Lovely Maria and jockey Kerwin Clark win the Kentucky Oaks (Gr. 1) at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2015. Rick Samuels The Jones team has had its share of success in major races, particularly the grade I ...

The 141st Kentucky Oaks is now in the books and the lilies for the fillies go to the Larry Jones-trained Lovely Maria. She was ridden by Kerwin Clark and went off at odds of 6-1 on a sunny day at ...

Gov. Brereton Jones' Lovely Maria , winner of last year's Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) has been sold to Japanese interests, it was confirmed Jan. 29 by Jones' son, Bret. Jones did not disclose the ...

A year ago, trainer Larry Jones had just recently been released from the hospital. Known for exercising his own horses, he’d been thrown by a rambunctious 2-year-old, landing on his face and suffering ...

Barbara D. Livingston Lovely Maria wins the Kentucky Oaks. She is set to run Saturday in the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks. Lovely Maria, the winner of the 2015 Kentucky Oaks, has been sold to Japanese ...

Brereton C. Jones' Lovely Maria was still seeking her first stakes victory on Saturday when entering the gate of the $500,000 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland but was still sent off the 9-5 favorite. The ...

Lovely Maria opened the throttle after the final turn and won the 141st Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs. Jockey Kerwin Clark won his first Oaks at age 56, and trainer Larry Jones won his ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kerwin Clark's biggest career win initially left him tearful, reflective and eventually grateful. He can thank Lovely Maria for bringing all those feelings out in an association ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The working chemistry between Lovely Maria and jockey Kerwin Clark paid off with the biggest victories of their careers in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks. In the mix throughout the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> The working chemistry between Lovely Maria and jockey Kerwin Clark paid off with the biggest victories of their careers in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks. In the mix throughout the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lovely Maria took charge in the stretch and went on to win the 141st Kentucky Oaks by 2¾ lengths over 26-1 shot Shook Up on Friday before an Oaks Day-record crowd of 123,763 at ...