May 2 (UPI) -- Good Cheer overcame a wet track and a wide trip to post her seventh win without loss, taking Friday's $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks by an easy 3 lengths over a dozen outclassed rivals.
With Luis Saez up, the Medaglia d'Oro filly raced in mid-pack until the field hit the stretch turn then rallied outside rivals and out of trouble and met no opposition as she steadily ran to the lead in the long Churchill Downs stretch.
Drexel Hill was along to finish second as Good Cheer finished 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.15. Bless the Broken was third and Tenma finished fourth after contesting a hot early pace.
"She was probably a touch closer to it (the lead) than I thought," said trainer Brad Cox, who won his third Kentucky Oaks. "I kinda thought we'd have four or five of them in front of us and it kinda worked out that way.
"But Luis did a good job of keeping her engaged early and keeping her out in the clear. Keeping her in the clear was a positive."