—May 18— It’s fair to say the best of the three-year-old fillies division competed in the Kentucky Oaks two weeks ago at Churchill Downs and that the $250,000 Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes has attracted fillies firmly rooted in the second-tier. Nonetheless, the six fillies who will vie in the race are not without merit.
The best among them, Red Ruby, is from Tiznow out of a Rubiano mare. Racing exclusively at Oaklawn Park, she has yet to win a race, having finished third three times and second once. One of those third place finished came in the Grade 3 Fantasy Stakes against the likes of Wonder Gadot and Sassy Sienna, who finished second in separate divisions of the Kentucky Oaks. Red Ruby beat Sassy Sienna in the Grade 3 Honeybee Stakes in March.
Sara Street, by Street Sense and trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Godolphin, has been a fixture at Aqueduct this winter, with moderate success. She was last in her two starts at 9 furlongs but finished a decent third to Shamrock Rose in the Weber City Miss Stakes at Laurel.
The third choice in the race is Coach Rocks, who enters the race after finishing third in the second division of the Kentucky Oaks. Before that race, she finished third in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks as the 7/5 favorite. She’s been out of the money just once in five starts, earning a race-high $169,650.
Midnight Disguise, who hasn’t hit the board in three starts, has nonetheless been well-regarded in each. Her best effort was probably her fourth-place showing in the Grade 2 Gazelle in her last start.
The most interesting horse in the race might be C. S. Incharge. Fourth in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, she’d previously finished second in both the Gulfstream Park Oaks and Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream.
Indy Union was a badly beaten fifth in her only start in the Weber City Miss Stakes.
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