Indiana Oaks

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

An overflow field of 13 has been entered to go 1 1/16 miles Friday night at

Hoosier in the Indiana Oaks (G3). HUMBLE JANET (Humble Eleven) will be going in

her fourth straight Oaks, having run second in the Arlington Oaks (G3) and Iowa

Oaks (G3), as well as fourth in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), in her past

few starts. The Steven Asmussen pupil was a nice allowance winner at Churchill

Downs earlier this year, and earned a 114 BRIS Late Pace rating for her most

recent try in the Arlington Oaks. Humble Janet has been knocking on the door of

late and could finally break through with a first stakes win here. Robby

Albarado has the return call.

MARIETTA (Machiavellian) captured the Arlington and Iowa Oaks in her past two

tries, earning nice numbers in the process. The Eoin Harty charge also rallied

for a game third in the Selene S. (Can-G3) at Woodbine in late May. She could

continue her winning ways here, but we're leery of using her on top based on her

preference for synthetic surfaces. The dark bay miss didn't break her maiden

until trying Keeneland's Polytrack, and her Arlington Oaks triumph came over the

Chicago Polytrack. Though she did take the Iowa Oaks on dirt, we're willing to

go against in this spot and just tab her to fill out the exacta under Rafael

Bejarano.

TICKET TO SEATTLE (Capote) hasn't visited the winner's circle since taking

the Peach Blossom S. in mid-May. Since then, however, the Steve Klesaris-trained

dark bay has been third in the Crank It Up S., fourth in the Prioress S. (G1)

and second last out in the Endine S. (G3). The sophomore lass has placed in the

top three in eight of her 10 lifetime starts, and is sure to fill out one of

those spots on Friday. Ticket to Seattle might even be able to challenge for it

all based on her past race, and will keep regular rider Kendrick Carmouche

aboard.

APPEALING ZOPHIE (Successful Appeal) won the Silverbulletday S. (G3) going

this distance at Fair Grounds earlier this year, but hasn't been the same filly

since. The Asmussen trainee, who will run coupled with Humble Janet, was a

well-beaten eighth in the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) and then cut back to sprint

distances. She could show more life here on the stretch-out, so include in the

exotics with Shaun Bridgmohan holding the reins. BOCA GRANDE (A.P. Indy) is

another who's been competing at shorter distances. The dark bay miss was second

in the Test S. (G1) and fourth in the Ballerina Breeders' Cup S. (G1) in her

past two, but captured the nine-furlong Demoiselle S. (G2) as a juvenile last

November. Boca Grande owns the numbers to get the job done, and we wouldn't be

surprised to see her in front at the wire. Julien Leparoux will be in the

saddle.

TESSA BLUE (Awesome Again) led for much of the Prairie Meadows Oaks last out

before being worn down late. The Frank Brothers-conditioned dark bay

still earned a career-best 96 BRIS Speed figure and will threaten if she runs

back to that effort. LE CHATEAU (Chester House) has been competitive against

this level in the past and will probably relish the drop down after taking on

the Gazelle S. (G1) in her last one. Consider for the bottom of the gimmicks.

FOREST HUNTRESS (Forestry) and POLYNESIAN KITTY (High Yield) have both posted huge wins of late, but those have come against lesser company. We think

these two will earn a share, but can't back any more than that.

BAVARIAN BELLE (More Than Ready) was a nice winner of the grassy Summer

Finale S. last out at Mountaineer Park, but we can't recommend because the

chestnut lass seems to prefer the turf. MARQUISE (Cape Town) and AMATURE'S PRIZE

(Pure Prize) both own lower numbers than others in here and probably won't be

able to keep up. UNFORGOTTEN (Northern Afleet) would need someone to scratch to

draw into the field as an also-eligible, but will probably find this one too

long for her tastes.