, the $750,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) drew a field of 12 fillies, and #1 My Mane Squeeze (3/1) is a win contender along with #5 Where’s My Ring (6/1) and #12 Thorpedo Anna (7/2) with longshot #3 Midshipman’s Dance (20/1) adding to the exacta and trifecta payoffs.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The Kentucky Oaks, the race involving only 3-year-old fillies, will occur Friday, May 3.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filly. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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