OZONE PARK, N.Y. - After shipping cross-country to win the Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday, Where’s My Ring will make a bit shorter journey to Louisville for the Kentucky Oaks on May 3, trainer Val Brinkerhoff said Sunday. Brinkerhoff said Where’s My Ring will stay in New York for about a week before shipping to Louisville for the Kentucky Oaks. “I’ve got to fly back to California and get all our equipment,” said Brinkerhoff, who noted that he used all of trainer Rudy Rodriguez’s equipment while the filly was stabled in New York. “I’ll be waiting for her when she gets to Churchill. I got a couple of 2-year-olds I’m going to try and ship out there and try to run at Churchill.” Brinkerhoff picked the Gazelle for Where’s My Ring over the Fantasy at Oaklawn on March 30 or Saturday’s Santa Anita Oaks because he thought his filly would prefer the 1 1/8 miles of that race over the 1 1/16 miles of the other two races. The Kentucky Oaks is run at 1 1/8 miles. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Where’s My Ring finished the Gazelle strong under Jose Lezcano, winning by 4 1/4 lengths and earning a 90 Beyer Speed Figure in what turned out to be the filly’s first career win in her eighth career start. She was coming out of a second-place finish to Kinza in the Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita in March. “I thought the farther she went, the better she would be,” Brinkerhoff said. “I got a fantastic ride. He had her in perfect position the whole time, got her out and when he pushed the button she went and she galloped out real strong. Jose said he had a lot of horse left, so that’s very encouraging for me.” Lezcano will keep the mount for the Oaks, Brinkerhoff said. Brinkerhoff is looking forward to the Oaks as it will be his first time on a big stage. He said he grew up running horses with his father and brother in the bush tracks in Utah. Brinkerhoff has about 26 horses at Santa Anita and another 16 2-year-olds at a training center in Utah. “This is quite a bit different, but it’s really exciting to get here,” Brinkerhoff said. By finishing second in the Gazelle, Regulatory Risk earned 50 qualifying points to make it into the Kentucky Oaks field, which is limited to 14 starters.  The same connections of Regulatory Risk – owner Seth Klarman and trainer Chad Brown – also have Ways and Means, who ranks 15th on the points list after her second-place finish in the Gulfstream Park Oaks on March 30. On Sunday, Brown said the plan is to run Ways and Means in the Kentucky Oaks with Regulatory Risk likely pointed to something else, perhaps the Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico on May 17. Brown said Tyler Gaffalione will ride Ways and Means in the Oaks. “Regulatory Risk really stepped up and ran great,” Brown said. “I hold Ways and Means in much higher regard and she has a chance to actually win the race.” Ways and Means won her debut last summer by 12 lengths before finishing second in the Grade 1 Spinaway, a race from which she emerged with an injury. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.