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Terry Bradshaw’s Filly Taken By The Wind Wins Pocahontas Stakes, Earning Kentucky Oaks Points

The $20,000 purchase now profiles as a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies candidate at Del Mar.

Overview

  • Taken By The Wind captured the Grade 3, $251,250 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
  • The victory awarded 10 points on the Road to the 2026 Kentucky Oaks and $136,710 in purse money, moving the filly to 2-0.
  • Ownership includes Terry Bradshaw alongside Magdalena Racing and Graham Leveston, with Ken McPeek training.
  • McPeek’s triumph marked his fifth Pocahontas win, according to race coverage.
  • Bradshaw spotlighted the result on x NFNFL Sunday, joking that host Curt Menefee declined an offer to buy half the horse, while connections consider the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar on Oct. 31.