Always a Runner Captures Oaks in First-Ever Prime-Time Night Run
Always a Runner surged to win the 152nd Kentucky Oaks in prime-time under the lights, overcoming pneumonia as a 2-year-old; ridden by Jose Ortiz for trainer Chad Brown, she edged Explora and Meaning to win, paying $13.04. Brown eyes a Derby double with Emerging Market, another pneumonia survivor.