Roughly 24 hours before the Run for the Roses, the Lillies for the Fillies takes place at Churchill Downs. The best 3-year-old female thoroughbreds will compete over 1 1/8 miles in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks on Friday. The Kentucky Oaks 2024 has a 14-horse field, and five of those 2024 Kentucky Oaks horses have odds of 5-1 or shorter. Tarifa, who has four wins in five starts, is the 7-2 favorite in the 2024 Kentucky Oaks odds, followed by Leslie’s Rose at 4-1. The latest 2024 Kentucky Oaks betting odds have Just F Y I, whose sire is 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, at 9-2, while Thorpedo Anna and Ways and Means both come in at 5-1.
The 2024 Kentucky Oaks post time is 5:51 p.m. ET. With very little separating the top 2024 Kentucky Oaks contenders, you’ll want to see what SportsLine’s Jody Demling has to say, given his dominant track record at Churchill Downs, before making any 2024 Kentucky Oaks picks.
A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Kentucky Oaks having nailed the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last six years, including an exacta in 2022 with Mo Donegal and Nest. He also nailed Flightline’s win at…
