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Serengeti Empress Wins 2019 Longines Kentucky Oaks

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Jose Ortiz riding Serengeti Empress – Diane Bondareff / AP Images for Longines.

Louisville, KY (USA) / Saint-Imier (Switzerland), May 4, 2019 –Swiss watchmaking brand Longines returned to Churchill Downs in 2019 to reprise its role as the Title Partner, Official Timekeeper, and Official Watch of the Longines Kentucky Oaks. The winged hourglass brand honored the impressive victory of Serengeti Empress, ridden by Jose Ortiz, in the Longines Kentucky Oaks race by presenting the winning filly’s owner, trainer, and jockey with Longines watches in the winner’s circle.

Second only to the Triple Crown races in viewership and interest, the Longines Kentucky Oaks has become a much-anticipated spectacle of elegance and performance. That spectacle included not just the powerful 3-year-old fillies who ran for the prize, but also the elegant men and women who walked the pink carpet at Churchill Downs wearing their best and seeking to win the Longines Prize for Elegance.

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Peachtree Stables’ Plum Pretty Ridden by Female Jockey, Marcia Garcia, Wins Kentucky Oaks

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The $1,000,000 Kentucky Oaks (G1) is the premier race in the country for 3-year-old fillies, and is the female counterpart to the Kentucky Derby. A field of 13 went to post in this 1 1/8 mile main track feature at Churchill Downs on Friday before 110,122, the third highest Oaks attendance in history.

Plum Pretty, with Martin Garcia aboard, returned $14.60 as fourth choice in a field of 13 3-year-old fillies. Her triumph in the 1 1/8-mile Oaks was preceded by third-place finish in the Las Virgenes in early February and her 25-length romp in the Sunland Park Oaks in late March. Plum Pretty, a Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, is owned by the Peachtree stable in Camden SC.

In 1981 Fort moved his stable to Atlanta, Georgia and adopted the name Peachtree, which is so well known today. With the help of mentors such as hall of fame trainer Horatio Luro and veterinarian Dr. Robert Copelan, Fort’s stable began to grow.

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