That was quite an impressive win by Secret Oath.
When I saw the title of your post, I thought you were going to comment on the trainer win by 86 year old D. Wayne Lukas, his 5th Oaks win and on a date that was exactly 40 years after his first.
I hadn't realized that Stacy and Rob Mitchell had never had a racehorse before. They race under the colors of Briland Farm, and Equibase lists Briland as as having 364 starts with 51 firsts and earnings of around $3.2 million. Briland owns and raced Secret Oath's broodmare Ansinthe Minded who had career earnings of over $600,000 in her own right. I think that Mr. Lukas trained her during her racing days.
Perhaps you were thinking of Kathleen O., whose owners purchased her as their first horse after his retirement.
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