The Graded Stakes start on the Friday with the running of La Troienne .

That's for the f&m and 7 will run headed by Idiomatic, 4/5 for Cox-Geroux who is up against Pretty Mischevous (whom we rather like) on 10/3 for Walsh-Gaffalione.

Saturday's Oaks is quite an open race.  Current favourite on 7/2 is Tarifa, a Bernardini filly who is with Cox and Geroux will ride.  Leslie's Rose is by Into Mischief and she has been racing well for Pletcher with Irad Ortiz riding.  Just FYI is one we have liked for some time – she's by Justify of course and Bill Mott has Junior Alvarado riding .  Ways And Means is by Practical Joke from the Brown yard with Gaffalione riding and they are on 5/1 along with Thorpedo Anna by Fast Anna from the McPeek stables with B Hernandez riding.

Our Pretty Woman has now made it into the field – she's a Medaglia d'Oro filly and looks gorgeous.  Asmussen trains and Rosario rides.

We will have a look at the Derby field in depth a little later.