The flower of the day is the stargazer lily, a large bloom with dark pink stripes and speckles. While this flower may have given a start to the "pink" theme of the Oaks, it has come to have a much ...

On Friday at Churchill Downs, we wear pink. Advertisement The total purse is $1.5 million, with the first-place finisher take a large chunk of the prize and a blanket of 133 stargazer lilies.