2025 Kentucky Oaks Betting Preview

• Good Cheer is favored to win the 2025 Kentucky Oaks with +125 odds after winning six races.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Before the Kentucky Derby comes the Kentucky Oaks which takes place on Friday. There are only a few horses that are listed with competitive odds to win the race, however, Good Cheer sits far ahead of the rest of the field.

Legal sports betting sites are heavy on Good Cheer with +125 odds while the remaining horses have +700 odds or higher. There are only three other horses with odds lower than +1000 to win the race.

2025 Kentucky Oaks Odds

• 11. Good Cheer +125
• 7. La Cara +700
• 14. Quietside +700
• 2. Simply Joking +900
• 6. Ballerina d’Oro +1100
• 8. Five G +1100
• 10. Take Charge Milady +1200
• 9. Tenma +1400
• 1. Early On +2200
• 3. Fondly +2200
• 4. Drexel Hill +3000
• 12. Anna’s Promise +3000
• 13. Bless The Broken +3000
• 5. Quickick +6000

Plenty Backing Good Cheer To Win

Good Cheer is the bet to make here on legal horse betting sites considering their past races as well as familiarity with Churchill Downs as well. In six career races for Good Cheer, they’ve won all six. That includes a 3-0 record when racing a Churchill Downs specifically.

As for La Cara and Quietside, they are tied for the second shortest odds. La Cara might have the stronger case with these odds with four wins compared to three from Quietside. Not to mention, La Carta has raced at Churchill downs three times as well.

Simply Joking wraps up the horses with under +1000 odds going into the Kentucky Oaks and they have two wins in three races to show for themselves.

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