White Rocks, gate-to-wire winner of the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes Feb. 21, takes on a full field in the $300,000 Bourbonette Oaks March 22 at Turfway Park. The lightly raced daughter of Frosted will break from post 11, with Admit and Somethinabouther, second- and third-place finishers, respectively, in the Cincinnati Trophy, breaking near the rail.
The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies offers qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks on a scale of 50-25-15-10-5 to the top-five finishers. Fourteen fillies entered, with Bracelet and Classic Appeal on the also-eligible list as of March 20.
Victor Carrasco has the mount on the Arnaud Delacour-trained White Rocks for owners Jastar Capital, Polivka Equine Holdings, and Timothy Madden. She sits in 17th on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard with 20 points from her win in the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes.
Claiborne Farm's homebred Admit rallied late to finish second behind White Rocks in the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes. She is trained by Thomas Drury Jr. and will be ridden by Irving Moncada. Last year's Mazarine Stakes (G3) winner Somethinabouther will be ridden by Declan Cannon for owners X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, and SF Racing.
Trainer Jonathan Thomas sends out two runners—As Catch Can and Will Then. Will Then, a daughter of War of Will , was last seen winning the Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) over the turf at Del Mar Nov. 30. Florida-bred As Catch Can was second by a neck behind Somethinabouther in the Mazarine Stakes Nov. 3, and most recently second behind the Bob Baffert-trained Casalu in the 6 1/2-furlong Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita Park Feb. 9. Both are owned by George Strawbridge Jr.'s Augustin Stables, which also bred Will Then. Gerardo Corrales will ride Will Then, and Frankie Dettori will be aboard As Catch Can.
Bless the Broken, bred and owned by Cypress Creek Equine and trained by Will Walden, was second in the Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 18, and most recently third behind the regally bred Good Cheer in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2). The daughter of the late Laoban sits just outside the top 20 fillies on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with 17.5 points. Cross-entered in the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) on the same day, John Velazquez has the mount in the Bourbonette.
Eoin Harty will send out recent maiden winner Golden Sunshine, a Godolphin homebred. The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro won a maiden special weight in her sixth attempt Feb. 13 at Turfway by 4 1/4 lengths. Vincent Cheminaud will be in the irons.
Turfway Park, Saturday, March 22, 2025, Race 11Entries: Bourbonette Oaks
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Resolve (KY) Umberto Rispoli 122 Leonard Powell 8/1 2 2Somethinabouther (KY) Declan Cannon 122 Brendan P. Walsh 5/1 3 3Admit (KY) Irving Moncada 122 Thomas Drury, Jr. 9/2 4 4Zealous Moon (KY) Jaime A. Torres 122 Riley Mott 20/1 5 5Bless the Broken (KY) John R. Velazquez 122 William Walden 10/1 6 6Getting After It (KY) Juan J. Hernandez 122 Michael Puhich 30/1 7 7As Catch Can (FL) Lanfranco Dettori 122 Jonathan Thomas 6/1 8 8Golden Sunshine (KY) Vincent Cheminaud 122 Eoin G. Harty 8/1 9 9Fixin to Bee (KY) Corey J. Lanerie 122 George R. Arnold II 15/1 10 10Just Ruthless (KY) Gabriel Saez 122 Destin G. Heath 20/1 11 11White Rocks (KY) Victor R. Carrasco 122 Arnaud Delacour 3/1 12 12Will Then (KY) Gerardo Corrales 122 Jonathan Thomas 12/1 13 13Bracelet (KY) Luan Machado 122 Brad H. Cox 6/1 14 14Classic Appeal (KY) Albin Jimenez 122 John A. Hancock 30/1
