Chad Brown wins Kentucky Oaks with Always a Runner at Churchill Downs
Chad Brown won the 2026 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs with the filly Always a Runner, who entered the race with just two prior starts. The victory came on a historic night as the Oaks was run under lights for the first time in its 152-year history. Brown now aims to win the Kentucky Derby the following day with Emerging Market, another horse he trained through illness and limited racing.
- ▪Chad Brown trained Always a Runner to victory in the 152nd running of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
- ▪Always a Runner had only two prior starts before winning the 2026 Kentucky Oaks.
- ▪The 2026 Kentucky Oaks was the first time in its history the race was run under lights and broadcast in prime time.
- ▪Brown also plans to run Emerging Market, a colt affected by illness, in the 2026 Kentucky Derby.
- ▪Kenny McPeek previously won both the Kentucky Oaks and Derby in 2024.
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