Good morning and happy Friday, ladies and gentlemen of The Big Blue Nation. Additionally, happy early Mother's Day to our readers who also just so happen to be mothers. Hopefully you are feted this weekend for your never-ending, year-round efforts. May you spend the weekend overseeing yard work in the cushy shade from afar, being fanned and fed grapes by your familial youth.
Today is the annual running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. You know, the day Louisville hipsters trade their flannel for seersucker and proclaim this day is "actually better than the Derby." The Oaks, as most of us know, is a race for three-year old fillies.