*SPECIAL* Churchill Downs – May 2nd

The Western Pacer presents special picks for Churchill Downs for Friday, May 2nd, 2025. The main event of the day is the $1,500,000 Longines Kentucky Oaks in race 11. 14 of the top three-year-old fillies will battle in the 151st running of this event.

Race 1 – 1 1/16 Miles

Anonima (1)

Chasten (4)

Flip Flops (7)

Race 2 – 1 1/16 Miles

Salted (9)

Defiant Lass (4)

Raghba (10)

Race 3 – 1 1/8 Miles TURF

Vivaldi (11)

Some Performance (10)

Profound (3)

Race 4 – 6 1/2 Furlongs

Stable Currency (3)

Bilyana (1)

Wondrous (2)

Race 5 – $600,000 The Edgewood 1 1/16 Miles TURF

Nitrogen (5)

Vixen (2)

Lush Lips (7)

Race 6 – $750,00 The Alysheba – 1 1/16 Miles

Fierceness (4)

Locked (2)

Most Wanted (5)

Race 7 – $1,000,000 The Fasig-Tipton La Troienne 1 1/16 Miles

Thorpedo Anna (2)

Raging Sea (4)

Randomized (5)

Race 8 – $400,000 The Modesty 1 1/8 Miles TURF

Saffon Moon (8)

She Feels Pretty (7)

Gimme A Nother (2)

Race 9 – $600,000 The Eight Belles 7 Furlongs

Verity (5)

Impulse Buy (10)

Eclatant (12)

Race 10 – $400,00 The Unbridled Sidney 5 1/2 Furlongs TURF

Epona’s Hope (5)

Queen Maxima (9)

Ag Bullet (4)

Race 11 – $1,500,000 The Longines Kentucky Oaks 1 1/8 Miles

Good Cheer (11)

La Cara (7)

Tenma (9)

Race 12 – 1 Mile

Into Pleasure (6)

Lat Long(2)

Moonlight (5)

Race 13 – 7 Furlongs

Chaching Chacing (10)

Ivory And Ebony (3)

Oraia (2)

Post Time is 11:00 a.m. ET.