Life of Joy to Miss Kentucky Oaks Due to Minor Setback

Life of Joy | Hodges Photography

Will Stroud, Andrew Farm, Mountmellick Farm and For the People Racing Stable's Life of Joy (Gun Runner) will miss the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks due to a minor setback, according to a post on X by Churchill Downs' communications team on Tuesday.

Winner of the Mar. 21 GII Fair Ground Oaks, the bay will be pointed toward a fall campaign, according to trainer Brad Cox.

A 14 3/4-length winner in her career debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis in the fall of her juvenile season, she added a score in the Rags to Riches Stakes at Churchill Downs before rounding out the year with a fourth in the GII Golden Rod Stakes.

Life of Joy was runner-up in Tampa's Suncoast Stakes in February before her most recent victory.

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