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Javier Castellano celebrates as he rides Cathryn Sophia to victory in the 142nd running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo | David J. Phillip)

The Kentucky Oaks will be run Friday, May 5, 2017 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., the day before the Kentucky Derby.

What: Kentucky Oaks 2017

When: Friday, May 5, 2017

Where: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

Race: Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-old fillies

Distance: 1 1/8 miles

Weight: 121 pounds

Winner's purse: $600,000 and silver trophy

Here are the post positions drawn on Tuesday:

1. Ever So Clever, 20-1

2. Lockdown, 20-1

3. Mopotism, 20-1

4. Paradise Woods, 5-2

5. Jordan's Henry, 30-1

6. Vexatious, 20-1

7. Farrell, 5-1

8. Sailor's Valentine, 30-1

9. Wicked Lick, 30-1

10. Miss Sky Warrior, 9-2

11. Tequilita, 20-1

12. Daddy's Lil Darling, 20-1

13.Abels Tasman, 5-1

14. Salty, 6-1

AE Summer Luck, 30-1

What is the Kentucky Oaks? Here's a description from kentuckyderby.com:

The Longines Kentucky Oaks is America's premier and most lucrative race for 3-year old fillies - female horses - held each year on the day before the Kentucky Derby. This feature race is a $1 Million Grade 1 stakes race and awards the winning filly a garland of lilies, appropriately named "lilies for the fillies." Like the Kentucky Derby, the Longines Kentucky Oaks race is one of the longest continually held sporting events in American history, and one of the only horse races to take place at the original site of its inception. The race was established on May 19th, 1875, by the same founder of the Kentucky Derby, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, and is modeled after the British Epsom Oaks.

Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs is the fourth highest attended horse race in the United States - following the Triple Crown of racing; the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. Aside from thunderous live horse racing, fans celebrate fashion and fundraising for critical women's health issues.

Keith Sargeant may be reached at ksargeant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @KSargeantNJ.