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Unbeaten 3-year-old fillies Zany<\/strong> (American Pharoah<\/a>) and Bella Ballerina<\/strong> (Street Sense<\/a>), one-two on the most recent TDN Kentucky Oaks Top 10<\/a>, lead the list of 89 early nominations to this year’s GI Kentucky Oaks, released Tuesday by Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n

Repole Stable’s Zany is three-for-three following her win in the Feb. 7 Suncoast Stakes and is expected to make her next start in the Apr. 3 GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes. Godolphin’s Bella Ballerina took her record to a matching three-for-three with her victory in the Feb. 14 GII Fasig-Tipton Rachel Alexandra Stakes and is expected to make her next start in the Mar. 21 GII Fasig-Tipton Fair Grounds Oaks.<\/p>\n

Also on the list of early nominees is last year’s Eclipse champion 2-year-old filly Super Corredora<\/strong> (Gun Runner<\/a>), who will look to rebound from a fourth-place effort in her sophomore debut in the Feb. 8 Las Virgenes Stakes this weekend in the GIII Santa Ysabel Stakes.<\/p>\n

Other stakes-winning nominees include GII Oak Leaf Stakes winner Explora<\/strong> (Blame<\/a>); GIII Forward Gal Stakes winner On Time Girl<\/strong> (Not This Time<\/a>); GIII Pocahontas Stakes winner Taken by the Wind<\/strong> (Rock Your World); and Las Virgenes winner Meaning<\/strong> (Gun Runner<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The 89 fillies were made eligible to compete in the May 1 Kentucky Oaks through a $200 early nomination payment that closed Feb. 18. A $1,500 late nomination deadline is available through Apr. 8.<\/p>\n

For the complete list of nominees, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Unbeaten 3-year-old fillies Zany (American Pharoah) and Bella Ballerina (Street Sense), one-two on the most recent TDN Kentucky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-napoli-eye-tolu-arokodare-as-striker-hunt-intensifies"],"yoast_head":"\nZany, Bella Ballerina Lead 89 Early Nominations for Kentucky Oaks - GiveMeSoccer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=906\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zany, Bella Ballerina Lead 89 Early Nominations for Kentucky Oaks - 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