Audience

Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who holds double entries at Royal Ascot next week, now looks more likely to head to the G1 Prince of Wales's S on Wednesday, with fellow Cheveley Park Stud representative Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) sent to run in Tuesday's G1 Queen Anne S. The five-year-old mare has won six Group 1 races, the latest being over the longer trip of 10 furlongs at Santa Anita in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She was fourth behind her John and Thady Gosden stable-mate Audience on her...

In this continuing series, we examine the past winners of significant filly/mare races by the lasting influence they've had on the breed. Up today is the GI Kentucky Oaks, second only in stature at Churchill Downs to the GI Kentucky Derby. The Derby isn't alone as the oldest continuously held major sporting event in the U.S. The Oaks is right there with it, having been held every year, without interruption for wars or pandemics, since racing first began at Churchill in 1875 when the Louisville oval was known as the...