The TCI Oaks 10

Triple Crown Insider previews and ranks the Top 10 3-year-old fillies pointing for the Kentucky Oaks (G1) to be run on May 6th.

Last updated April 27, 2011

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1	Joyful Victory	Both graded wins this year came easy to her and she appears to be sitting on her best race yet; Should love 1 1/8 miles and is likely to get the right pace to run at.
2	Zazu	With an honest pace in the Santa Anita Oaks this filly could have been heading to Louisville off back-to-back G1 wins; Handled specifically for this race by sharp connections.
3	R Heat Lightning	Likely Oaks favorite was brilliant in her last two, including a romp at the 1 1/8-mile Oaks distance last out; But headstrong filly will encounter more pressure early and late in here.
4	Kathmanblu	Honest filly already owns an impressive graded stakes win over the Churchill Downs main track, but this is by far the toughest group she's faced on dirt.
5	Plum Pretty	Vastly improved since stretching out around two turns, but this likely Oaks pacesetter will face plenty of opposing speed on May 6th; Moves up if the track is sloppy or sealed.
6	Summer Soiree	Another speedy filly and another contender coming in with dominant recent form; Likely must be able to rate and handle the added distance to have success.
7	Royal Delta	First of all, she needs to get into the field since she has no prior stakes success, but this well-bred filly has shown the talent and potential to suggest she could be this kind.
8	Delightful Mary	Better than her Ashland performance and appears to prefer real dirt over synthetics, as her solid third in last year's Breeders' Cup would suggest; Eligible to rebound.
9	Arienza	High-profile daughter of champion Azeri has shown good talent of her own, but the Oaks would be a tall task for a filly that just started her career two months ago.
10	Lilacs and Lace	Hard to know where she fits in the Oaks picture off of her front-running Ashland win on Polytrack, but she did defeat a good group of fillies in that race.
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