1 of 2 | Good Cheer, shown winning the 2025 Kentucky Oaks, returns to action in Friday's Iowa Distaff at Prairie Meadows. Photo by Coady Media, courtesy of Churchill Downs
July 10 (UPI) -- The parade of regional Derbies Oaks winds its way through Indiana and Iowa this weekend with the added twist of last year's Kentucky Oaks winner returning to action in Iowa.
On the global scene, Sheik Mohammed's Godolphin operation and trainer Charlie Appleby got off to their usual rousing start at Newmarket's July festival.
Classic
Texas Derby winner Desert Gate tops a field of nine for Saturday's $250,000 Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows. The Omaha Beach colt, trained by Bob Baffert, followed the Texas effort with a fading, fourth-place finish in the Ohio Derby. That was 1 1/8 miles, while this race is one-sixteenth shorter.
