Road to the Kentucky Oaks: Prep Race Schedule & Points

The 153rd Kentucky Oaks is Friday, April 30, 2027 at Churchill Downs. The top five finishers in each prep race below earn qualifying points, and the 14 fillies with the most points get a spot in the starting gate. The points on offer grow as the season goes on, from 10 for a fall win to 100 for the big spring preps.

See our Kentucky Oaks picks, the Kentucky Derby prep races, and last year's 2026 Oaks prep races and standings.

Point Standings (as of 10/30/26)

Rank	Horse	Trainer	Points	Earnings
1	Emphatic	Brendan Walsh	40	$1,402,250
2	Manuka Honey	Brian Lynch	19	$511,885
3	Miss Monica	Bob Baffert	15	$520,000
4	Domain Expansion	Leonard Powell	13	$180,000
5	Dotsy	John Grabowski	10	$275,000
6	Wharfie	Bill Mott	10	$121,140
7	Revenge of the Sis	George Weaver	9	$170,000
8	Summer Starlet	Steve Asmussen	5	$291,750
9	Holmby	Bob Baffert	5	$166,000
10	Rum Twist	Mark Hennig	5	$120,000
11	Scarlett Begonia	Brad Cox	5	$106,100
12	Oh She Said Yes	Kenny McPeek	5	$73,225
13	Juana Margarita	Kenny McPeek	5	$29,400
14	Miss Anna	Brendan Walsh	3	$29,550
Field cutoff
15	Quattro Passi	Bob Baffert	3	$24,000
16	First Laugh	Brad Cox	3	$19,700
17	Free Closer	Michael McCarthy	2	$35,092
18	Ever Forward	Brendan Walsh	2	$31,688
19	Libby Lloyd	Chad Brown	2	$30,000
20	Stripe Show	John Servis	2	$14,775
21	Velora	Linda Rice	1	$20,000
22	Forever Carina	Chad Brown	1	$19,012
23	Betty Sue	Raymond Bryner	1	$6,615
24	Countthetrue	Wayne Catalano	1	$5,910
25	Deluge	Bob Baffert	1	$4,000

Prep Races

Date	Race	Track	Gr.	Dist.	Purse	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Points
9/12/26	Pocahontas	Churchill	III	1m	$300,000	Manuka Honey	Scarlett Begonia	Miss Anna	Stripe Show	10/5/3/2/1
10/2/26	Alcibiades	Keeneland	I	1 1/16m	$650,000	Emphatic	Summer Starlet	Oh She Said Yes	Ever Forward	10/5/3/2/1
10/3/26	Frizette	Belmont	I	1m	$500,000	Dotsy	Rum Twist	Revenge of the Sis	Libby Lloyd	10/5/3/2/1
10/3/26	Oak Leaf	Santa Anita	II	1 1/16m	$200,000	Domain Expansion	Holmby	Quattro Passi	Free Closer	10/5/3/2/1
10/25/26	Rags to Riches	Churchill		1 1/16m	$200,000	Wharfie	Juana Margarita	First Laugh	Oh She Said Yes	10/5/3/2/1
10/30/26	BC Juvenile Fillies	Keeneland	I	1 1/16m	$2,000,000	Emphatic	Miss Monica	Manuka Honey	Revenge of the Sis	30/15/9/6/3
11/28/26	Golden Rod	Churchill	II	1 1/16m	$400,000					10/5/3/2/1
12/5/26	Demoiselle	Belmont	II	1 1/8m	$250,000					10/5/3/2/1
12/5/26	Starlet	Los Alamitos	II	1 1/16m	$200,000					10/5/3/2/1
12/19/26	Untapable	Fair Grounds		1m 70y	$100,000					10/5/3/2/1
1/3/27	Santa Ynez	Santa Anita		7f	$100,000					10/5/3/2/1
1/16/27	Busanda	Belmont		1 1/16m (S)	$150,000					20/10/6/4/2
1/16/27	Silverbulletday	Fair Grounds		1m 70y	$150,000					20/10/6/4/2
1/23/27	Forward Gal	Gulfstream	III	7f	$150,000					20/10/6/4/2
1/23/27	Martha Washington	Oaklawn		1 1/16m	$300,000					20/10/6/4/2
1/31/27	Las Virgenes	Santa Anita		1m	$100,000					20/10/6/4/2
2/6/27	Suncoast	Tampa Bay		1m 40y	$125,000					20/10/6/4/2
2/13/27	Rachel Alexandra	Fair Grounds	II	1 1/16m	$300,000					50/25/15/10/5
2/19/27	Cincinnati Trophy	Turfway		1m (S)	$175,000					20/10/6/4/2
2/20/27	Busher	Belmont		1 1/16m (S)	$175,000					50/25/15/10/5
2/20/27	Honeybee	Oaklawn	III	1 1/16m	$750,000					50/25/15/10/5
2/21/27	Sunland Park Oaks	Sunland		1m	$250,000					20/10/6/4/2
2/27/27	Davona Dale	Gulfstream	II	1m	$200,000					50/25/15/10/5
2/27/27	Santa Ysabel	Santa Anita	III	1 1/16m	$100,000					50/25/15/10/5
2/27/27	UAE Fillies' Mile	Meydan (UAE)		about 1m	$191,000					50/25/15/10/5
3/13/27	Virginia Oaks	Colonial Downs		1 1/16m	$250,000					50/25/15/10/5
3/20/27	Fair Grounds Oaks	Fair Grounds	II	1 1/16m	$400,000					100/50/25/15/10
3/20/27	Bourbonette Oaks	Turfway		1 1/16m (S)	$300,000					50/25/15/10/5
3/27/27	Fantasy	Oaklawn	II	1 1/16m	$1,000,000					100/50/25/15/10
3/27/27	Gulfstream Park Oaks	Gulfstream	II	1 1/16m	$250,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/2/27	Ashland	Keeneland	I	1 1/16m	$750,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/3/27	Gazelle	Belmont	III	1 1/8m	$200,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/3/27	Santa Anita Oaks	Santa Anita	II	1 1/16m	$200,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/30/27	Kentucky Oaks	Churchill	I	1 1/8m	$1,500,000