Kentucky Oaks
Longines Kentucky Oaks
Friday, May 3, 2024
The Longines Kentucky Oaks is America’s premier and most lucrative race for 3-year old fillies – female horses -- held each year on the day before the Kentucky Derby. This feature race is a $1.5 Million Grade 1 stakes race and awards the winning filly a garland of lilies, appropriately named “lilies for the fillies.” Like the Kentucky Derby, the Longines Kentucky Oaks race is one of the longest continually held sporting events in American history, and one of the only horse races to take place at the original site of its inception. The race was established on May 19th, 1875, by the same founder of the Kentucky Derby, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, and is modeled after the British Epsom Oaks. View the fillies in the Longines Kentucky Oaks.
Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs is the second highest attended horse race in the United States – following the Triple Crown of racing; the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. Aside from thunderous live horse racing, fans celebrate fashion and fundraising for critical women’s health issues.
EVENT DAY DETAILS
Gates Open 9 a.m. | First Post 10:30 a.m.
Dining Room Guests Chef's Tables from 11 -- 5 p.m.
Concessions available from gates open to call to the post of the featured race each day on Oaks & Derby
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE: With the possibility of rain and thunderstorms on Oaks Day, we remind guests to check the list of items prohibited at Churchill Downs during Derby Week. Stay informed about all updates related to your race day experience by following the Kentucky Derby on social media and ensuring you have the Churchill Downs app downloaded and enable push notifications for any race day event changes. Remember, this event will proceed rain or shine. For more details, please view our ticketing policy.
| 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 |
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