In the world of horse racing, every race holds the promise of a new champion and a step closer to glory. On Saturday at the Fair Grounds, Trainer Brad Cox sends out California Sunset in the highly anticipated $100,000 Untapable Stakes. The filly is vying for a place among the contenders for the prestigious Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 2. Already, Cox has the top two fillies on the Oaks qualifying points leaderboard with Immersive and Good Cheer, while Muhimma holds the 10th position. Combined, these three fillies have achieved five victories in the first nine Oaks preps.

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Immersive, the likely 2-year-old filly champion, has an impressive record. She won the Darley Alcibiades (G1) and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), amassing 40 points. Good Cheer, on the other hand, won the Rags to Riches and the Golden Rod (G2), earning 20 points. Muhimma won the Demoiselle (G2) and holds 10 points. These fillies have shown their mettle and are now looking to add more laurels to their names.California Sunset gets her chance to shine in a field of eight, going 1 mile, 70 yards. A victory in this race is worth 10 Oaks points, with the next four finishers picking up 5-3-2-1 points. The Quality Road filly won at her second asking at Churchill Downs on Oct. 27, narrowly edging out Girl Math by a neck at 1 1/16 miles. She is the 9-2 third betting choice behind the 5-2 favorite Golden Gamble and the 7-2 Amarth and will be ridden by Florent Geroux from post 5.Golden Gamble, who ran third to California Sunset in that Oct. 27 race at Churchill in her debut, has been in great form. She romped in her second start by nine lengths at Churchill on Nov. 23 and will be ridden by Brian Hernandez, Jr., out of post 4 for trainer Kenny McPeek.Amarth, trained by Eddie Kenneally, has won two of three races and will be ridden by Luis Saez from post 6.Also on the card is the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes, a Kentucky Derby (G1) points qualifier with a sliding scale of 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers.Post time for the Untapable, race 11, is 6 p.m. ET.For those who bet on horse racing, here are the picks: 1 Golden Gamble 2 California Sunset 3 Paris Lily.The field for the $100,000 Untapable Stakes, from the rail out, with jockey, trainer, odds:1 Stable Currency (David Cohen, Chris Block), 8-12 Prima Bella (Jareth Loveberry, B A Brinkman), 8-13 Her Laugh (Axel Concepcion, Whit Beckman), 6-14 Golden Gamble (Brian Hernandez, Jr., Kenny McPeek), 5-25 California Sunset (Florent Geroux, Brad Cox), 9-26 Amarth (Luis Saez, Eddie Kenneally), 7-27 Paris Lily (Jose Ortiz, Brendan Walsh), 8-18 Drexel Hill (Jaime Torres), Whit Beckman), 8-1The writing team at US Racing is a diverse group of both full-time and part-time contributors with in-depth knowledge and expertise in various aspects of the Sport of Kings.