In a fitting farewell to last year’s spectator-less Kentucky Derby weekend, jubilant crowds in pink poured into Churchill Downs for Friday’s 147th Kentucky Oaks, shaking off a year of pandemic life with the help of mint juleps, flawless skies and temperatures in the 70s.
Limited to 40% to 50% in reserved seating and 25% to 30% in the infield, sometimes-masked but always sharp-dressed fans turned out to enjoy a half-portion serving of normalcy on Louisville s traditional local day at the races, which closes business and schools ahead of the Derby.
While the infield was sparse in some areas, including a few specs of chairs in the third-turn home of historic debauchery, and box seats were spaced out, many loved not having to plow through wall-to-wall crowds in seersucker and long beer and betting lines.
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Into Mischief Colt Tops Final Session Of Record-Setting OBS Spring Sale Sponsored by:
Into Mischief
Hip No. 1039, a son of Into Mischief consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, went to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Whitehorse Stables for $875,000 to top the fourth and final session of the Ocala Breeders Sales Company s 2021 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training in Ocala, Fla.
The bay colt, who breezed an eighth in :10 flat at Saturday s Under Tack session, is a full brother to graded stakes placed stakes winning OBS graduate Into Mystic, is out of Loveofalifetime, by Medaglia d Oro, a half sister to graded stakes winner Savorthetime.