Filly Good Cheer stays unbeaten, rallying in the mud to win 151st Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs

LOUISVILLE Ky AP Unbeaten filly Good Cheer rallied on the outside through the slop to overtake Tenma by the final furlong and win the st Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs Louisville-born trainer Brad Cox watched the heavy - favorite cover miles in with Luis Saez aboard Good Cheer paid and for her seventh dominant supremacy The bay daughter of Megdalia d Oro and Wedding Toast by Street entered the Oaks with a combined mastery margin of more than lengths and on Friday she added more distance to her resume with a stunning surge over a mushy track Cox who grew up blocks from Churchill Downs earned his third Oaks win and Saez his second Drexel Hill paid and for second while Bless the Broken was third and returned A thunderstorm that roared through about two hours before the scheduled post left the track soggy and sent numerous of the fans seeking shelter at the track s urging The million showcase for -year-old fillies was delayed by minutes and the conditions proved to be a minor nuisance for Good Cheer She was off the pace after starting from the No post but well within range of the leaders before charging forward through the final turns Good Cheer was fourth entering the stretch and closed inside and into the lead pulling away for her fourth win at Churchill Downs and second in the mud AP horse racing https apnews com hub horse-racing Source