Last year's Rags to Riches Stakes winners LIFE OF JOY (f, 3, Gun Runner–Jordan's Leo, by Malibu Moon) stamped her ticket for a return trip to Churchill Downs with a stylish win in Saturday's GII Fasig-Tipton Fair Grounds Oaks.Racing with just one other filly behind her for much of the running under Flavien Prat, the Suncoast Stakes runner-up and 7-2 shot kept edging closer as undefeated race favorite Bella Ballerina (Street Sense) hit the front with less than a half-mile to run.Motoring around the field to come four wide into the stretch, Life of Joy was easily able to wear down Bella Ballerina on the rail and open up down the center of the Fair Grounds course to win. The favorite was a solo second while Luv Your Neighbor (Consitution) filled out the trifecta.The final time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:42.27.Life of Joy earned 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks with her win. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0.O-Stroud, Will, Andrew Farm, Mountmellick Farm and For the People Racing Stable LLC; B-Springhouse Farm; T-Brad Cox. Sales history: $375,000 ylg '24 KEESEP. That's 100 Kentucky Oaks points for LIFE OF JOY, who sweeps into action in the turn and rolls home in the G2 Fair Grounds Oaks! @bradcoxracing trains the 3YO filly and Flavien Prat was up. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/5SfvNQ2gaX— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) March 21, 2026The post Life of Joy Cruises Past Bella Ballerina To Take Fair Grounds Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.