The 2025 Kentucky Oaks, the warmup act for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, will take place on Friday, May 2, at 5:51 p.m. ET. 

Featuring a field of 14 of the best 3-year-old fillies from around the globe, the Oaks is the 11th of 13 races at Churchill Downs on Friday and will be run at a distance of 1 ⅛ miles. 

No. 11 Good Cheer (6-5) is the decided favorite on TwinSpires in this field after starting her career a perfect 6-for-6, including three wins at Churchill Downs at the end of 2024. She has gone off as the favorite in all six of her starts, with the best price coming when she was 6-5 in her debut.

Good Cheer spent the winter prepping at Fair Grounds in Louisiana, where she won a pair of Grade II stakes races, the Rachel Alexandra and Fair Grounds Oaks, by a combined 9 ¾ lengths.

Don’t be surprised if Good Cheer, trained by Brad Cox, goes off as an odds-on favorite.

The second favorite on the morning line for the Oaks is No. 7 La Cara (6-1).

La Cara is a high-ceiling, low-floor contender. A performance like we saw at the Grade I Ashland Stakes in her last time out would put her in the running in this race, but she’s had a couple of pedestrian showings in her career, too. 

The third choice on the morning line is No. 14 Quietside (8-1), who will have to overcome a tough draw to the far outside post to win this race. 

Quietside is in terrific form with two wins in her last two times out, and she’s done it against some tough competition. This Kentucky-bred filly has never missed the board in seven starts.

No other horses were listed with single-digit odds on the morning line, but don’t be surprised if we see No. 2 Simply Joking (10-1) get a lot of support as we draw closer to post-time on Friday evening.