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Kentucky Oaks Favorite Untapable Gets Outside Post

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  The favorite for Friday's Kentucky Oaks will start the mile and 1/8 race from the outside post.

The post draw was held Tuesday. Untapable will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik and is trained by Steve Asmussen. Fashion Plate, written by Gary Stevens and trained by Simon Callaghan, starts from the seventh position and is the second choice at 6-1.

Post Position

1. Please Explain (Jose Lezcano, 50-1)

2. Ria Antonia (Smith, 10-1)

3. Sugar Shock (Borel, 12-1)

4. Rosalind (Joel Rosario, 8-1)

5. Thank You Marylou (Julien Leparoux, 30-1)

6. Kiss Moon (Victor Espinoza, 30-1)

7. Fashion Plate (Stevens, 6-1)

8. Aurelia’s Belle, Channing Hill, 50-1)

9. Unbridled Forever (Albarado, 12-1)

10. Empress of Midway (Corey Nakatani, 50-1)

11. My Miss Sophia (Castellano, 8-1)

12. Got Lucky (Velazquez, 20-1)

13. Untapable (Napravnik, 4-5)

The Oaks is scheduled to be run at 5:49 p.m. Friday. The post position draw for Saturday's Kentucky Derby will be held on Wednesday.

Copyright 2014 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

Joseph Lord is a Louisville native who was raised in Jeffersontown. He attended Western Kentucky University before covering public safety and later city government for The Anniston (Ala.) Star. He's also covered education for The Tribune and Evening News in southern Indiana and music and pop culture for Velocity, The Courier-Journal's weekly entertainment magazine.