Champion Vequist Tops 106 Early Nominees To Kentucky Oaks Sponsored by:
Vequist, with Joel Rosario aboard, winning the Juvenile Fillies
Champion 2-year-old filly Vequist, winner of the $2 million Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies (Grade 1), tops the roster of 106 early nominations to the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), North America s premier race for 3-year-old fillies that will be staged at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. on Friday, April 30.
Owned in partnership by Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Swillcan Stable and trained by Butch Reid Jr., Vequist was a dominant two-length winner of the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies. The daughter of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is based at Palm Meadows in South Florida and is entered in Saturday s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
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